Makes that 14 Newspolls in a row:
The Coalition is struggling to climb out of a dangerous slump after trying to win back voters on school funding and energy prices, with the government trailing Labor by 47 to 53 per cent in two-party terms.
Malcolm Turnbull has kept his lead over Bill Shorten as preferred prime minister but has failed to revive the government’s primary vote, a key measure that has flatlined at 36 per cent for more than 10 weeks.
I can only repeat, so long as One Nation remains at this level of support, The Coalition will never win another election again. Given One Nation is basically an anti-immigration single-issue entity, the way out for the Coalition is obvious.
There is also a warning in these numbers for Labor, in my view. The Do-Labor Malcolm Government is polling well above the Abbott Government at its nadir and, I put it to you, were it not for One Nation would probably be neck-and-neck with Labor.
If true, that does not say much for Bill Shorten’s leadership and it also poses a sticky question about what it should do regarding immigration before the Coalition does it.