Newspoll: Aussie voters pivot to minor parties as Porter quits

The latest Newspoll survey shows a profound shift away from the Lib-Lab political duopoly towards minor parties.

As shown in the next chart, primary support for Labor has fallen to 38%, whereas it is tracking at only 37% for the Coalition. By contrast, support for minor parties other than One Nation (denoted as ‘Other’) has lifted to 12% from 8% in August:

Labor continues to hold a strong two-party preferred lead, however. Although it has softened to 53% (from a peak of 54% last month), while the Coalition’s has firmed to 47% (from 46%):

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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.