More than two-thirds of voters have backed the government intervening in the energy market to curb soaring power prices, after the Albanese government’s first budget did little to ease widespread cost-of-living concerns.
The latest Guardian Essential poll of 1,038 people, taken after Jim Chalmers’ first budget, found pessimism about the economic outlook, with more than half of those surveyed (61%) bracing for the economy to worsen in the next 12 months. This was a 13% increase since June.
