Peta Credlin says there is not deep support for a change of government, with voters not liking what they see of Labor’s policies. Credlin
Sky News host Peta Credlin says the latest Newspoll shows the Coalition’s self-inflicted wounds over the past few years have not been driving voters to Labor, and have not generated deep support for the Opposition’s ‘soak-the-middle-class’ tax policies.
Ms Credlin says there is not deep support for a change of government, with voters not liking what they see of Labor’s policies. The political commentator believes this election is one of the most important in a generation and will ‘go down to the wire’. Image: News Corp Australia
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