Turnbull Aims for Australia Election Boost From Super Saturday

  • Coalition seeking to buck historic trend in special ballots
  • Losing seat would place pressure on opposition leader Shorten
Malcolm TurnbullPhotographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is looking for a strong showing for his Liberal-National coalition in special by-elections being held in Australia this weekend as he looks to bolster his leadership ahead of a nationwide election to be held within a year.

Polls show the coalition has a chance to win as many as two of the five electorates up for grabs in the so-called Super Saturday by-elections, the bulk of which have been triggered because incumbent Labor candidates were deemed ineligible due to holding citizenship of other nations at the time of the last election in 2016.