Guardian Essential poll: One Nation’s popularity slips asAlbanese records lowest approval as prime minister
Coalition regains ground as support for Labor and Pauline Hanson’s party falls amid ‘messy immigration debate’
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Tom McIlroy Political editor1 Sept 2026, 03:00 pmUpdated 1d ago1 min readAsiaAustralia
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Guardian Essential poll: One Nation’s popularity slips as Albanese records lowest approval as prime minister
Coalition regains ground as support for Labor and Pauline Hanson’s party falls amid ‘messy immigration debate’
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Labor’s national primary vote has dropped five percentage points in a month, falling to 26% in the latest Guardian Essential poll as Anthony Albanese records his lowest approval rating as prime minister.
And despite One Nation’s win in Saturday’s Secret Harbour byelection in Western Australia, the poll showed the national primary vote for Pauline Hanson’s party dropping five percentage points since May. The party recorded a primary vote of 23% in the latest poll, down from a peak of 28%.
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Source: The Guardian · Tom McIlroy Political editor. Published 1 Sept 2026, 03:00 pm.
