Politics What was the best leadership rivalry in Australian political history

[Jascave]

With the Battin v O'Brien leadership sorted out (for now), was wondering what was the best leadership challenge/spill in Australian political history since 1975?

Was it ie Peacock v Howard 1983-89, Hawke v Keating 1991, Rudd v Gillard 2010-13, or Abbott v Turnbull 2015?

Discuss.

 

[Proper Gander]

Can we add Howard v Costello? Didn’t get off the ground in the same way as others, but it was definitely there

 

[Ned_Flanders]

With the Battin v O'Brien leadership sorted out (for now), was wondering what was the best leadership challenge/spill in Australian political history since 1975?

Was it ie Peacock v Howard 1983-89, Hawke v Keating 1991, Rudd v Gillard 2010-13, or Abbott v Turnbull 2015?

Discuss.

These are baby rivalries.

Read up on Federation, and the battles involving the likes of Barton, Parkes, and Deakin

 

[Gough]

The Richardson/Chappell Family v Bradman, nearly a hundred years old with various parties long dead and still going strong.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Whitlam v his entire cabinet.

 

[Roobs321]

Definitely the pre-Fusion 1900s. Fascinating, hard to top it.

 

[Pessimistic]

Howard v peacock even though it was largely in opposition