On Tuesday, Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in at the Government House in Canberra as the 29th Prime Minister of Australia, the country’s fourth since 2013. Turnbull defeated Tony Abbott in a “sudden and extraordinary” ballot by the Liberal party lawmakers, reported The Australian. The former communications minister Turnbell bested Abbott in a vote of 54 to 44.
In his first public comments since being ousted, Abbott, 57, told a slew of reporters, “This is a tough day but when you join the game, you accept the rules.” Abbott served as Australia’s Prime Minister for a total of seven months.
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