Milestone looms

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull might lose his 30th Newspoll in a row but conservatives and moderate Liberals alike say there is no threat to his leadership. Turnbull used 30 consecutive Newspoll losses as one reason for ousting Tony Abbott in September 2015, and is expected to achieve the same unenviable milestone when a new poll comes out in the Australian today. Liberals told AAP there was no chatter about Turnbull’s leadership, and the party room believes there is time to turn the polling around.