Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has drawn level with Anthony Albanese as preferred prime minister for the first time, according to the latest Australian Financial Review/Freshwater Strategy poll which shows voters are increasingly worried about law and order issues.

As communities in Sydney and Melbourne reel from a spate of antisemitic attacks, including cars being torched and vandalised and places of worship hit by arson attacks, the poll showed law and order overtaking climate change as one of voters’ top three concerns.