Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott was cut down by one of his Liberal Party cabinet ministers, Malcolm Turnbull, last Monday. A major issue was same-sex marriage. Abbott had held back a relentless campaign to change the definition of marriage in recent years. However Australia’s same-sex marriage political movement went into overdrive, cheered on by the media. After much debating to try to resolve the issue Abbot managed to block the introduction into the Australian Parliament of yet another bill to change the definition of marriage. This infuriated the opposition in the party and led to Turnbull telling parliament last week that he would honour the people’s vote on same-sex marriage after the 2016 election. ‘Poll-driven panic’ produced the Prime Minister’s departure. In his gracious concession speech, Abbott said, ‘My love for this country is as strong as ever, and may God bless this great Commonwealth.’