Voters depart major parties months out from state poll

One Nation’s support is reaching new heights across Australia as a prime minister admits the populist right’s growing voter turnout is unprecedented.

NSW Premier Chris Minns has addressed the decline in his party’s support and vowed Labor will fight to maintain leadership of Australia’s most populous state.

“Voters will make their decision in the next few months… we are up for the challenge,” he told reporters in Sydney on Monday.

Support for Labor and the coalition in NSW has fallen to record lows in the latest Resolve Political Monitor poll.

Labour’s primary vote was 29 per cent, down three points since May.

It was the party’s worst result since its 2023 election victory and potentially worrying news ahead of the state vote in March 2027.

Support for the coalition also fell by three points to 23 percent.

By contrast, support for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation has risen three points since May to 25 per cent.

Election analyst Ben Raue said this is a trend occurring across the country.

“We’re seeing this trend in every jurisdiction in Australia – One Nation is reaching new heights,” he told AAP.

If the election goes the way of Monday’s poll, Mr Raue doubted a Labor victory with a fierce fight on the right between One Nation and the coalition.

“The coalition has shown that it is not in a very strong position… it does not currently have the capacity to win elections at the federal level,” he said.

Mr Minns acknowledged One Nation was in its strongest position yet but vowed to rise to the challenge.

Labor came to power with a minority in 2023, winning 45 of 93 lower house seats in NSW.

“We have a stable government whose guiding principle is responsibility and common sense,” Mr. Minns said.

“Our values ​​and principles are so contrary to that party.”

Mr Minns remains the preferred prime minister; The percentage of voters who believe he is best for the job dropped from 38 percent to 36 percent.

This created a significant lead over Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane, whose rating fell from 18 per cent to 16 per cent.

Federal Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said One Nation had no answers to issues such as housing.

“One Nation is a one-man show,” he said.

“He is unfit to govern and he does not have the policies to get us out of the crisis.”