Fresh political polling from Australia’s leading pollsters has delivered new data on shifting voter support, recording a second consecutive slight drop in the primary vote for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation that suggests the far-right party’s surge in popularity earlier this year may have hit a peak. The latest Newspoll, carried out for The Australian, surveyed 1,235 registered voters over four days last week, and found the party’s primary support fell by two percentage points to 24%. Both the ruling Labor Party and the centre-right Coalition remained unchanged, holding 31% and 21% of the primary vote respectively. The Greens gained one point to reach 13% support, while minor party and independent candidates grouped in the “other” category also saw a one-point uptick to hit 11%. The incremental decline of One Nation marks a continuation of a downward trend that began after the party hit a high of 27% support on two separate occasions in early and late February. Support dipped one point in March, making this latest drop the second in as many months. Even with the current dip, however, One Nation’s polling numbers remain vastly higher than its 2025 federal election result of 6.4%, demonstrating the party retains a far stronger hold on the electorate than it did during the last national vote. The broader trend of declining support identified in the Newspoll is echoed by separate data from the Resolve Political Monitor, which polled 1,807 voters this month for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. That survey also recorded a two-point drop in One Nation support, falling from 24% to 22%. Alongside primary voting intention, the Newspoll also measured public approval of preferred prime minister, finding incumbent Anthony Albanese’s lead over Opposition leader Angus Taylor widened slightly. Forty-six percent of respondents said Albanese would make a better prime minister, compared to 37% who backed Taylor. With the federal May budget just weeks away, pollsters also asked voters to weigh in on 10 separate proposals to increase national tax revenue. None of the proposals won majority support from the full electorate, though just 18% of respondents rejected all 10 options outright. The most popular policy was an increase to the petroleum resource rent tax, which earned 42% support from those surveyed. A reduction in tax concessions for property investors followed at 35%, while cutting tax concessions for family trusts won 29% backing from respondents. The results give the Albanese government clear signals on which tax reform proposals have the most public traction as it finalizes budget negotiations ahead of the official release.
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation primary vote dips to 24 per cent, new Newspoll survey finds
