Core support for the Coalition collapses to 40-year low: Newspoll
In the first Newspoll by The Australian since May's ballot, primary vote for the Coalition fell from 31.8 per cent at the election to just 29 per cent.
Labor had meanwhile extended its two-party preferred lead, from 55.2 per cent at the election to 57 per cent, while the primary vote sat at 37 per cent.
The result for the Liberal/Nationals coalition is worst primary vote since Newspoll first compared primary vote levels across the federal parties in November 1985.
It also marks an 11-point decrease for the Coalition since its most recent peak of 40 per cent just eight months earlier.
As for the Prime Minister, some 47 per cent of respondents said they were satisfied with his performance – an equal number, 47 per cent, said they were not.
For the new Opposition leader, Sussan Ley received approval ratings consistent with newly-elected opposition leaders, with 35 per cent.
Ms Ley trailed behind Mr Albanese on preferred prime minister, with the Labor leader sitting at 52 per cent and Ms Ley at 32 per cent.
She did, though, outpace her predecessor, Peter Dutton, who returned just 25 per cent of the preferred prime minister vote after his first outing as Liberal leader.
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