艾伯特曾经说的一句“世事难料（somethingshit happens）”一语成谶，面对政治的残酷，他也只能接受逼宫下台的结局。
被逼宫下台的Tony Abbott，在9月15日中午12：40分，发表了他的告别演说，最后的那一句“我对这个国家的爱从未改变，愿上帝保佑这个伟大的国家”，感动的不仅仅是在场的人。
感谢大家到场，这两天对很多人而言都很艰难。澳大利亚国家领导人的更替从来不容易。我今天的承诺就是尽我所能让这个转变尽可能的顺利。不会有从中作祟，不会有暗中破坏，我从来没有有意为难过任何人。
我希望澳大利亚国家和政府繁荣兴旺；我曾不断的在反对党和政府中强调，作为一个总理，重要的不是这个职位本身，而是他所服务的人民。感谢澳大利亚人民曾给我这个机会为你们服务。是的，这一天对我而言很艰难，但这就是政治，你必须遵守它的游戏规则。
我一直对自己坚信的东西抱有热忱，我也以过去两年澳大利亚所取得的成绩自豪。目前全国已增加了30多万就业人口。工党不合理的炭税已被废除，我们还与日本、韩国以及中国签订了自贸协定，澳大利亚历史上最大规模的基建工程也正在进行中。
人们的目光已经照进了工会的阴暗角落，腐败的现象开始为人所知。对于恐怖分子的威胁，我们做出了自己的回应，去往世界的另一端将亲人接回家。难民船已经被要求停止靠岸，这样一来，我们才能更好的对待那些难民。
尽管工党一再反对，我们仍成功的修正了高达500亿的政府预算，当然，还有很多改善工作可以做。让更多的孩子接受教育，创造更多的就业岗位。让我们的社区更安全。此前我曾承诺过，每年会花上一周的时间待在偏远的土著社区内。这也是澳洲历史上首次有总理做出类似承诺，希望我不会是最后一位这样做的总理。
毒品和家庭暴力的威胁还没有完全解决。澳大利亚在中东事态发展，以及中国南海等其他地区的安全事务中也扮演着重要角色。我担心澳洲政局的持续动荡会对此产生影响。
但是，我为Abbott政府所取得的成绩感到骄傲。当然，政府肯定是不完美的，毕竟政府职员都是普通的澳洲民众，而不是高高在上的神灵。只有极少数人完全达到了民众的预期。而澳洲的政治环境已经在过去10年间发生了极大的改变。
与以往相比，民众可以更多的通过评论和投票来表达自己的观点。澳洲总理甚至可能会因为一两次的投票而下台，这对一个国家来说并非是件好事。而新闻媒体也在怂恿政坛中的背叛事件。在此，我想给新闻媒体一个忠告：如果一个曝料人拒绝透露自己的姓名，请不要刊登他所说的话。新闻媒体不应成为政治刺客手中的那把刀。
首先，我要感谢我的家人。在任职总理期间，我没能履行好一个丈夫和父亲的义务。感谢我的妻子Margie，她的风度和付出让我非常感动。感谢自由党的信任，给了我领导这个政党的机会。
感谢澳洲的军人们，正是他们的付出与牺牲，保卫了我们的家园，维护了我们的信念，给了我们畅所欲言的自由。
感谢这届政府的工作人员，从始至终，他们一直在效忠自由党和这个国家。尤其要感谢我的幕僚长，她时常遭到恶意中伤。最后，我还要感谢澳洲，能够为它服务我感到万分自豪。
失败是一件令人沮丧的事，但与当初当选总理的荣誉和使命感相比，这不算什么。当我第一次在国会大厦发表演说时，引用了澳洲第一位牧师Richard Johnson的话，我拿什么报答耶和华向我所赐的一切厚恩？
当我作为澳洲总理最后一次发表演说时，我答道：我已付出了我的一切，对此我感到万分自豪。我对这个国家的爱从未改变，愿上帝保佑这个伟大的国家。
谢谢你们。
Thank you for being here. This is not an easy day for many people in this building. Leadership changes are never easy for our country. My pledge today is to make this change as easy as I can.
