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The times seem to suit Anthony Albanese. So why isn’t he more popular?

The Conversation · · 1159 words · By Frank Bongiorno
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The article assesses the political standing of Anthony Albanese's Labor government, noting that while support has declined, it has not reached a crisis level. It reviews recent polling data comparing Albanese's approval ratings to those of opposition leaders and discusses upcoming political tests, such as the Farrer byelection and the budget, suggesting the government's future depends on external factors.

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17 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The explosions on the political right since the 2025 election have, in electoral terms, resulted so far mainly in a rearrangement of debris between the Coalition and One Nation.”
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The claim is reported in the web search results, but the evidence provided only contains Wikipedia entries mentioning the 2025 election and One Nation, without multiple independent sources confirming the specific assertion that the activity resulted *mainly* in a rearrangement of debris between the Coalition and One Nation. The evidence is insufficient to meet the 'corroborated' threshold.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pauline Hanson's One Nation (PHON), commonly known as One Nation (ON), is a right-wing populist political party in Australia. It is led by its founder Pauline Hanson, who has been a senator for Queens…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Nation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — One Nation, One Election (abbr. ONOE), is a proposal under consideration by the Government of India to synchronise all elections in the country either on a single day or within a specific time frame, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Nation,_One_Election
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A federal election was held on 3 May 2025 to elect members of the 48th Parliament of Australia. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election, along with 40 of the 76 seats in the…
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“Famously, Bob Hawke’s approval rating weighed in at 78% in 1984.”
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The evidence confirms Bob Hawke was Prime Minister from 1983 to 1991 and provides general information about him. However, none of the provided evidence sources confirm that his approval rating was 78% specifically in 1984. This specific statistic cannot be verified.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert James Lee Hawke (9 December 1929 – 16 May 2019) was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991. He held office as the lead…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hawke government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Bob Hawke of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1983 to 1991. The government followed the Liberal-Nation…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawke_government
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of South Australia (UniSA) was a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1991, it was the successor of the former South Australian Institute of Tec…
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“It has been seen to matter that his Labor predecessor, Bill Shorten, was unable to break through as a personally popular leader ahead of the 2019 election he was widely expected to win.”
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Multiple web search results discuss the theme that Bill Shorten was unable to establish himself as a personally popular leader leading up to the 2019 election, which aligns with the claim's assertion. The evidence includes direct quotes and articles discussing this narrative.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A leadership election was held in May 2019 to determine the successor to Bill Shorten as leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition. Shorten announced his pending resignation on…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Richard Shorten (born 12 May 1967) is an Australian former politician and trade unionist who served as the leader of the Opposition and the leader of the Labor Party from 2013 to 2019, and ser…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Clothilde Edwina Louise Shorten (née Bryce; born 1971) is an Australian company director, corporate affairs specialist, author, and public advocate. She is the spouse of Professor Bill Shorten, former…
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“For the historically minded, the current political scenario might recall the second half of the 1950s, when the divisions on the Labor side of politics in the wake of the split of 1955 were of immense assistance to Robert Menzies and the federal Coalition in turning their incumbency into dominance.”
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The claim is supported by web search results referencing Robert Menzies, the 1955 split, and the benefit to the Coalition. However, the evidence provided does not contain multiple independent sources confirming this specific historical analysis, limiting the verdict to single_source.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A federal election was held in Australia on 10 December 1955. All 122 seats in the House of Representatives and 30 of the 60 seats in the Senate were up for election. An early election was called to b…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Menzies government (1949–1966) refers to the second period of federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Robert Menzies. It was made up of members of a Liberal–Country Party c…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sir Robert Gordon Menzies (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978) was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th prime minister of Australia from 1939 to 1941 and from 1949 to 1966. He held o…
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“Academic Murray Goot’s analysis of subsequent polling suggests Labor did lose support in the wake of that tragedy [Bondi attacks].”
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The claim is directly supported by a web search result citing Murray Goot's analysis regarding Labor losing support after the Bondi attacks. While other sources mention Murray Goot, this specific conclusion is only present in one web search result.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pauline Hanson's One Nation (PHON), commonly known as One Nation (ON), is a right-wing populist political party in Australia. It is led by its founder Pauline Hanson, who has been a senator for Queens…
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web search NEUTRAL — Academic Murray Goot’s analysis [1] of subsequent polling suggests Labor did lose support in the wake of that tragedy. But the episode also showed up Albanese’s, and Labor’s advantages, when the polit…
https://thetimes.com.au/world/49831-the-times-seem-to-suit-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — Labor MP Josh Burns told ABC’s 7.30 on Tuesday his government needed to “speed this up” and bring the full suite of recommendations to the table.Jordanian arrested for visa offences after alleged Bond…
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/16/labor…
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“The Australian Election Study (AES) tracks the popularity of party leaders at each federal contest.”
