The parliamentary year has officially commenced for 2018 and with it, the latest newspoll figures.
It shows the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has extended his lead over Opposition leader Bill Shorten as preferred prime minister, while the Coalition has narrowed the gap between it and Labor.
The first Newspoll for 2018 has the coalition trailing Labor 48-52 per cent after preferences, a slight improvement on its standing at the end of 2017.
Mr Turnbull has extended his lead as preferred prime minister to 14 points over Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.
The poll also shows half of Labor voters indicating they prefer either Tanya Plibersek or Anthony Albanese to Mr Shorten as opposition leader.
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