Opinion polls showing dire situation for first term Labor government

AAP reporter Kat Wong explains the details behind the latest polling ahead of the federal election.

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00:00With just a few weeks until Australians are set to head to the polls, things aren't looking good

00:03for the federal government. News poll shows the coalition is ahead 51-49 in the two-part preferred,

00:09while YouGo projects the opposition to win 73 seats at the upcoming election,

00:13putting Peter Dutton in poll position to become prime minister.

00:17Some say you have to take these results with a level of caution because the contest is so close.

00:21At the 2019 election, for example, many polls showed Labor was ahead by a few percentage points,

00:26but this fell within the margin of error and the coalition eventually won government.

00:30It also takes a lot to boot a first-term government, and one has not been voted out

00:34in almost 100 years. However, cost of living concerns, a global turn against incumbent

00:38politicians and Labor's relatively small seat margin could put Anthony Albanese's

00:43administration at greater risk.