Fact. Abbott was ousted by dissatisfied former Liberals (not left wing activists) who found a genuine local member of their community to do the job.

Man this aged really well

Get rid of Dutton next please.

Yeah the I think the only time ive been more embarrassed of our PM than Tony is our current one, Morrison. Look at how he is so quick to just accuse her of being a part of Labor, dont politicize a crisis you absolute waste of tax payer money.

It only takes 10 years for an MP to get a non means tested fully indexed pension 8 times higher than the aged pension. A bunch of crooks if ever.

Me thinks ScoMo wasn’t exactly disappointed to see Tony lose

It’s a big thing to be able to win a seat against a former prime minister as well, it shows how powerful it can be when politicians don’t listen to the people they are supposed to represent

Abbott - the suppository of all wisdom.

Feeling great after my suppository of wisdom 👍

In the late 1980s I learned about "The Greenhouse Effect" in high-school. The scientists had warned us then. It takes a special kind of individual to still be arguing the other way in 2019. He was the kid who kicked over everyone else's sand-castles, wrecking the hard work of everyone who tried to take action of climate change. I'm impressed with my electorate for putting party tribalism aside for more important issues. Well done Warringah!

Can I have the link to "Shorten's End: How Bill Shorten lost the un-losable | Four Corners" please?

"I fought for this country" okay. and that makes you right about everything?

How did Tony lose? By being Tony. The real question is "Why did it take so long for his constituents to get rid of him?"

Some of Tony's expressions are priceless, he looks like he hasn't got a clue?

Tony Abbott should never talk about lifting public discord

Abbott was far from outstanding as an opposition leader and prime minister. He's the worst Australian prime minister and one of the worst parliamentarians. At no time in his parliamentary career has Abbott has never given a single thought about lifting the tone of conversation about the quality of life in Australia.

I disliked this man with a passion... the real Dr No, more interested in stopping anything from benefitting Australia than actually doing positive things!

Im 68. I have great respect for GET UP, STAND UP, SPEAK UP for our lives.

Alan Jones is so OUT OF TOUCH with his thoughts on Abbott.... just like Abbott was so out of touch with the community. Australia's worst Prime Minister... Scott Morrison was a close second...!

Tony Abbott went down selling his own truth, not someone else's lies. Respect.

Abbott’s lack of self awareness is breathtaking!

NO. ONE. WANTED. HIM. AS .PM TO. BEGIN. WITH ...

He might not have had 25 bad years in public live but Australia would have been better without him. He put himself, his ideology, his faction and his party before the country he was elected to serve to many times. Good riddance.

The defeat of veteran right-wing Liberal MP - and former Prime Minister - Tony Abbott was the only 'silver lining' amidst a disappointing outcome for the ALP (Australian Labor Party). Notwithstanding the disappointing outcome, i am quite elated that Abbott finally received his comeuppance when lost his seat to Olympic alpine skier-barrister Zali Steggall. There is absolutely no doubt that the now-former MP for the constituency of Warringah, NSW was perceived to be 'out of touch' in the eyes of both his constituents and the Australian populace. Much remains to be seen is if his 'comrade-at-arms' named Peter Dutton - MP for the constituency of Dickson, QLD - will be inclined to pick up the torch for the right-wing of the Liberal Party, now that Abbott has been forced to relinquish it. Upon winning a by-election for the constituency of Warringah, NSW back in March 1994, Abbott sowed the seeds of his eventual political demise.

Looks like the Abbott proof fence did the trick

Alan Jones must be devastated his sounding boards gone...

Can Advance be any more see-through? Their slimy, self-serving dishonesty and reliance on old cliches is just comically predictable.

Best thing that happened on this election night. My side lost on the national level, which I was disappointed with, but I was very happy with what happened in Warringah. So in the end, it was a wash😐

Now he can fly to Russia and shirt front Vlad .

And nothing of value was lost.

Mr Rabbit is mad as a hatter!

As he said I'd rather be a loser.

