One Nation surges in polling after Labor’s budget backflip
One Nation’s popularity has surged to the fore in the first poll since Labor reneged on a promise to leave tax benefits for home investors untouched in the 2026-27 budget.
New data from Resolve showed that support for One Nation rose two percentage points to 24 per cent, with leader Pauline Hanson now the most “likable” politician and receiving a performance score of plus 12 percentage points.
Second in line is Angus Taylor, who has a performance rating of plus 11 percent.
Anthony Albanese’s net favorability rating dropped one point compared to the previous month, falling to minus 13 percent.
He also fell to second place as preferred prime minister; Liberal Leader Angus Taylor received 33 per cent of the vote, while Mr Albanese received 30 per cent.
Labor will seek to roll back capital gains tax relief and stop the negative treatment for all but new or already adversely affected properties when parliament restarts later this month.
The measure, announced as part of the May budget, does not fulfill a pre-election promise that controversial tax benefits would not be changed.
One Nation has surged in the polls due to the rising cost of living and months of dysfunction within the Coalition, made worse by the aftershocks of the war in the Middle East.
The decisive data showed Labor’s preselection vote falling by three points to 29 per cent; 33 percent said their views of the Labor Party had worsened, 31 percent said their views had not changed and 18 percent were undecided.
Only 14 per cent said their views of Labor had improved.
Support for the coalition remained steady at 23 per cent but remained behind One Nation.
Pollster Roy Morgan put One Nation ahead of Labor for the first time in his post-election survey earlier this week.
In the survey conducted between 13 and 14 May, the right-wing populist party’s primary vote was 32 percent, while the Labor Party’s vote rate remained at 28.5 percent.
On a two-party preference basis, Labor narrowly edged out One Nation, 51 to 49 per cent.
Disapproval of Mr Albanese rose to 59 per cent.
