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==Notable intra-term spills==
The following spills occurred while the leader was serving their term, rather than in the aftermath of an unsuccessful election when their term would come to an end. Colours denote the party in which the spill occurred. Blue represents the Liberal party, red the Labor party, and green the National party.
 
===Federal===
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding=2 cellspacing=2
|-
!Spill date
! colspan="2" | Party
!Status
!Contenders
!Outcome
|-
|10 March 1971
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Liberal}}|
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
|Government
|
*[[John Gorton]] (Prime Minister)
*[[William McMahon]] (Foreign Minister)
|Gorton had faced a leadership challenge in November 1969 and prevailed. At this vote, he retained the leadership of the Liberal Party after a leadership spill resulted in a 33-33 tie. However, Gorton then resigned, saying that a tie was not a vote of confidence, and McMahon was elected his successor.<ref name="challenges" />
|-
|8 April 1982
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Liberal}}|
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
|Government
|
*[[Malcolm Fraser]] (Prime Minister)
*[[Andrew Peacock]] (Backbencher)
|Fraser beat Peacock's challenge for the leadership of the Liberal Party, 54–27 votes.
|-
|16 July 1982
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Labor}}|
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|Opposition
|
*[[Bill Hayden]] (Opposition Leader)
*[[Bob Hawke]] (Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, Employment and Youth)
|Hayden beat Hawke to retain the leadership of the Labor Party, 42–37 but resigned in February 1983 in Hawke's favor, just one month before the ALP returned to government in the [[Australian federal election, 1983|1983 federal election]].
|-
|9 May 1989
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Liberal}}|
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
|Opposition
|
*[[John Howard]] (Opposition Leader)
*[[Andrew Peacock]] (Deputy Leader)
|Peacock won the Liberal leadership with 44 votes to Howard's 27, becoming leader for the second time.<ref name="PiletCross2014">{{cite book|author1=Jean-Benoit Pilet|author2=William Cross|title=The Selection of Political Party Leaders in Contemporary Parliamentary Democracies: A Comparative Study|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_2mvBAAAQBAJ|date=10 January 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-92945-1}}</ref>
|-
|9 May 1989
| {{Australian politics/party colours/National}}|
| [[National Party of Australia|National]]
|Opposition (coalition with Liberal Party)
|
*[[Ian Sinclair]] (Party Leader)
*[[Charles Blunt]] (Shadow Minister)
|A simultaneous spill took place in the National Party room resulting in [[Charles Blunt]] replacing [[Ian Sinclair]].<ref name=PiletCross2014 />
|-
|[[Australian Labor Party leadership spill, June 1991|3 June 1991]]
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Labor}}|
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|Government
|
*Bob Hawke (Prime Minister)
*[[Paul Keating]] (Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer)
|Following Hawke's failure to honour the [[Kirribilli Agreement of 1988]], in which he promised to hand over the Labor leadership to Keating, Keating challenged Hawke. He lost by 44 votes to Hawke's 66. He resigned to the backbench.<ref name="challenges" />
|-
|[[Australian Labor Party leadership spill, December 1991|20 December 1991]]
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Labor}}|
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|Government
|
*Bob Hawke (Prime Minister)
*Paul Keating (Backbencher)
|With Hawke's public support having fallen to record lows, Keating launched a second leadership challenge. This effort was successful, with Keating winning the Labor leadership by 5 votes, 56-51.<ref name="challenges" />
|-
|May 1994
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Liberal}}|
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
|Opposition
|
*[[John Hewson]] (Opposition Leader)
*[[Alexander Downer]] (Shadow Treasurer)
|Downer won 43 votes against Hewson's 36 votes for the Liberal party leadership.
|-
|[[Australian Labor Party leadership spills, 2003#June 2003 spill|16 June 2003]]
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Labor}}|
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|Opposition
|
*[[Simon Crean]] (Opposition Leader)
*[[Kim Beazley]] (Backbencher and former Opposition Leader)
|Crean defeated Beazley's challenge 58-34.
|-
|[[Australian Labor Party leadership spills, 2003#December 203 spill|2 December 2003]]
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Labor}}|
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|Opposition
|
*Kim Beazley (Backbencher and former Opposition Leader)
*[[Mark Latham]] (Shadow Treasurer)
|Following poor poll performance, Crean was urged to step down by senior colleagues. He agreed to do so on 28 November 2003. The ballot was held on Tuesday 2 December in which Latham defeated Beazley by a margin of two votes (47-45).<ref>http://australianpolitics.com/news/2003/12/03-12-02c.shtml</ref>
|-
|[[Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 2006|4 December 2006]]
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Labor}}|
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|Opposition
|
*Kim Beazley (Opposition Leader)
*[[Kevin Rudd]] (Shadow Foreign Minister)
|Labor frontbencher Kevin Rudd launched a challenge against Beazley, prompting Beazley to call a spill for all leadership positions within the party. Rudd won the Labor leadership 49-39.
|-
|[[Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2008|16 September 2008]]
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Liberal}}|
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
|Opposition
|
*[[Brendan Nelson]] (Opposition Leader)
*[[Malcolm Turnbull]] (Shadow Treasurer)
|Turnbull succeeded in his challenge to Nelson, 45-41.
|-
|[[Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2009|1 December 2009]]
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Liberal}}|
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
|Opposition
|
*[[Malcolm Turnbull]] (Opposition Leader)
*[[Joe Hockey]] (Shadow Treasurer)
*[[Tony Abbott]] (Backbencher who had resigned shortly beforehand as Shadow Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs)
|On 26 November 2009, following division within the Liberal-National coalition about [[carbon pricing in Australia|carbon emissions trading]], [[Kevin Andrews (Australian politician)|Kevin Andrews]] moved a spill motion against Turnbull's leadership, which was defeated by a vote of 48 to 35.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/editorial/turnbulls-chance-to-rebuild-20091125-jrr8.html|title=Turnbull's chance to rebuild|date=26 November 2009|work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|publisher=[[Fairfax Media]]|accessdate=12 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/breaking-news/turnbull-wont-survive-says-andrews/story-e6frg13c-1225804469394|title=Turnbull won't survive, says Andrews|date=27 November 2009|work=perthnow|publisher=[[News Limited]]|accessdate=9 June 2010}}</ref>
 