Remember Abott's internet? lmao

If he’d resigned they’d have held the seat.

Mr. Abbott, Rabbit.

One thing I know about Dutton being elected as leader his electorate of Dixon is a very marginal seat. Abbott and Howard both were sitting on blue ribbon liberal seats. So there attitude was self righteous & guaranteed. So that is why they should never vote for those idiots. All Prime Ministers mandatory is to hold a seat like our great Wartime Prime Minister John Curtain had. He lost his own seat and that kept him hungry and devoted to being a prime minister for this nation.

Abbott's views on climate change are archaic

Very interesting

Great production ABC. A fascinating look at the campaign.

Hahahaha the best thing that happened, for Sco Mo and the LNP. Abbott would have been the one dissenting voice, now he's gone Scott Morrison ows Get Up, big time wahahahahahahahah

Good riddance, Abbott.

Ate too many onions 😂😂😂😂

Getting that oxygen thief Howard to give a character reference of someone is laughable,that Howard is a grubb full stop

Im a proud Labor voter, never liked or agreed with Abbott. In saying that Thank you Tony Abbott for your service. We cant expect the right to respect the left if we dont respect the right.

ScoMo with a wide smile you know

Will give ScoMo the clear air he needs to get on with the job.

Tony Abbott is out that's nice now what? How is Warringah going to fight climate change exactly?

Pretty rich of Tony to get upset about offensive posters of him with swear words when he stood in front of insulting posters directed at Julia Gillard. Always different when the shoes on the other foot. Glad he's gone.

I'm not close to the world of politics, but in a country like Australia you're never the full six degrees away from the people who run the place. So you don't have to do a great deal to find out what our leaders are like. In the case of Tony Abbott, you'd likely hear that in more private, relaxed settings, he's great company. Can tell a joke, take a joke, he basically passes the 'superficial stuff' test. But if you ask the electorate the great leveller, "Who would you rather have a beer with?", Tony would score very poorly. For some reason, all the affability and bonhomie he supposedly displays behind closed doors abandons him in public. He comes across as an unctuous, disingenuous schemer, a reptile, a conspiracy nut's wet dream. It makes me think his talents would be better served elsewhere. Now they have to be.

Mercedes Socialists.

27:20 "I fought for this country!" This is inaccurate. No Australian under the age of 85 has actually fought for this country. Aussie soldiers who served in Korea, Vietnam, East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan have fought for Australia's geopolitical interests, and for the hegemony of our allies. We can be grateful to our soldiers however, for their service, because it demonstrates willingness to fight, even die, for their country.

Howard's Star rating,who give him that rating, Monstar for sure?

Fight of his political life? Lol. Pull the other one! 'Losing' so he can quietly retire on a sweet $300k+/yr ex-PM pension more like it.

Warringah Shire has now become irrelevant and has no real voice in parliament ! Well done !

¡ADIÓS, ANTONIO!

How does the Northern Beaches and the Sutherland Shire keep all the non-whites out? 4 Corners should do an investigation into that great Australian mystery.

The dinosaur is gone. 🦖 🦕 🦖 🦕

who isnt happy he is gone, the LNP are happy, SCOMO IS HAPPY, Labour is happy, the greens are DELIGHTED, the residents of Warringah are happy and finally Australia is Happy. the only person that is not happy is Allan Jones and who gives a toss about him :)

How could you report state secrets? How did you get the information? SPY or imagination?

Let it be a lesson that a community will not support someone on issues that they don't care for. So many Abbott parties on his leaving politics. Well done to all those protesters. Australian's have got there wish & are enjoying a better Liberal party & politics in general. There should be a ban on misogynistic men like Abbott being allowed in politics, so that it doesn't happen again. The best thing is he lost to a woman. Wonder if he learned from his issues with powerful woman? Doubt it, probably thinks he's still ahead.

back-paddock here i come........

Tony Abbott will not be forgotten... for his climate change crap..

