Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Possible Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2015
Attempted leadership spills targeting sitting Australian Prime Ministers are extremely rare, and are of lasting notability. This is especially the case when the attempt comes fairly close to succeeding, as happened today. They are routinely covered in detail in political histories, memoirs, and the like. The events of today are directly comparable to what the Australian Labor Party leadership spill, March 2013 article covers (a leadership contest with no challenger), and the Australian Labor Party leadership spill, June 1991 article is also relevant given the widespread commentary that it's inflicted a fatal wound on PM Abbott. Given that the events of today have been the dominant story in the Australian media for the last week, have been covered in detail in the international media (examples: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/world/asia/australias-leader-expedites-vote-threatening-his-job.html, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/09/world/asia/australian-prime-minister-tony-abbott-survives-challenge-to-leadership.html?_r=0, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-31159737, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-31270510, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/will-tony-abbott-have-to-fall-on-his-sword-for-knighting-prince-philip-10030019.html?origin=internalSearch, http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11398322, http://www.lemonde.fr/asie-pacifique/article/2015/02/06/australie-abbott-pousse-vers-la-sortie_4571161_3216.html) have been widely reported as likely to lead to future political dramas by prominent Australian journalists (examples: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbotts-removal-as-prime-minister-not-a-case-of-if-but-when-20150208-139f2p.html, http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/feb/09/tony-abbott-plaintive-plea-time-fails-convince, http://theconversation.com/abbott-left-deeply-wounded-by-narrow-victory-37339, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/index.html?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a&mode=premium&dest=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/abbott-leadership-crisis-pm-has-bought-time-that-is-all/story-e6frg75f-1227212787568&memtype=anonymous (paywalled), http://www.news.com.au/national/tony-abbott-defeated-the-spill-motion-but-he-will-still-struggle-to-survive/story-fncynjr2-1227212864241) and, based on past events, will be the subject of lasting coverage and analysis by political scientists and journalists,  is easily met
— User:Nick, 04:38, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:EVENT (Wikipedia:Notability)