Malcolm Turnbull accuses Tony Abbott of sabotaging government amid poll slump

By Fergus Hunter
Updated February 27 2017 - 4:13pm, first published 11:50am
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull looks at a bottle with his face printed on it when he visited Bottles of Australia and held a morning tea for local businesses in Hume, Canberra on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull looks at a bottle with his face printed on it when he visited Bottles of Australia and held a morning tea for local businesses in Hume, Canberra on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Mr Turnbull on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Mr Turnbull on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull points the finger in the wake of poor polling on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull points the finger in the wake of poor polling on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has laid the blame for the government's drop in the polls squarely at the feet of Tony Abbott, describing the former leader's "outburst" last week as a calculated and deliberate attack to undermine confidence in the Coalition.