Bloomberg: Australian Voters Snubbing Turnbull After Leader’s Spat With Trump
* Newspoll shows support hits lowest since Turnbull took power
* Turnbull seeks traction with lawmakers as parliament resumes
While Malcolm Turnbull’s spat with U.S. President Donald Trump has thrust him into the international spotlight, a new poll shows the Australian prime minister’s biggest challenge may be turning around his own government’s performance.
Primary support for Turnbull’s Liberal-National coalition has slumped 4 percentage points to 35 percent, the lowest since he seized the leadership in September 2015, according to a
Newspoll conducted Feb. 2-5 and published on Monday in the Australian newspaper. The government trails the main opposition Labor party 54 percent to 46 percent on a two-party preferred basis.
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Update: Australia's Leader Says Trump Isn't Chasing a Refugee Deal (AP)
WNU Editor: As I had mentioned in a previous post .... my Aussie readers are telling me that there is more to the Trump - Turnbull story than what the U.S. media is reporting .... “How is it playing out in Australia?” (Catallaxy Files). Hat tip to Dave for this story.
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Update: Australia's Leader Says Trump Isn't Chasing a Refugee Deal (AP)
WNU Editor: As I had mentioned in a previous post .... my Aussie readers are telling me that there is more to the Trump - Turnbull story than what the U.S. media is reporting .... “How is it playing out in Australia?” (Catallaxy Files). Hat tip to Dave for this story.
