PRIME MINISTERS – AUSTRALIA

Turnbull supported as Liberal Leader by 64% while Shorten (9%) is fourth choice as ALP Leader behind Plibersek, Albanese & Swan

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Morgan Poll Update – Page: Online : 23-Oct-15

A special telephone Morgan Poll, which was carried out from 20-22 October 2015, has found that 64 per cent of Australian electors prefer Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as Liberal Leader, an increase of 20 per cent since July. Some 12 per cent of electors prefer Deputy Leader Julie Bishop as Liberal Leader, while eight per cent prefer former PM Tony Abbott. Meanwhile, 27 per cent of electors prefer Deputy Leader Tanya Plibersek as Australian Labor Party Leader, ahead of Anthony Albanese (23 per cent), former treasurer Wayne Swan (10 per cent) and current Opposition Leader Bill Shorten (nine per cent). Roy Morgan Research executive chairman Gary Morgan notes that Coalition supporters have swung decisively behind the new PM: 70 per cent now strongly prefer Turnbull, ahead of Abbott (12 per cent) and Julie Bishop (seven per cent).

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MORGAN POLL, ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Turnbull (76%) clearly preferred Australian PM cf. Shorten ‘Mr. 14%’. December 1988: Hawke 69% cf. Howard ‘Mr. 18%’.

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Morgan Poll Update – Page: Online : 23-Oct-15

A special telephone Morgan Poll, which was carried out on 20-22 October 2015, has found that 76 per cent of Australian electors favour Malcolm Turnbull as the "Better Prime Minister", an increase of six per cent since 15 September. In contrast, 14 per cent prefer Opposition Leader Bill Shorten as "Better PM" (down 10 per cent). The poll also found that 94 per cent of Coalition supporters and 58 per cent of Australian Labor Party supporters rate Turnbull as the Better PM. Roy Morgan Research executive chairman Gary Morgan notes that 79 per cent of Coalition supporters and 60 per cent of Labor supporters also approve of Turnbull’s job performance after a month as Prime Minister.

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MORGAN POLL, ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS

PM deflects barbs over tax haven

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 11 : 15-Oct-15

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been accused by the Australian Labor Party of having investments in companies registered in the Cayman Islands. Labor senator Sam Dastyari said on 14 October 2015 that it is inappropriate for Turnbull to have investments in a tax haven. In response to Dastyari’s accusations, Turnbull said his investments were made in accordance with the ministerial code of conduct.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Abbott ahead of PM in social media engagement at least

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Original article by Dominic White
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 13-Oct-15

Figures from BrandData show that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is less popular on social media than his predecessor, Tony Abbott. Turnbull also trails behind ex-prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard in terms of engagement on Twitter. He boasts 456,000 followers on Twitter, while Rudd has 1.6 million. However, Turnbull is ranked in first place on YouTube.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, BRAND DATA PTY LTD, TWITTER INCORPORATED, YOUTUBE INCORPORATED, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED

PM calls back reform summit

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 29-Sep-15

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has organised a summit with key representations of the business and community sectors to discuss economic reforms. The summit will be held on 1 October 2015, and will include Australian Industry Group CEO Innes Willox, ACTU secretary Dave Oliver, Business Council of Australia Jennifer Westacott and Australian Council for Social Services CEO Cassandra Goldie. Issues such as superannuation tax breaks are likely to be on the agenda.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, THE AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY GROUP, ACTU, BUSINESS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR WOMEN, COUNCIL ON THE AGEING, AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, AUSTRALIAN YOUTH AFFAIRS COALITION INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FINANCE, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, SYDNEY INSTITUTE

New Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull gives immediate Consumer Confidence boost in all States and a wide range of demographics

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Original article by Michele Levine, Gary Morgan, Julian McCrann, Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 28-Sep-15

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence jumped by a one-week record 9.2 points to 114.5 in the week ended 20 September 2015, after Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in as the 29th Prime Minister. The increase to consumer confidence was broad-based, with consumer confidence increasing strongly for both genders, across all age groups and all States and capital cities. Sentiment regarding the Australian economy over the next 12 months increased the most strongly with 31 per cent (up 10 per cent) of Australians expecting "good times" for the Australian economy over the next 12 months. Over the next few weeks and months several Roy Morgan indicators will provide the clearest measure of whether Turnbull has what it takes to introduce the required reforms to boost the Australian economy and provide the confidence to businesses and consumers to get the economy growing on a sustainable path.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Both sides claim victory in Canning, 7-point swing

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 11 : 21-Sep-15

Opinion is divided within the Liberal Party regarding the effect that the leadership change had on the Canning by-election. The seat has been won by Liberal candidate Andrew Hastie, albeit with a seven per cent swing to the Australian Labor Party. Senator Arthur Sinodinos says this would have been much larger if Tony Abbott had not been dumped as prime minister, although Finance Minister Mathias Cormann says this may not necessarily have been a factor in the outcome of the by-election.

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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FINANCE, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, PALMER UNITED PARTY

Turnbull delivers instant Libs lift

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Original article by Peter Jean
The Advertiser – Page: 8 : 18-Sep-15

A Galaxy Poll has found that support for the Liberal-National coalition has risen to 51 per cent on a two-party preferred basis. The national poll was carried out on 15-16 September, in the wake of the leadership spill that ousted Tony Abbott. New Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was rated the preferred prime minister by more than 50 per cent of respondents, while 20 per cent preferred Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.

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GALAXY RESEARCH PTY LTD, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Ambush: The faceless men who stalked Abbott and made Turnbull king

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Original article by Phillip Coorey, Laura Tingle
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1/ & 36 : 18-Sep-15

A group of Coalition MPs and senators met on the evening of 13 September 2014 to plot the downfall of Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Those present included Mitch Fifield, James McGrath, Mal Brough and Wyatt Roy. They had been planning to move against Abbott for some time, and decided to act immediately rather than wait until after the Canning by-election in Western Australia. Abbott was defeated by Malcolm Turnbull in a leadership spill the following day. Rumours of a plot against Abbott had been circulating for some time, but they were dismissed by both Abbott himself and his chief of staff, Peta Credlin.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, LIBERAL-NATIONAL PARTY OF QUEENSLAND, GM HOLDEN LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY

New PM a win for retail, media and tech shares

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Original article by Vanessa Desloires
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 31 : 16-Sep-15

David Bassanese of BetaShares expects consumer and business confidence to rise in the near-term under new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. He adds that Turnbull’s success in pursuing economic reform will determine whether a rise in business confidence is sustained. He says stocks in the retail, technology and construction sectors are likely to benefit from the leadership change. ST Wong of Prime Value Management say a Turnbull government may be positive for media stocks in particular.

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BETASHARES CAPITAL LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, PRIME VALUE ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED, PEAK ASSET MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, IG MARKETS LIMITED, UNITED STATES. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, AUSTRALIAN ETHICAL INVESTMENT LIMITED – ASX AEF, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENT