Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has capped off a miserable week — which included dumping Jacinta Price from the frontbench — by recording the Coalition’s worst primary vote in Newspoll history.

The polling, conducted by The Australian between Monday and Thursday last week, showed the Coalition’s primary vote slumping to 27 per cent — the worst result since Newspoll began in 1985.

The result means Labor is sitting at 58 per cent of the two-party preferred vote.

Ms Ley’s net approval rating has also crashed to minus-17, with as many as 49 per cent of respondents saying they were dissatisfied with her performance.

Labor’s primary vote remained stable at 36 per cent.

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation appears to have taken advantage of the Coalition’s electoral woes, with its primary vote rising to

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