Overview
- A Resolve Political Monitor survey of 2,250 voters conducted November 2–7 found just 20 percent say they trust Prime Minister Anthony Albanese while his likeability and net performance ratings hit record lows.
- About 40–42 percent of respondents blamed the federal government for the cost-of-living crisis, and 41 percent named keeping living costs low as their top policy priority.
- Labor’s primary vote held near 28 percent, ahead of One Nation on roughly 25 percent and the Coalition on about 22 percent, leaving a fragile multi-party contest despite the PM’s weak personal ratings.
- Reporting identifies a $6 million grant to Marrickville Golf Club in Albanese’s electorate as a concrete factor that has widened trust losses and increased voter suspicion of the government’s local grant program.
- The poll comes as inflation and interest-rate pressure have risen — September inflation near 4.3 percent and the cash rate about 4.85 percent — a combination that analysts say raises electoral risk for Labor if economic pain persists.