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Poll suggests times may suit Dutton, not Albanese

As Labor doubles down on making Australia a green superpower, its climate-related priorities and election strategy risk alienating voters.

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Labor has gained a 2 percentage point bump in primary vote to 32 per cent at the expense of the Greens, the latest The Australian Financial Review Freshwater Strategy poll shows. Yet there has been no change in two-party preferred support. On this key measure of voting intentions, the Coalition retains a 51-49 lead over Labor. The most likely outcome of the election due no later than May 17 remains a hung parliament and a minority Labor or minority Coalition government.

Peter Dutton’s level-pegging rating as the better PM in our poll suggests the times may suit his hard-man image. David Rowe

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