CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's conservative prime minister, John Howard, not only faces defeat at elections later this year but both he and heir apparent Peter Costello could lose their seats in parliament, a new poll analysis found on Monday.
The analysis of AC Nielsen polls by Fairfax newspapers on Monday said the government could lose 49 of its 87 seats in the lower house, with Howard, Costello and another leadership hopeful, Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull, all vulnerable.
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