This week's results see Labor with an unprecedented 20 percentage point lead over the Government on a two-party preferred basis.
Labor's primary vote is at a record high of 52 percent compared to the Government's 35 percent. With preferences allocated it pushes Labor to 60 percent and the Coalition Government floundering on just 40 percent.
If this result was reflected in an actual electoral outcome the Government would indeed be annihilated as the Prime Minster warned last week.
The story for the Government and John Howard does not get any better on the preferred Prime Minister stakes either with the poll revealing more Australians continue to see Kevin Rudd as a better Prime Minister that John Howard.
Rudd still maintains a 9 percentage point lead over Howard 47 to 38.
Everyone knows and is expecting this surge has to stop at some point and the final electoral result will tighten. But when?
The strong lead Labor has will shortly, if it has not already, become a problem for Labor as internal over confidence, or hubris, may begin to turn voters off. A strong expectation of a Labor landslide might also see some voters return to the Government. In the Australian electoral landscape, unlike in the USA, its always better to be seen as the underdog in the contest.
Rudd will find it increasingly difficult to position him self as this if these numbers keep going his way.
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