Malcolm Turnbull is now less popular than Tony Abbott at the time he was dumped, with the prime minister's satisfaction rating just 29 per cent in a new poll.
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In Tuesday's Newspoll in The Australian, Mr Turnbull's support is below Mr Abbott's final approval rating of 30 per cent in September 2015.
The poll shows Labor has retained a lead over the Coalition, with 52 per cent two-party preferred support compared with the Coalition's 48 per cent.
Taken between Thursday last week and Sunday, the results followed another turbulent week for the government, including a bitter public dispute between Mr Turnbull and Mr Abbott over the importation ban on the high-powered Adler shotgun and Liberal Party wrangling over NSW reform plans.
Mr Turnbull will attend a cabinet meeting in Brisbane on Tuesday, after holding a roundtable with Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk and local councillors.
The poll shows the Coalition's primary vote is unchanged at 39 per cent, three points below its results at the July 2 federal election while Labor's primary support rose one point to 37 per cent.
Support for the Greens was unchanged at 10 per cent in the roll, above Pauline Hanson's One Nation party at 5 per cent and the Nick Xenophon Team at 2 per cent.
The poll was completed before Monday's dramatic resignation of Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson after a long running conflict with Attorney-General George Brandis.
Monday's Morgan poll showed the Coalition's two-party preferred support at 45 percent, behind Labor on 55 per cent.
