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Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

View from The Hill: Unmoored Ley has the appearance of a dead woman walking

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is looking like a dead woman walking.

The latest Newspoll, which has Labor leading the Coalition 57–43% on the two-party vote, the Coalition’s primary vote down by 4 points to 24%, and Ley’s net approval at minus–33, is devastating for the opposition and Ley in particular.

Her net approval has dropped 13 points since the previous poll, with her ill-judged remarks about US Ambassador Kevin Rudd and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Joy Division T-shirt no doubt contributing to the markdown.

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