On Tuesday, August 21, 2018, almost, the media’s headline broadcast the hottest news about the leadership spill and it has resulted, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull wins with score 48 and contestant Peter Dutton has 35. The outcome warns Liberals divided and the consequence is waiting for the disaster in the next general election. After the challenge failed, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has resigned from the most powerful department in Malcolm Turnbull’s cabinet that shows the government still has the unification’s problem, actually, Peter Dutton experiences the security, he is among the senior member of Liberals. Some frontbenchers will resign and Malcolm Turnbull will fill up by his rivals. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop still holds the Deputy leader, she was the key of the coup in 2015.
The leadership spill temporarily sedates, therefore, the internal wound still remains. In the future, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will face the difficulty, actually, the climate change policy. The opposition leader Bill Shorten and its party could develop the vulnerability of Coalition and attack and gains more poll. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull still faces the opposing of Nationals as former Acting Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce who upsets Prime Minister after withdrawal of the support in the scandal. After the federal election in 2016, the Coalition lost the major government, the number of representatives is 76, it just enough to form the government, if Malcolm Turnbull didn’t have Nationals ally, he couldn’t retain the government, so the role of Nationals is very important.
The next general election is not far, therefore, the bad opinion polls follow the Coalition, actually, the people dislike Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull after the coup in 2015. The loyal Liberal voter abandoned its party in the election 2016. As the prediction, the next general election, Liberals will be lost at least 20 seats, actually Liberal marginal electorates, it is enough for opposition Bill Shorten claims the landslide victory. Therefore, the leadership challenge of Peter Dutton begins and the other leadership spill will occur any time in Liberals, nevertheless, if the Nationals withdraw the support Malcolm Turnbull, his government will be collapsed when the numerous member of Lower House is under 75 and the early election will call.
Despite the leadership’s challenge is over, but the position of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is uncertain, actually, the Prime Minister faces the internal conflict plus the ally is Nationals and Labor attacks.
The conservatives dislike Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, he has the same policies as Labor, so the general next election, the Australian people will find so hard to use the ballot, both leaders of two main parties are the same. Bill Shorten is red and Malcolm Turnbull is pink ./.
(thedawnmedia.com)