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From Roy Morgan Research:
ALP support is now at 56.5% (up 0.5% points since mid-January) cf. L-NP on 43.5% (down 0.5% points) on a two-party preferred basis according to the latest Roy Morgan Poll on Federal voting intention conducted during the second half of January.
The swing to the ALP came as the Government continued to struggle with a surge in cases of the highly infectious ‘Omicron strain’ of COVID-19. Although cases peaked in mid-January the impact on businesses continued throughout the month as millions of Australians were forced into isolation either because they were infected with the virus or forced to isolate due to being a close contact of a confirmed case.
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About the author
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.
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