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Turnbull’s chicken entrails

Was the poor North Sydney by-election result an omen of things to come?

9 January 2016

9:00 AM

9 January 2016

9:00 AM

If an election were held now, the Turnbull government would probably be returned, but with a majority significantly less than Tony Abbott won. This comes from an analysis by Newspoll of its last quarter’s polling. That support for Turnbull is lower than his adoring media acolytes suggest was confirmed by the North Sydney by-election, the only time he has faced voters as PM.

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