Guardian Essential poll: election warning signs for Labor as voters flunk government on housing costs and wages

But survey finds strong support for under-16s social media ban, despite concerns on how to enforce it

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Voters have given the Albanese government an F on containing housing costs and surprisingly little credit for increasing wages, in two troubling signs for Labor heading into a cost-of-living election.

Those are the results of the latest Guardian Essential poll of 1,123 voters, which found strong support for social media regulation, including two-thirds in favour of the under-16 age ban.

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