The Noisy Elephant@TheNoisyTrunk
🚨 SKY: “HALF OF AUSTRALIANS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING ONE NATION” - Murdoch Sky News - February 24, 2026
• Cue the dramatic music.
• Cue the “mainstream surge.”
• Cue the resurrection narrative for Pauline Hanson.
Except…
They forgot to read the rest of their own poll.
Yes — the very same Sky News Pulse / YouGov poll promoted by Sky News Australia.
Let’s have a look at what Australians actually think when you ask serious questions.
💸 COST OF LIVING
Who’s best placed to handle it?
Labor – 25
Coalition – 22
One Nation – 13
Thirteen.
Apparently half the country is “seriously considering” One Nation…
…but only 13% think they can handle the biggest issue in the country.
That’s not a surge.
That’s a protest flirtation.
🏥 HEALTHCARE
Who’s best placed?
Labor – 31
Coalition – 20
One Nation – 12
Twelve percent.
If half the country were genuinely preparing to hand Pauline the keys, healthcare wouldn’t look like that.
That’s not governing credibility.
That’s minor-party background noise.
👵 PENSIONS & CARE FOR OLDER AUSTRALIANS
Labor – 31
Coalition – 16
One Nation – 14
Fourteen.
So the party allegedly riding a wave of national momentum is polling mid-teens on caring for retirees.
That’s not “Australia is turning.”
That’s “some voters wouldn’t rule them out in theory.”
💰 THE GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR
Labor – 24
Coalition – 14
One Nation – 15
Even here — the economic resentment lane — they’re barely scraping third place.
And 35% are unsure.
Which tells you something else entirely: disengagement ≠ endorsement.
🎯 THE TRICK
The magic trick was this question:
“Would you ever seriously consider voting One Nation?”
Not:
Will you?
Are you?
Do you support them?
Are they best placed to govern?
Just:
Could you imagine it?
That’s a soft, hypothetical, mood-question.
Sky inflated that into:
“Half of Australians seriously considering One Nation.”
It sounds like a tidal wave.
But when you ask:
Who do you trust with cost of living?
Who do you trust with healthcare?
Who do you trust with pensions?
Who do you trust with inequality?
One Nation flatlines in the teens.
🧠 What This Poll Actually Shows
It shows:
• Some voters are open to protest options.
• Disillusionment exists.
• Major parties aren’t universally loved.
It does not show:
• A governing surge.
• Majority confidence.
• Policy trust.
• Electoral dominance.
You don’t lead the country on “would you ever consider.”
You lead it on “who’s best placed to handle.”
And on every serious policy question in Sky’s own poll…
It’s not One Nation.
Sky tried to sell you a wave.
What they actually revealed is this:
A party people might grumble about voting for…
…but do not trust to run anything important.
That’s not momentum.
That’s noise.
And ironically, the only thing surging here…
…is the spin.
The image below shows that headline by SkyNews implodes under scrutiny of its own poll.
