This article explores the importance of voter perceptions in the upcoming Australian federal election. It focuses on two key contenders, Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton, and suggests strategies they can employ to improve their public image and increase their chances of victory.
With the next federal election due by May, Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are going to spend the coming months shamelessly seeking your vote. A big part of what will determine who wins – bubbling away just beneath the surface of their policy programs, plans for Australia and critiques of their opponent – are voters’ perceptions of each man. Neither is particularly popular with Australians.
Albanese’s net likeability rating has fallen to minus 17 percentage points with voters (down from plus 34 at the end of 2022) while Dutton’s has improved from minus 14 to a not-exactly-stellar net likeability rating of zero in the same period.Being likeable is not a prerequisite for winning an election, but it doesn’t hurt. The problem both men have is that perceptions are like cement: once they are set, it can be difficult to shift them. So, here are four ideas – ranging across policies, people and presentation, with a bipartisan surprise thrown in – that each leader could adopt in 2025 to shift voter perceptions and claim the keys to The Lodge.for Anthony Albanese is to work on his presentation. The prime minister has never possessed the silky oratorical skills of predecessors such as Malcolm Turnbull or Paul Keating, but he has always been a straight talker. The longer Albanese has been in office, however, the more discursive and rambling his speaking style has become. It’s not a problem that is unique to Albanese – the same has happened to every prime minister in office since Kevin Rudd.Albanese needs to get back to basics: short, sharp sentences that answer the question. Someone on his staff needs to print out a copy of his one-word press release (“Good”) on the retirement of Sydney Airport Corporation chairman Max Moore-Wilton and stick it to his desk as a reminder., Albanese needs to be bold on polic
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