Abbott polls jump, crash

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There’s a big poll divergence today for the Abbott Government today with Newspoll showing firming support:

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The latest Newspoll, taken exclusively for The Australian at the weekend, shows the Coalition has opened a five-point margin over Labor on primary vote to be ahead by 41 per cent to 36 per cent — its biggest lead in seven months.

…With preferences from the Greens based on the last election, the ALP continues to hold a two-party lead of 51 per cent to 49 per cent.

But the Fairfax Ipsos poll goes the other way:

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Bill Shorten’s Labor opposition has opened up an eight-point buffer on two-party-preferred voting intention of 54 per cent to the Coalition on 46 per cent – a three-point deterioration for the government since last month’s survey, which suggested Mr Abbott’s government was making a comeback and was almost level-pegging with Labor at 49-51.

The trend remains pretty gloomy for the Government but not enough to bring on further leadership tension is my guess.

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