Australian PM Turnbull clings to power after surviving party leadership challenge
2018-08-21 09:42:12 source：Straits Times
August 21, 2018
SYDNEY (REUTERS, AFP) -- Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull survived a leadership challenge by Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on Tuesday (Aug 21), a government official said, but the narrow margin of his win did little to dampen speculation about his future.
Turnbull defeated Dutton in the vote for the leadership of the Liberal Party, the senior party in the centre-right government coalition, by 48 votes to 35, chief government whip Nola Marino told reporters.
It came after a sharp fall in opinion poll ratings and talk of an imminent challenge, which in turn has raised the possibility of an early election.
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