Prime Minister Scott Morrison has flagged a 2019 election, hoping his reshuffled ministry will have time to reverse the political damage of Friday’s leadership spill which has been reflected in the latest Newspoll.
The Morrison government has been confronted with an opinion poll that shows the Coalition’s primary vote has fallen to 33 per cent, marking the lowest result since Brendan Nelson was opposition leader in 2008.
The Newspoll shows Labor surging ahead on two-party preferred, now leading the government 56 - 44. Bill Shorten also emerged as the preferred prime minister ahead of Scott Morrison.
New Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has conceded a disastrous poll was no surprise after a week of chaos in Canberra.
