Last night, Malcolm Turnbull won a ballot within the Liberal Party to replace Tony Abbott as the Liberal Party leader. Today, Malcolm Turnbull became the Prime Minister of Australia.
While many in the public will be welcoming of Malcolm Turnbull's style and less conservative politics, it appears that he has kept some of the more conservative policies of the government under Tony Abbott in topics such as climate change and same-sex marriage in an attempt to appease the conservative members of the party. As such, it remains to be seen whether his government will be significantly different to the government of Tony Abbott in the future. Unfortunately, whoever the PM is, I don't think there will be a move to discontinue the plans for a new medical school in Australia, even though that is a really silly thing right now when final year medical students are missing out on internship places.
The next federal election is due some time next year.
