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West Australian
3 hours ago
- Politics
- West Australian
Albanese prepares to walk into 94-seat majority after Labor's landslide win as Parliament resumes
Anthony Albanese has called for discipline from his team as Parliament returns, promising to deliver on election commitments that will 'make a real, practical difference to people's lives.' The Prime Minister urged his expanded party room to stay focused for the next three-year term so it can go on to repeat the 94-seat majority they gained in Labor's thumping victory at the May election. He and Opposition Leader Sussan Ley sought to enliven their colleagues and strike a fresh tone in meetings in Canberra on Monday ahead of the first sitting of the 48th Parliament. While Mr Albanese was focused on his majority, Ms Ley's party room pep talk needed extra energy following opinion polls that showed the Coalition fell further than their diabolical election primary under her predecessor Peter Dutton. Privately, Liberals were downbeat about the 29 per cent primary in the polls, although Ms Ley's backers said her 'likeability' rating, higher than the PM's in the Resolve survey, gave her something to work with in winning over voters. In a morale booster to a disenfranchised party room, the new Opposition Leader declared the Coalition wouldn't be walked over or deterred in the face of Labor's super-sized majority against their historical low of 43 seats. Ms Ley vowed in her first address she would support 'constructive policies' but warned Labor her team would fight 'every step of the way' against them if they weren't in the national interest. 'We won't be judged by the headlines of the day, what we will be judged by is what we offer the Australian people at the next election, and Australians deserve the strongest possible opposition,' she said. 'Mr Albanese is giving interviews and he's suggesting that we should just get out of the way. Well, we won't be getting out of the way. 'It's going to be a big week, it's going to be a big fortnight, and we're taking the fight up to the government every single day, right across this country, every minute.' Despite the Canberra winter chill, Mr Albanese had a spring in his step as he walked to work yesterday from the nearby Lodge, accompanied by his son Nathan. The show of humility will contrast with his dominance of parliament that will become starkly clear when a wave of red takes over more than half the House of Representative seats on Tuesday. He lauded the hard work of each individual to get there but cautioned that everyone needed to continue to pull together. 'If we maintain that sense of discipline, sense of purpose, clear idea about why we are here — to represent people in our electorate, but also represent the national interest in promoting the Labor values of fairness, of aspiration and opportunity for all — there is no reason why every single one of you can't just be returned to the next Parliament but can't be added to as well,' he said. Mr Albanese said his government was determined to implement a 'positive agenda'. 'Part of that is standing up for Australia's national interests, progressive patriotism,' he said. Although Ms Ley has a less unwieldy party room in terms of size, she has a tougher job than the Prime Minister to keep the Coalition from fracturing. Nationals veteran Barnaby Joyce told breakfast television the Opposition should be looking for 'binary issues' to pick fights over — including the net-zero emissions commitment. 'If you try and work on nuances and ameliorations and sort of views of a different issue, that's not good,' he told Sunrise. 'And that's why such issues such as net zero, I say, look, find a point of division.' Labor's agenda will be bigger than publicly flagged when official business kicks off on Wednesday after formalities on Tuesday, with ministers putting forward 14 bills for approval in caucus. Top of the agenda will be a 20 per cent cut to student debt, tougher action against childcare providers, and laws to protect penalty rates. Mr Albanese promised the cut to university and vocational debts in his first pre-election headland speech in November and the policy was popular among younger voters. The Coalition is yet to decide its position but several shadow ministers believe given the clear mandate — and conscious of the need to win back younger people — it should wave the bill through. Finance Minister Katy Gallagher said there was a 'sense of urgency' to passing the childcare reforms after shocking allegations of abuse across centres in Melbourne, but admitted with a short parliamentary timeline it would be a challenge. 'The Prime Minister has made clear he would like legislation through this fortnight, and that will be one of my jobs to try to do that,' she told ABC. 'We only have two (full) sitting days — not many. On Wednesday and Thursday, and not much of that is Government business time.' There's also a raft of first speeches, with the planned timetable pushing through 19 of the 32 new lower house members this week and the rest next week, taking up at least 16 hours of debating time. The Senate has 10 first speeches to get through, mostly scheduled for next week. Other legislation on the agenda includes rule changes for Defence Housing to allow the agency to help house American submariners based in WA during the roll out of AUKUS, a bid to make ASIO's compulsory questioning powers permanent instead of sunsetting in early September, changes to the new aged care system before its delayed start in November, and the easing of tariffs on UAE products to implement the free trade deal struck earlier this year.
