Guardian Essential poll: Angus Taylor’s approval rating crashes and One Nation support plateaus

The latest Guardian Essential poll shows support for the opposition leader, Angus Taylor, has crashed. Photograph: Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images View image in fullscreen The latest Guardian Essential poll shows support for the opposition leader, Angus Taylor, has crashed. Photograph: Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images Guardian Essential poll: Angus Taylor’s approval rating crashes and One Nation support plateaus Survey also shows Australians rounding on the government over its handling of inflation and the cost of living crisis Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast One Nation’s primary vote has plateaued and Angus Taylor’s approval rating has crashed, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll . But it is not all smooth sailing for Labor with Australians rubbishing the government’s handling of the inflation and cost of living crisis. Australians have also shown their reluctance to embrace new AI datacentres, with less than a third saying they’d be happy to have a facility in their local area and sharing concerns about energy demands, water supply, environmental impacts and noise. Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email The Guardian Essential poll, of 1,060 voters last week, found One Nation’s popularity was continuing to level off, attracting a 25% primary vote, down one point from June’s poll . Meanwhile while Labor’s indicative primary vote ticked up one point to 31% and the Coalition’s vote dropped further, down another point to 22%. All those movements are within the poll’s margin of error, but it is the second consecutive Essential poll where One Nation’s primary vote has dropped since reaching a high of 28% in May . The populist right-wing party has dipped back to where it was in April. It comes after weeks of scrutiny over Pauline Hanson’s European trip , her interview with Tommy Robinson , and comments about domestic violence and immigration policy . We have spent 30 years meeting Pauline Hanson’s anger with our own. What if we tried this instead? | Peter Lewis Read more Struggling for political oxygen and attention amidst One Nation’s rise, the opposition leader has seen his own approval ratings plummet in the last month. In June, 36% of people approved of Taylor’s job performance and 37% disapproved, for a net approval of minus-1; but this month’s poll has seen his approvals drop three points and his disapprovals increase by seven points, for a new net approval of minus-12. Taylor’s approval rating has crashed 16 points among men and four points among women, as well as by 20 points among people aged 35-54 and 13 points among those aged 18-34. Guardian Essential report: have Pauline’s policies plateaued her support? - podcast Read more Anthony Albanese’s approval rating ticked up one point to minus-14, with 38% approving and 52% disapproving of his performance as prime minister. It’s the fourth straight month in which more than half of voters have disapproved of his performance. Respondents to the poll also r