Rudd and Labor surge

Kevin Rudd and the ALP are riding an environmental wave to the party's best electoral position in six years as the new Labor team's honeymoon with the voters continues.

As the Opposition Leader campaigns on an anti-nuclear, climate-change and water-relief platform, Labor appears to be getting support from the Greens and Nationals to eclipse the best of Mark Latham's leadership and Kim Beazley's last term.

On a two-party preferred basis, Labor now has a commanding 12-point lead - 56 per cent compared with 44 for the Coalition. Labor's primary vote has surged three percentage points to 47 per cent, up from 44 per cent a month earlier. The Coalition's primary vote dropped one point to 38 per cent.