A new Newspoll survey has found One Nation has again edged ahead of Labor as Australia's most popular party by primary vote, with Pauline Hanson's party on 30 per cent, narrowly ahead of Labor on 29 per cent and the Coalition on 19 per cent. Despite this, Anthony Albanese remains comfortably the preferred prime minister on 46 per cent, well clear of Hanson on 31 per cent and Opposition Leader Angus Taylor on 23 per cent, and Labor still leads on a two-party-preferred basis. The result has unsettled some within Labor, coming just days after One Nation's Luke Herdegen won a landslide by-election victory in Secret Harbour, Western Australia, fuelling debate over whether federal issues such as immigration are driving voters away from the government.

Almost 1,250 voters were polled last week by Pyxis Polling & Insights, before the by-election result. Hanson's personal approval rating has improved to net minus 1, with voters split 47 per cent satisfied to 48 per cent dissatisfied, while Albanese's net rating held at minus 21 and Taylor's stood at minus 17. On two-party-preferred measures, Albanese led Hanson 56–44 and Labor led One Nation 52–48, though a separate Redbridge Group/Accent Research poll put One Nation's primary vote at 28 per cent, just one point behind Labor. Labor figures voiced concern about One Nation's rising influence, while on Sunrise, Tanya Plibersek clashed with Barnaby Joyce's colleague over immigration policy, amid polling showing One Nation far ahead on which party is seen as best able to handle immigration.