Gillard’s Labor Party Sinks in Poll as Mining Tax Vote Looms
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s Labor party sank to a six-week low in an opinion poll as the government, trying to recover from a leadership fight, seeks to pass into law an unprecedented tax on mining profits.
Labor’s 31 percent trails opposition leader Tony Abbott’s coalition by 12 percentage points, compared with a 10-point margin in the previous survey, according to a Newspoll published in today’s Australian newspaper. Gillard received a personal boost, rising to a two-percentage-point lead as preferred prime minister over Abbott, from two points behind.