One Nation dooms Do-Labor Malcolm

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Via Newspoll today:

Malcolm Turnbull has suffered a backlash in South Australia while losing more ground in the key state of Queensland, according to a new analysis showing voter support for the Coalition has tumbled 6 per cent nationwide since last year’s federal election.

Voters in South Australia have turned against the federal government more savagely than in any other state over the past six months, putting Labor ahead 56 to 44 per cent in two-party terms after months of political argument over energy security.

The federal Coalition has lost 10 percentage points in Queensland since the July election to drive its primary vote down to 33 per cent, as Pauline Hanson’s One Nation cements the support of 16 per cent of state voters — a jump of 10.5 points in primary support since last year.

Simple message: cut immigration or prepare for Opposition.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.