How 80% of Australians would vote against Peter Dutton

2016

JULY

* The coalition scrapes back into power with a one-seat majority, scoring 50.4 per cent of the two-party vote.

NOVEMBER

* Proposed same-sex marriage plebiscite is defeated in the Senate.

* Government restores the building industry watchdog

DECEMBER

* Government passes controversial backpacker tax.

2017

JANUARY

* Turnbull reshuffles cabinet after an expenses scandal forces the resignation of health minister Sussan Ley.

FEBRUARY

* PM hoses down reports he was berated by US President Donald Trump over a refugee swap deal.

* Cory Bernardi quits the Liberals to start his own Australian Conservatives party

MARCH

* Small business tax cuts pass parliament, but broader plan stalls.

APRIL

* Turnbull unveils plans to make it harder to become an Australian citizen.

MAY

* Treasurer Scott Morrison hands down his second budget, announcing a gradual thaw of the Medicare rebate freeze that almost cost Turnbull the election.

JUNE

* New bank levy clears parliament.

* Turnbull responds to Chief Scientist Alan Finkel’s review of the energy market with new rules to restrict gas exports and a plan to scrap a process that allows power companies to raise prices.

* Major school funding overhaul, aka Gonski 2.0, clears parliament with crossbench support.

JULY

* Citizenship debacle begins with Greens senator Scott Ludlam resigning. Coalition two-party position slips to 45 per cent.

AUGUST

* Pauline Hanson wears a burqa in parliament. Attorney-General George Brandis describes it as an ‘appalling thing to do’.

SEPTEMBER

* Cabinet minister Fiona Nash and crossbencher Nick Xenophon referred to the High Court over their dual citizenship.

OCTOBER

* The High Court boots Barnaby Joyce from parliament because of his dual New Zealand citizenship, while federal minister Matt Canavan and Nick Xenophon can remain.

NOVEMBER

* 61.6 per cent of Australians say yes to same-sex marriage in a postal survey.

* Turnbull announces a royal commission into misconduct in the financial sector.

DECEMBER

* Barnaby Joyce wins by-election and tells parliament that he is separated.

* Same-sex marriage is legalised after new laws clear federal parliament.

* Labor senator Sam Dastyari quits parliament over his Chinese donor connections

2018

JANUARY

* Turnbull pledges a year of ‘rewards’ for Australians after two years of economic reforms.

FEBRUARY

* After news of his affair with a former staffer breaks in the media, Barnaby Joyce resigns as deputy prime minister and Nationals leader.

MARCH

* Turnbull says Liberal win in South Australian election is an endorsement of the government’s energy plan.

APRIL

* Turnbull loses his 30th consecutive Newspoll and shrugs it off as ministers rally around him

MAY

* Katy Gallagher case in the High Court leads to more citizenship resignations, this time on the Labor side and crossbencher Rebekha Sharkie.

JUNE

* The government’s $144billion personal income tax cut plan passes parliament.

JULY

* A ‘super Saturday’ of five by-elections brings no wins for the government, with four seats returning to Labor and one crossbench MP.

AUGUST

* Barnaby Joyce and Tony Abbott speak out over the direction of the government.

* Malcolm Turnbull defeats Peter Dutton 48-35 in a party room leadership ballot. Dutton resigns from frontbench.

Source: AAP

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