Gillard Slips Again in Poll as Australians Abandon Labor
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s Labor party slumped again behind Tony Abbott’s Liberal-National coalition in an opinion poll that indicates a change of government in the Sept. 14 election.
Labor fell 2 percentage points to 42 percent on a two-party preferred basis, while the opposition gained 2 points to 58 percent, according to a Newspoll published in the Australian newspaper today. Gillard’s satisfaction rating dropped 3 points to 28 percent.