Tim Wilson says Australians can’t trust Anthony Albanese, federal government as warning signs emerge in new polling
The Opposition has slammed Anthony Albanese for plummeting trust in the federal government as households face mounting pressure.
Anthony Albanese has been dealt another blow with a new opinion poll that shows only one in five voters trust him and his government as Australians battle unrelenting cost-of-living issues.
Shadow treasurer Tim Wilson says Australians need a federal government they can trust, while the Prime Minister’s cabinet colleagues say voters are “understandably” sending a message.
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Only 20 per cent said they still trusted him, with another 16 per cent unsure.
Mr Wilson said Australians deserved to trust their leaders amid domestic and international volatilities.
“I want to stress actually how disappointing it is that we do have a prime minister where only one in five Australians trust the prime minister,” Mr Wilson told Seven’s Sunrise.
“We should actually want a nation where people trust their leaders, and particularly where people have a sense of confidence because the global environment is challenging.
“We need a government that Australians trust.”
Albanese ministers defend PM after more poor polling
Cabinet colleagues defended Mr Albanese and the government in the wake of the polling.
Speaking on Nine’s Today show, Environment Minister Murray Watt said it was “understandable” Australians’ opinions were swayed by current financial pressures.
“Obviously it’s a long way until election day, but I think the these figures show again that many Australians are feeling under pressure at the moment,” he said.
“Your viewers are currently paying the price for a war that they didn’t choose to happen on the other side of the world, and of course some of those Reserve Bank interest rate hikes, so I think it’s understandable that people would be sending a bit of a message that they are feeling pressured that way.
“What we’ve got to do as a government is stay really focused on trying to take that pressure off people.”
Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek said voters were showing signs of scepticism, but defended Mr Albanese’s support for Australians.
“I think Australians have always been a bit sceptical of politics, and that’s a healthy thing in a democracy,” she told Sunrise.
“What we see is a Prime Minister that is absolutely firmly focused on what matters to Australians, and that’s cost of living support, and that’s why we’re doing the things that we’re doing.”
Labor’s primary vote falls to equal post-election low, no benefit for One Nation
The Albanese Labor government has been buffeted by soaring oil prices and repeated rate rises, with voters increasingly pointing the finger at the Prime Minister while Pauline Hanson’s One Nation continues to poll well.
A week after a bruising Newspoll in The Australian, Monday’s Resolve Political Monitor, Labor’s primary vote fell one point in the past month to 28 per cent – an equal post-election low and down from 34.6 per cent at the May 2025 election – while One Nation sat on 25 per cent, and the Coalition on 22 per cent.
Mr Albanese remained the preferred prime minister on 29 per cent, ahead of Opposition Leader Angus Taylor on 25 per cent and Senator Hanson on 24 per cent.
Meanwhile, 42 per cent of voters blamed the Albanese government and its latest budget for the cost-of-living crisis after interest rates were lifted for the fifth time this year on Melbourne Cup Day.
Despite the government insisting overseas tensions are mainly responsible for household pressures, only 26 per cent of survey respondents nominated global factors, such as the war in the Middle East, while seven per cent lay blame at the feet of the Reserve Bank.
Five per cent said it was due to state and territory governments and 12 per cent said they were unsure.
Meanwhile, an Australian Financial Review/Redbridge poll showed that Labor’s primary vote had slipped two per cent to 26 per cent.
According to the same poll support for One Nation was at 28 per cent and the Coalition jumped four per cent to 25 per cent.
Albanese remained the preferred Prime Minister (30 per cent), ahead of Hanson (24 per cent) and Taylor (16 per cent).
