Support for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation appears to have eased after a strong start to the year, with fresh polling showing the party’s primary vote has dropped slightly.
A Newspoll survey of 1235 voters, conducted over four days last week, recorded a two-point fall for One Nation. The results put the party’s primary vote at 24 per cent, while Labor and the Coalition were unchanged at 31 per cent and 21 per cent respectively. The Greens and “others” both edged up by one point to 13 and 11.
Even with the dip, One Nation remains well above its 6.4 per cent result at the May 2025 election. However, the figures continue a slide from a high of 27 per cent, a mark reached twice in early and late February, before a one-point decline in March.
A similar shift was captured in the Resolve Political Monitor Poll of 1807 people conducted this month, which also showed One Nation down two points, from 24 to 22 per cent.
The Newspoll also indicated a small lift in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s advantage over Opposition Leader Angus Taylor on preferred prime minister. It found 46 per cent of respondents believed Mr Albanese would be a better prime minister, compared with 37 per cent for Mr Taylor.
With the May budget approaching, the poll also tested community attitudes to 10 possible options for raising tax revenue. None achieved majority support, though only 18 per cent of voters opposed every option.
Measures viewed most positively included an increase to the petroleum resource rent tax, backed by 42 per cent of respondents, along with reductions to tax concessions for property investors at 35 per cent and reduced tax concessions for family trusts at 29 per cent.
