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| Coalition fails to dent Labor lead in Newspoll, despite support for Turnbull | Coalition fails to dent Labor lead in Newspoll, despite support for Turnbull |
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| PM’s personal standing improves but Coalition’s primary vote stubbornly static as Labor ahead 53-47 on two-party-preferred basis | |
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| The Coalition government continues to trail Labor 47 to 53 on a two-party-preferred basis for the sixth Newspoll running. | The Coalition government continues to trail Labor 47 to 53 on a two-party-preferred basis for the sixth Newspoll running. |
| But Malcolm Turnbull has increased his lead over the opposition leader, Bill Shorten, as preferred prime minister, with the poll published in the Australian putting him on 46% to Shorten’s 31%, compared with the previous poll, which had them at 43% to 32%. | But Malcolm Turnbull has increased his lead over the opposition leader, Bill Shorten, as preferred prime minister, with the poll published in the Australian putting him on 46% to Shorten’s 31%, compared with the previous poll, which had them at 43% to 32%. |
| Labor’s primary vote fell from 37% to 36%, while the Coalition’s was steady at 36%. | Labor’s primary vote fell from 37% to 36%, while the Coalition’s was steady at 36%. |
| Turnbull’s net satisfaction rating improved from minus 20 to minus 12 points, while Shorten’s also moved in a positive direction, from minus 20 to minus 15. | Turnbull’s net satisfaction rating improved from minus 20 to minus 12 points, while Shorten’s also moved in a positive direction, from minus 20 to minus 15. |
| The survey was taken after Labor vowed to crack down on the use of family trusts by wealthy Australians to avoid paying tax and was published on the eve of the Liberal party-room meeting on same-sex marriage on Monday. | The survey was taken after Labor vowed to crack down on the use of family trusts by wealthy Australians to avoid paying tax and was published on the eve of the Liberal party-room meeting on same-sex marriage on Monday. |
| A group of Liberal MPs will pitch their private members’ bill as protecting religious freedoms in the hope of satisfying conservative colleagues’ concerns about a free vote on the issue. | A group of Liberal MPs will pitch their private members’ bill as protecting religious freedoms in the hope of satisfying conservative colleagues’ concerns about a free vote on the issue. |
| The latest Newspoll showed the Greens increased their primary vote from 9% to 11%, while support for One Nation slipped from 9% to 8%. | The latest Newspoll showed the Greens increased their primary vote from 9% to 11%, while support for One Nation slipped from 9% to 8%. |
| The poll’s margin for error was plus or minus 2.4 percentage points. | The poll’s margin for error was plus or minus 2.4 percentage points. |
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