ALP stretches election-winning lead over Coalition

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From Roy Morgan Research:

ALP support has increased to 54% (up 1.5% points since mid-September) cf. L-NP on 46% (down 1.5% points) on a two-party preferred basis according to the latest Roy Morgan Poll on Federal voting intention conducted over the last two weekends.

The 1.5% points swing to the ALP came despite Prime Minister Scott Morrison announcing a new defence agreement known as ‘AUKUS’ (Australia-United Kingdom-United States) in a joint press conference with US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in mid-September. As part of the AUKUS agreement Australia will purchase of nuclear-powered submarines and break a deal with France to purchase diesel-powered submarines.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.