Sumeyya Ilanbey
4 Mar 2026
The latest The Australian Financial Review/Redbridge/Accent Research survey showed Labor’s primary vote crashed to 25 per cent and the Coalition’s cratered to 28 per cent, and confirmed the federal trend of rising support for Pauline Hanson’s party was being replicated at the state level.
Labor’s handling of union corruption on government projects has accelerated a dramatic slide in voter support in Victoria, but One Nation rather than the Coalition is the beneficiary, with a new poll showing the state could be headed for minority government after its November election.
The latest The Australian Financial Review/Redbridge/Accent Research survey showed Labor’s primary vote crashed to 25 per cent and the Coalition’s cratered to 28 per cent, and confirmed the federal trend of rising support for Pauline Hanson’s party was being replicated at the state level.
The survey of 2165 Victorians was conducted between February 18 and February 27 as Premier Jacinta Allan was dealing with the fallout from sworn testimony by CFMEU administration chief investigator Geoffrey Watson, SC, that union misconduct in the state had cost taxpayers at least $15 billion and Labor had done little to stop it.
The poll’s margin of error was 2.3 per cent.
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