Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has capitulated on the most controversial part of his omnibus post-Bondi bill to minimise political damage and maximise his chances of salvaging what he can at parliament’s special sitting on Tuesday.
His Saturday announcement that he would scrap the proposal to criminalise racial vilification comes as polling shows the prime minister and his government taking a big hit in the wake of their responses after the December 14 Bondi attack, which left 15 innocent victims dead.
The Resolve Political Monitor, published on Sunday night by Nine, showed Labor’s primary vote down 5 points in a month to 30%. This is its lowest since February 2025.
