An Australian woman has voiced her frustrations with the Albanian government as polls show Labor and its prime minister increasingly out of favor with voters.
Jill Fisher, from Epping in Sydney’s northwest, took issue with an opinion piece in The Daily Telegraph that said many first-term governments were plagued by mistakes, including those that were later deemed successes, such as the Howard government.
The column, written by Joe Hildebrand, argued that new governments have a pattern: a honeymoon period, an attempt to build a legacy, followed by “the falling of the wheels” and then a reckoning in which lasting governments lose their learned from mistakes.
But Ms Fisher wrote in a reply letter: ‘What nonsense… If the Albanian government had deliberately set an agenda to bring Australia to its knees, it could not have achieved greater success.’
“These no-hopers need to be voted out,” she said.
The government of Anthony Albanese (pictured with partner Jodie Haydon) has been criticized by a constituent who said they have failed to convey what they stand for and how to deliver it.
The Albanian government was elected at the 2022 federal election on a wave of enthusiasm that they would improve the lives of normal Australians, who had endured two of the toughest years in decades thanks to the Covid pandemic.
But that initial optimism gave way to disappointment as the government appeared to juggle blunder after blunder, ranging from the failed Voice to Parliament campaign, to getting stuck on the cost of living and housing crisis, to being blindsided by immigration releases -detainees through a Supreme Court ruling.
Ms Fisher said she disagreed with the idea that ministers were “wet behind the ears” policymakers finding their feet after almost a decade in opposition.
“This government is led by seasoned politicians who have been in parliament for decades and who should have had ample time by now to make it clear what they stand for and how they can achieve it.”
Even Anthony Albanese’s promise to bring more transparency to parliament after criticizing former Prime Minister Scott Morrison for secretly appointing himself to lead multiple departments has been sidelined.
Labor tried to push extraordinary immigration powers through parliament last week, without any discussion or scrutiny, in response to a new Supreme Court ruling expected later this year.
The laws, which were blocked by the Senate, could allow the country to impose a blanket travel ban on countries that do not accept deportees.
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles and Home Secretary Clare O’Neil have both faced widespread criticism since trying to push the bill through
“I’m a true Australian,” Ms Fisher said.
“I want to support our economy, not others… I want our land to be managed by farmers and rangelands and not destroyed by imported wind farms and solar panels that are environmental disasters to produce, operate and dispose of.
“I want Australia’s values of mateship to be celebrated… I want an education system that promotes pride in a country where so many people risk their lives… I want a government that protects Australians from stateless criminals roaming our streets.
‘I want my children to be able to afford or even rent a house in their own country, without being priced out by uncontrollable immigration and foreign investment.
“Above all, I want our federal politicians to show less respect for foreign entities that don’t pay tax, and more for ordinary Australians who do.”
It looks like Ms. Fisher isn’t alone.
A national Essential poll, conducted from March 20 to 24 among a sample of 1,150, gave the Coalition a 50-44 lead, including undecided, a reversal from a 48-47 Labor lead last fortnight.
The primary votes were 36 percent Coalition (up one), 29 percent Labor (down three), 13 percent Greens (stable), 7 percent One Nation (down one), 3 percent UAP (up one), 7 percent cents for all Others (one down) and 6 percent undecided (one up).
If we exclude undecided, this poll would be 53–47 in favor of the Coalition.
It is by far the worst poll of this term for Labour.
Political polls last week showed there was a trend against Labor after a series of debacles
Weak flows to Labor based on respondents’ assigned preferences partly explain this result, with analyst Kevin Bonham’s estimate based on 2022 election preference flows being a coalition lead of around 50.5–49.5.
Essential’s poll was probably too favorable to the Coalition, but Newspoll gave Labor its second worst result this season: a 51–49 lead.
In last week’s four federal polls, only Resolve showed an improvement for Labor since the last time they polled.
Even in that poll, Anthony Albanese’s net approval dropped five points, with 49 percent giving him a poor rating and 38 percent giving him a good rating.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s net approval improved two points, but he still trails Mr Albanese as the prime minister-elect of the two.