“There is nothing liberal about the Prince of Point Piper, says Wayne Swan, a former Labortreasurer, referring to the affluent Sydney suburb where Mr Turnbull lives. “Turnbull has anundeserved reputation as a moderate but he will implement Abbott’s policies.

澳大利亚政治的残酷无情意味着，该国在5年里见证了5名总理的起落。如今特恩布尔面对的现实是，他必须应对一个某些人声称已功能失调的议会制度。但他的最大挑战将是他提振澳大利亚经济的能力——这一点将左右着对他的政府的评价。由于澳大利亚关键的出口商品——铁矿石和煤炭——价格暴跌，以及该国最大贸易伙伴中国经济放缓，澳大利亚的经济正在不断走弱。

The brutal nature of Australian politics, which has seen five prime ministers come and go in asmany years, is the reality Mr Turnbull must manage in a parliamentary system that some claimis dysfunctional. But his greatest challenge, and the one that will define his government, willbe his ability to grow an economy that is weakening in the face of a collapse in the price ofkey exports — iron ore and coal — and a slowdown in the economy of its biggest tradingpartner, China.

澳大利亚曾出现连续24年的增长。然而，在截至6月底的3个月内，国内生产总值(GDP)增幅已放缓至0.2%。这一局面令高盛警告称，该国在2016年年中以前有三分之一的几率陷入衰退。

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