Australian voters are somewhat cranky about Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s handling of the fuel crisis that kicked off following Donald Trump’s war against Iran, according to two polls.

The latest RedBridge/Accent Research poll and Newspoll for The Australian newspaper are among the first surveys since the fuel shortages began.

The RedBridge/Accent Research poll, released late on Sunday, found in the preferred prime minister stakes Albanese sits at 33 per cent, down one point.

This could reflect some voter dissatisfaction with his management of the fuel pinch.

The RedBridge/Accent Research poll of 1003 voters last week, had Labor’s primary vote steady at 32 per cent. One Nation is the next most popular party with support going up a point to 29 per cent.

The Greens sit at 13 per cent, also up one point.

Despite leadership changes for the Liberal and National parties, the federal Coalition is still in for a bumpy ride amid a One Nation surge.

The Coalition’s primary vote dropped two points down to 17 per cent.

Angus Taylor ousted Sussan Ley from the Liberal leadership in February, while Matt Canavan took the helm of the Nationals three weeks ago after David Littleproud’s shock exit.

One Nation caused a major stir in the recent South Australian election. The anti-immigration party beat the Liberals to come in second place with 22 per cent of the primary vote.

And while it might translate only to around four seats, analysts say One Nation should not be underestimated in other jurisdictions or nationally.

Meanwhile, the latest Newspoll – also released on Sunday – had Labor’s primary vote at 31 per cent and replicated the strong support for One Nation at 26 per cent ahead of the Coalition on 21 per cent.

The poll had a sample of 1232 voters and was conducted last week.

Of voters surveyed, 44 per cent said Albanese was their preferred prime minister, compared to 36 per cent for Taylor. The remainder was undecided.

Albanese’s net approval rating has fallen further in this poll and sits at -18 per cent compared to Taylor’s -7 per cent.

Almost three-quarters of those surveyed disapproved of the US war against Iran.

And 63 per cent oppose Australia sending naval vessels to assist the US in trying to keep the Strait of Hormuz open for shipping.

Govt accused of withholding information

National cabinet will meet on Monday to discuss the Middle East fuel crunch for a second time.

State and territory leaders and business groups have called for a national approach to plot a path through the crisis as petrol prices surge and hundreds of service stations run dry.

Australia’s fuel stocks remain at normal levels, but fears of future shortages and price spikes caused by the ongoing blockage of the Strait of Hormuz have spurred users to bulk-buy petrol and diesel, leading to localised shortfalls.

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli accused the federal government of withholding information from the Australian people.

“I won’t stand for Australians not getting the information they need,” he said on Sunday.

“We’re asking Canberra to release information about prices and outages at a specific time each day, for every state and territory: a national dashboard.”

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Andrew McKellar said a nationally consistent approach to the crisis was needed.

“We don’t want to head back into that situation that we had a couple of years ago in Covid, where Queensland was doing one thing, NSW had a different approach, Western Australia cut itself off from the rest of the economy, the Victorian economy was locked down for over a year,” he said.

The organisation wants the government to encourage measures to reduce demand for fuel, including supporting greater flexibility to work from home and boosting public transport usage.

Victoria and Tasmania have announced temporary fare waivers for public transport users, which prompted the Greens to urge the Commonwealth to help fund other states to make their networks free.

“Free public transport must be on the agenda at tomorrow’s national cabinet meeting,” Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young said.

On Monday, the Greens will look to ramp up the pressure on the government to increase taxes on gas exporters set to make windfall profits from the Middle East conflict, with a motion to set up a parliamentary inquiry into the proposal.

The crossbench has pushed for weeks for a 25 per cent tax on gas exports.

Opposition industry spokesman Andrew Hastie broke ranks with his Liberal colleagues on Sunday, saying he was open-minded about a windfall profits tax.

—AAP