Abbott announced on 27 November&mdash;one day after Turnbull survived Kevin Andrews' spill motion&mdash;that he would challenge Turnbull for the leadership. Abbott committed to withdrawing his candidacy if [[Joe Hockey]] was to challenge.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/turnbull-defiant-abbot-to-seek-leadership/story-e6frg12c-1225805053086|title=Turnbull defiant, Abbot to seek leadership|date=29 November 2009|work=perthnow|publisher=[[News Limited]]|accessdate=9 June 2010}}</ref> He changed his position after Hockey refused to oppose an emissions trading scheme outright and suggested a conscience vote on the Rudd Government's proposed [[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]].
 
Hockey was eliminated in the first round of voting. Abbott defeated Turnbull with a narrow margin of 42–41 votes.
|-
|[[Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 2010|24 June 2010]]
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Labor}}|
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|Government
|
*[[Kevin Rudd]] (Prime Minister)
*[[Julia Gillard]] (Deputy Prime Minister)
|First term Labor Prime Minister [[Kevin Rudd]] was replaced by his deputy [[Julia Gillard]], months prior to the [[Australian federal election, 2010|2010 federal election]].
|-
|[[Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 2012|27 February 2012]]
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Labor}}|
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|Government
|
*Julia Gillard (Prime Minister)
*Kevin Rudd (Foreign Minister and former Prime Minister)
|Kevin Rudd resigned as Foreign Minister seeking to overturn the 2010 spill result but Julia Gillard retained the Labor leadership with 71 votes to Rudd's 31. Rudd moved to the backbench.
|-
|[[Australian Labor Party leadership spill, March 2013|21 March 2013]]
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Labor}}|
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|Government
|
*Julia Gillard (Prime Minister)
|[[Julia Gillard]] called a snap ballot following [[Simon Crean]] publicly calling for a Labor leadership ballot. Former Prime Minister [[Kevin Rudd]] vowed not to stand in the challenge, and as a result Julia Gillard was re-elected unopposed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-21/live-coverage-labor-leadership-crisis/4586250|title= Gillard survives as challenge fizzles out}}</ref>
|-
|[[Australian Labor Party leadership spill, June 2013|26 June 2013]]
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Labor}}|
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|Government
|
*Julia Gillard (Prime Minister)
*Kevin Rudd (Backbencher and former Prime Minister)
|Rudd retook the Labor Party leadership in a snap spill, defeating Julia Gillard by a 57–45 margin. Gillard resigned from Parliament at the subsequent [[Australian federal election, 2013|2013 federal election]], in which the Rudd's Government was defeated by Abbott's Coalition.
|-
|[[Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill motion, February 2015|9 February 2015]]
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Liberal}}|
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
|Government
|
*[[Tony Abbott]] (Prime Minister)
|A motion to bring about a leadership spill in the Liberal Party is defeated 61–39, with Tony Abbott remaining as Prime Minister.<ref name="ABC Tony Abbott keeps leadership of Liberal Party but some supporters fear he is doomed">{{cite news|last1=Griffith|first1=Emma|last2=Glenday|first2=James|title=Tony Abbott keeps leadership of Liberal Party but some supporters fear he is doomed|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-09/tony-abbott-keeps-liberal-leadership-failed-spill-motion/6079006|accessdate=9 February 2015|work=ABC News|date=9 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill motion, September 2015|14 September 2015]]
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Liberal}}|
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
|Government
|
*Tony Abbott (Prime Minister)
*Malcolm Turnbull (Communications Minister and former Opposition Leader)
|Turnbull defeated Prime Minister Tony Abbott, 54 votes to 44. A second ballot the same evening saw [[Julie Bishop]] re-elected as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, 70 votes to 30 over [[Kevin Andrews (politician)|Kevin Andrews]].
|}
 
