The Fairfax-Ispos poll also revealed that the 7.5 per cent swing against the Coalition would mean a potential loss of up to 36 seats, 15 more than the 21 Labor need to form a majority.
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The poll was conducted after the Coalition vote.
A new poll shows that Australian Prime Minister is extraordinarily out of touch with both his voters and the general public on same-sex marriage.
“We hope that the rainbow image across the gateway to Australia’s National Capital will have similar impact to lighting up the White House after the historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling determining marriage equality in the U.S.in June this year”, Byron said in a statement.
Federal cabinet is today expected to discuss the format for a plebiscite or referendum on the issue.
But among Coalition voters Abbott still led with 33%, with Turnbull on 25% and Bishop on 23%.
While a significant number of Liberal politicians have pledged their support for a change of laws to allow same-sex marriage, Tony Abbott has said he will sack any Liberal MP who crosses the floor on the issue.
‘The Greens have put a private members bill before parliament that would remove discrimination from the Marriage Act and give same-sex couples the right to marry and allow for overseas same-sex marriages to be recognised in Australia.
On a two-party preferred basis, support for the government remains eight percentage points behind Labor on 46/54. “I don’t provide a running commentary on polls”, he told ABC radio on Monday.
Asked about Mr Turnbull’s aspirations, he said: “I’m not his keeper, he’s not mine, we’re colleagues”.
Tony Abbott is losing out to Malcolm Turnbull as the most popular choice as Liberal leader and prime minister across all major voter groups, the poll shows.
It’s particularly the case for Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and his sister, Christine Forster, who’s engaged to her female partner and says she’d rather get married “sooner rather than later”.
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Labor senator Doug Cameron says the poll reflects exactly what Australians think of “this rotten government”.
