webfact Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Australian PM loses 30th straight poll, faces leadership pressure By Colin Packham Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks to the media during a news conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, March 27, 2018. AAP/Lukas Coch/via REUTERS SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's coalition government on Monday lost a 30th straight major opinion poll, a symbolic defeat that intensifies pressure on him after he used the same milestone to oust his predecessor. The latest widely watched Newspoll, published in The Australian newspaper, showed the Liberal-National coalition trailing the opposition Labor Party 52-48 on a two-party preferred basis, a margin that would deliver Turnbull an election defeat. Although Australia is a year away from a general election, the Newspoll leaves Turnbull facing questions about his future. Three Australian prime ministers have been ousted by their own parties since 2010, dumped by colleagues after their popularity began to wane. Once widely popular, Turnbull has fallen out of favour after a wave of scandals, including the resignation of his former deputy after revelations he was expecting a child with his former press secretary, and an eligibility crisis that saw the government temporarily lose its parliamentary majority. A surge by right-wing minor parties and factions of his own party has forced Turnbull to embrace conservative policies, damaging his reputation as a liberal. There was some good news for the embattled leader with a Fairfax/Ipsos poll published by The Australian Financial Review over the weekend showing that many Australians have grown weary of a revolving-door leadership. Some 62 percent of those surveyed said they wanted Turnbull to remain prime minister. Senior government lawmakers have also backed Turnbull. "Malcolm Turnbull retains the confidence of the vast majority of our party room," Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, deputy leader of the Liberal Party, told Sky News. Even former prime minister and party leader Tony Abbott, ousted by Turnbull in September 2017, and who has led much of the criticism of him, set a conciliatory tone. "The point I'd make is that we shouldn't obsess over polls. I never did. I don't think that others should," Abbott told reporters in Victoria state. However, Abbott took the opportunity to sharpen his criticism of the government's refusal to build a coal-fired power station. Australia's electricity supply business has becomes a hot political issue following a string of blackouts and price spikes. "We should be the party of low power prices and that means more coal-fired power generation," Abbott said. (Reporting by Colin Packham; Editing by Jane Wardell and Robert Birsel) -- © Copyright Reuters 2018-04-09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Brought to you by the same people that said Hilary would win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 This guy is so out of touch with real Australians it is not funny and people are afraid of the new super gestapo organization he has approved and the terrorist who will be running it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mfd101 Posted April 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2018 Based on his pre-politics career, noone could have predicted that he would turn out as weak & wishy-washy as he has, like a kangaroo caught in the headlights, & with poor political instincts. Up there with Rudd & Gillard in that last respect. Bill Shorten on the other hand is drifting ever leftwards, with policy propositions that increasingly look like something left over from the 1970s, before Hawke & Keating introduced Australia to the late 20th century. Not a pleasant alternative! Once more, Oz sinks into smug complacency. Come on Fellas, you need to lift your collective game! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Bye Bye Mr. Turnbull. Shame you could not intice PM Trudeau of Canada to use your tactics, so we citizens could drum his sorry butt right out of politics as well. Geezer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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