Taken ahead of monarch’s Australia visit, survey finds 50% of voters approve of how he is doing his job while PM records 44% and opposition leader 45%
King Charles III has stronger approval among Australians for the way he is doing his job than either the prime minister or the man who wants to be, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll.
Taken just ahead of the monarch’s arrival in Australia, the poll of 1,140 voters found that 50% approved of the job Charles was doing as Australia’s head of state, with 26% disapproving and 24% unsure. The king’s approval rating was higher among men, at 52%, than among women, at 47%, and highest overall among those aged over 55. Among people identifying themselves as Coalition voters, his approval was at 68% – but also in majority territory among Labor voters, at 53%.Asked the same question about how Peter Dutton was doing his job, respondents gave the opposition leader his highest approval rating since he took on the Liberal leadership in 2022, at 45% –.
In response to a question on Australia’s identity in which respondents were given three options, 46% said their view of Australia was best described as “a part of the British commonwealth”. Describing it as “an independent Asia-Pacific state” received 37% support and just 17% opted for “a part of the US sphere of influence”.remains in the minority, with 45% supporting Australia becoming a republic, up 3% since the beginning of the year and the current royal visit confirmed in between.
But the proportion of those opposing abandoning the monarchy has also increased, with opposition up 4% since January, on 39%.
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