1. The year started with this man, Tony Abbott as prime minister... getting the most hectic selfie with a tradie.
2. But things quickly started going downhill, like when he gave an Australian knighthood to the UK's Prince Philip ON AUSTRALIA DAY.
3. When he referred to Aboriginal people living in remote communities as a "lifestyle choice" and people got really mad.
4. When he wore a green tie and filmed a St Patricks Day message which the Irish media called "patronising" for reducing them to historical caricatures.
5. When he called windfarms "visually awful" and brought in a Wind Farm Commissioner to look into the debunked 'wind turbine syndrome'.
6. When he smashed an entire beer in six seconds and the nation went bloody wild.
7. Not to be outdone, senior Labor MP Anthony Albanese was also filmed skolling an entire beer at a post footy function.
8. He also delighted the media by issuing the world's shortest ever press release.
9. When Christopher Pyne definitely called him a "cunt" on national morning television.
11. When then-treasurer Joe Hockey delivered a simple message for first home buyers: get a "good job" that "pays good money". It sent people crazy.
12. When foreign minister Julie Bishop dealt Hockey the world's sickest eye-roll and face-palm in parliament.
14. Don't worry Joe Hockey was trying to stay upbeat, like when he crashed this Sunrise segment like a happy, jolly fella.
16. It kicked off a truly baffling spat between Joyce and Depp, who called the Aussie MP a "sweaty big-gutted man". Buuuuuurn.
18. When we had a national debate about removing the GST from tampons and sanitary pads and this mega tampon was made for Joe Hockey
19. What about when independent senator Glenn Lazarus threatened to literally finger the prime minister with a "Hopoate tackle".
Reminder... this is a Hopoate tackle.
21. Or when Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm told a Twitter parody account it was a "legitimate fuckwit".
23. It lasted several weeks, with Tony Abbott announcing a full boycott of the show, asking the ABC "whose side are you on?".
Oh Lord! News Corp trash got it in for me tomorrow. Time for a holy ciggi 🚬😂
24. The guy at the centre of it, Zaky Mallah, even got in Twitter stoushes with government MPs.
25. At least Tony Abbott was around to have press conferences with ever-more Australian flags which became a running joke.
26. But don't worry there was another Q&A scandal! This tweet got on-screen and the PM called the ABC "out of control".
27. When the speaker Bronwyn Bishop was forced to resign because of the #choppergate scandal, in which she caught a $5000 helicopter trip to a Liberal party fundraiser.
28. So someone took a photo of her wiping down her economy class seat on a flight.
30. When attorney-general George Brandis was caught wearing a daggy jumper and became a glorious new meme.
Covergurl! Put the Brandis in your walk
32. When the immigration department was renamed "Australian Border Force" and the country got a new flag.
Our glorious new flag design, appropriately flying at half mast. #boundlessplainstoshare
34. When then-communications minister Malcolm Turnbull got an SBS reporter fired for tweets critical of ANZAC Day.
36. When George Brandis was caught, kicking back and reading bush poetry during Senate estimates.
38. Or when immigration minister Peter Dutton told a hilarious joke about pacific islands being swallowed by the effects of climate change.
And that perfect moment Scott Morrison told him there was a boom microphone, like, just above him.
40. And when more secret footage was released of Abbott eating another onion.
41. When Malcolm Turnbull rolled Tony Abbott and Australia got its fifth prime minister in three years!
42. So naturally Australians #putoutyouronions in memory of Tony Abbott.
Goodbye, Tone. #putoutyouronions #libspill #auspol
43. And wrestler Hulk Hogan was tricked into tweeting some hilarious advice at the dumped PM.
44. When at Malcolm Turnbull's first press conference as PM a hot camera guy showed up and the nation lost its ~thirsty~ minds.
2 flags. 1 hot dude with a phone. #TurnbullsMinistry