Mr Shorten said Labor’s best chance of paring back the Turnbull government’s commanding lead was to keep releasing policy.
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Of the two major parties, the Coalition was most preferred on 52 per cent to Labor’s 48, an increase of two points for the government in a fortnight, The Australian reported on Tuesday.
The Opposition Leader, his deputy Tanya Plibersek and immigration spokesman Richard Marles will embark on a four-day tour of the region next week, visiting Papua New Guinea, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands.
Labor strategist Bruce Hawker told AAP Mr Turnbull, who seized the leadership from Tony Abbott last month, was still enjoying a poll honeymoon. Climate change will be the focus of their meetings with local leaders.
“He hasn’t done anything yet, being prime minister requires you to make some tough decisions… and reality will bite over the next few months leading up to the budget”, Mr Clare told Sky News.
Mr Hawker puts the result down to Mr Turnbull steering his party to the political centre and appearing to embrace a few of Labor’s policies and themes. She says the government’s approach reflects the style of newly-installed prime minister.
“There are tensions in his own party over his social reforming agenda and tensions with the public over his fiscal conservatism”.
“They’re sick of partisan bickering”, he said.
“I know that if Labor keeps working on the right policies then, as I say, the polls will work on themselves”, he said.
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On Tuesday, Labor announced it would fund a redress scheme for victims of institutional abuse.
