The Daily Telegraph | Beazley on rise, Labor sinks

The Daily Telegraph | Beazley on rise, Labor sinks
Socialists on the nose in Australia
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Beazley on rise, Labor sinks
March 22, 2005
Daily Telegraph

FEDERAL Opposition Leader Kim Beazley is on the ascent but his Labor party remains on the nose, according to the latest Newspoll.

The Newspoll published by The Australian puts the ALP's primary vote at 36 per cent, lower than it recorded at the October 2004 election.
The Coalition maintains a commanding lead at 47 per cent of the primary vote, the poll says, and has improved its two-party preferred vote to 54 per cent.
As prime minister, 54 per cent preferred Mr Howard, while 30 per cent thought Mr Beazley would make the better PM.
But satisfaction with Mr Beazley's performance jumped to 49 per cent, far above the 34 former leader Mark Latham could manage in December and January.
The Newspoll shows no backlash against the Government over rising interest rates and the controversy surrounding Senator Ross Lightfoot smuggling money into Iraq.
The poll indicates the Government may have increased its majority had an election been held at the weekend, on the back of the two-point jump in the Coalition's two-party preferred vote.
Labor's 46 per cent two-party preferred result is its worst since the October election.
AAP