Less than a third of Australians back Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as their preferred leader of the Labor Party.
A Newspoll conducted for The Australian found only 28 per cent of voters supported Mr Albanese and Peter Dutton as their preferred leaders of the Labor and Liberal parties respectively.
Mr Albanese remains in the lead for preferred prime minister, seven points ahead of Mr Dutton.
In the Labor camp, about 13 per cent of voters supported Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek as leader, while 10 per cent backed former Labor leader and NDIS Minister Bill Shorten, 8 per cent were behind Treasurer Jim Chalmers, and Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen were backed by a respective 4 and 2 per cent.
Only 28 per cent of voters back Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as their preferred leader of the Labor Party. Picture: NewsWire / John Gass
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton didn’t fare much better than Mr Albanese, with only 28 per cent of voters backing him as the preferred leader of the Coalition. Picture: Dan Peled / NewsWire
Looking to the Coalition, 14 per cent of voters backed Indigenous Affairs spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price to step up to the leader’s role, followed by deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley at 6 per cent, shadow treasurer Angus Taylor at 5 per cent, opposition defence spokesman Andrew Hastie at 5 per cent, and opposition immigration spokesman Dan Tehan at 3 per cent.
However, a shocking 35 per cent chose the “don’t know option” when it came to Labor leaders, while 39 per cent opted for the same option for Liberal leaders.
About 38 per cent of voters reported they would support the Coalition if a federal election was announced, a 2 per cent increase from June 30 figures.
Labor, trailing behind at 33 per cent, only had a 1 per cent increase in suppot from June 30.
The Greens remained stable at 13 per cent, while backing for independents dropped from 12 to 10 per cent.
