Anthony Albanese is in pole position to win today — with the majority of polls and the bookies marking him as the strong favourite.

However, a final Newspoll has revealed that he faces a minority rule amid a historic slump in votes for the major parties.

It revealed the combined primary vote of the major parties has fallen to a record low, with support for both the Prime Minister and Peter Dutton declining in their final week of campaigning.

Both parties’ primary vote has suffered a one-point slide, with the Coalition falling to 34 per cent and Labor to 33 per cent.

That leaves the combined vote for the two major parties on 67 per cent – 1.3 per cent less than the 2022 election, which was the lowest on record at the time.

Though polling suggests Mr Albanese is on track to secure his second term as Prime Minister, there’s no guarantee it will be with a majority government.

According to the final RedBridge-Accent poll, published by The Daily Telegraph, a two-party preferred basis Labor now leads the Coalition 53 per cent to 47 per cent – pointing to a hung parliament with a Labor minority.

The poll also found that 47 per cent of voters think the Labor government has not done enough to deserve re-election – compared to 40 per cent who think it has – and 36 per cent of voters saying they think they’ll be worse off by the next election in 2028.

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