Murray Olds: Australian correspondent on voters showing overwhelming support for Peter Dutton in new poll

Over in Australia, Opposition leader Peter Dutton is winning over voters in a new poll.

According to a national Resolve poll, 38 percent of voters now support the Coalition, while Labour dropped to 28 percent.

Australian correspondent Murray Olds says this is the lowest rating for Labour since Prime Minister Albanese entered Government.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
International correspondence with Ends and Eye Insurance, Peace of Mind
for New Zealand business.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
And Murray Old as well us from Australia this afternoon, diet.

Speaker 1 (00:09):
I, Murray, Hi Jack, good afterninge to you.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
And the latest poll has the Opposition gaining on the government.

Speaker 1 (00:17):
Oh big time.

Speaker 3 (00:17):
This is pretty big figures for the opposition. That Peter
Dutton the key takeaways. This has come out of a
Resolve poll fifty five percent of the Australian population says
the national outlook is going to worsen. That's not a
good stat for Labor, which is trying to portray itself
as the party that's going to deliver you tax cuts
in the better standard of living while driving down prices.

(00:41):
The coalition's primary vote jack up from thirty six to
thirty eight percent. Labour's stuck on twenty eight percent. That's
the lowest level since Albanzi became Prime minister last election.

Speaker 1 (00:52):
And this is frankly astonishing.

Speaker 3 (00:54):
Peter Dutton is now in front of Anthony Albanesi as
preferred prime minister. The margin skinny thirty five to thirty four.
But twelve months ago Elbow was in front of Dutton
forty six points to twenty five, So labor on the
nose big time and people are clearly liking what Peter
Dutton's out there sproving.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
Yeah, that's the interesting is because Peter Dunton is a
divisive character. Right, people absolutely love them or really don't
like them.

Speaker 3 (01:21):
Oh, absolutely right, But he seems to be playing a
pretty mean hand of cards the primary vote over here,
because it's a silly voting system. It's all you know,
with preferences and so on. But the bottom line is
it's fifty to fifty. Now, was Anthony Albini's he going
to call an early election? Well, I, this isn't going
to help confirm that in his own mind, households are

(01:45):
suffering from rising prices, higher interest rates. Fifty three percent
of voters have said the cost of living is the
single most important issue that will determine their votes whenever
the election's hell.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
Speaking of the Prime, Minister Elbow and Victoria premieer to
Cintra Ellen were both warned about the CFU in twenty
twenty two. That's the criminal infiltrated Union.

Speaker 1 (02:09):
That's right, that's the construction.

Speaker 3 (02:11):
Look look it's full title Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union.
So it's it's a huge union with lots of tentacles,
but the rotten apple and the barrel, we are told
is the construction portion of that, and not justin Victoria
where they've had problems for years and years and years.

(02:32):
Channel nine over here with sixty Minutes to sixty minutes
television show and Fairfax Media have done a really good
expose on this union and.

Speaker 1 (02:41):
The results are frankly pretty shocking.

Speaker 3 (02:44):
The allegations include that, you know, underworld criminals have got
special deals on tendering for building contracts, big building contracts,
government contracts. Vicky leaders have got armchair, cushy armchair jobs
on building sites, you know, sweeping brooms and yelling at

(03:05):
people whatever the hell they're.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
Doing there, all of this under the nose of labor,
state and federal.

Speaker 3 (03:10):
Now, the allegation, as you said, rightly point out back
in twenty twenty two, jacent to Allen as the premier.

Speaker 1 (03:16):
Now, she wasn't back then.

Speaker 3 (03:17):
She was actually, i think from memory, was she industrial
Relations minister back in twenty twenty two, and she was
send a very detailed set of allegations that said the
Construction Union was basically running crooked construction sites right across
the state. When nothing was done, the allegation was bumped
up to the federal government, which was added alban Easy

(03:39):
and still nothing done. And if you think it's confined
to Victoria, Channel nine, the reporter involved in all of
this says, you're cracking jokes just as bad in Sydney
and New South Wales.

Speaker 2 (03:49):
Murray gaass Game three State of Origin tomorrow night. How
did Richie Morena of all people end up training with
the New South Wales Blues.

Speaker 3 (03:58):
Well, he's finished up in Japan for the season. He
won that with what the name? What's the name of
his club up there? I forget now, but anyway, to Sheba,
I think it is. Look, I may be wrong there,
but Mwanga won the competition for his Japanese club, so
he's a free agent.

Speaker 1 (04:17):
The club said, what about some personal development?

Speaker 3 (04:19):
What about shooting down to Brisbane and having a look
at the New South Wales setup because he's a because
up there at his club is an old Yeah to Sheba,
that's my notes here.

Speaker 1 (04:32):
The director of his Japanese team.

Speaker 3 (04:36):
Is a good mate of Michael McGuire, who is the
coach of New South Wales.

Speaker 1 (04:40):
He said, look, just.

Speaker 3 (04:41):
Go down and see the way that that a top
level rugby league team sets up for a big game.

Speaker 1 (04:46):
Well he's done more than that. He's pulled the boots on.

Speaker 3 (04:48):
He's taken part in an opposing session at fallback up
against New South Wales. He had like a decent level
club side he was playing with and he's just been
stooging around having a look. Interesting too, he said, Look,
my whole family, every one of my family is a
Queensland fan except me. I love New South Wales. So
that's a big bone of contention amongst the family. He

(05:10):
also pointed out I'd never heard this. His dad forbade
him all those years ago from playing rugby league. His
big brothers played in christ Church, but they had bigger
plans for Richie because he was a very good rugby
union player, had a scholarship.

Speaker 1 (05:24):
The rest is history, of.

Speaker 3 (05:25):
Course, multiple All Black and let's hope he can come
back and play with the All Blacks next year.

Speaker 2 (05:30):
Yeah, indeed, Hey, thanks for your time. I was really
appreciate that. Marry Old's Astrality correspondent. For more from hither
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