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Rates up, Labor down, can the Libs steal the crown?

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
November 08, 2026 • 07:00 AM
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Will voters turn away from the government and One Nation in search for economic stability, as they are doing in Victoria?

Rates up, Labor down, can the Libs steal the crown?

It will take a few more polls in the same vein as the latest offering by The Australian Financial Review /Redbridge Group/Accent Research to ascertain whether the nature of the existential crisis facing the Coalition parties was overstated.

At first blush, the numbers in the most recent federal poll are similar to the situation in Victoria a few months ago when three key protagonists – Labor, the Coalition and One Nation – all had a primary vote in the mid-20s .

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