Tony Abbott has addressed the party room. The meeting has now broken, MPs are heading out now to pretend things are absolutely fine while forming small huddles to work out the road ahead.
Tony Abbott 'determined to do better' after spill motion defeated – politics live
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The prime minister has survived a leadership vote in the party room, but with a large minority voting for a spill. All the developments from Canberra, live
Updated
Mon 9 Feb 2015 01.14 EST
First published on Sun 8 Feb 2015 14.31 ESTKey events
- Bonsoir blogans, bloganistas, all
- Question time
- This is going to be a government which socialises decisions before they are finalised
- Peta will need to do better
- My door is open, my phone is there, I answer my phone, I listen to my messages
- I am determined to do better in these tests in the next few months
- I have listened, I have learnt, and I have changed and the government will change with me
- Tony Abbott addresses the media
- The components of the morning
- Statements to parliament on the Sydney siege
- Abbott has told colleagues: give me six months
- What the .. well ..
- Tony Abbott survives, with a significant vote of no confidence
- Who said numbers are not an exact science? Christopher Pyne: a professional number cruncher, who tells the truth
- Christopher Pyne keeps his cards tight to the chest
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Key events
- Bonsoir blogans, bloganistas, all
- Question time
- This is going to be a government which socialises decisions before they are finalised
- Peta will need to do better
- My door is open, my phone is there, I answer my phone, I listen to my messages
- I am determined to do better in these tests in the next few months
- I have listened, I have learnt, and I have changed and the government will change with me
- Tony Abbott addresses the media
- The components of the morning
- Statements to parliament on the Sydney siege
- Abbott has told colleagues: give me six months
- What the .. well ..
- Tony Abbott survives, with a significant vote of no confidence
- Who said numbers are not an exact science? Christopher Pyne: a professional number cruncher, who tells the truth
- Christopher Pyne keeps his cards tight to the chest
Very cheeky. The Labor leadership team just strolled by their waiting press pack with the coffees, looking relaxed and genial. They have much experience in these matters of course.
So, Malcolm – what’s it to be?
The result today creates perfect conditions for a more structured move against the prime minister if the protagonists decide to play it that way. Sliding doors moment here again for the Liberal party.
The government whip Philip Ruddock says there was one informal vote.
A run against the prime minister with no declared alternative candidate.
Total shocker.
Tony Abbott survives, with a significant vote of no confidence
The spill motion has been defeated – 61 to 39.
Be funny if it was a secret ballot with show and tell. No, it wouldn’t, actually.
We need to get our laughs where we can.
I’m no body language expert but something is going on here: #libspill pic.twitter.com/mbH9UlrMiz
— Mark Di Stefano (@MarkDiStef) February 8, 2015
Huge show of strength for Abbott, arriving now, flanked by Julie Bishop.
The empty corridor is suddenly crowded with MPs.
Malcolm Turnbull is walking the corridor alone. He looks relaxed. He won’t really be relaxed. I reckon the rowing machine got a thrashing this morning.
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