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Scott Morrison has recorded the worst Newspoll result since the 2019 bushfires and his Hawaiian holiday after a month of controversy over an alleged rape at Parliament House and the furore over the fate of the Attorney-General Christian Porter.
In the latest Newspoll, published exclusively in The Australian, Labor leader Anthony Albanese has secured an election winning lead in the two-party preferred vote with a 52:48 result.
The poll was taken amid controversy over Defence Minister Linda Reynolds calling alleged rape victim Brittany Higgins “a lying cow” and going on medical leave, the Attorney-General going on mental health leave after separate historical allegations of rape in 1989 and concerns over the speed of the vaccine rollout.
Mr Porter completely denies the allegations and has not been charged with any offence, nor is he under police investigation.
The primary vote for the Liberal and Nationals parties has tumbled three points to 39 per cent after four weeks of damaging headlines since news.com.au broke Brittany Higgins story on February 15.
Labor’s primary vote has increased by two points, to 39 per cent, delivering Labor an election winning lead of 52:48 on a two-party preferred basis.
The shock poll result follows a string of multi-billion dollar announcements by the ­government in the last fortnight including a permanent increase to JobSeeker payments and half price airfares for 800,000 holiday-makers.
There was some good news for the Prime Minister Scott Morrison with his personal approval ratings remaining high and only falling two points to 62 per cent.
text by Samantha Maiden, news.com.au