<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>New </span><a><span>polling</span></a><span> has revealed who </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/australia" rel="" target="" title="Australians"><span>Australians</span></a><span> are blaming for the </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/petrol-prices" rel="" target="" title="fuel crisis"><span>fuel crisis</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The The Australian Financial Review/Redbridge Group/Accent Research poll shows the vast majority of respondents blame US President Donald Trump for the surge in fuel prices. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Overall, 61 per cent of those surveyed put the blame at Trump's door and just 14 per cent blamed the government.</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><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/fuel-crisis-australia-businesses-urge-government-to-decrease-heavy-vehicle-road-user-charge-tax/5f06eb9d-5118-48a6-a82f-c83968c3db60"><strong><span>Radical push to slash $3b tax to keep Australia moving</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The view was overwhelming amongst almost every subset of Australian voters, with only One Nation supporters prepared to cut Trump some slack, with 39 per cent blaming him and 38 per cent Labor.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Labor's primary vote held steady at 32 per cent but it was more bad news for the Coalition, which slid another two percentage points to 17.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One Nation's vote grew again among those polled, to 29 per cent.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/petrol-prices-australia-poll-shows-voters-blame-donald-trump-for-fuel-crisis/7a6210ea-4299-4ed2-8cdf-4256bd604a0f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Opposition industry and sovereign capability spokesperson Andrew Hastie, who was widely tipped to take a run at the Liberal leadership before stepping aside for Angus Taylor, addressed both One Nation and Donald Trump head-on on Sunday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think this was a huge miscalculation - Iran has managed to pretty much hold the whole world's economy to ransom," he told Insiders about the war in Iran.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-iran-war-live-updates-march-29-donald-trump-latest-world-news-headlines/91899f37-9654-4f9d-a68a-43487e732a29"><strong><span>Inside the talks that may turn the tide of bloodshed</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On One Nation, he said voters were experiencing a lot of economic pain, arguing "no one's going to reward us for a final last stand for neoliberal politics.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I just think we need to overhaul the whole system. We either fix the system, or it's torn down by people like Pauline Hanson," Hastie said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Senator Pauline Hanson's party's growing support meant a change for the two-party-preferred vote, with Labor compared to One Nation instead of the Coalition in the Redbridge poll.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Labor's lead remained solid at 53 per cent to 47 per cent for One Nation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-weather-dangerous-swell-causes-havoc-across-coast-as-monster-waves-hit-sydney-beaches/57c9d6e0-0692-4ec0-8952-9c552a665095" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Incredible scenes as monster waves smash coast</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Parliament will sit again this week before a long break until the budget.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The government is still finalising its financial plan but, in the short term, national cabinet meets tomorrow prioritising a national approach to what comes next with fuel.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY: </span></strong></em><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><em><strong><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via </span></strong></em><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" rel="" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>Apple</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span> and </span></strong></em><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&hl=en_AU&pli=1" rel="" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em></em></li><li><em><strong><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by </span></strong></em><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" rel="" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>ticking this box here</span></strong></em></a><em></em></li><li><em><strong><span>Sign up to </span></strong></em><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" rel="" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></strong></em></a><em></em></li></ul></div></div>
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