<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In a massive political disruption, new polling has pegged One Nation as the most popular party in the country, leapfrogging Labor in primary support.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The latest </span><em><span>The Australian Financial Review</span></em><span>/Redbridge Group/Accent Research poll revealed primary support for One Nation had jumped four percentage points to 31 per cent since the pre-budget poll a month ago.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Meanwhile, Labor's primary vote fell three points to 28 per cent and the Coalition dipped further to 20 per cent.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-horsely-park-shots-fired-reports/ddc0bbaf-0b53-485b-a0c9-c6506fcb0082" rel="" target="" title="Man arrested after reports of shots fired at Sydney home"><strong><span>Man arrested after reports of shots fired at Sydney home</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/wa-weather-unusually-strong-system-could-bring-destructive-winds-heavy-falls-and-localised-tornadoes-for-western-australia/6bcc2234-b7b7-472d-9f48-6ed97e3c4e59" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Wild weather smashing WA could hit rest of Australia this week</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Labor leads One Nation on a two-party-preferred basis but the gap has narrowed from 10 points to just 51-49.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Redbridge director Tony Barry told the </span><em><span>AFR </span></em><span>that a record 63 per cent of those polled believed the country was heading in the wrong direction, helping to explain the One Nation surge.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/federal-politics-news-poll-one-nation/c31e2b5b-92b1-406c-903c-a9a009046d8f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The downstream effects of the budget and another interest rate rise is Labor have lost more vote share, but the Coalition aren't the beneficiaries on a primary vote basis," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"With almost two-thirds of the electorate now saying Australia is heading in the wrong direction, that pervasive negative mood sentiment is fuelling more anti-establishment support and a view among a growing cohort of voters that the answer lies outside established norms and major parties."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>9News political editor Charles Croucher stressed polls didn't directly translate into votes but One Nation could win seats if the trend continued.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>If it won enough seats, the prospect of a two- or three-party Coalition could emerge.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson says she believes she can take the top job.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I believe that I have the ability to do it. I'm not going to underestimate myself," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Shake-up to AUKUS announced</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The polling was released on the same day the government announced a major shake-up in the multibillion-dollar AUKUS deal, with Australia set to switch to used American nuclear submarines.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Defence Minister Richard Marles was in Singapore with his American and British counterparts, who agreed to greater collaboration on underwater drones and weaponry for autonomous subs and a change for the AUKUS agreement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australia will receive three used Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines from America, not the mix of new and used boats as first planned.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/british-expats-why-manchester-family-moved-back-to-australia-after-returning-to-england-exclusive/ba9c9a8b-bfe4-411c-b100-b128fb35da0c"><strong><span>British family sold everything to move to Perth. They left within months</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This signature project will see our countries operating at the highest level," Marles said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"In the context of a very complicated endeavour, we need to place a premium on simplicity." </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Defence officials say this will make servicing and operations easier and significantly cheaper.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But Greens senator David Shoebridge was sceptical.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Mr Marles went to Singapore to meet with his AUKUS buddies and he came back with a handful of second hand subs on a promise from the United States," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>China's leadership didn't attend this year's Shangri-La Dialogue but with wars still ravaging the Middle East and Ukraine the middle powers are praising the recent summit in Beijing, desperate to avoid regional wars becoming a world war.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"When great powers are talking with each other, the world feels safer. So we very much welcome that gathering," Marles said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The AUKUS deal will be part of Australia's defence strategy for decades to come, forcing it to survive changes at the White House, Downing Street and in Canberra.</span></div></div>