balls. this proves Australian politics is a colonial joke. Just as the country gets on track, you sabotage it and get rid of the man with the vision. Back to third world status for you I guess.
You really don't have any idea what you're talking about, do you?
Tony Abbott isn't "the man with the vision". He's spent the past two years talking the talk, but he's proven time and again that he can't walk the walk. He's much better at blaming the previous government for all his problems than actually solving them, and any journalists who criticise him are summarily accused of "talking the country down" and reminded that he stopped the boats. His enormous ego and unwillingness to work with the Senate made it impossible for him to pass any really significant reforms. Anything and everything his government achieved was in spite of his leadership, not because of it.
Abbott is the worst Prime Minister this country has ever had. Anyone would have been a step up, but Turnbull is more than just "not as bad as Tony". He's someone who thinks before he speaks, and from what I've seen so far, will listen to others before making sound, reasoned judgments. He's carefully avoided making any rash claims about policy changes before consulting the party room, something Tony never quite seemed to get the hang of. He's the Liberal Party's best hope at winning the next election, and quite honestly, I would prefer a Turnbull-led Coalition government to a Shorten-led Labor one.
Even if Turnbull doesn't change any existing policies, he'll have a much better chance of implementing them than Abbott ever did.
Also, Turnbull was sworn in as PM by the Governor-General today. He's now officially in charge.