据外电报道，最新民调5月16日显示，澳大利亚女总理吉拉德的支持率降至历史新低。

　　吉拉德（资料图）

　　《澳大利亚人报》16日公布的最新民意调查结果发现，执政党工党的民众支持率为46%，仍然落后于反对党联盟的54%。与此同时，反对党领袖阿博特的个人支持率首次超越吉拉德，两人的的支持率分别为38%和34%。特别是吉拉德的个人支持率降至今年2月份以来的最低，当时这一数字为50%。

　　同一天公布的尼尔森民调也显示，在1400名受访者中，支持工党的比例只有31%，而反对党联盟的支持率则达到47%。（王菁）

　　Support for Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has dropped to a record low， latest polls showed on Monday.

　　The latest Newspoll， published in The Australian newspaper on Monday， showed Labor continues to lag behind the coalition on a two-party preferred basis， 54 to 46 percent.

　　For the first time， Abbott has a higher approval rating than Gillard， whose support has hit a personal low.

　　It showed Gillard's satisfaction rate has dropped four percentage points to 34 percent in the past fortnight， her lowest level since February when it was 50 percent.

　　Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's satisfaction rating remains steady at 38 percent， down four points in the past fortnight.

　　Meanwhile， the Nielsen poll， published on Monday's Fairfax newspapers， The telephone poll of 1400 voters， taken from Thursday night to Saturday night， showed Labor's primary vote is still at 31 percent while the Opposition is 47 percent.