Scott Morrison’s approval rating plummets in latest Newspoll

Scott Morrison’s approval rating has been smashed by voters amid a backlash led by Brittany Higgins and women’s fight for justice.

Scott Morrison’s approval rating has been smashed by voters amid a backlash led by Brittany Higgins, sexual abuse survivors and women’s fight for justice.

After a fortnight that included mass marches across Australia and revelations that male Liberal staffers had “orgies” and masturbated on desks at Parliament House, an exclusive Newspoll published in The Australian has delivered voters’ shock verdict.

Voters satisfaction with the PM’s performance plunged by a stunning 7 points from 62 per cent to 55 per cent in the space of just two weeks.

Mr Morrison also suffered a four-point plunge as preferred PM. His rating now stands at 52 per cent support as the preferred prime minister.

Meanwhile, Mr Albanese rose two points as preferred PM to a modest 32 per cent.

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Scott Morrison’s approval ratings have dropped to their lowest point in a year. Picture: Sam Mooy

The horror fortnight that delivered the shock results included the mass marches, claims of secret ‘orgies’ and the revelations of taxpayer funded ‘desk wankers’.

It included the PM warning the media to “be careful” and accusing NewsCorp of pursuing a HR complaint about a female being “harassed in a toilet” only to be forced into an unqualified apology when he conceded the incident he described never happened.

However, in some good news for the Prime Minister the most important indicator of voter support – the primary vote – lifted by one point to 40 per cent.

Support for Labor fell by one point to 38 per cent.

If an election was held now, the two party preferred vote of 52-48 per cent would deliver a Labor victory.

The result is unchanged on the results of the previous Newspoll conducted a fortnight ago.

Leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese reacts to Prime Minister Scott Morrison (below) during Question Time last week. Picture: Sam Moo

Even at the PM’s beloved footy there was some serious side eye from sports scientist Tahleya Eggars who stood behind the PM with her arms crossed when he came into the dressing room.

“I will not respect a man who has the time to shake hands of men who have won a football match but is ‘too busy’ to attend the #March4Justice”,” she wrote on Twitter.

The Newspoll result was the first time that Labor had hit the lead since the Prime Minister was rounded on by furious voters over his decision to secretly fly to Hawaii for a family holiday during the bushfires.

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However, the ALP’s primary vote remains dangerously low to win a majority of seats putting the party at the mercy of the Greens and independents if an election was held now.

The number of voters who disapprove of the PM also increased by six points to 40 per cent.

Satisfaction with Labor leader Anthony Albanese’s performance was largely unchanged at 43 per cent.

It’s only the second Newspoll since the Hawaii holiday debacle – when the PM declared “I don’t hold a hose, mate” – to deliver Labor a two-party-preferred Newspoll win.

The poll was conducted between March 24-27 and surveyed 1517 voters online.

The margin of error in the poll is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.