In a bruising day in federal politics, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull managed to survive a vote on his leadership with his longtime minister Peter Dutton emerging as a challenger.

Despite winning the ballot 48 votes to 35, Mr Turnbull's woes did not end there, with Question Time dedicated to a no confidence motion and a number of frontbenchers asking to quit their positions after supporting Mr Dutton.

Take a look over the live blog to see how the day's events unfolded.