From The Australian:
The latest Newspoll survey, which was slightly affected by the number of voters in flood and bushfire-affected areas, is a complete reversal of fortune for the ALP from the summer-holiday affected January poll, and a much-needed personal boost for the Opposition Leader.
The poll puts Labor’s primary support at 32 per cent – a wipeout of the six-point gain recorded between December and January – as the Coalition’s support rose four percentage points to 48 per cent in the past three weeks.
With the Greens steady on 9 per cent and “others” going from 9 per cent to 11 per cent since the poll in January, the two-party-preferred figure has the Coalition back with a huge election-winning lead of 56 per cent to 44 per cent.
…A Galaxy poll published in News Limited newspapers today puts Labor’s support at 35 per cent and the Coalition’s at 48 per cent. That gives a two-party-preferred lead for the Coalition of 54 per cent to 46 per cent.
…Ms Gillard’s support as preferred prime minister fell four percentage points from 45 per cent to 41 per cent, while Mr Abbott’s support rose six points from 33 per cent to 39 per cent.
It appears this poll was taken after the election announcement so could be a judgement upon eight months of torture. From Mark the Ballot as of Wednesday last week Newspoll’s house biases still slightly favoured Labour, not so Galaxy:
