Support for Australian PM Hits 2-Year High Ahead of By-elections: Poll

Support for Australian PM Hits 2-Year High Ahead of By-elections: Poll
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull smiles upon his arrival at Japan's Prime Minister's official residence before meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 18, 2018. Reuters/Franck Robichon/Pool
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SYDNEY—Support for Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is at a two-year high, an opinion poll showed on Monday, a boost for the center-right government ahead of a series of by-elections at the end of July.

The last Newspoll before the July 28 by-elections showed Turnbull’s personal popularity at 48 percent, its highest since the 2016 general election, and above opposition Labor leader Bill Shorten at 29 percent.