Former prime minister Tony Abbott has been re-endorsed as the Liberal candidate for the Sydney northern beaches electorate of Warringah after a branch meeting overnight.
He stood unopposed and was chosen despite grumblings from a vocal minority of members.
The result comes three years to the day since the 2015 leadership spill when Malcolm Turnbull toppled Mr Abbott as prime minister.
Mr Abbott who has held the seat of Warringah since 1994 doesn't seem to be making plans to leave politics any time soon.
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He is the only former prime minister to remain in the current parliament after losing leadership.
In an interview on 2GB Mr Abbott told Alan Jones that he thought Scott Morrison had "got off to a very good start".
"After a very difficult period with quite a lot of self-inflicted wounds, we are now again on the right track," he said.
