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New Australian PM Rudd gives struggling government big poll boost
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jun 29, 2013 08:05pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Jun 29, 2013 08:00pm |
| Description | Support for Australia's embattled Labor government has surged since new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd took charge late last week but it will still struggle to win an election later this year, a major poll published on Sunday showed.
Rudd replaced former prime minister Julia Gillard in a Labor party vote on Wednesday after successive polls predicting a Labor government washout at the next election.
The Galaxy Research survey, the first national poll published since the leadership change, showed Rudd well ahead of conservative opposition leader Tony Abbott as preferred prime minister by 51 percent to 34 percent, with 15 percent undecided.
However, Labor's vote still lagged behind the opposition by 49 percent to 51 percent on a ‘two-party' basis, meaning if a vote was held now the conservative opposition would still win. The gap had narrowed sharply, with Labor gaining four percent from the last poll, conducted earlier in June. |
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