Overview
- The Resolve Political Monitor survey of 2,252 people, conducted between July 6 and 11 and reported Sunday, found One Nation’s primary vote down three points to 26 per cent while the Coalition rose to 23 per cent.
- Pauline Hanson’s standing as preferred prime minister fell eight points to 25 per cent as Anthony Albanese climbed to 33 per cent, marking a sharp reversal from her June surge.
- Pollsters linked the decline to Hanson’s June 17 National Press Club speech, where she argued for a national ‘monoculture’ and criticised paid parental leave, comments that reduced her appeal among women and people born overseas.
- One Nation’s treasury spokesman Barnaby Joyce said the party lacks the resources to send all policies for independent costing to the Parliamentary Budget Office, a stance Opposition figures used to question the party’s fiscal credibility and cite potential long-term costs.
- The shift interrupts months of One Nation growth that followed byelection and budget controversy and raises the prospect that Conservative voters may reallocate to the Coalition while voters weigh the real-world costs of Hanson’s proposals.