The Coalition’s primary vote jumped two points to 40 per cent, its highest point since early January. Labor also lifted two points to 36 per cent, which also marks a high point since then.
The two-party-preferred vote has remained steady at 51-49 per cent in favour of Labor but the Greens, which fell a point to 12 per cent, and other minor parties have seen a drop in support.
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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.
