Pressure on leader as coalition support plumbs new low

Support for the opposition has plummeted to a record low as voter backing for embattled Liberal leader Sussan Ley nosedives.

The primary vote for the coalition has dropped to 24 per cent, well below its result at the May election when it received a historic drubbing, according to a Newspoll published in the Australian.

The record-low support coincided with a new high for One Nation, with the minor right-wing party polling at 15 per cent of the primary vote.

Labor retained a clear 57 to 43 per cent margin on two-party-preferred vote, the poll released on Monday said.

Ms Ley's net approval rating crashed to minus 33, below that of former Liberal leader Peter Dutton on the eve of his election loss.

Her performance was closing in on the records of other unpopular opposition leaders, inclu