Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull hits 30 straight Newspoll losses

Malcolm Turnbull has reached 30 straight Newspoll losses — the same benchmark he used when ousting Tony Abbott as PM.

PM Malcolm Turnbull has lost his 30th straight Newspoll. Picture: Kym Smith

Malcolm Turnbull has reached the leadership benchmark he used to unseat Tony Abbott with the loss of the 30 consecutive Newspolls despite the Coalition clawing back ground against Labor.

The latest Newspoll to be published tomorrow exclusively in The Australian has confirmed that the Government has now trailed Labor for 30 consecutive newspolls, meeting the test of failed leadership set by Mr Turnbull in September 2015.

However, the Coalition has managed to narrow the margin by a point to trail Labor 48/52 on two party preferred basis.

It is only the second time since April last year that the Government has come to within this striking distance, and will give Coalition MPs hope that the next election may still be theirs to be won.

However, the leadership contest between Mr Turnbull and Labor leader Bill Shorten has also tightened with the margin held by Mr Turnbull as preferred Prime Minister closing to within two points with 36 per cent of the vote, compared to 38 for the PM.

The national poll of 1597 voters conducted between April 5-8 recorded a one point gain in the Coalition’s primary vote to 38 per cent which is now four points down on the 2016 election result.

Labor dropped back two primary vote points to 37 per cent, shaving off what had been one of its strongest primary votes since 2015.

There was no movement for the other parties with the Greens remaining on 10 per cent, One Nation on seven per cent and other on eight per cent.

Voters’ assessment of Mr Turnbull’s performance over the past remained largely unchanged on the last poll two weeks ago. Mr Shorten, however, suffered a two point drop in his satisfaction rating to 32 per cent — and a three point rise in dissatisfaction to now level Mr Turnbull on both measures.