The polls are showing wildly different results for the likelihood of the Voice to parliament succeeding - which may be explained by who they are polling.
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The Labor government maintains a healthy lead in the polls, but support for the Voice to parliament appears to be slipping.
Labor’s post-election honeymoon shows no sign of ending, but the Voice referendum is on shakier ground.
Robert’s seat of Fadden in Queensland, and Morrison’s seat of Cook in New South Wales, would both likely be safely held by the Liberals.
The latest Essential poll also gave federal Labor a 52-43 two party lead.
Meanwhile, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s net approval slumps to an all-time low.
Polls show the race to form the next state government in NSW has tightened in recent weeks.
Latest polling shows some of the gloss coming off federal Labor and Anthony Albanese - but they are still well ahead of the opposition.
There were mixed results for the Albanese government from polls take in the wake of its first budget.
Latest polls continue to show strong support for the Albanese government.
While there is some tapering off of support for the Albanese government since the 2022 election, it is still comfortably ahead of the Coalition.
Anthony Albanese extends his lead over Peter Dutton as preferred prime minister as the government’s ‘honeymoon’ period continues.
The latest Newspoll show Albanese’s net approval ratings are the highest for a prime minister since early in Malcolm Turnbull’s tenure.
While none of the major polls were entirely accurate, Resolve was closest to the mark; meanwhile, seat polls continue to be highly inaccurate.
A slew of polls show only a modest lift for the government after the budget, and Labor favoured to win the election.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s strong ratings in the Newspoll and Essential poll suggest the slow vaccine rollout and anger among women might not be hurting the government yet.
Despite a week of heated debate over the medevac legilation, the latest polls continue to show Labor with an election-winning lead.
The latest Fairfax-Ipsos and Essential polls give a strong lead to Labor, with some interesting – and variable - detail on the attributes voters see in the leaders of the two major parties.
A series of questions by Essential on energy policy has found the Turnbull government is so far failing to persuade people of either its performance or its arguments on energy security.
How do we know what we think we know? Accuracy, care and rigorous method gets us somewhere there, especially on issues like racism.
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney
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Pro Vice Chancellor Research, Western Sydney University
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Researcher, Challenging Racism Project and Diversity and Human Rights Research Centre, Western Sydney University
