The Albanese government will retain power at the next federal election, recent political and demographic signals from punters in polling booths suggest.

Since Labor’s victory at the federal election on May 2022, we have seen indicative polling booth action at federal byelections in Aston and Dunkley in Victoria and Fadden in Queensland, along with last weekend’s state election in Tasmania, state byelections in Queensland and South Australia, and the big Brisbane City Council polls.