I said after this year’s election that the Albanese Government’s win was more a protest vote against Scott Morrison than a ringing endorsement of Labor.
This view was based on Labor’s “primary vote of 32.8% [which] is atrocious and likely ranks as the worst in modern history. Labor is uninspiring and were simply the least worst option in the two-party system. People voted for Labor, or placed them higher on preferences, simply because they aren’t Scott Morrison and the corrupt Coalition”.
Six months on, and after the usual honeymoon period, the gloss is already coming off Anthony Albanese’s Labor. The latest weekly polling from Roy Morgan shows that Labor’s two-party support has fallen 2%, with government confidence also down a hefty 10.5 points:
