Coalition leads One Nation after Liberal leadership change
New federal Liberal leader Angus Taylor unveiled his new team and the Coalition jumped back in front of One Nation in a new poll.
Source: AAP
The Coalition has jumped back in front of One Nation in a new poll after a change of Liberal leadership to Angus Taylor.
The Roy Morgan survey showed a bump in support for the Liberals and Nationals on Taylor’s first weekend as leader, and a drop for Pauline Hanson’s party.
Primary support for the Coalition was up 3.5 per cent to 23.5 per cent, and One Nation down 3.5 per cent to 21.5 per cent.
Men swung heavily to the Coalition after Taylor replaced Sussan Ley, who was the most unpopular major party leader since 2003 in a recent Newspoll.
Support for the ALP was up 1.5 per cent to 32 per cent, an election-winning lead, and the Greens were down 0.5 per cent to 12.5 per cent in Roy Morgan’s findings.
It comes as Taylor unveiled his new-look shadow cabinet on Tuesday, rewarding his factional allies with plum frontbench roles and punting moderates to the outer.
Deputy leader Jane Hume, who was entitled to pick her portfolio, will become the employment and industrial relations spokeswoman.
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Fellow moderate Tim Wilson was made shadow treasurer, the party’s third in nine months, which drew sledging from Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
“At this rate, everyone will get a go,” Chalmers said in a statement.
“Tim Wilson strikes me as another typical Liberal.
“This is the same guy who floated the privatisation of Medicare, argued against penalty rates, and called for the dismantling of compulsory super for workers.”
Senator Claire Chandler will be the opposition finance spokeswoman.
Wilson said Australians needed “an economic agenda that’s very clearly focused on hard work paying off”.
“Hope is on the way … we are going to deliver that,” he said.
It was widely expected Taylor would return conservatives Andrew Hastie, Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Senator Sarah Henderson to front bench positions.
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Hastie has been given the industry portfolio, while Nampijinpa Price has taken over small business.
Ley had dumped Nampijinpa Price from her front bench after she claimed the Albanese government prioritised Indian migration for votes, and her refusal to voice support for her leadership.
“Jacinta understands that she’s going to be out talking to small business people, no matter what their background,” Taylor said.
“She is an extraordinary Australian.”
Henderson has returned to the front bench as shadow minister for communications and digital safety after Ley axed her from the education portfolio in May.
Previous communications spokeswoman Melissa McIntosh has been promoted to shadow minister for women, families and social services.
Senator James Paterson has shifted from finance to defence, the portfolio held by Taylor before he snared the top job, while Senator Jonathon Duniam has retained home affairs and immigration.
Senator Andrew Bragg has remained the housing and homelessness spokesman and picked up the environment portfolio.
Dan Tehan has retained the energy portfolio and become the manager of opposition business.
Ted O’Brien has been given the foreign affairs portfolio after previously serving as deputy Liberal leader under Ley, while Tony Pasin has been promoted to shadow minister for scrutiny of government waste
The promotions came at the expense of Alex Hawke, Andrew Wallace, Scott Buchholz and Paul Scarr — key backers of Ley who lost their shadow ministries.
The opposition’s front bench comprises 14 men and nine women.
-with AAP
