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"This has been a very important sobering event", Turnbull told the media an hour after the ballot. Turnbull had requested a leadership ballot at about 4:30pm. The meeting, in which the ballot was held, started about 9:15pm with the announcement of the result at about 9:55pm.
This new development means Malcolm Turnbull is set to be the new Prime Minister of Australia.
"Malcolm Turnbull has been like the sword of Damocles hanging over Tony Abbott's head ever since he was defeated by Abbott in the leadership ballot in 2009 by just one vote", Zareh Ghazarian, Social Sciences Lecturer at Monash University, wrote in reaction to the result. "Tonight the two Liberal Party heavyweights faced off again and Turnbull exacted revenge."
