The Coalition has pulled narrowly ahead of Labor for the first time since the election in the Guardian Essential poll, with a big hit to Anthony Albanese’s trustworthiness a further cause for concern to the government.
In a sign the Albanese government’s poll honeymoon may have drawn to an end and only days out from a byelection in the Melbourne seat of Dunkley, the latest poll shows Coalition leads with 48% of the two-party-preferred vote, ahead of Labor on 47%. A further 4% are undecided, according to the poll of 1,105 people.
