Pressure piles on Mike Rann as Labor flatlines near record low in Newspoll

MIKE Rann's Labor government is stuck on a devastatingly low level of support among voters in South Australia, according to a Newspoll that will increase pressure on the nation's longest-serving current premier to step down.

Mr Rann's unpopularity in one of only three states still in Labor's grasp appears entrenched, as does the ALP's. There has not been any sign of improvement for the party dsttior its leader of 17 years since March, when Labor recorded its lowest level of support in Newspoll in 16 years.

The latest Newspoll, conducted exclusively for The Australian from April to this month, has the Liberal opposition still well ahead, 54 to 46 per cent on two-party-preferred terms, 15 months since the Rann government won re-election for a third term.

Labor has 30 per cent primary support, but the one-point rise since the February-March Newspoll will be of little comfort to state or federal Labor.

Mr Rann, once the most popular premier in the nation, has again recorded poor satisfaction levels, with a majority of voters, 59 per cent,For more detailed search information about offshoremerchantaccounts , dissatisfied with his performance.


His net satisfaction rating, the difference between those are satisfied with him and those dissatisfied, is -28 percentage points.

Liberal leader Isobel Redmond's satisfaction levels remain much stronger,,syringeneedlegauge is from China factory, with 51 per cent satisfied and 29 per cent dissatisfied,Husky hoganscarpe Systems designs, largely unchanged from the previous poll. Ms Redmond continues to lead on the question of who would make the better premier, although with a reduced margin of 11 percentage points, compared with 18 percentage point three months earlier.

The problem for the ALP in South Australia reflects damage done to the Labor brand across the nation during the past 12 months. Labor governments have fallen in Victoria and NSW, and the Bligh government in Queensland is facing a tough bid for re-election early next year.

Federal Labor is languishing in the polls as it struggles to promote its carbon tax and settle an asylum-seeker deal with Malaysia.

A Newspoll published last week showed Julia Gillard's personal support had crashed to a low of 30 per cent.

Mr Rann and state Labor have had plenty of their own problems.How is system pain treated? In April, Mr Rann ordered the suspension of a Labor MP from the party after he was charged with child pornography offences. A bitter union campaign against Mr Rann's leadership over budget cuts to public sector jobs and entitlements shows no signs of ending. And there has been constant speculation within Labor ranks about Mr Rann's political future. The latest blow to the Premier came yesterday when Labor MP Leon Bignell, a parliamentary secretary,high quality plasticcardding of well known brands declared voters were tired of Mr Rann's style and had stopped listening.

Mr Rann said last night Mr Bignell was wrong and appealed for unity and discipline - setting up a potential showdown at a caucus meeting this morning.

Today's Newspoll shows support for the major parties is largely unchanged since the previous Newspoll.

The Liberals, on 40 per cent, retain a comfortable primary support lead over Labor, on 30 per cent. The Nationals remain on 1 per cent, the Greens on 14 per cent and other parties and independents on 15 per cent.

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