One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson is enjoying her strongest resurgence yet with new polling suggesting 2026 might be one of the politician's biggest years yet.
The latest Resolve Political Monitor finds both Hanson and her newest recruit, Barnaby Joyce, have staged some of the biggest likeability comebacks among more than 50 federal politicians tracked over the past year.
Hanson's One Nation party is also recording its best polling results on record.
The controversial leader finished 2024 with a likeability rating of -13 - still in the negatives, but far above the -25 she recorded in 2023.
Now she has crossed into positive territory, ending 2025 with a score of 3, marking a dramatic 16-point turnaround.
Joyce's revival is just as striking.
After quitting the Nationals earlier this month to join One Nation, Joyce’s popularity has jumped from -22 at the end of 2024 to -4.
Even with this lift, he remains one of only two MPs still in negative figures.
The other is Lidia Thorpe, though the controversial senator has seen the biggest improvement of all, moving from a dismal -41 to -12.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has also staged one of the biggest comebacks, leaping from -17 last year to 9.
The analysis was completed before both the Bondi Beach terror attack and Barnaby Joyce's shock defection to One Nation.
Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie, who topped the 2024 rankings, still holds the title of Australia's most-liked politician with a score of 15.
She now shares top spot with ACT independent senator David Pocock, whose score jumped 10 points this year.
Labor's most popular member is Small Business Minister Anne Aly, who joined cabinet after the election and now sits at 12.
She narrowly outpaces Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Infrastructure Minister Catherine King, who are both on 11.
Leading the Liberals is Tim Wilson with 11, after winning back Goldstein from teal independent Zoe Daniel.
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Independents remain well-liked: Zali Steggall, Helen Haines and Monique Ryan are all on 8; Kate Chaney and Sophie Scamps on 7; and Allegra Spender on 5.
Liberal leader Sussan Ley has also seen a notable boost, climbing from 0 to 8.
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was the only politician to go backwards.
After quitting the National Party for the Liberals post-election, her rating fell five points, though she remains in positive territory.
While Hanson's personal fortunes are soaring, the Coalition faces its biggest crisis in 40 years as its core support drops to record lows.
According to Newspoll's quarterly analysis for The Australian, conducted from 29 September to 20 November, the Coalition's primary vote slumped to just 24 per cent in October, the lowest figure since Newspoll started in 1985.
Senior Coalition support is falling fastest among older Australians and people without university qualifications, with many turning away from the two major conservative parties and backing Hanson's resurgent party.
Between the last two quarters of 2025, Coalition support among voters without tertiary education dropped six points to 26 per cent, while Labor's slipped two points to 30 per cent.
Among Australians aged over 65, both Labor and the Coalition lost ground to One Nation, the data shows. Men and women alike are deserting the Coalition, with Hanson's party clearly benefiting from the shift.
Queensland is at the heart of the Coalition's decline. Formerly a Liberal and Nationals stronghold, the state is now a battleground, with One Nation encroaching further every month.
Joyce's decision to leave the Nationals after two decades has rattled conservative MPs and is widely expected to fuel One Nation's growth among rural voters disappointed with the Coalition.
Political analysts warn that the Coalition's 24 per cent primary vote is not a momentary dip, but a genuine threat to its future.
The party hasn't faced numbers this dire since the 1980s, and even then, its support never fell this low.
With Labor steady and independents strongly backed, the Coalition faces being squeezed from both sides of the political spectrum.