Total support for right-wing parties rises in Newspoll before Secret Harbour byelection

Both the Newspoll and Redbridge polls were entirely conducted before Saturday’s Western Australian Secret Harbour byelection , in which One Nation had a big win over Labor.

In Newspoll, the total vote for One Nation and the Coalition was up two points to 49%.

After an outlier-looking 53% for the combined right in its late July poll, Redbridge has the right at 50% in its latest poll.

Federal Newspoll A national Newspoll , conducted August 24–28 from a sample of 1,243, gave One Nation 30% of the primary vote (up one since the previous Newspoll , three weeks ago), Labor 29% (steady), the Coalition 19% (up one), the Greens 13% (down one) and all Others 9% (down one).

No two-party estimate was published, but the gain for the right would mean Labor’s two-party vote against One Nation would drop.

Anthony Albanese’s net approval was up one point to -21 (59% dissatisfied, 38% satisfied), maintaining his streak of net approvals in Newspoll at or below -15 since late February.

The graph below shows Albanese’s net approval in Newspoll with a smoothed line.

Angus Taylor’s net approval was down five points to -17 (50% dissatisfied, 33% satisfied).

Pauline Hanson’s net approval was up two points to -1 (48% dissatisfied, 47% satisfied).

In the standard better PM question, Albanese led Taylor by 44–35 (44–37 previously).

In a three-way forced choice question, Albanese had 46% (steady), Hanson 31% (steady) and Taylor 23% (steady).

After preferences from Taylor’s voters, Albanese led Hanson by an unchanged 56–44.

On house prices in the respondent’s local area, 13% wanted them to increase by 15% in the next two years, 17% increase by 5%, 32% stay about the same, 13% decrease by 5% and 19% decrease by 15%, for a total of 32–30 favouring a decrease.

In the mid-August Resolve poll , respondents supported bringing house prices down by 60–10.