Malcolm Turnbull survives Liberal Party leadership spill 48-35 over Peter Dutton

[WA Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, 21st August, 2018 AM News Update [Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addresses the media during a doorstop interview at Parliament House in Canberra on ...]( [Malcolm Turnbull survives Liberal Party leadership spill 48-35 over Peter Dutton]( BY David Crowe Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is fighting for his job after Peter Dutton launched a strike for the leadership. --------------------------------------------------------------- Top stories [Malcolm Turnbull's days are numbered. His time may even be measured in hours]( Australians cannot reasonably be asked to put their trust in Malcolm Turnbull if he cannot even claim that from close to half of his own colleagues. 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[Nat Fyfe leads his players from the ground after the Geelong thrashing.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- ['He was extremely lucky': WA diver's close call with great white]( A whale carcass beached off Canal Rocks in Yallingup prompted a shark warning on Sunday, but local photographer Ian Wiese said two crayfish divers didn't get the message. [A shark warning has been issued after a whale carcass has washed up on the rocks at Wyadup, near Canal Rocks (top left) ...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [BHP hands shareholders record dividend after big profit lift]( BHP's earnings were propelled by new production records set during the year, including for iron ore and metallurgical coal. 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