“I think it’s hard to sustain an argument that the economy is running too hot or that people have too much spare cash,given all of the data and all of the feedback that we get,which shows that’s not the case,” Chalmers said.

Rather than halting spending in light of the central bank’s warning,the government chose to proceed with a $3.6 billion two-year wage subsidy for childcare workers last Wednesday,reflecting strong views within federal cabinet about the need to maintain economic growth and lift wages.

Resolve director Jim Reed said the childcare move appeared to have little impact on the polling because there were only two remarks about it from the 1607 people surveyed.

When voters were asked who was best to keep the cost of living low,34 per cent named Dutton and the Coalition and 23 per cent named Albanese and Labor. The Coalition increased its lead on this score from seven to 11 percentage points over the past month.

“Most voters are tuning out of political events and policy debates right now,so we find little evidence that the recent reshuffle,tax cuts,childcare subsidy or spending debate have influenced vote choice,” Reed said.

“Labor have benefited from some clear air,but many voters are still sending a message that they expect more in tackling living costs,housing and crime.”

The Resolve Political Monitor surveyed 1607 people from Wednesday to Sunday,producing results with a margin of error of 2.4 per cent. This means all changes in primary vote were within the margin of error.

Because the poll asked voters to nominate their primary votes in the same way they would fill in their ballot papers for the lower house at an election,there was no “undecided” category in the results. Some other surveys remove the “uncommitted” cohort before finalising their results from the remaining respondents.

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