Federal election 2025: Only a third of Australians think Anthony Albanese should be re-elected for second term
Just a third of Australians believe the Albanese Government should be re-elected for a second term, as Labor braces for a Federal election within months.
A Newspoll released by The Australian shows a majority of voters — 53 per cent — believed it was time for another party to govern, as the Coalition upheld its lead on the two-party preferred vote.
Another 13 per cent of voters did not know whether Labor deserved another term.
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While the Liberals took a slight hit on primary support to 38 per cent, Labor remained steady at a term-low of 31 per cent.
Anthony Albanese maintained his narrow lead over Peter Dutton as preferred prime minister, 45 per cent to 40 per cent, but recorded his worst ever net approval rating, of negative 21 points.
Mr Dutton’s net approval improved slightly to minus 10 per cent.
The result comes after a wave of bad polls for Labor, and mounting concerns over whether the Government can secure a re-elected majority government at the next election.
Asked the same question a fortnight ago, just 35 per cent of West Australian voters believed the Albanese Government should be re-elected.
An election loss would see Labor become the first government in almost a century not to be re-elected for a second term.
Mr Dutton said that fact made the coalition the underdogs.
“But to counter that, in the Albanese government we’ve got the worst government since 1931, so people are ready for a change, and people do want to get their lives and their country back on track,” he told reporters in Darwin on Sunday.
“We need a safe society, and we need a prosperous society so families can afford to put a roof over their head and put their kids through school, put food on the table, and that back-to-basics approach is exactly what we offer.”
The election is due to be called for May 17, or earlier.
