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.
And Mr Turnbull's standing as preferred prime minister has also dipped one percentage point to 41 per cent while Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's has moved up two points to 33 per cent.
The primary vote shows the opposition dropping a percentage point in its primary vote to 37 per cent while the coalition has held its primary vote at 36 per cent.
But that is six points below its result at last year's election.
Meanwhile the minor parties continue to gain ground. The Greens are up one percentage point to 10 per cent, helping Labor to keep its lead on the coalition in two-party preferred terms.
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party has increased its support from eight to nine per cent in the same period.
