Guardian Essential poll: Pauline Hanson has another breakthrough

About this episode

The episode discusses the rising job approval ratings of Pauline Hanson and the implications for the upcoming federal budget amidst economic pessimism.

The One Nation leader now has a higher job approval rating than Anthony Albanese and Angus Taylor, and for the first time in the Essential poll – the right wing populist party is outperforming the Coalition. After Anthony Albanese confirmed on Wednesday that the upcoming federal budget will not include a tax on existing gas export contracts, political reporter Josh Butler and columnist Peter Lewis examine voters’ support for taxing profits on gas exports. They also discuss the government’s challenge of preparing a budget for an electorate that is increasingly pessimistic about the country’s economic future this year

People in this episode

Guests: Josh Butler, Peter Lewis

Topics covered

• polling
• politics
• economic policy
• gas exports
• budget preparation

Keywords

• Pauline Hanson
• job approval
• gas export tax
• federal budget
• economic future

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: One Nation, Coalition, Essential

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