Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's government is neck and neck with Labor in the latest Fairfax-Ipsos poll.
The poll, conducted over the weekend, put support for the coalition and Labor across the country on a knife edge at 50-50, assuming an allocation of preferences similar to those at the last election, according to Fairfax Newspapers.
Pollster Jessica Elgood said the result is still a good one for Mr Turnbull because Bill Shorten's numbers had hardly moved and "would need to improve significantly to give him a chance of being Prime Minister".
Federal MPs and senators are heading back to Canberra on Monday for the week's special sitting to vote on key legislation to restore the Australian Building and Construction Commission and the registered organisations bill.
Mr Turnbull has effectively placed the timing of the election in the hands of cross bench senators by stipulating that unless those bills pass he will advise Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove to dissolve both houses for a July 2 election.
