Weekly Political Roundup

Week-over-week moves: Angus Taylor +7.0 pts.

As of 6–10 Oct · Resolve · Leadership approval polling · Wikipedia polling

• Anthony Albanese (Australian Labor Party) — 32% (+1.0 pts vs prior poll)
• Pauline Hanson (Pauline Hanson's One Nation) — 26% (+0.0 pts vs prior poll)
• Angus Taylor (Liberal Party of Australia) — 22% (+7.0 pts vs prior poll)
• Unsure — 20%

Top 3 party leaders + Unsure, per Wikipedia Preferred PM tables.

154 statements · All statements this week

Tax dominated federal politics this week, with ALP, Liberal, National, One Nation all weighing in on the debate. This pulse focuses on what those moves mean for people — not a re-list of the week's headlines.

• For households and workers: Andrew Leigh (ALP): "Got quality clothes to donate? Until 4pm today, book a free pickup through the Uber app and help these terrific Red Cross volunteers give them a new home. https://t.co/ztypiY11DA @…" — watch how this lands on cost of living, services, or jobs in the coming week.
• For households and workers: Andrew Leigh (ALP): "A big novel about brutality, identity, parents and what it means to be gay in Jamaica in the 1980s and 1990s. Not for the faint-hearted (the movie version would be rated R or X). #…" — watch how this lands on cost of living, services, or jobs in the coming week.
• For households and workers: Andrew Bragg (Liberal): "Labor really hates small business. https://t.co/TpXLnAsIZI" — watch how this lands on cost of living, services, or jobs in the coming week.
• For households and workers: Andrew Bragg (Liberal): "Labor consulted on this for years. Their fundamental misunderstanding of small business is the problem.

https://t.co/NeLJInrEqw" — watch how this lands on cost of living, services, or jobs in the coming week.

• For households and workers: Bridget McKenzie (National): "Discussing the threat of Islamist extremism isn’t Islamophobic — it’s essential https://t.co/t8jvsunyhG" — watch how this lands on cost of living, services, or jobs in the coming week.

In the latest polling (2026-10-11), One Nation leads the primary vote at 30%, with Anthony Albanese ahead of Pauline Hanson as preferred prime minister (32% to 26%).

What to watch: whether decisions on tax ease pressure on household budgets and services, or lock in sharper party conflict into the next sitting week.