Labor might be losing its grip in the outer suburbs as cost-of-living concerns threaten to consign the government to a humiliating defeat at the next federal election.
In an alarming sign for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the coalmining seat of Hunter that the party has held since 1910, is projected to flip to the coalition at the election which is due to be held by May 17, according to fresh modelling released by pollster YouGov.
