Labor’s two-party lead back out to its equal widest since the election, though Sussan Ley remains favoured to lead the Liberal Party.
The Australian reports the latest Newspoll has Labor’s two-party lead at 58-42, out from 57-43 three weeks ago. The primary votes are Labor 36% (steady), Coalition 24% (steady), Greens 13% (up two) and One Nation 15% (steady). Anthony Albanese is up one on approval to 47% and down four on disapproval to 47%, while Sussan Ley is up one to 26% and down three to 55%. Albanese’s lead on preferred prime minister is unchanged at 54-27. Also included is a question on preferred Liberal leader, which has Sussan Ley at 21%, Andrew Hastie at 15%, Angus Taylor at 9%, Tim Wilson at 6% and Ted O’Brien 3%, the balance being “don’t know”. Among Coalition voters, the respective numbers are 28%, 20%, 12%, 7% and 2%. The poll was conducted Monday to Thursday from a sample of 1245.
Author: William Bowe