Coalition and Labor in poll deadlock

The latest opinion poll indicates the federal election will be a tight race, with the government and opposition locked at 50-50.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Labor leader Bill Shorten Source: AAP

As Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull prepares to head to Canberra to ask for a double-dissolution election, a new opinion poll has Labor and the coalition neck and neck.

The first post-budget Galaxy poll commissioned by The Sunday Telegraph indicates the two major parties are locked at 50-50 on a two party preferred basis.

The coalition still leads Labor on primary votes, 42 to 36 per cent.