A poll shows the Federal Government is in electoral trouble in Prime Minister Keven Rudd’s home state of Queensland.
The Galaxy poll published in the Courier Mail has the Coalition ahead of the Labor Party on a two-party-preferred basis of 52 to 48 per cent.
The poll says 54 per cent of respondents are opposed to the Government’s proposed resources tax, while 37 per cent support it.
The poll found 68 per cent of respondents say the Government has done a bad job explaining the tax.
Mr Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott are neck-and-neck in the preferred prime minister stakes, with 44 per cent supporting Mr Abbott and 45 per cent supporting Mr Rudd.
Support for the Greens has increased from 9 per cent to 13 per cent since the last poll in February.