New Labor ads attack Turnbull as beneficiary of company-tax cuts

The Federal Opposition is defending its new advertisements singling out the wealth of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as the Opposition steps up its attack over Government plans for a big-business tax cut.

Waziri Mkuu Malcolm Turnbull, apuuza mashambulizi ya chama cha Labor dhidi yake Source: AAP

The ads, running in key by-election seats, say the Prime Minister himself would benefit from the proposed company-tax cuts.

Meanwhile, a new poll shows most Australian voters continue to back Mr Turnbull over Mr Shorten as the preferred prime minister.

The latest Fairfax/Ipsos poll pegs Mr Turnbull at 51 per cent against 33 per cent for the Opposition Leader.

But the Coalition continues to lag behind Labor on a two-party-preferred basis, at 47 per cent to 53 per cent.

The poll was held soon after the Government's $144 billion personal income-tax cuts plan finally passed federal parliament last week.