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| Australia's opposition Liberal Party has elected a new leader, amid a searing row over the government's carbon trading laws. | Australia's opposition Liberal Party has elected a new leader, amid a searing row over the government's carbon trading laws. |
| Tony Abbott was chosen to replace Malcolm Turnbull at a Canberra meeting. | Tony Abbott was chosen to replace Malcolm Turnbull at a Canberra meeting. |
| Mr Turnbull had backed Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's emissions trading scheme, but Mr Abbott has vowed to oppose it. | Mr Turnbull had backed Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's emissions trading scheme, but Mr Abbott has vowed to oppose it. |
| The government needs the support of the Liberals to pass the legislation in the Senate. The Liberal revolt throws Mr Rudd's plans into turmoil. | |
| Mr Abbott won the final vote against Mr Turnbull by 42 votes to 41. A third challenger, Joe Hockey, was eliminated in first-round voting. | |
| Mr Rudd had wanted the legislation to pass the Senate - where his party does not have a majority - by the start of the Copenhagen climate change summit next week. | |
| If the Senate fails to pass the scheme, Mr Rudd could call a snap election, correspondents say. |