Guardian Essential poll: Albanese’s approval rating dips to new low amid signs Dutton on losing hand with nuclear

Some 49% of people polled by Essential disapprove of the job Anthony Albanese is doing, up three points, while 42% disapprove of Peter Dutton, which is steady. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Anthony Albanese’s approval rating has dipped to a new low but there are signs the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has gone all-in on a losing hand, with voters concerned about the cost and safety of nuclear energy.

Those are the results of the latest Guardian Essential poll of 1,141 Australians which found that nuclear energy has leapfrogged renewable energy as the perceived “most expensive” form of electricity.