Essential Poll

• A crise dos combustíveis está fazendo com que mais eleitores queiram migrar para energias renováveis em vez de continuar com combustíveis fósseis. • Uma maioria de australianos apoia a tributação dos lucros das exportações de gás e a prorrogação do corte no imposto sobre combustíveis, de acordo com a última pesquisa do Guardian Essential, apesar de Anthony Albanese ter descartado, na quarta-feira, um novo imposto sobre os contratos de exportação de gás existentes. • A pesquisa também revelou que a crise dos combustíveis está levando mais eleitores a preferirem a transição para energias renováveis em vez de manter a dependência de combustíveis fósseis.

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...