Leadership chaos hands Coalition worst poll result in a decade

NEWS: Prime Minister Scott Morrison has flagged a 2019 election, hoping his reshuffled ministry will have time to reverse the political damage of Friday’s leadership spill which has been reflected in the latest Newspoll.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has flagged a 2019 election, hoping his reshuffled ministry will have time to reverse the political damage of Friday’s

นายกรัฐมนตรีสก็อตต์ มอร์ริสันได้ตั้งธงการเลือกตั้งปี 2019 โดนหวังว่าการปรับคณะรัฐมนตรีของเขานั้นจะซื้อเวลาพอเพื่อกู้ความเสียหายทางการเมืองจากเมื่อวันศุกร์ Source: AAP via SBS News

The Morrison government has been confronted with an opinion poll that shows the Coalition’s primary vote has fallen to 33 per cent, marking the lowest result since Brendan Nelson was opposition leader in 2008.

The Newspoll shows Labor surging ahead on two-party preferred, now leading the government 56 - 44. Bill Shorten also emerged as the preferred prime minister ahead of Scott Morrison.

You can read the full story in English on SBS News here.


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By James Elton-Pym
Presented by Tanu Attajarusit
Source: SBS News, AAP

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