Queensland election result is a fundamental test of the PM’s leadership
There is a dual and potentially fatal lesson for both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton in the Queensland election.
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Newspoll: Coalition ahead for first time since election
The Coalition leads Labor on a two-party-preferred basis for the first time since the 2022 election in a political boost for Peter Dutton as Anthony Albanese’s approval ratings fall to a new low.
PM has lost Labor its Newspoll lead at the worst time for his government
The PM’s brazen claims, to date, to have never lost a Newspoll have now been evaporated. By doing so, Anthony Albanese established a point of political failure.
Newspoll: East coast low hits ALP as poll storm clouds build
The next election looms as a tale of two continents, with the Albanese government in decline in the east as voters flock to independents and minor parties, and Labor’s migrant base deserts it.
No love lost for Albanese but little gained for Dutton
The major parties are copping a middle finger from Middle Australia, who aren’t happy with Labor but don’t yet see the Coalition as a solution to their problems.
Labor will be cooked if there’s no pre-election cut
Jim Chalmers can whinge all he likes but unless the root cause of the problem is dealt with, mortgage holders are going to continue to cop it, and the government in turn will feel it in the polls.
Parties sleepwalking to election disaster
Voters may be faced with a simple proposition at the next election: do they really want a hung parliament and if so, how ugly are they prepared for that hung parliament to be?
Newspoll: Housing crisis hits PM as Labor loses ground
Primary support for Labor has dipped to the party’s equal lowest levels since the 2022 election, as housing emerges as the most significant cost-of-living concern for the majority of voters.
Whistleblower’s fresh claims on CFMEU’s missing $30m
Anthony Albanese is under pressure to explain why he and no-one else acted when he was first warned in 2014 by a CFMEU whistleblower that the union was being infiltrated by criminals.
Business wakes up to risks of Labor
The business lobby will deliver a rare indictment of the Albanese government, warning the nation had lost its way in only two short years under Labor.
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