The past two weeks of Olympic frenzy has pushed politics out of the minds of voters and is being blamed for a slump in the polls for Labor.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's overseas trips have taken their toll - his dissatisfaction rating is up three points at 32 percent.
According to the latest Newspoll in the Australian, Mr Rudd has also suffered a blow in the preferred Prime Minister stakes - he's dropped three points to 65 percent, while Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson has gained two.
Meantime, voter support for Labor in the two-party preferred has fallen one percent to 56, the coalition up one point to 44 percent.