New Australian prime minister faces party popularity slump

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New Australian prime minister faces party popularity slump

 

FILE PHOTO: The new Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison attends a swearing-in ceremony as his wife Jenny looks on, in Canberra, Australia August 24, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray

 

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australians' support for the Coalition government has dropped to its lowest in a decade after it dumped Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister and installed Scott Morrison last Friday following a week of chaos, an opinion poll showed on Monday.

 

The latest Newspoll, published by The Australian newspaper, also showed opposition Labor leader Bill Shorten, who had long trailed Turnbull, is now preferred prime minister.

 

Morrison replaced Turnbull in a party-room vote on Friday, taking over as leader of the Liberal party after a week of political turmoil that led to the emergence of Australia's sixth prime minister in less than a decade.

 

The Liberal-National Coalition's primary vote dropped four points to 33 percent, the Newspoll showed, while the two-party-preferred split between Labor and the Coalition blew out from 51-49 in favour of Labor two weeks ago to 56-44.

 

Morrison must call a federal election by May 2019, but could face by-elections in two seats before that as Turnbull has said he plans to leave parliament soon and former foreign minister Julie Bishop, who stepped down on the weekend, could also quit.

 

(Reporting by Sonali Paul; Editing by Chris Reese)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-08-27

[DoctorG]

Understandable as the Libs have not done themselves any favours with all this. ScoMo has 6 months to try to redeem some credibility as OZ definitely does not need Shorten as PM.

[Old Croc]

Even allowing for Shorten' s shortcomings he is infinitely preferable to whomever the Liberals can come up with these days.

Morrison has been the chief driver of the tax cuts for the big end of town (the myth that is known as trickle down economics) and will again be on that policy push  as soon as it is deemed politically expedient.

The only good thing to be said about him is that he prevented the toxic, alt-right conservatives of Dutton, Abbott, Murdoch, et al, from effecting a coup and turning the country into a worse, more divided version of the US.

[Old Croc]

The first polls since the blood-letting show what the Australian public think of the fiasco.

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-27/scott-morrison-liberals-voters-deliver-their-verdict/10167902

 

Edited August 27, 2018 by Old Croc

[BoganInParasite]

At a Federal level I believe Australia has been ill-served by 90% of the politicians in all parties over the last ten years. (I don't bother myself with state level politics but I'm sure it is no different.) At the risk of much criticism on this forum...I miss Keating.

[Mad mick]

fkm liberal nazi party sh- - e

[Jonnapat]

An ""Evangelical Christian "" PM?

Asking for trouble.

[Andrew65]

Rudd, Gillard, Abbott, Turnbull, not a very inspiring bunch!??

[mfd101]

6 hours ago, Jonnapat said:

An ""Evangelical Christian "" PM?

Asking for trouble.

SnM? He'll soon have us whipped into shape ...

[Chassa]

Time for an Army takeover?

[mfd101]

9 minutes ago, Chassa said:

Time for an Army takeover?

Your dream, is it?

 

[Stargeezr]

Ah politics, ain't  it wonderful. Is there anyone around  that the masses would love?   Mr. Nice hair in Canada? NOT!  Mr. blow hard in the USA, Bully!! Anyone in Europe, or Asia?

Geezer