True, the Government's media strategy is poor and its media critics simply feral. But I suspect this poll result is an anomaly - and, with nearly three years to go, almost completely irrelevant: The first Fairfax Nielsen poll since the September 7 election has charted a rapid recovery for the ALP, with the opposition shooting to a 52-48 per cent lead over the government on the preferences of respondents - the quickest poll lead achieved by any federal opposition after losing an election. It is also the first time Labor has led on the two-party-preferred vote in more than three years.