The Financial Review has its monthly poll from RedBridge Group/Accent Research, which is somewhat at odds with recent trends in recording a two-point rise for One Nation to 31%, equalling their best-ever result the month before last, and the Greens slumping four points to 10%. Less unusual is a four-point rise for the Coalition to 22%, but it’s typically been accompanied by softer results for One Nation. Labor meanwhile is down a point to 29%.
Labor’s respondent-allocated two-party lead over One Nation narrows from 56-44 to 53-47, and it records what may be its worst result of the term in trailing the Coalition 52-48, after leading 54-46 last month. Using preference flows from the previous election (which involves extrapolating the 6.4% who voted One Nation to the 31% recorded in the current poll), a Labor lead of 55-45 last month becomes a 50-50 tie.
For leadership ratings, only net favourability is provided – I will hopefully be able to break this out into favourable and unfavourable later today. Anthony Albanese is down a point to minus 19; Angus Taylor is up three to minus six and Pauline Hanson is steady on minus 10. The three-way preferred prime minister result has Anthony Albanese down a point to 32%, Pauline Hanson up one to 24% and Angus Taylor up four to 15%. The poll was conducted last Monday to Thursday from a sample of 1001.
UPDATE: Leadership ratings have Anthony Albanese down a point on favourable to 30%, up three on neutral to 19% and steady on 49% unfavourable; Angus Taylor is up three to 20%, up three to 31% and steady on 26%; and Pauline Hanson down one to 36%, up four to 15% and down one to 46%. Also featured in the poll are one off personal ratings for Gina Rinehart (27% favourable, 27% neutral, 36% unfavourable) and John Howard (43%, 28% and 21%).
Boerwar:
Sunday, August 9, 2026 at 8:12 pm
I try not to get caught up in the Labor/Greens wars. The way I see it is that
Labor receives upwards of 80% of Green preferences. On that basis, it would be nice to see more harmony between the warring factions.
Yeah. Nah. Do stop carrying on like a Greens slagging Labor.
Those trees were NOT koala habitat trees. Your version of the property boundary issue is bullshit.
Preferred PM: Albanese 46 (0) Hanson 31 (-1) Taylor 23 (+1) #auspol
It is like the Greens are schizophrenic. They spend three years slagging Labor from arsehole to breakfast table and then they preference Labor.
Before Australia’s worst terrorist attack at Bondi Beach on December 14 last year, the final Newspoll of last year showed Labor and Mr Albanese in a dominant position.
Labor’s primary vote was hovering around 37 per cent, the ALP led the Coalition on two-party-preferred vote by 58 per cent to 42 per cent, and Mr Albanese’s net approval rating was neutral with 47 per cent of voters satisfied with his performance. The Labor leader led Sussan Ley as better prime minister by a sizeable margin of 54 per cent to 27 per cent.
In contrast, One Nation’s primary vote at the end of last year was 15 per cent, up from 6.4 per cent at the May 2025 federal election. Over the same six-month period, core support for the Coalition plummeted from 31.8 per cent to 24 per cent. The Coalition’s primary vote crashed to 18 per cent in February, prompting Mr Taylor to challenge Ms Ley for the leadership, before falling to 17 per cent in June.
https://archive.is/7HwNg
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Big changes!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/09/todd-blanches-next-challenges-trumps-attorney-general/
Blanche has already shown he is more than capable and willing to do Trump’s bidding. His entire acting period where he’s gone after people Trump hates has been a performance with an audience of one, designed to put him exactly where he is now.
They’re also doing a strange attempt to link it to Julia Gillard even though the drop was almost entirely a leftward movement that will come right back to Albo.
“A police officer run on Liberal party ticket against Chris Bowen in 2014 federal election. He came very close to winning that election.”
He came close to winning a non-existent election?
I’ll assume you’re talking about 2013 with Ray King, who was exposed for lying about having lived in Fairfield 40 years, when he actually lived in Penrith which is a 45+ minute drive away.
Bowen won that election on first preferences with a minor swing away. Hardly “very close” is it?
Combined right on 47%. Combined left on 43%.
No significant decline for ON at all.
We need to go further.
Introduce zero hour contracts for business employees.
Increase the unfair dismissal qualifying period to two years and limit it to Australian citizens.
Go One Nation!
Miskal says:
Sunday, August 9, 2026 at 8:00 pm
Pegasus, im more concerned that apparantly everything is now a plot by the Greens… did I miss a Greens team email?
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Lordbain, I believe you’re involved in a plot involving Pegasus, Landlord, P1 & possibly the ABC.
Relax. About 18 months ago I was up to my neck in some sort of plot involving Pres Xi, the Queens corgies, the Ayatollah, Humphrey B Bear and Kim Jong Un.
I was losing sleep at one stage, but have moved on!
New thread.
“Relax. About 18 months ago I was up to my neck in some sort of plot involving Pres Xi, the Queens corgies, the Ayatollah, Humphrey B Bear and Kim Jong Un.”
Talk about a humble brag nadia!
“Those trees were NOT koala habitat trees. Your version of the property boundary issue is bullshit.”
I get what you’re trying to do but the facts are:
* Destroying the trees would have an adverse impact on the Koala population in the area. It was stated as “not a significant” impact as part of the assessment massaging process. “not significant” is not the same as “no impact”.
* There was fresh evidence of Koalas being within the trees in the property as part of their habitat. Massaged as being “on the boundary”, even though that’s the only place they would be because that’s where the trees were. The Koala’s aren’t going to be shacking up in the master bedroom of the existing property would they.
* Faruqi has consistently opposed development that would involve clearing Koala habitat.
* Faruqi didn’t give a shit about any other type of species habitat within the trees.
* She demolished the trees, so much for save the planet.
* Despite the Greens complaints about the lack of affordable housing, Faruqi decided to build unaffordable, premium housing for a massive profit.