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Opinion poll shows Abbott lagging
The Abbott government has taken a kicking in a poll released the day after a disastrous election result in Queensland.
- The coalition now lags Labor 57 to 43 per cent on a two-party preferred basis, the Galaxy Poll published in News Corp Australia's Sunday newspapers shows.
- That's a widening of the gap since December, when the gap was 55 to 45. With a primary vote of 36 per cent, more than 40 federal coalition MPs would lose their seats were an election held on Sunday.
- The shock result is set to heap more pressure on Prime Minister Tony Abbott, whose personal approval rating is wallowing at 27 per cent. Support for opposition leader Bill Shorten has increased to 44 per cent.
It comes after a huge swing against the Liberal National Party in Queensland, with leader Campbell Newman losing his seat of Ashgrove in Saturday's state election.
The Labor leader is still a couple of seats from claiming an outright majority in the 89-seat parliament, but the Liberal National Party (LNP) won't be able to form government.
Independent MP Peter Wellington says he's happy to help Labor form a minority government in Queensland.
"There's no way in the world I'd want to part of a team or support (Deputy Premier) Jeff Seeney or (Attorney-General) Jarrod Bleijie or those style of ministers to continue what we've seen for the last three years," Mr Wellington told AAP.
src:theaustralian.com.au, 9news.com.au