Why Australia's Leader Could Find His Job in Peril
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Less than half way into his term, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is facing the kind of internal fighting over his leadership that saw the opposition Labor Party evicted from office 17 months ago.
Some of Abbott’s own lawmakers are publicly calling for a vote on his future as soon as next week, sending his Liberal-National coalition into chaos at a time it’s struggling for traction on its parliamentary agenda amid slumping opinion polls.