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Andrew Brown

Coalition ahead but Labor not hitting poll panic button

The opposition has pulled ahead in polling but one expert says Labor won't hit the panic button yet. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Labor may have fallen behind the coalition in Newspoll for the first time in more than two years, but the government is unlikely to hit the panic button just yet.

The opposition leads 51 to 49 on a two-party preferred basis in the latest Newspoll, published in The Australian on Monday.

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