Source : Perth Now news
Pauline Hanson’s surge in popularity has taken a hit following her controversial “monoculture” speech.
Newspoll’s conducted for the Australian Financial Review and The Australian have both revealed support for One Nation is falling.
Support for Labor ticked ahead of One Nation by two per cent according to The Australian’s poll conducted last week, with support for Labor rising from 30 to 33 per cent while One Nation fell from 31 to 29 per cent.
Nearly half of participants said they were not satisfied with how Ms Hanson is carrying out her job as One Nation Leader, with 46 per cent satisfied and five per cent uncommitted.
Satisfaction with Angus Taylor has also sunk to 31 per cent, with 51 per cent dissatisfied and 18 per cent uncommitted.
The polls follow Ms Hanson’s controversial National Press Club address last week, which included declarations that Australia “cannot be a multicultural society”.
“We are a multiracial society, but we must be monocultural. Australians must live under the one cultural umbrella,” she said during her speech, which was promptly met by national backlash.
However she managed to beat out Mr Taylor for second place on who the preferred PM is, with Anthony Albanese leading at 49 per cent, Ms Hanson second at 31 per cent, and Mr Taylor trailing behind at 20 per cent.
The preferred prime minister followed the same trend in the AFR’s poll, with Mr Albanese coming in first at 33 per cent, Ms Hanson second at 23 per cent, and Mr Taylor last at 11 per cent while 12 per cent were left unsure.
AFR’s monthly pol alsol revealed One Nation’s primary vote sunk by two points to 29 per cent while Labor gained two, bringing the party’s percentage up to 30.
Ms Hanson has faced recent backlash over her comments on multiculturalism, with Mr Albanese last week taking aim at One Nation.
“The fact is that One Nation pretend that they stand for battlers, whilst getting planes given to them by Australia’s richest person, while receiving donations from some of the very wealthiest people,” Mr Albanese said last week.
“They oppose increases in the minimum wage, they oppose our support for childcare, they opposed our support – and expansion, and strengthening – of Medicare. They’ve opposed free TAFE.”
One Nation’s calls for huge cuts to migration numbers did not stack up, he said, when set against opposition to TAFE funding.
“You can’t say we want to stop migration but not want to upskill Australians, to give Australians the skills to fill the jobs,” Mr Albanese said.
