By Australian Associated Press
Published: 02:51 BST, 8 April 2019 | Updated: 02:51 BST, 8 April 2019
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Scott Morrison's task to win the coalition a third term still appears out of sight, despite the prime minister recording his best ever Newspoll.
Two polls out on Sunday night suggest voters' dislike of Opposition Leader Bill Shorten won't stop Labor winning a majority government in the May election.
A Newspoll published by The Australian suggests the government trails Labor 48-52 on a two-party preferred basis.
Labor only needs a uniform swing of about one per cent to win majority government and while the Coalition is rising in popularity, poll results still suggest they may lose up to 10 seats
That's an improvement from the 46-54 poll a month ago and marks the coalition's best result since Malcolm Turnbull was dumped as leader in August 2018.
The Ipsos poll, published by The Age and the Sydney
