Australian right in lead

Australian right in lead

AUSTRALIA'S conservative government, which last week delivered the country's first budget surplus in eight years, would win the next election if it were held now, according to an opinion poll published yesterday. The Sunday Age newspaper poll found that 49 per cent of voters preferred the Liberal- National coalition government, 45 per cent preferred the Labor opposition, and 5 per cent were undecided. - Reuters, Canberra