James Campbell
2 Mar 2025
An interest-rate cut, massive promised spending on Medicare and more than $2 billion to save Whyalla have helped Labor claw back ground in critical marginal seats.
With a week to go until Anthony Albanese is expected to call an election for April 12, the second RedBridge-Accent rolling tracking poll has found the Coalition’s lead in 20 marginal seats has been slashed in the past fortnight from 52 per cent to 50.5 per cent on a two-party-preferred basis.
But Labor’s predicament in Victoria remains diabolic with up to eight Labor seats at threat to the Coalition.
The movement toward the government followed the Reserve Bank’s interest rate cut almost two weeks ago – the first since 2020 – Mr Albanese’s pledge of $8.5 billion to make most GP visits free, and $2.4 billion to keep the Whyalla Steelworks open.
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