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Libs, Labor unchanged: poll

The Labor Party remains confidently in front of the Liberal Party but numbers remain the same, a new poll reveals.

On a two-party-preferred basis, the latest Essential poll showed that if an election was held ‘today’ 53 per cent of voters said they would vote for the Opposition.

Meanwhile 47 per cent said they would back the Coalition – both figures are unchanged since the previous poll.

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When voters were asked which party they were leaning towards, 38 per cent voted for Labor, 36 per cent were in favour of the Liberals and three per cent back the Nationals.

The Greens gained one per cent since last week’s poll, standing at 12 per cent.

The Palmer United Party (PUP) was unchanged with one per cent of the votes.

When asked if voters approved of the Labor Party recently committing to a target of 50 per cent renewable energy by 2030, 65 per cent said they approved, whereas 16 per cent disapproved.

A very high majority of Labor voters (84 per cent) and Greens voters (96 per cent) approved.

Liberal/National voters were split but more likely to approve (45 per cent) than disapprove (35 per cent).

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In regards to which party had the best policy for handling asylum seekers arriving by boat, 37 per cent backed the Liberal Party and 12 per cent said Labor.

Twenty-four per cent said no party had the best policy – these results reflecting those from June 2013.

Voters were also asked to identify the two the biggest ‘threats’ to Australia.

Fifty-five per cent said the global economic instability, 47 per cent nominated terrorism and 38 per cent said climate change. Thirty-six per cent nominated the Chinese economic slowdown.

Labor voters think global economic instability, terrorism and climate change represent similar levels of threat while Liberal/National voters were more likely to think the Chinese economic slowdown was a threat.

Just 18 per cent of Liberal/National voters thought climate change was one of the two biggest threats to Australia.

The data comprised of two-week averages derived from the first preference/leaning to voting questions, with 1866 respondents.

Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ were not included in the results.

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