Civil war as Abbott lights up against Turnbull and Shorten sits back

By Mark Kenny
Updated March 8 2017 - 11:03am, first published February 24 2017 - 9:41pm
Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull on the day of the Liberal leadership spill, in September 2015. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull on the day of the Liberal leadership spill, in September 2015. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Tony Abbott listens to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addressing the party room at Parliament House in November. Photo: Andrew Meares
Tony Abbott listens to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addressing the party room at Parliament House in November. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Burwood, Sydney on Friday.  Photo: Janie Barrett
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Burwood, Sydney on Friday. Photo: Janie Barrett
Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull depart at the end of Question Time, just before a leadership spill was call, at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 14 September 2015. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull depart at the end of Question Time, just before a leadership spill was call, at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 14 September 2015. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

An uncivil war has broken out in the federal parliamentary Liberal Party, within the government of Australia.

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