'Labor's primary vote was down seven points among men and up one point among women. Pollster John Stirton said the swing against Labor occurred only among men.

Labor's primary vote, which strips out the support of minor parties, has slumped to just 29% with the opposition at 47% - a huge lead which would wipe out 35 Labor MPs, the poll showed. Read more: Gillard accused of 'showing too much cleavage' in Parliament Under a two-party vote, the conservative opposition would romp home in the September 14 elections with 57% (up three points) to 43% (down three points) for Labor. The telephone poll of 1,400 voters found that since the last survey a month ago Labor's standing has continued to slide, led entirely by a 7% exodus of men. 'We don't want to live in an Australia where abortion again becomes the political plaything of men who think they know better.'īut the ploy has backfired with a poll in Fairfax Media showing male voters are abandoning Gillard and the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and there is little sign of more women getting behind her.

'It's a decision about whether, once again, we will banish women's voice from the core of our political life,' said the embattled prime minister in the speech, desperate to shore up waning support. Gillard, the country's first female leader, last week reignited a simmering gender war by saying in a speech that government would be dominated by 'men in blue ties' should opposition leader Tony Abbott assume office in September elections. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's attempt to marginalise the opposition by claiming it would change abortion rights and sideline women has backfired with a poll Monday showing male voters are deserting her.

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