Labor has maintained a four-point lead over the coalition on a two-party preferred basis as the federal election campaign enters its final days, the latest Newspoll shows.
The poll, published in The Australian newspaper, found Labor has held a 52 to 48 percent lead over the coalition since last week's poll.
Despite peaks and troughs in between, the poll also shows support for Labor has risen markedly since late July, just before Prime Minister Julia Gillard took the Labor leadership from Kevin Rudd.
Then, Labor was behind the coalition, with 35 percent support to the coalition's 47.
There was also little difference in primary votes from last week, according to the poll, with Labor steady on 38 percent, the coalition down one point to 41 percent and The Greens up one point to 14 percent.
The approval ratings for Ms Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott have also improved slightly.
The number of voters satisfied with Ms Gillard's performance has risen one point to 44 percent and her disapproval is down three points to 38 percent.
Forty-three percent of those polled were satisfied with Mr Abbott's performance (up two points) and 46 percent were dissatisfied (down three points).
The standing of both leaders also increased in the preferred prime minister stakes, with Ms Gillard leading on 50 percent (up one point) to Mr Abbott's 35 percent (up one point).
The poll of 1694 people was taken between Friday and Sunday by telephone.
