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.
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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.
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.
Bandt’s three demands for ALP as leaders rule out deal
Peter Dutton and Adam Bandt have both ruled out any chance their parties would do a deal to form minority government, as the Greens leader outlines his priorities.
Spy chiefs set the record straight on Gaza dilemma
Secure borders must always be a first-order priority for government.
On par with ScoMo but PM not worried
Anthony Albanese has denied he is worried about his personal standing among voters, despite his approval rating being the same as Scott Morrison’s in the lead-up to the Coalition’s 2022 election loss.
Newspoll: PM gets a performance review. It’s bad
Anthony Albanese’s approval ratings have slumped to the equal-lowest level since he became Prime Minister, as Peter Dutton fails to sway voters over management of the inflation crisis.
MAD theory now in play for PM and Dutton
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are locked into a cycle of mutually assured destruction. Both leaders must now reflect on their collective and unenvious record of having identically low approval ratings.
Liberals must put house in order
The NSW Liberal Party is not fit for purpose to oversee the upcoming federal campaign in the state that is likely to decide the contest between Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.
Time to hear Dutton’s best ideas
After taking the fight up to Anthony Albanese, the Opposition Leader’s challenge is to prosecute an alternative vision.
Recession could precede a hung parliament
Newspoll puts not only the Prime Minister between a rock and a hard place but the nation too as the threat of a hung parliament, with the balance held by the Greens and/or teals, likely.
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