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| Malcolm Turnbull: Australian PM survives leadership challenge | Malcolm Turnbull: Australian PM survives leadership challenge |
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| Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has survived a challenge to his leadership by a senior government colleague. | Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has survived a challenge to his leadership by a senior government colleague. |
| Mr Turnbull defeated Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton in a party room ballot in Canberra on Tuesday. | Mr Turnbull defeated Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton in a party room ballot in Canberra on Tuesday. |
| The prime minister won the vote 48-35, the Liberal Party's chief whip told reporters. | |
| Mr Turnbull had brought on the vote himself in a bid to resolve speculation that his leadership was under threat. | |
| He has faced pressure over successive poor poll results, losing a key by-election in Queensland, and a revolt over energy policy by conservative MPs within his party. | |
| On Monday, Mr Turnbull attempted to blunt conflict within the government by abandoning plans to set an emissions reduction target in legislation. | |
| Since 2007, no Australian leader has succeeded in serving a full three-year term as prime minister. | |
| Mr Turnbull became prime minister in 2015, after ousting Tony Abbott in a leadership challenge. | |
| Under the Australian system, as in the UK, the prime minister is not directly elected by voters but is the leader of the party or coalition that can command a majority in parliament. |