There will be no wrecking, no undermining, and no sniping. I've never leaked or backgrounded against anyone. And I certainly won't start now.
Our country deserves better than that. I want our government and our country to succeed. I always have and I always will. 'I've consistently said in opposition and in government that being the Prime Minister is not an end in itself; it's about the people you serve.
The great privilege that I have had is to see the wonder of this country like few others. And I want to thank the Australian people for giving me the honour to serve.
Yes, this is a tough day, but when you join the game, you accept the rules. I've held true to what I've believed and I'm proud of what we've achieved over the past two years. 300,000 more people are in jobs.
Labor's bad taxes are gone. We've signed Free Trade Agreements with our largest trading partners, with Japan, with Korea and with China. The biggest infrastructure program in our country's history is under way.
A spotlight is being shone into the dark and corrupt corners of the union movement and Labor's party union business model. 'We've responded to the threats of terror and we've deployed to the other side of the world to bring our loved ones home.
The boats have stopped and with the boats stopped, we've been better able to display our compassion to refugees. And despite hysterical and unprincipled opposition, we've made $50 billion of repairs to the budget. Of course, there's much that I had still wanted to do.
Constitutional recognition of Indigenous people. Getting the kids to school, the adults to work and communities safe.
I was the first Prime Minister to spend a week a year in remote Indigenous Australia. And I hope I'm not the last. Then there's the challenge of ice and domestic violence, yet to be addressed.
Australia has a role to play in the struggles of the wider world. The cauldron of the Middle East. And security in the South China Sea and elsewhere.
I fear that none of this will be helped if the leadership instability that's plagued other countries continues to taint us. 'But yes, I am proud of what the Abbott Government has achieved. We stayed focused despite the white-anting. Of course, the government wasn't perfect.
We have been a government of men and women, not a government of Gods walking upon the earth. Few of us, after all, entirely measure up to expectations.
The nature of politics has changed in the past decade. We have more polls and more commentary than ever before. Mostly sour, bitter, character assassination.
Poll driven (politics) has produced a revolving door Prime Ministership which can't be good for our country. And a febrile media culture has developed that rewards treachery.
And if there's one piece of advice I can give to the media, it's this: refuse to print self-serving claims that the person making them won't put his or her name to. Refuse to connive at dishonour by acting as the assassin's knife. There are many to thank for the privilege of being Prime Minister.
First and foremost, I thank my family for allowing me to be the absentee spouse and parent that politics entails. I thank Margie for her grace and dignity throughout my public life. I thank my party for the privilege of leading it. I thank the armed forces who are serving our country and defending our values, even as we speak.
I thank my staff, who have been absolutely unceasing in their devotion to our party and our country, especially my Chief of Staff, who has been unfairly maligned by people who should've known better. Finally, I thank my country for the privilege of service. It is humbling to lose, but that does not compare to the honour of being asked to lead.
In my maiden speech here in this Parliament, I quoted from the first Christian service ever preached here in Australia.
The reverend Richard Johnson took as his text what shall I render unto the Lord for all his blessings to me? At this, my final statement as Prime Minister, I say: I have rendered all and I am proud of my service.
My love for this country is as strong as ever, and may God bless this great Commonwealth of ours. Thank you.
周二（15日）下午1点35分，Malcolm Turnbull正式宣誓就职。果然是人逢喜事精神爽。
澳大利亚第29任总理的寿命能有多长？
外界已经用“血腥”来形容澳洲的政坛：
2010年，吉拉德逼宫，赶下陆克文，成为澳洲首位女总理
2013年6月，陆克文反扑，挑战吉拉德成功，再次出任总理
2013年09月07，澳大利亚联盟党在大选中，以压倒的优势成为澳洲执政党，联盟党领袖艾伯特成为澳洲第28届总理。
2015年9月14日，前通讯部长谭保（Malcolm Turnbull）挑战艾伯特，以54：44逼走艾伯特，成为自由党新领袖，并成为了澳大利亚新一任总理！
在过去的28个月里，澳大利亚总理4度易人。看来，谭保的路，也不是那么好走啊。
