Hanson calls for Albanese to follow UK PM and resign amid bolstering new poll

A federal election held today would be “too close to call” between One Nation and Labor, new polling finds, as Pauline Hanson calls for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to follow his UK counterpart and resign.

Pollster Roy Morgan found primary support for Hanson’s party rose 2 per cent to 31.5 per cent in the wake of her National Press Club speech, despite fact-checking suggesting a number of her claims were dubious.

This was ahead of the governing Labor Party (down 1 per cent to 27 per cent) and the opposition Coalition (up 0.5 per cent o 17.5 per cent).

Of the Coalition parties, support for the Liberals was unchanged on 15 per cent, and up 0.5 per cent for the Nationals at 2.5 per cent.

Support for the Greens fell 0.5 per cent to 13.5 per cent, and by 1 per cent for independents/other parties at 10.5 per cent.

This means, according to Roy Morgan, the result of a federal election now would be “too close to call”.

On a two-party preferred basis, the result might be 51 per cent to Labor and 29 per cent to One Nation.

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“In many electorates at the Election the contest is set to be between the ALP and One Nation,” the pollster’s analysis read.

“When preferences are allocated for Coalition, Greens, Independent, and Other Party supporters between the ALP and One Nation the Morgan Poll estimates the ALP 51 per cent (down 2 per cent) narrowly in front of One Nation 49 per cent (up 2 per cent).”

Hanson called for Albanese to follow outgoing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and resign.

“I’d love it, and so would the Australian people,” she told reporters in Canberra on Monday.

“As it’s proven, I started up Fire the Liar with $4.8 million in seed funding from the Australian people to understand clear that the people don’t want Anthony Albanese as the prime minister of this country any longer.”

Hanson drew similarities between the UK and Australia, saying voters are fed up with migration, cost of living and government debt.

In a contest between Labor the Coalition, the two-party preferred result based on how voters responded to the poll question is clearer, with Labor at 54 per cent (down 0.5 per cent) ahead of the Coalition on 46 per cent (up 0.5 per cent).

However, if preferences are allocated based on the 2025 election vote, the gap closes with Labor on 52.5 per cent (down 2 per cent) and the Coalition up 2 per cent to 47.5 per cent.

Roy Morgan also reported One Nation’s “Fire the Liar” online fundraiser had brought in $4.7 million from about 75,000 donors since launching on June 10.

Meanwhile, the pollster’s Government Confidence Rating dropped 1.5 points to 61, almost 40 points below the neutral level of 100.

About 64 per cent of Australians said the country is “going in the wrong direction”, compared to 24 per cent who it was “going in the right direction”.