Labor has lost support at a time of huge division over its pledge to find a new way to end Indigenous disadvantage.
Voters have cut their support for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after a fierce political dispute over the Indigenous Voice,slashing his net performance rating from 16 to just 2 percentage points over the past month.
The Yes camp needs a radical shake up if it is to have any chance of turning around its campaign for a Voice to parliament.
There’s been a surge in the number of people who admit they are under intense financial pressure as interest rates and inflation eat into their savings.
Support for the government also softened over the last month amid growing voter pessimism about the state of the economy and a fractious debate on the Indigenous Voice,but it retains an election-winning primary vote lead.
The next test is the July 15 byelection in the safe Liberal seat of Fadden,where Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is seeking a swing to Labor.
Victoria’s Coalition has a primary vote of 26 per cent in the latest Resolve Political Monitor – almost the same level that led to the WA Liberal wipeout.
New research suggests the prolonged honeymoon enjoyed by Labor since the last federal election might be over.
Nobody can pretend the campaign for change is running smoothly and this poses difficult questions for the prime minister.
A new survey shows that support for the Yes case in the upcoming Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum has fallen below 50 per cent.
Almost two-thirds of voters rate rising grocery and energy bills as the biggest drain on households,but one-quarter now list paying rent as a major pressure point.