Sydney Morning Herald
20 hours ago
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
The Liberal Party faces electoral mountain, but there is one bright spot for Sussan Ley
But after Liberal MPs were swept aside across the country and Labor kept and added seats, it's time for the opposition to realise the prime minister has more than a little political nous. The electoral scoreboard is simply not wrong. The most important numbers – primary vote and two-party preferred – are horrendous, yet the poll reveals some upsides for Ley. Of all the parties and MPs, including Albanese, she has the highest net likeability rating at plus 11. The PM is at plus four (although in February, he was at negative 16). The Liberal and National parties are in positive territory, if well short of Labor. In terms of performance, 57 per cent of those surveyed in Resolve's pre-election poll rated Peter Dutton as poor. Ley has repaired that to 'just' 29 per cent, although with a third undecided. That's a base from which to mount the recovery mission that a slim majority of the Liberal Party has given Ley and her deputy Ted O'Brien. Another key aspect of the poll is the attitude of voters to how the Coalition should act in opposition. When Albanese complained about Peter Dutton's 'relentless negativity', it resonated with voters. That's what they saw and felt about the Coalition under the former leader. The Resolve poll shows a clear majority of all voters – including most Coalition supporters – believe the Liberal and National parties should work with the government to negotiate changes and form a consensus. A knee-jerk 'no' to anything and everything is unlikely to woo back voters. As the Coalition starts sketching the outlines of a credible return to power this side of 2034, the poll also should give Albanese some pause about how he proceeds. His extraordinary victory was built on an extraordinarily low primary vote. Resolve shows it still about the 35 per cent mark with even more voters – 36 per cent – backing anyone bar Labor or the Coalition. In every policy area, from health care to dealing with crime, Labor is now ahead of the Coalition. In February, the government trailed the Coalition on 17 of those 18 policy issues. Just on economic management, Labor was 17 points behind the Coalition six months ago. Now it shades the opposition by two points. Voters' attitudes hardened as the full force of an election campaign focused on Dutton, his less-than-stellar frontbench and their paucity of a policy offering. It was a contest that voters judged in Albanese's favour – but that was almost three months ago. A policy-free Coalition and that huge majority in the House of Representatives mean the focus is now squarely back on Albanese. Issues such as Donald Trump or the government's tone-deaf response to the ecological disaster playing out on South Australian beaches require a firm prime ministerial hand. Having announced a three-day economic policy love-in for next month, he will have to take carriage of potentially difficult policy arguments. The Resolve poll shows Albanese in the ascendancy and Ley looking over her shoulder. But it doesn't take much for a prize chook to become Sunday's roast.
The Age
20 hours ago
- Business
- The Age
The Liberal Party faces electoral mountain, but there is one bright spot for Sussan Ley
But after Liberal MPs were swept aside across the country and Labor kept and added seats, it's time for the opposition to realise the prime minister has more than a little political nous. The electoral scoreboard is simply not wrong. The most important numbers – primary vote and two-party preferred – are horrendous, yet the poll reveals some upsides for Ley. Of all the parties and MPs, including Albanese, she has the highest net likeability rating at plus 11. The PM is at plus four (although in February, he was at negative 16). The Liberal and National parties are in positive territory, if well short of Labor. In terms of performance, 57 per cent of those surveyed in Resolve's pre-election poll rated Peter Dutton as poor. Ley has repaired that to 'just' 29 per cent, although with a third undecided. That's a base from which to mount the recovery mission that a slim majority of the Liberal Party has given Ley and her deputy Ted O'Brien. Another key aspect of the poll is the attitude of voters to how the Coalition should act in opposition. When Albanese complained about Peter Dutton's 'relentless negativity', it resonated with voters. That's what they saw and felt about the Coalition under the former leader. The Resolve poll shows a clear majority of all voters – including most Coalition supporters – believe the Liberal and National parties should work with the government to negotiate changes and form a consensus. A knee-jerk 'no' to anything and everything is unlikely to woo back voters. As the Coalition starts sketching the outlines of a credible return to power this side of 2034, the poll also should give Albanese some