Albanese increases lead as preferred PM to 48%-37%

Anthony Albanese has increased his lead as preferred Prime Minister over Dutton, now at 45%-38%

Central projection: Labor 75 seats; Coalition 60 seats; Independent 11; Greens 2; KAP 1; Centre Alliance 1

Albanese leads Dutton as preferred Prime Minister (45%-40%)

An emerging trend shows improving satisfaction with Anthony Albanese and declining satisfaction for Peter Dutton

Albanese expands lead as preferred Prime Minister to 45%, ahead of Dutton at 39%

• 62% Australians support a government takeover of the Whyalla Steelworks • 60% back the idea of the steelworks being run by a publicly owned company

The first YouGov MRP model of the 2025 election shows Australia is on course for a hung parliament.

A guide to the methodology behind YouGov's use of multilevel regression with post-stratification (MRP) to project how Australians will vote in the 2025 election.

87% support stronger penalties for social media companies who do not comply with Australian laws

Most Australians not very interested in the Royal visit but prefer Royals over local politicians

Labor primary vote down to 30%, Coalition up to 39%, Greens up to 14%

Two Party remains tied 50% Labor – 50% Coalition

YouGov’s latest Public Data poll has found that 73% of Australians cannot name one thing that the Federal Government has done to make them financially better off in the last two years. This includes 64% of Labor voters from the 2022 Federal election.

YouGov’s latest Public Data poll has revealed that younger Australians think Australia should be more socialist, however older Australians are more inclined to be neutral, neither favouring a more capitalist nor more socialist direction.

The history of Australian aviation includes around 300 defunct airlines in the last century, including regional budget airline, Bonza. New YouGov Public Data has found that 50% of Australians believe that the Australian Federal Government should support low-cost airlines to enable a competitive market and to keep air travel accessible to more Australians.

YouGov’s latest Public Data poll has found that 84% of Australians support the right to strike for better wages and job security. The two-party preferred vote has come in at 50-50, making an election too close to call.

YouGov’s latest public data poll, conducted pre the federal budget, has found that Australians think “Housing Affordability” is the top issue the Federal Government should focus on. Housing Affordability was nominated by 36% of Australians. Living Standards was 34%, while Health Quality and Affordability was backed by 29%.

35% of Australians think the Australian Government should recognise Palestine as an independent state. One in five (21%), however, think that the Australian Government should not recognise Palestine. 44% indicated that they were not sure, the most common response.

New insight into what Australians think the most important lesson to draw from ANZAC Day is finds that younger age groups have a larger amount of scepticism towards Australia’s participation in wars not necessary for the direct defence of Australia.