NEWSPOLL SA

AAP General News (Australia)
12-20-2008
NEWSPOLL SA

The quarterly poll, conducted exclusively for The Weekend Australian from October to
December, has the Greens lifting their primary vote by five percentage points, matching
that lost by the state Liberals.

Labor's base vote in South Australia remains flat at 39 per cent -- close to its lowest
ebb since the 2006 general election -- but the likely flow of Greens' preferences has
kicked it eight points clear of the Liberals in two-party-preferred terms, returning Premier
Mike Rann to the box seat.

In the July-September Newspoll, the South Australian Liberals had surpassed Labor's
primary vote and were in a dead-heat with the ALP once preferences were distributed. That
50-50 split of the two-party-preferred vote is now 54 per cent to 46 per cent in favour
of Labor.

The surge in Green support underlines the vulnerability of Mr Rann's government on
environment-related issues such as urban water supply and the deepening crisis on the
lower Murray.

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KEYWORD: ADELAIDE, Dec 20 AAP - A surge in the Greens' popularity has pushed Labor back into an election-winning position in South Australia, the latest Newspoll shows.

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