Fed: Coalition's economic credentials dented

AAP General News (Australia)
08-21-2007
Fed: Coalition's economic credentials dented

SYDNEY, Aug 21 AAP - The Coalition's economic credentials have been dented by the latest
interest rate rise, with a majority of voters expecting Labor to win the next election,
a Newspoll reveals.

The survey was conducted between Friday and Sunday, the day in which Mr Rudd's 2003
drunken night in a New York strip club was revealed.

Confidence in the coalition's economic management fell and the government appeared
to be at its lowest credibility level after the fifth interest rate rise since the 2004
election, News Limited reports.

Newspoll shows Mr Rudd's rating as preferred prime minister at 46 per cent, up one
percentage point on a fortnight ago.

The ALP retains a commanding lead on a two-party preferred basis, at 55 per cent, down
one point, to the coalition's 45 per cent, up one percentage point.

The coalition's primary vote was unchanged on 39 per cent and Labor's was down two
percentage points to 46 per cent, the latest survey says.

About 57 per cent of voters expect Labor to win, the poll reveals.

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