The Government has ceded more ground with voters in regional and remote Australia, both on its progressive and conservative flanks, according to analysis conducted by The Australian confirming support for the Coalition has fallen dramatically since the July 2016 federal election.

In a result that will test the mettle of the Liberal and National Coalition, the Government’s primary vote has again fallen for constituents outside the five major capital cities, from 36 to 34 per cent over the three months to the end of September, which equates to more than a 10 per cent slide since the election.

Labor has managed to build a stronger block of support, with its primary vote in the bush rising from 34 to 36 per cent over the three months to September.

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party has also surged, recording an improvement from 2.2 per cent at the July 2016 election to 11 per cent.

The outcome will raise the spectre of the Nationals having to win each of their lower House seats for the Government to have any chance of being returned in an environment that sees the Labor Opposition more popular than the junior ruling party of the Coalition in the bush.

In the preferred Prime Minister category, it was unsurprising to see the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP keep his lead over the Hon Bill Shorten MP, 43 to 32 per cent, however with one-quarter of Australians unmoved to decisively support either leader, there will be opportunities presented to the Labor and Liberal parties to mobilise momentum prior to the election.