The final sitting week of the hung parliament has begun with another bad poll for Prime Minister Julia Gillard, this one showing Labor's primary vote has slipped below 30 per cent.
The Newspoll to be published in The Australian today shows Labor's primary vote has dropped to 29 per cent while the coalition is on 48 per cent.
The poll also shows Opposition Leader Tony Abbott leads Ms Gillard by 12 percentage points as preferred prime minister.
Ms Gillard's support as preferred prime minister has fallen two points to 33 per cent.
The poll comes amid persistent talk about Labor changing leaders.
