The coalition government continues to trail Labor 47 to 53 on a two-party preferred basis for the sixth Newspoll running.
But Malcolm Turnbull continued to lead opposition leader Bill Shorten as preferred prime minister 46 to 31 per cent, the poll of
more than 1600 voters published in The Australian showed.
Labor's primary vote fell slightly, from 37 to 36 per cent, while the coalition's was steady at 36 per cent.
The number of voters who preferred Mr Turnbull as leader grew from 43 to 46 per cent while support for Mr Shorten dropped
slightly from 32 to 31 per cent.
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