===States===
 
====Queensland====
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"
|-
!Spill date
! colspan="2" | Party
!Status
!Contenders
!Outcome
|-
|26 November 1987
| {{Australian politics/party colours/National}}|
| [[National Party of Australia|National]]
|Government
|
*[[Joh Bjelke-Petersen]] (Premier)
*[[Mike Ahern (Australian politician)|Mike Ahern]] (Health Minister)
|In the aftermath of the [[Fitzgerald Inquiry]], Bjelke-Petersen had lost his authority in the party room. He refused numerous requests for a party meeting, but the party's management committee called one for 26 November. At this meeting, a spill motion carried by a margin of 38-9. Bjelke-Petersen boycotted the meeting, and thus did not nominate for the ensuing leadership vote, which saw Ahern elected as the new leader and [[Bill Gunn (politician)|Bill Gunn]] elected deputy.<ref name="dec87">{{cite journal|date=June 1988|title=Australian Political Chronicle: July–December 1987|journal=Australian Journal of Politics and History|volume=34|issue=2|pages=239–240|doi=10.1111/j.1467-8497.1988.tb01176.x|issn=0004-9522}}</ref>
|-
|6 May 2016
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Liberal National}}|
| [[Liberal National Party of Queensland|Liberal National]]
|Opposition
|
*[[Lawrence Springborg]] (Opposition Leader)
*[[Tim Nicholls]] (Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Planning, Small Business, Employment and Trade)
*[[Tim Mander]] (Shadow Minister for Education and Training)
|Following months of speculation about his leadership, Springborg called a leadership spill. In the first round, he received 17 votes to 14 for [[Tim Nicholls]] and 10 for [[Tim Mander]]. In the second round, Nicholls defeated Springborg 22 to 19. [[John Paul Langbroek]] also stood down as Deputy Leader, with [[Deb Frecklington]] elected unopposed to replace him.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-06/tim-nicholls-wins-lnp-leadership-spill-over-lawrence-springborg/7389500|title=Tim Nicholls wins LNP leadership spill against Lawrence Springborg|date=6 May 2016|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|agency=ABC News|ref=abcborgbyebye|accessdate=6 May 2016}}</ref>
|}
 
====South Australia====
* November 1996: [[Premier of South Australia|Premier]] [[Dean Brown]] was beaten by [[John Olsen]] for the leadership of the South Australian Liberals.
* April 2007: [[Martin Hamilton-Smith]] defeated opposition leader [[Iain Evans]] for the SA Liberal leadership.
* July 2009: Two consecutive spills in the Liberal Party led to the ousting of Hamilton-Smith, replaced by [[Isobel Redmond]].
 
====New South Wales====
* 5 September 2009: [[Morris Iemma]] (Labor) resigned<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/morris-iemma-resigns/story-e6freuy9-1111117400164?nk=f791f8f243afd0f0e8794b48d3a17e8a-1463752000|title=Morris Iemma resigns|website=DailyTelegraph|access-date=2016-05-20}}</ref> after a challenge in the Labor party room from Water and Emergency Services Minister [[Nathan Rees]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/nathan-rees-confirmed-as-nsw-premier/2008/09/05/1220121494217.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1|title=After just a year in parliament, Nathan Rees is NSW Premier - National|website=www.smh.com.au|access-date=2016-05-20}}</ref>
* December 2009: [[Nathan Rees]] (Labor) was beaten by [[Kristina Keneally]], to become New South Wales's first female Premier.
 
