An n woman has laid out her frustrations with the Albanese government as polls show Labor and the Prime Minister are increasingly out of favour with voters.
Jill Fisher, from Epping in Sydney’s northwest, took exception to an opinion piece in The Daily Telegraph that said many first term governments were plagued by mistakes including those that were later considered a success, like the Howard government.
The column, penned by Joe Hildebrand, argued new governments have a pattern: a honeymoon period, an attempt to build legacy, followed by ‘the wheels falling off’ and then a reckoning where enduring governments learned from their mistakes.
But Ms Fisher wrote in a response letter: ‘What a crock … If the Albanese government had deliberately set out with an agenda to bring to its knees, it couldn’t be meeting with greater success’.
‘These no-hopers need to be voted out,’ she said.
The government of Anthony Albanese (pictured with partner Jodie Haydon) has been slammed by a voter who said they have failed to convey what they stand for and how they can deliver
The Albanese government was voted in at the 2022 federal election on a wave of enthusiasm they would improve the lives of normal ns who had endured two of the toughest years for decades courtesy of the Covid pandemic.
But that initial optimism gave way to disappointment as the government seemed to juggle blunder after blunder ranging from the failed Voice to Parliament campaign, to dragging its feet on the cost-of-living and the housing crises, to getting caught off guard by the release of immigration detainees via a High Court ruling.
Ms Fisher said she didn’t agree with the notion ministers were ‘wet behind the ears’ policy-makers who were finding their feet after nearly a decade in Opposition.
‘This government is being led by seasoned politicians who have been in parliament for decades and who should, by now, have had ample time to convey what they stand for and how they can deliver.’
Even Anthony Albanese’s vow to bring greater transparency to parliament, after he slammed former PM Scott Morrison for secretly appointing himself to lead multiple departments, has fallen by the wayside.
Labor tried to rush extraordinary immigration powers through parliament last week, with next to no debate or scrutiny, in response to another High Court ruling expected later this year.
The laws, which were blocked in the Senate, could allow it to impose a blanket travel ban on countries who don’t accept deportees.
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles and Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil have both faced significant scrutiny since trying to push the bill through
‘I’m a grassroots n,’ Ms Fisher said.
‘I want to support our economy not others … I want our land managed by farmers and graziers not destroyed by imported wind farms and solar panels that are environmental disasters to produce, operate and dispose of.
‘I want n values of mateship to be celebrated … I want an education system that promotes pride in a country so many risks their lives to come to … I want a government that protects ns from stateless criminals roaming our streets.
‘I want my children to be able to afford or even rent a home in their own country without being priced out by unmanageable immigration and foreign investment.
‘Most of all I want our federal politicians to pay less fawning deference to overseas entities who don’t pay taxes and more to grassroots ns who do.’
It seems Ms Fisher is not alone.
A national Essential poll, conducted March 20–24 from a sample of 1,150, gave the Coalition a 50–44 lead including undecided, a reversal of a 48–47 Labor lead last fortnight.
Primary votes were 36 per cent Coalition (up one), 29 per cent Labor (down three), 13 per cent Greens (steady), 7 per cent One Nation (down one), 3 per cent UAP (up one), 7 per cent for all Others (down one) and 6 per cent undecided (up one).
Excluding undecided, this poll would be 53–47 to the Coalition.
It is easily the worst poll of this term for Labor.
Political polls last week showed a trend against Labor following a series of debacles
Weak flows to Labor on respondent allocated preferences partly explain this result, with analyst Kevin Bonham’s estimate using 2022 election preference flows at about a 50.5–49.5 Coalition lead.
Essential’s poll was probably too favourable for the Coalition, but Newspoll gave Labor its second worst result this term: a 51–49 lead.
In last week’s four federal polls, only Resolve had an improvement for Labor since the last time they did a poll.
Even in that poll Anthony Albanese’s net approval was down five points with 49 per cent giving him a poor rating and 38 per cent a good one.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s net approval improved two points but he still trails behind Mr Albanese as preferred PM out of the two.
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