Malcolm Turnbull enters a new parliamentary fortnight with his government slipping in the Newspoll for the 21st time in a row.
It's set to be a critical week for the prime minister as the long debate over energy policy comes to a head while remaining under the cloud of the citizenship fiasco that could yet see him lose his deputy.
But the latest Newspoll, published in The Australian, will put him under more pressure internally. He cited Tony Abbott's loss in 30 consecutive Newspolls as the reason he rolled him as prime minister.
Labor leads the coalition 54 per cent to 46 on a two-party preferred basis despite major government decisions in the past three weeks on private health insurance, domestic gas supply and funding for critical medications.
