THE government has flatlined, personal support for Julia Gillard has plunged and Tony Abbott is by far the nation's favoured leader, according to the first comprehensive national poll taken since the release of the carbon price policy.
After a week of fevered campaigning by both leaders, the Herald/Nielsen poll shows Labor's primary vote has hit a new record low of 26 per cent while Mr Abbott has opened up an 11-percentage point lead on Ms Gillard as the preferred prime minister.
And despite the generous compensation package accompanying the carbon price, 53 per cent of voters feel they will be worse off
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Gillard on the way out
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