Guardian Essential

• Mayoritas warga Australia mendukung pengenaan pajak atas keuntungan dari ekspor gas dan perpanjangan pemotongan cukai bahan bakar, menurut jajak pendapat Guardian Essential terbaru, meskipun Anthony Albanese pada hari Rabu menolak pajak baru untuk kontrak ekspor gas yang sudah ada. • Jajak pendapat tersebut juga menemukan bahwa krisis bahan bakar membuat lebih banyak pemilih ingin beralih ke energi terbarukan daripada tetap menggunakan bahan bakar fosil. • Warga Australia juga menyatakan bahwa mereka sudah mulai mengurangi perjalanan, beralih ke transportasi umum, serta mengurangi penggunaan AC dan pemanas ruangan di tengah ketidakpastian bahan bakar global.

One Nation outperforms the Coalition for the first time, while the rightwing populist party’s leader has a positive rating among all age groupsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA majority of surveyed Australians approve of Pauline Hanson’s leadership of One Nation, giving her a higher job approval rating than Anthony Albanese and Angus Taylor, as the Guardian Essential poll finds the rightwing populist party is outperforming the Coalition for the first time.The results come as Australians are becoming more pessimistic about the country and the economy, with the majority of respondents saying they expected things to get worse in coming months. Continue reading...

Poll also finds Australians keener for government to forge closer ties with ‘middle powers’ such as Canada and JapanGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOnly one in four Australians approve of the US-Israel war on Iran, and just a third have backed the federal government’s actions in sending a military plane and troops to the region, according to a new poll.The latest Guardian Essential poll found Australians are keener for the government to forge closer ties with so-called “middle powers” such as Canada and Japan, with about a third wanting to distance from the US. Continue reading...