October 3, 1998 — Julie Bishop first enters the House of Representatives
After a somewhat difficult election – the previous incumbent had left the Liberal Party to run as an independent, but...
November 19, 2013
Buster J & The Death Stares
November 29, 2007 — Julie Bishop becomes the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
In the wake of the crushing defeat of the Liberal Party in the 2007 Australian federal election, the incumbent leader...
May 9, 2013
September 15, 2008 — Malcolm Turnbull displaces Brendan Nelson as Liberal Party leader
Brendan Nelson failed terribly as the Leader of the Opposition, and even moreso as the Leader of the Liberal Party....
May 14, 2012
December 1, 2009 — Tony Abbott elected leader of the Liberal Party
Tony Abbott wasn’t supposed to be in the running. While it was obvious that Malcolm Turnbull wasn’t going to last...
April 4, 2012
September 14, 2015 — Tony Abbott loses the Prime Ministership to Malcolm Turnbull
The stated reason for the knifing of Tony Abbott was that he had lost “30 Newspolls in a row” –...
March 24, 2012
August 24, 2018 — Scott Morrison becomes Prime Minister of Australia
Malcolm Turnbull had been looking shaky as Prime Minister for some time when Peter Dutton decided to challenge him for...
February 27, 2012
February 21, 2019 — Julie Bishop announces her retirement from Parliament
It was only a matter of time. Once Julie Bishop moved to the back bench in 2018, the clock was...
February 22, 2012
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