According to the latest poll conducted by The Australian Financial Review in collaboration with Redbridge Group and Accent Research, a significant majority of respondents hold US President Donald Trump accountable for the recent hike in fuel prices.
The data reveals that 61% of participants attribute the rising costs to Trump, while only 14% point fingers at the government.
This sentiment cuts across most Australian voter demographics, with One Nation supporters being the exception. Among them, 39% blame Trump, while 38% hold the Labor party responsible.
Labor’s primary vote remains stable at 32%, whereas the Coalition has seen a decline, dropping two percentage points to 17%.
Meanwhile, support for One Nation continues to grow, reaching 29% among those surveyed.
On Sunday, Andrew Hastie, the opposition spokesperson on industry and sovereign capability who was once a strong contender for the Liberal leadership before stepping aside for Angus Taylor, directly addressed the issues surrounding One Nation and Donald Trump.
“I think this was a huge miscalculation – Iran has managed to pretty much hold the whole world’s economy to ransom,” he told Insiders about the war in Iran.
On One Nation, he said voters were experiencing a lot of economic pain, arguing “no one’s going to reward us for a final last stand for neoliberal politics.
“I just think we need to overhaul the whole system. We either fix the system, or it’s torn down by people like Pauline Hanson,” Hastie said.
Senator Pauline Hanson’s party’s growing support meant a change for the two-party-preferred vote, with Labor compared to One Nation instead of the Coalition in the Redbridge poll.
Labor’s lead remained solid at 53 per cent to 47 per cent for One Nation.
Parliament will sit again this week before a long break until the budget.
The government is still finalising its financial plan but, in the short term, national cabinet meets tomorrow prioritising a national approach to what comes next with fuel.
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