In August the ALP maintained its commanding two-party preferred lead on 56.5% (down 0.5% from June 30 – July 27, 2025) ahead of the L-NP Coalition on 42.5% (up 0.5%), the latest Roy Morgan survey conducted with a representative Australia-wide cross-section of 5,001 electors finds.| www.roymorgan.com
I've started a new Not-A-Poll in the sidebar where readers can vote on who is Australia's worst Opposition. The exasperating behaviour of Tasmanian Labor over the last few days (weeks, months, several years ...) has drawn comparisons to the Canberra Liberals and Victorian Liberals and suggestions they are now a forever opposition. I was thinking about this as I struggled for words to explain to some rusties just how unready for government Tasmanian Labor have just shown themselves to be....| Dr Kevin Bonham