Support for One Nation has dipped slightly as Pauline Hanson’s personal brand takes a hit following her National Press Club address, new polling shows.
The Capital Brief/DemosAU poll of 2,694 Australians shows that on a primary vote basis, One Nation leads on 29% (-1% since DemosAU/Capital Brief June poll), Labor 26% (-1%), Coalition 21% (+3%), The Greens 14% (+1%), Others 10% (-2%).
Conducted from 3 to 8 July, the poll found Pauline Hanson’s personal rating drop -6% to a -9% net positive score (34% positive, 43% negative).
This is still well ahead of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese who had a -23% net positive score (25% positive, 48% negative).
But Albanese leads Hanson 35-26% on Preferred Prime Minister (no change for Albanese and -2% for Hanson since our June poll).
The poll also asked Australians wide-ranging questions on several issues including house price falls, multiculturalism, Donald Trump, childcare staffing, nuclear power and more.
Support for a Prime Minister like Donald Trump in Australia dropped to its lowest ever level with 16% agreeing we need a PM like Trump and 72% disagreeing (overall net positive score of -56%).
Other poll findings are as follows:
Please indicate whether you agree or disagree with the below statements
| Agree | Don’t Know | Disagree | Net Agree | |
| Immigration to Australia should be substantially reduced. | 61% | 18% | 21% | 40% |
| Australia should build nuclear power plants. | 37% | 25% | 38% | -1% |
| Employers should have more flexibility to dismiss workers. | 32% | 25% | 43% | -11% |
| Australia should be a monocultural country rather than a multicultural country. | 25% | 24% | 51% | -26% |
| Early childhood educators should not need a degree to work in a childcare centre | 26% | 22% | 52% | -26% |
| The ABC should become a subscription-based service in metropolitan areas, while remaining publicly funded in regional, rural and remote areas. | 21% | 25% | 54% | -33% |
| SBS should be abolished. | 12% | 30% | 58% | -46% |
DemosAU also asked Australians who would make the better prime minister, Albanese or Hanson, for men, women, employees, business owners, low income earners, high income earners and more.
The findings show 38% of Australians believe Pauline Hanson would be a better prime minister for women than Albanese (37%). When broken down by gender, similar results were seen among women (37-37) and men voters (Hanson 39-37).
Meanwhile 41% of Australians believe Albanese would make a better PM for men compared to only 31% for Pauline Hanson. Amongst men the figure was even higher, 43% for Albanese compared to only 34% for Hanson.
Albanese would be a better PM for employees and workers (42%) compared to 33% for Hanson and for low income workers 40% compared to 34% for Hanson.
Hanson was considered a better PM for country residents (41%) compared to 33% for Albanese.
DemosAU Head of Research George Hasanakos said the polling showed some conservative voters were moving back to the Coalition.
“We see in this poll that after Hanson’s National Press Club address, the One Nation vote has slipped backwards a bit and the Coalition has gained three points.
“Labor is not seeing an uptick in support according to our polling as they struggle to win over voters in this era of rising cost of living.”
Mr Hasanakos said the polling showed a continuing trend of weaker support for Labor among women.
“The longstanding trend of female voters supporting more left leaning parties and men supporting more right leaning parties has been turned on its head. What we are seeing is that Albanese is more popular with men than he is with women, and by a clear margin.”
Mr Hasanakos said the issues polling also provided some very interesting findings.
“The vast majority of Australians, over 60%, believe immigration to Australia should be substantially reduced which could be for many reasons including the strain on housing and cost of living.
“But on the contrary we also found that most Australians reject Pauline Hanson’s suggestion of Australia being a monocultural country with 51% disagreeing and only 25% agreeing.
“These findings show that people have complex views on a variety of topics and even though One Nation is leading in the polls on primary votes, Hanson’s Press Club address has seen her personal popularity decline.”
About this poll
The poll of 2,694 Australians voters was conducted from 3 to 8 July 2026 with an effective margin of error of +/- 2.5 per cent. For more information, check out our report.
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