Labor maintains lead over Coalition in latest Newspoll
Bill Shorten says Labor will restore penalty rates that were cut by the Fair Work Commission. Photo: AAP
The Coalition continues to trail Labor, but leaders of both parties are equally unpopular, according to the latest Newspoll.
According to the poll, published in The Australian on Monday, Labor has retained a two-party preferred lead of 53 per cent to the Coalition’s 47 per cent.
It is the 14th consecutive poll in which the Coalition has trailed Labor.
Both Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten have an approval rating of negative 23 per cent, meaning more surveyed voters were dissatisfied than satisfied with their performances.
On a primary vote basis, One Nation’s share of the vote has increased to 11 per cent from nine per cent three weeks ago, while Labor’s edged up one to 37 per cent.
The Coalition’s primary vote was static at 36 per cent, and the Greens slipped to nine per cent.
– AAP
