Source : Perth Now news
Anthony Albanese has scored a rare win at the polls as Pauline Hanson’s controversial call for an Australian “monoculture” sees One Nation’s polling falter, ending months of back-to-back wins for the right-wing populist party.
Primary support for the Labor Party rose by one per cent to 28 per cent, according to a poll by analysts Roy Morgan on Monday.
On a two-party preferred contest with One Nation, Labor was tipped to come out on-top at 53 per cent to 47 per cent after Pauline Hanson’s party dipped by two per cent.
Against the Coalition, Labor would still make off with an election-winning 53.5 per cent, according to the poll.
It comes off the back of a whopping 5.5 per cent dip in primary support for One Nation.
The Coalition also fell by four per cent to 21.5 per cent support.
Roy Morgan pointed to pushback to Senator Hanson’s comments at the National Press Club, during which she called for an Australian “monoculture”, with the polling taking place between June 22 and 28.
Up until that point, One Nation had been scoring win after win, rising from 27 per cent primary support between May 25 and 31 – which was equal to Labor – to a high of 31.5 per cent just before her NPC address.
Primary support for the Liberals outside of the Coalition climbed four per cent, while The Nationals, Greens, and independents remained mostly unchanged.
The poll also found government confident had increased, but that a significant majority of respondents – 57 per cent – still said the government was going in the right direction.
Only 25.5 per cent said the opposite.
Labor had suffered from a drop off in polling following the handing down of the 2026-27 budget in early May.
The latest Newspoll, released on Sunday, showed Labor leading the primary vote at 33 per cent, followed by One Nation, which saw a decline in support, at 29 per cent.
Both Anthony Albanese and Pauline Hanson beat out Angus Taylor as preferred prime minister, with Mr Albanese leading at 49 per cent, the One Nation leader at second at 31 per cent, and the Liberal leader trailing behind at 20 per cent.
The AFR/Redbridge poll, released the same day, showed similar results, with Mr Albanese coming in first as preferred leader 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.
