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Matilda

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4. All over - for the moment.

Reply to Matilda (Original post)

Mon Feb 9, 2015, 02:22 AM

Feb 2015

The motion for a leadership spill was defeated – 39 MPs voted for it, 61 against. One vote was informal, and one MP was absent. And Abbott proudly announced afterwards that "Good government starts today". Which looks like an admission that we've had 16 months of bad government from his team already.

And it means that 40% of the backbench have no confidence in their leader – something that would keep a more sensitive soul than Abbott awake at night.

But it's really good news for Labor, with the latest Newspoll figures showing ALP leading the Coalition 57-43 if an election were to be held today. And Abbott is damaged, definitely.

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