Anthony Albanese has been accused of spending too much time ‘shaking hands with foreign leaders’ as thousands of households struggle, as a new poll reveals support for the Prime Minister is waning amid the cost of living crisis.
A new poll obtained by The Australian revealed that just 13 per cent of voters believe the Albanese are doing enough to combat the rising cost of living.
Of more than 3,000 Australians surveyed by the CT group, 36 per cent believe the Labor government has done “very badly” in easing financial stress on households.
Just 30 percent said the government has done “somewhat wrong” on the issue, while just 13 percent said the government is doing “somewhat right.”
Only a quarter of those surveyed believe that the economy is being managed properly.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister’s net approval rating has dropped nine points since March, and now stands at more than six percent.
Veteran broadcaster Alan Jones has accused Mr Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers of disappearing as thousands of households struggle to make ends meet.
“I’ve been saying for months where Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers stand in relation to Australia’s cost of living crisis.” Jones wrote on Facebook Tuesday.
Anthony Albenese had a ‘Joe Biden’ moment while in Germany inspecting troops with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (above)
Both are not in sight.
‘The Prime Minister is too busy shaking hands with foreign leaders; and the Treasurer never stops complaining about ‘trillions of dollars in Liberal Party debt’.
“Meanwhile, both young and old Australians, households and small businesses are struggling.”
Anthony Albanese met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Monday to announce that Australia will send a surveillance plane to Germany to monitor military and humanitarian supplies to Ukraine.
The Prime Minister also announced that Australia will join the ‘Climate Club’, an international group that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
A new poll, obtained by The Australian, found that just 13 per cent of voters believe Anthony Albanese (pictured in Berlin) is doing enough to combat the rising cost of living.
The former radio host said the most “depressing” part was that the Labor government would continue to spend “enormously” despite the rising cost of living.
Jones accused Albanese of stubbornly following the ‘ridiculous’ energy policies set out by Chris Bowen, the Minister for Climate Change and Energy.
In 2022, the Australian government has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 43% by the end of the decade.
Veteran broadcaster Alan Jones (pictured) accused Mr Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers of disappearing as thousands of households struggle to make ends meet.
That was almost double the previous target set, as Australia continues to work towards achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
Albanese said Australia was “ambitious” when it came to tackling climate change by collaborating with other countries on a global response.
The ‘climate club’ was formed last year as a way to encourage countries to voluntarily set strong targets to curb climate change.
Albanese met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (both are pictured on July 10)
Club countries include Argentina, Chile, Denmark, Indonesia, Colombia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Singapore and Uruguay.
Anthony Albanese also had an embarrassing marching mishap during his official visit to Germany, forgetting to stop during a military inspection and awkwardly walking away.
It is an initiative that has been opposed by emerging economies such as China, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
In March, a law was passed in parliament requiring the country’s biggest polluters to cut their emissions or pay for carbon credits.
The law regulates the emissions of Australia’s 215 biggest polluters.
“I am delighted that Australia has announced that it will join the Climate Club,” Scholz told a news conference in Berlin.
“We also want to expand our existing energy association and turn it into a climate association to combat climate change even more effectively.”
The Prime Minister will travel to Lithuania later today for the NATO summit after announcing that Australia will join the Climate Club.
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said tackling climate change would help Australia improve its trade and trade ties with Europe.
“Germany sees us as a source of clean energy, clean hydrogen and the like,” he told Sky News on Tuesday.
‘The opportunity for Australian industry in terms of supporting Germany’s energy needs…is huge.’