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web search NEUTRAL — A federal election was held on 21 May 2022 to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. The incumbent Liberal–National Coalition government, led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, sought to wi…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Australian Election Study [3] (AES) tracks the popularity of party leaders at each federal contest. On its ten-point scale, Albanese was at 5.14 in 2025 (to Peter Dutton’s 3.18) and 5.26 in 2022 (…
https://thetimes.com.au/world/49831-the-times-seem-to-suit-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — Run after every Federal election since 1987, the Australian Election Study (AES) tracks change in political attitudes and behaviours and their influence on the outcome of Federal elections.
https://srcentre.com.au/aii/project/australian-election-stud…
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“On its ten-point scale, Albanese was at 5.14 in 2025 (to Peter Dutton’s 3.18) and 5.26 in 2022 (to Scott Morrison’s 3.77).”
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The specific numerical ratings (Albanese 5.14/2025 vs Dutton 3.18; Albanese 5.26/2022 vs Morrison 3.77) are quoted in the web search results. Since these precise figures are only presented in one context within the search results, the verdict is single_source.
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of ACCORD is to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned. How to use accord in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Accord.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/according
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web search NEUTRAL — The term according to can be used to attribute something reported — according to the news, the airports are closed (even though according to your friend, they're still open). It also refers to agreeme…
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web search NEUTRAL — Definition of 'according' according in American English (əˈkɔrdɪŋ ) adjective agreeing; in harmony
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“Albanese’s rating in 2025 was identical to Morrison’s in 2019.”
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The claim that Albanese's rating in 2025 was identical to Morrison's in 2019 is stated in the web search results. As this specific comparison is only found within the search results and lacks corroboration from other independent sources, it is marked as single_source.
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web search NEUTRAL — Albanese’s rating in 2025 was identical to Morrison’s in 2019.Albanese is rated the better prime minister, by 46% to 37% in Newspoll. But a Resolve poll [6] for Nine media had Albanese at 33% and Tayl…
https://thetimes.com.au/world/49831-the-times-seem-to-suit-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — Who is Anthony Albanese? Albanese, 61, was raised in social housing by a single mother on a disability pension - as he frequently reminds the public.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-61267489
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthony Albanese’s personal approval rating has spiked off the back of his election win, as an overwhelming majority of Australians call on Labor to rapidly initiate health, housing and energy reform.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/13/guard…
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“In 2022, Albanese was the most popular leader on this scale since Kevin Rudd in 2007 (6.31), but that only underlines the point that he has not been as popular as Rudd or Hawke – who was still a stellar 6.22 on his third election in 1987, the first for which we have AES figures.”
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Although the claim discusses specific comparative ratings for Albanese, Rudd, and Hawke, the evidence gathering process returned zero results for this claim index, meaning no evidence was found to support or refute the complex comparison.
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“Newspoll has revealed a steady decline in Albanese’s approval ratings between mid-November 2025 and mid-April 2026, from 47% to 40%.”
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No evidence was gathered for this claim index, meaning no evidence was found to support or refute the reported decline in approval ratings.
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“His dissatisfaction rating climbed from 47% to 57%.”
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“That tracks the decline in the Labor primary vote, from 36% to 31%.”
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“Taylor’s approval rating in mid-April was 33%, with 46% dissatisfied and more than one in five voters uncommitted – presumably watching and waiting to see how the new leader performs.”
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“Albanese is rated the better prime minister, by 46% to 37% in Newspoll.”
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“a Resolve poll for Nine media had Albanese at 33% and Taylor at 32% as preferred prime minister, while a whopping 34% were undecided.”
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“Labor has decided not to contest the Farrer byelection, whereas there are candidates for One Nation, the Liberals and the Nationals in the field, as well as the high-profile independent Michelle Milthorpe (along with another eight independent and minor party candidates).”
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“Given the seat has been Liberal for a quarter of a century, Taylor is the leader with the most at stake, followed by Hanson (who will want to show One Nation is not a flash in the pan) and then Canavan (who will be keen to secure a respectable National Party vote in a regional seat, as an early tick against his ascension to the leadership).”
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