pause about how he proceeds. His extraordinary victory was built on an extraordinarily low primary vote. Resolve shows it still about the 35 per cent mark with even more voters – 36 per cent – backing anyone bar Labor or the Coalition. In every policy area, from health care to dealing with crime, Labor is now ahead of the Coalition. In February, the government trailed the Coalition on 17 of those 18 policy issues. Just on economic management, Labor was 17 points behind the Coalition six months ago. Now it shades the opposition by two points. Voters' attitudes hardened as the full force of an election campaign focused on Dutton, his less-than-stellar frontbench and their paucity of a policy offering. It was a contest that voters judged in Albanese's favour – but that was almost three months ago. A policy-free Coalition and that huge majority in the House of Representatives mean the focus is now squarely back on Albanese. Issues such as Donald Trump or the government's tone-deaf response to the ecological disaster playing out on South Australian beaches require a firm prime ministerial hand. Having announced a three-day economic policy love-in for next month, he will have to take carriage of potentially difficult policy arguments. The Resolve poll shows Albanese in the ascendancy and Ley looking over her shoulder. But it doesn't take much for a prize chook to become Sunday's roast.
The Age
a day ago
- Politics
- The Age
The long climb: Disaster for Coalition in new opinion poll as Albanese builds on record win
The first post-federal election opinion poll has revealed the scale of the battle facing Opposition Leader Sussan Ley as she seeks to rebuild a shattered Liberal Party, with support for the Coalition falling to a near-record low. But the new Resolve Political Monitor also shows that the dire situation confronting Ley has not translated into a surge of support for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, even as voters believe Labor is better able to deal with issues ranging from the economy to national security. The 48th Parliament will on Tuesday sit for the first time since the May 3 election. Albanese holds a record 94 seats in the House of Representatives after trouncing the Coalition 55-45 on a two-party preferred basis. At the election, the Coalition's primary vote dropped almost four percentage points to 31.8 per cent. The Resolve poll shows its primary support has fallen another three points to just 29 per cent – its lowest level since early 2023. Most of that drop has flowed to One Nation, with Labor's primary vote increasing marginally to 35 per cent. It secured 34.6 per cent at the May election. On a two-party preferred level, based on preferences as nominated by the 2311 people who took part in the poll, Labor leads the Coalition 56-44. Resolve Strategic director Jim Reed said the Coalition was now in 'real strife', arguing that while the party needed a primary vote in the 40s to be competitive, it was struggling to get into the 30s. However, he cautioned that Albanese was not enjoying the honeymoon he had following the 2022 election, when Labor's primary vote regularly reached 42 per cent.
Sydney Morning Herald
a day ago
- Politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
The long climb: Disaster for Coalition in new opinion poll as Albanese builds on record win
The first post-federal election opinion poll has revealed the scale of the battle facing Opposition Leader Sussan Ley as she seeks to rebuild a shattered Liberal Party, with support for the Coalition falling to a near-record low. But the new Resolve Political Monitor also shows that the dire situation confronting Ley has not translated into a surge of support for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, even as voters believe Labor is better able to deal with issues ranging from the economy to national security. The 48th Parliament will on Tuesday sit for the first time since the May 3 election. Albanese holds a record 94 seats in the House of Representatives after trouncing the Coalition 55-45 on a two-party preferred basis. At the election, the Coalition's primary vote dropped almost four percentage points to 31.8 per cent. The Resolve poll shows its primary support has fallen another three points to just 29 per cent – its lowest level since early 2023. Most of that drop has flowed to One Nation, with Labor's primary vote increasing marginally to 35 per cent. It secured 34.6 per cent at the May election. On a two-party preferred level, based on preferences as nominated by the 2311 people who took part in the poll, Labor leads the Coalition 56-44. Resolve Strategic director Jim Reed said the Coalition was now in 'real strife', arguing that while the party needed a primary vote in the 40s to be competitive, it was struggling to get into the 30s. However, he cautioned that Albanese was not enjoying the honeymoon he had following the 2022 election, when Labor's primary vote regularly reached 42 per cent.