The stench of Tony Abbott seems like Trump's smelly ring gear, doesn't go away. Has anyone thrown Alan Jones overboard in a chaff bag yet?

“Solar farm developer Angus Gemmell” No conflict of interest there

Alot of talk about Palmer spending millions trying to get elected, not much talk about getup spending 15 mill to stop someone being elected

Is it just me a Brit but does Tony Abbott look like a machine washed tony Blair ?

Now the time arrived for Tony to doing life saver at Bun.

45 mins which could be better summed up as, Abbott was canned because he lost her prime minstership and people got sick of him. If he was not PM he would be in his seat today.

Sad that the end of this well researched item ends with more mendacity from little johnny. Like abbot, and with hubris, he dug his own political grave. Together, two skidmarks in the underpants of Australian political history, bereft of meaningful achievements(gun laws aside) after their, combined decades in politics.

sometimes voters must do what parties can't, get rid of bad smells.....

Abbott should be made national pariah. Like John Kerr after the Whitlam sacking. Boo him whenever he appears in public.

And look at what this result inspired

Aww, we didn’t get to see AJ (Alan Jones) eat his words.

Sad to see such a good bloke go

Not sure if the climate will be changing in Warringa, but the climate will be changing for Tony, he'll be in Washington DC

Don't despair, hope is on the horizon, my mate's sister's boyfriend says that someone told him that Tony Abbott is about to be appointed as the ABC Editor-In-Chief.

Zali can't just exist because she defeated Tony. Zali actually has to represent. Remember Zali we are still a conservative electorate.

John Howards love child, John never liked mickey mouse ears, and so, gave up on Tonys lateral emcumbents. ............

At and end eh? Not so fast

It was a big change in rechurch and Education.From the Abbot to Barrencode. The creation of our Passport. Taueli Faka'osi it take 200 year to create Manly.

And yet again someone put their own needs ahead of the people of the electorate whowere entitled to a candidate that could maintain the seat for Liberal but out of self interest it was probably handed to Labour shame on you Tony this stinks of John Howard not committing to going full term or not and losing his last election

I don't need to watch this. I'm just glad he's gone. His own party is too probably.

And now the people of Warringah have an independent who has no political experience and no power in the parliament.

Great ABC work for once

He was a great right wing warrior.

i dont think he is to worried he still takes a large paypacket from goverment

Careful ABC...he could be you boss

I remember the Abbott media assassination.

“The coalition of the willing (participants with a vested monetary interest in renewable technologies)”

Climate change is only being done in a few countries were the rest they don’t care burning tyres ,oil dumped in sea,and countries testing nukes these protesters never protest against these countries ,or young people dying with drugs and alcohol and kids using phones all day ,and our kids should be shown how important our farms are at school when government from China send 50 thousand students every six months to learn the trade of farmers God Bless our farmers and jobs

No one don't have any money economy everything economy everything me menester don't know how going Menester is

im not Australian but have an interest in Australian politics. Did Australian have an American moment and take back there country? And how man y greens left now, i see one. is that it just one green left now.

Divide and conquer TONY ABBOTT the architect and proud holder of the title of the best opposition leader ever.... leaving behind him a trail of six prime ministers in twelve years, the final victim of his own brutal and efficient machiavellian methods.... .So the chickens have finally come home to roost for this man, and it took the public only seven years to work out this man was a destructive self-indulgent dud. The question is how long will it take for the Australian public to figure out that these methods are still at work and even more finely tuned by the corporate media and their mouth piece the liberal party. These people are determined to never again have a government that will put the interest and welfare of the people over the interests of the corporatocracy.

Haha good job you have more time to spend with George now

Worst prime minister.

Sad day for Australia.

0:51 I don't know why anyone would hire a bodyguard with a huge potbelly? Will they use it to save your life?

Abbott's end? He will likely become the ambassador to the US after this. Likely even more political sway than he had🤣🤣

Abbort the devil

When you live in Makella (next to warringah) and they still vote liberals 😞