‘Worrying’: PM’s popularity still ‘highly unsatisfactory’

The fact that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s popularity is still “highly unsatisfactory” will be “worrying” for Labor, says former Howard government minister Peter McGauran. Mr McGauran’s remarks follow the latest Newspoll results. “He got rid of a lot of the barnacles affecting the government’s standing,” Mr McGauran told Sky News Australia. “They thought they could start to begin to recover now. “The fact that they’re still in the doldrums, the Opposition are competitive even though the government’s got its nose in front, and the Prime Minister’s popularity is still highly unsatisfactory, will be worrying for them.”