Labor now holds eight-point lead over Coalition, poll shows

Government's electoral fortunes have tumbled in every indicator since winning the last federal election two years ago, according to Newspoll

The Coalition's electoral fortunes have tumbled in every indicator since winning the last federal election, the latest Newspoll survey has revealed, as the Abbott government marks two years in office.

Labor has widened its lead in the two-party preferred stakes and now holds an eight-point lead of 54% to the Coalition's 46%. At the 2013 election, those numbers were reversed, with the Coalition ahead 54-46.