The latest fortnightly News24 Pulse poll by YouGov records only minor change on the last result, although Labor’s one-point drop to 25% is noteworthy in being a new low for them in this series. One Nation is up a point to 28%, the Coalition is steady on 21% and the Greens are up one to a new peak of 15%. Labor’s lead over One Nation on the respondent-allocated two-party measure is in from 55-45 to 53-47, while its lead over the Coalition on the previous election flows two-party measure is unchanged at 52-48.
Anthony Albanese is unchanged at 33% approval and down one to 61% disapproval, while Angus Taylor is down two to 34% and up three to 51%. Albanese’s lead over Taylor on preferred prime minister is down to 40-39, in from 41-37 last time, and his lead over Hanson has narrowed from 50-38 to 50-40. The poll also finds 63-37 breaking against Jim Chalmers’ proposition that last week’s interest rate increase was “primarily the result of the conflict in the Middle East”. It was conducted last Tuesday to this Tuesday from a sample of 1505.
The Coalition’s migration plan risks breaching Australia’s free trade agreement with India, signed by the former Morrison government, allowing Indian students to stay and work for up to four years after completing their studies.
Angus Taylor on Tuesday announced plans to cut net overseas migration to 100,000 for the first two years of a Coalition government and up to 160,000 in year four, in a plan which would abolish temporary graduate visas, make major cuts to international student, bridging and temporary protection visas, and halve humanitarian places.
Under the plan, temporary graduate visas would be slashed from 271,200 to just 10,000 by 2031-32.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/07/coalition-migration-policy-reaction-universities-students-economy-india-ntwnfb
I’m really not sure how many more polls people can call an ‘outlier’ before they realise the parrot is infact dead.
The crowing about the LNP having a polling PV in the 20s seems to have clouded peoples minds to the fact Labor is polling a PV in the 20s. That’s just a terminal place to be to win government.
Party members are despairing. They all have opinions of course on the contributing factors and even more on the pathway fowards. But its all in the hands of the PLP at moment.
ITT: socks underestimating Albo
World News & Politics Patrol:
Russian Media Report Second Death Amid Suspected Plague Outbreak in Siberia: https://united24media.com/world/russian-media-report-second-death-amid-suspected-plague-outbreak-in-siberia-23177
Fuel from South Korea being shipped to Russia as Ukraine war grinds on: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/06/oil-tankers-south-korea-russia-ukraine-war
Moscow comes under large-scale drone attack: https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/06/8056624/
Trump Claims Canada Has Been Imposing Secret Tariffs on the US: ‘Nobody Knew’ Except Me: https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-claims-canada-imposing-secret-201116335.html
Germany’s ex-spy chief arrested for espionage: https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-ex-spy-chief-arrested-for-espionage/a-79560278
Green behind Zionism vote is ‘good friend’ of al-Qaeda terrorist: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/10/06/green-behind-zionism-racism-vote-friends-al-qaeda-terrorist/
Trump Suggests Letting Iran “Take Out” Los Angeles and San Diego: https://newrepublic.com/post/216247/trump-suggests-let-iran-take-out-los-angeles-san-diego
White House Aide Insists Trump Did Not Call For Attacks On US Cities: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-house-aide-insists-trump-did-not-call-for-attacks-on-us-cities_n_6ac50f64e4b0613dcc55ebbf
Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades: https://www.ms.now/news/trump-midterms-osce-election-observers
Trump says journalists should be ‘arrested’ for reporting on empty seats at rally: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-truth-social-ohio-rally-empty-seats-b3061851.html
Trump Is Already Preparing ‘Excuse’ for Midterm Loss, Republicans Warn: https://www.newsweek.com/trump-is-already-preparing-excuse-for-midterm-loss-republicans-warn-12529818
Trump Meets With Convicted Election Fraudster to Go Over Midterm Plans: https://newrepublic.com/post/216252/trump-meets-convicted-election-denier-tina-peters-midterm-plans
Cornell faculty senate introduces no-confidence resolution over handling of alleged 2024 sexual assault: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cornell-faculty-senate-introduces-no-confidence-resolution-handling-al-rcna601824
Chicago woman shot 5 times by Border Patrol officer files federal lawsuit: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-woman-shot-5-cbp-officer-files-federal-lawsuit-rcna601622
Democrats Lead by 12 Points Among Likely Voters in Latest Honest Poll Survey: https://www.thehonestpoll.com/polls/democrats-lead-by-12-points-among-likely-voters-in-latest-honest-poll-survey
Germany arrests former intelligence chief over alleged spying
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/06/germany-august-hanning-bnd-arrest-former-domestic-intelligence-chief
Chinese software company Shenzhen Qingcheng is being investigated by the Australian privacy commissioner following an ABC investigation.
It revealed last month more than a dozen serious security flaws in the company’s app and website used in the glasses for sale in Kmart, Big W Marketplace and Amazon.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-07/chinese-company-investigated-over-cheap-smart-glasses-concerns/107233694
“The Coalition’s migration policy rests on a series of false premises”, writes Alan Gamlen, Professor and Director of the Migration Hub, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University.
https://theconversation.com/the-coalitions-migration-policy-rests-on-a-series-of-false-premises-293672
He examines five underlying myths.