Labor ahead 54-46% in post-budget Newspoll, as Morrison rejects claims of racist tactics in his preselection fight
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Labor’s two-party lead has been cut back slightly, to 54-46%, and its primary vote has fallen in the post-budget Newspoll. But Anthony Albanese would have a strong win if the latest poll were reproduced at the election.
A second poll, done by Ipsos, in the Australian Financial Review, also shows Labor in a good position as Scott Morrison...