====Victoria====
* March 2013: [[Ted Baillieu]] (Liberal) resigned and was replaced by [[Dennis Napthine]] after the controversial backbencher [[Geoff Shaw (politician)|Geoff Shaw]] resigned from the Liberal Party, depriving it of a majority in the Victorian Parliament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2013/s3710147.htm|title=Ted Baillieu resigns as Victorian Premier|access-date=2016-05-06}}</ref> Baillieu was told by members of his Government that he had lost the support of his party room. Politicians differed in their views on whether the event was a leadership spill or a voluntary resignation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/a-dose-of-sympathy-from-one-deposed-leader-to-another-20130306-2fmdj.html|title=A dose of sympathy from one deposed leader to another|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2016-05-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/ted-baillieu-didnt-quit-top-job-voluntarily/story-e6frgczx-1226637920250?nk=730c9888970e00487b7227b3dbd0651a-1462526156|title=Ted Baillieu didn't quit top job voluntarily|last=Ferguson|first=John|date=9 May 2013|work=The Australian|access-date=7 May 2016|via=}}</ref>
 
====Northern Territory====
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"
|-
!Spill date
! colspan="2" | Party
!Status
!Contenders
!Outcome
|-
|13 March 2013
| {{Australian politics/party colours/CLP}}|
| [[Country Liberal Party|Country Liberal]]
|Government
|
*[[Terry Mills (Australian politician)|Terry Mills]] (Chief Minister)
*[[Adam Giles]] (Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government)
|The spill was called while Mills was on a trade mission to Japan, less than a year after he had led the party from opposition to victory in the [[Northern Territory general election, 2012|2012 election]], winning 16 of 25 seats.<ref name="abc-millsdumped">{{cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-13/terry-mills-dumped-as-nt-leader/4570820 | title=Mills dumped as Giles takes top Territory job|work=ABC News|date=13 March 2013|accessdate=13 March 2013|location= Australia}}</ref> Giles won the ballot 11–5, becoming the first indigenous head of government of an Australian state or territory. He made [[Dave Tollner]] the new Deputy Chief Minister.<ref name=abcam>{{cite news|last=Everingham|first=Sara|title=Indigenous politician Adam Giles to replace Terry Mills as NT Chief Minister|url=http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3715222.htm|accessdate=14 March 2013|newspaper=[[AM (Australian radio series)|AM]] (ABC Radio)|location=Australia|date=14 March 2013}}</ref><ref name="Giles denies plot">{{cite news|title=Giles denies plot to overthrow Mills|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-14/giles-denies-plot-to-overthrow-mills/4573472|accessdate=14 March 2013|newspaper=ABC News|location=Australia|date=14 March 2013}}</ref>
|-
|2 February 2015
| {{Australian politics/party colours/CLP}}|
| [[Country Liberal Party|Country Liberal]]
|Government
|
*Adam Giles (Chief Minister)
*[[Willem Westra van Holthe]] (former Deputy Chief Minister)
|The CLP party room voted to oust [[Adam Giles]] 9 votes to 5 and replace him with [[Willem Westra van Holthe|Westra van Holthe]], who Giles had replaced as Deputy Chef Minister following the previous leadership spill. However, due to doubts that Westra van Holthe lacked enough support in the parliament for a minority Country Liberal Party government without the numbers of Giles and his supporters, Giles refused to resign. The crisis was settled a day later, when Giles agreed to promote Westra van Holthe to the position of Deputy Chief Minister.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/feb/03/northern-territory-standoff-adam-giles-refuses-to-step-down-as-chief-minister|title=Northern Territory standoff: Adam Giles refuses to step down as chief minister}}</ref>
|-
|23 April 2015
| {{Australian politics/party colours/Labor}}|
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|Opposition
|
*[[Delia Lawrie]](Opposition Leader)
*[[Michael Gunner]](Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, Employment and Youth)
|On 15 April 2015, Lawrie lost the support of her party room facing criticism of her conduct during an inquiry into a property deal while she was a minister.<ref>{{cite web|title=Labor to head to leadership spill|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-15/labor-to-head-to-leadership-spill/6393210|website=ABC News|accessdate=23 June 2015}}</ref> On 19 April 2015, Gunner announced he would stand for the leadership Lawrie who was refusing to resign.<ref>{{cite web|title=NT Labor leader says she will not resign|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-02/nt-labor-leader-delia-lawrie-says-she-will-not-resign/6368200|website=ABC News|accessdate=23 June 2015}}</ref> Four days later, Lawrie resigned and Gunner was elected unopposed as leader, avoiding the need for a five-week ballot process involving rank and file members as well as parliamentarians under the ALP's updated leadership rules.<ref>{{cite web|title=Delia Lawrie: NT Opposition Leader resigns|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-19/nt-labor-leader-delia-lawrie-resigns-gunner-takes-over/6403864|website=ABC News|accessdate=23 June 2015}}</ref>
|}
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