Polls show the trend favouring Dutton
Whether the trend continues to favour Dutton will depend on his ability to become more likeable, avoid parochialism towards Queensland and neutralise other advantages that Labor enjoys.
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‘Play the cards we’re dealt’: Chalmers on Trump’s tariffs and instability
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Australia tariffs would have a ‘mild’ impact on the economy, ahead of his Australian Institute of International Affairs speech predicting the consequences of Donald Trump’s re-election.
Newspoll: PM hits new personal low, Dutton stocks rise
Peter Dutton’s net approval surpasses Anthony Albanese’s, as primary support for the Coalition lifts to 40 per cent for the first time since the 2022 election, the latest Newspoll shows.
Slow, steady decline a worry for ALP
If the current trajectory were to continue, by the time of the election the Coalition could well be in a position to be highly competitive.
Newspoll accurate on state election
Newspoll has successfully predicted the result of the Queensland election and managed to capture the late campaign swing towards Labor.
State needs fresh start after dispiriting election race
David Crisafulli had a strategy to win the Queensland election but not to gain a reform mandate.
Shock new poll ahead of election
The latest Newspoll has revealed a surprise for pundits who had tipped the Miles Labor government to be wiped out at Saturday’s Queensland state election.
Newspoll: Crisafulli squanders lead but LNP set for knife-edge victory
David Crisafulli is poised to become Queensland’s next premier in a knife-edge win, squandering a decisive lead in a campaign derailed by his small target strategy and attacks on the LNP’s stance on abortion | LATEST NEWSPOLL
Behind but not out: just ‘focus’
Since 2001, when Newspoll began calculating two-party-preferred results for all polls, every government has fallen behind the opposition on that measure at some point during the parliamentary term.
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.
Property tax breaks a Greens sideshow
Tax changes aimed at property investors might excite progressive voters, but they are not the ‘silver bullet’ to fix the housing affordability crisis.
‘Tight’ poll: LNP frontrunner in bid to claim underdog status
Queensland election frontrunner David Crisafulli has declared himself the underdog at next month’s state poll, despite Newspoll predicting he is on track to topple the third-term Labor government.
Dutton cannot expect an easy ride
Peter Dutton cannot afford to be complacent or seek comfort from the fact the Albanese government steadily is losing traction with voters.
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.
Queensland needs more choice
Crisafulli must be more courageous if he wants to claim a mandate.
ALP poll chances the worst by Miles: Newspoll
David Crisafulli is set to return the LNP to majority government in Queensland for the first time in a decade, and inflict a brutal defeat on the third-term Labor government, Newspoll shows.
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