Monday 7 May 2018

Ages of Change v1.1 - Part 2



18 July 2018
The Daily Telegraph publishes more rumours of trouble in Canberra's back-rooms.


19 July 2018
Question Time again goes nowhere. Shorten attacks Turnbull's lack of leadership yet again.


20 July 2018
Several Liberal Party members are removed from the chamber for personal attacks...


21 July 2018
Turnbull retires to the Lodge, exhausted from the week's events.


22 – 28 July 2018
Turnbull becomes more beleaguered as Prime Minister by the day.

22 July 2018
Protests against Turnbull's leadership begin outside Parliament House...


23 July 2018
The anti-Turnbull protests continue...


24 July 2018
The protests outside Parliament House continues to grow.


25 July 2018
The Federal Police arrest some of the protesters...


26 July 2018
Demands for Turnbull to step down as Prime Minister increase.


27 July 2018
Tony Abbott tells journalists that Turnbull should step down as Prime Minister.


28 July 2018
Turnbull announces that he will not step down as Prime Minister...


29 July – 4 August 2018
Tony Abbott builds up his support in the Liberal Party Room...


29 July 2018
In New South Wales, the Sunday papers both report that Abbot has gained support in the Liberal Party room.


30 July 2018
Abbott meets with other backbenchers to gauge support for a leadership challenge.


31 July 2018
Abbot continues to build up support for his leadership challenge.


August 2018
A leadership challenge occurs in the Australian Liberal Party. Tony Abbot is re-instated as Prime Minister. He calls an election for 13 October.

1 August 2018
Abbot meets with more Liberal backbenchers...


2 August 2018
Turnbull, beginning to see the writing on wall, also meets with backbenchers to gauge support.

3 August 2018
More discussion of a possible leadership challenge in the media.


4 August 2018
Abbot calls for Turnbull to step down.


5 – 11 August 2018
Abbott challenges Turnbull for the Liberal Party leadership. This leadership challenge succeeds...

5 August 2018
Abbot again calls for Turnbull to step down.


6 August 2018
Turnbull announces that there won't be a leadership challenged.


7 August 2018
Speculation continues as to when Abbott would challenge Turnbull.


8 August 2018
Abbott issues his Leadership Challenge. By the end of the day, Turnbull has been deposed as leader of the Liberal Party.


9 August 2018
Abbott announces that he will review many of Turnbull's decisions since he had became Prime Minister.


10 August 2018
The Australian publishes an editorial that is very critical of Abbott's leadership.


11 August 2018
Abbott begins his Cabinet reshuffle.


12 August 2018
Abbot courts controversy by stating that he appreciates what Trump is doing in America...

12 – 18 August 2018
With increasing negative press (from the ABC, Fairfax Media, Newscorp, Nine, Macquarie Media...) from the successful leadership challenge, Abbott calls a Federal Election for the 13th October.

12 August 2018
All Sunday papers publish articles about the public having a negative view of Abbot's leadership challenge.
13 August 2018
Citing the negative press, Abbott calls an election for the 13th of October.


14 August 2018
Campaigning begins... (unofficially.)


15 August 2018
Shorten sets out the Labor Party's election promises.


16 August 2018
The minor parties begin to set out their agendas for the election campaign.


17 August 2018
The first campaign event is held in Canberra.


19 – 25 August 2018
The Federal Election campaign begins in earnest.


26 August – 1 September 2018
Labor's election campaign suffers a setback when it is revealed that more Labor Parliamentarians had dealings with people with links to the Chinese Communist Party.


September 2018
The Australian Federal Election campaign is tumultuous, with One Nation and the Australian Conservatives going all out in stirring up emotions in the populace.

2 – 8 September 2018
Poll numbers begin to suggest that third parties are more popular than ever in the regional areas of Australia, especially in New South Wales and Queensland.

2 September 2018
The Sunday Telegraph reports that third parties are gaining in support in western New South Wales, particularly the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party.


3 September 2018
Poll numbers in southern Queensland suggest that One Nation is gaining supporters in the region.


4 September 2018
Poll numbers for the Christian Democrats in New South Wales are up.


9 – 15 September 2018
There are dust-ups on the campaign trail in Western Sydney between Labor and Green supporters...
16 – 22 September 2018
More Election Campaign tumults occur in Brisbane and Melbourne...

16 September 2018
A group of Green supports fight against a group of Labor supporters outside a church in a southern suburb of Brisbane...


23 – 29 September 2018
A terrorist attack on a campaign event is averted at the last minute.


30 September – 6 October 2018
A little more controversy in an already controversial campaign. A candidate in rural Victoria declares himself as the successor of Ned Kelly...


October 2018
The Coalition is re-elected to minority government, with a Confidence and Supply agreement with the Australian Conservatives, the Katter Party, the Christian Democratic Party and some Independents.

1 October 2018
One of the Independent Candidates for the seat of Indi declares himself the successor of Ned Kelly...


2 October 2018
Both Cathy McGowan and Sophie Mirabella urge their supporters to put the 'Kelly Successor' on the last place.


3 October 2018
The 'New Ned Kelly' holds a press conference in Glenrowan.


7 – 13 October 2018
The Election result is inconclusive as of the end of the Election Night.


14 – 20 October 2018
It emerges that the 46th Parliament of Australia is a hung Parliament, with minor parties holding at least 20 seats in the House of Representatives. Negotiations between the Major Parties and these minor parties begins.

14 October 2018
The election result remains inconclusive as of the end of the second night.


15 October 2018
It emerges that both Labour and Coalition have less than 65 seats each.

21 – 27 October 2018
The Coalition comes to an agreement with the Australian Conservatives, the Katter Party, the Christian Democratic Party and some Independents, to form Government. Abbott is still Prime Minister.
Bill Shorten resigns as leader of the Labor Party. Anthony Albanese is elected as his successor.




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