(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Ten Government Ministers in Australia have offered to resign following a failed bid to oust Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as Party Leader.
Turnbull narrowly won a party room leadership vote on Tuesday (21) but is now likely to face a second challenge.
He accepted the resignation of his challenger, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, and one other Minister.
Turnbull is under pressure because of a long run of poor polling and a divisive energy policy.
His centre-right coalition will face a general election by May next year, after recently losing a key by-election in Queensland.
The Opposition Labor Party has accused the Government of being in “Chaos”.
Now on the backbench, Dutton has said he is still actively campaigning for the leadership and has lobbied other Parliamentarians for their support in a second vote.
“You do not go into a ballot believing that you can lose and if I believe that a majority of colleagues support me then I would consider my position,” he told Radio Station 3AW.
