Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott faces leadership challenge

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott could face a second challenge to his position this year after a senior minister called for a vote on his party leadership&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Former Liberal Party leader and communications minister Malcolm Turnbull said he asked the prime minister to open up the party’s leadership to an internal vote&comma; as the two-year-old conservative coalition government struggles in opinion polls&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Abbott is now under pressure to prove he has the support of his colleagues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ultimately&comma; the prime minister has not been capable of providing the economic leadership our nation needs&comma;” Mr Turnbull told reporters&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He has not been capable of providing the economic confidence that business needs&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Turnbull&comma; foreign minister Julie Bishop&comma; the Liberal Party deputy leader&comma; and social services minister Scott Morrison are considered potential candidates to replace Mr Abbott&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nick Economou&comma; a Monash University political scientist&comma; said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Liberals have done enormous damage to themselves&comma; regardless of the outcome&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I find it hard to believe that someone would move on the leadership unless they were absolutely confident of their numbers&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The government has trailed the opposition in a range of opinion polls since April last year&period; Mr Abbott survived a leadership challenge from within his party in February that was prompted by those polls and what some say were questionable judgments&period; At the time&comma; Mr Abbott asked his colleagues for six months to improve his government’s popularity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>General elections are due in September next year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Turnbull&comma; a 60-year-old former lawyer and merchant banker known for his moderate views&comma; has long been considered Mr Abbott’s chief rival&period; He was opposition leader for two years before he lost a party-room ballot by a single vote to Mr Abbott in 2009&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Opinion polls show that Mr Turnbull is more popular than Mr Abbott&comma; but many of those who prefer him vote for the centre-left Labour Party&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed120a6bd2c">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed120a6bd2c'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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