Albo has ‘done well’ in his first term but Voice and cost of living is pulling him down

Political strategist and former Labor advisor Bruce Hawker says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has “done well” in his first term but the Voice to Parliament and the cost of living crisis is dragging him down in popularity. Mr Hawker sat with Sky News Australia to discuss the political predictions for 2024. “The problem that he’s had has essentially been two-fold, one has been the Voice which dominated politics in the last part of 2023 and cut out a lot of other things, and of course the economy,” he told Sky News Australia. “Although there’s very low unemployment, the lowest almost on record under his government – cost of living has gone up, that’s due to international factors. “If the economy starts to improve in so much as the interest rates start coming down and there’s more relief for people and their mortgages, that’s very good news for the government.”