The latest Nielsen poll, published in Fairfax newspapers, put support for Gillard's ruling Labor party at just 27 percent, the lowest primary vote for a major party in the poll's 39-year history.
Tony Abbott's conservative Liberal party had 49 percent of the vote, according to the survey of 1,400 Australians, rising to 59 percent with smaller party preferences, against Gillard's 41 percent.
Taken as the prime minister struggles to introduce a tax on pollution to tackle climate change and broker a refugee swap deal with Malaysia, the poll put dissatisfaction with Gillard at 59 percent, a seven-point rise from May.
Only 37 percent approved of her performance, and she was dead even with Abbott in the prime ministerial stakes, both polling at 46 percent.
Voters overwhelmingly preferred ex-PM Kevin Rudd as Labor leader -60 percent to Gillard's 31 percent - just days before the first anniversary of his dumping as leader in a shock party-room coup.
Gillard said her ambitious policy agenda meant "political stresses and strains" were inevitable, but vowed to stay the course. (APP)
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