14 and counting

As the Parliament resumed last Monday for its final sitting prior to the winter recess, Newspoll again showed the Coalition still trailing Labor, for the 14th successive time.

My last Dis-Con Note (29/04/17) mentioned that journalists – particularly Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s coterie – often remark that his infamous justification for toppling an elected first-term Prime Minister was 30 successive adverse Newspolls; thus, they argue, Turnbull still has plenty of leeway.