So I know nothing about Australian politics, is this good or bad?
This is very good news.
Tony Abbot was a running joke long before he became PM, he lead through secrecy and deceit, abusing human rights and being a bad face for Australia.
Ever since Abbot got bumped up there have been many rallies all around the country calling in thousands of people calling for a vote of no confidence in our leader, all of which were ignored and suppressed by Abbot and his media goonies. He is mysogynystic (and named himself minister for women,) homophobic and biggoted, whose lusts for political power lead to deliberate damages to the environment and he advocates that climate change isn't real and ignores it bluntly.
John Oliver explains some