Do-nothing Malcolm polling slips further behind

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From Essential:

Q. If a Federal Election was held today to which party will you probably give your first preference vote? If not sure, which party are you currently leaning toward? If don’t know – Well which party are you currently leaning to?

  Total   Last week 26/9/17 2 weeks ago 19/9/17 4 weeks ago 5/9/17   Election 2 Jul 16
Liberal 33% 33% 34% 33%
National 3% 4% 3% 4%
Total Liberal/National 36%   37% 38% 36%   42.0%
Labor 38%   37% 36% 37%   34.7%
Greens 10% 10% 10% 10% 10.2%
Nick Xenophon Team 3% 3% 3% 2%
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 7% 7% 8% 8%
Other/Independent 7% 6% 5% 6% 13.1%
2 party preferred
Liberal National 46%   47% 48% 47%   50.4%
Labor 54%   53% 52% 53%   49.6%

Who would have guessed that selling all of your natural energy resources to foreign countries while charging locals 600% higher prices would result in falling polls?

About the author
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.
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