A no-nonsense radio host has questioned whether Australians could 'impeach' Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, arguing there should not be a wait until the next election.
The issue was raised by 4BC Brisbane's Mornings radio host Gary Hardgrave on Thursday as he cited 'economic strain, self-serving bureaucrats, and rising censorship'.
'Can we use the American terminology? Can we impeach him?' he said.
'I mean, our constitution doesn't make it easy for us to say, "Let's sack the guy". We've just got to wait for an election.
'Australia really can no longer suffer poor leadership from people paid big dollars, and then they seem to just manage misery that they create.
'Right now, our nation is grappling with social fragmentation. We are falling apart. A Prime Minister with three flags sends that signal.'
Australia does not have an impeachment process like the US, but a Prime Minister can be removed through several other processes such as losing a vote of no confidence on the floor of the House of Representatives.
Mia Schlicht, executive director at conservative think tank The Samuel Griffith Society, joined the broadcast and claimed Albanese did not compare to the commanding presence of previous world leaders.
A governor general can also have the power to 'withdraw their commission' from a Prime Minister. For example, Governor General John Kerr used this power when he dismissed the Labor Government of Gough Whitlam in 1975.
The 4BC radio host said Australians were suffering under Anthony Albanese's poor leadership (pictured)
Radio host Gary Hardgrave (pictured) asked whether Anthony Albanese could be removed as Prime Minister
'We had leaders like Margaret Thatcher and Winston Churchill who could bring their nations to a standstill with the ideas they championed and the eloquence with which they spoke to the people,' she said.
'We have a Prime Minister who can barely get through a single speech. And if he does, it's full of lies. It's a real juxtaposition to the world leaders we're used to.
'I think Australians right now are looking at the Prime Minister, the leader we've got now, and they feel completely underrepresented.'
Ms Schlicht said Australia needed a prime minister who was truly 'selfless' and would stick to their values.
'Somebody who sticks with their values, knows the values that are in the interests of Australians, and they stick to those values even when it's not particularly popular at that time,' she said.
'The problem we've seen with conservatives and why they have just lost so much support is because they've sold out on those values on many occasions because perhaps they don't think that will win them their seat in the next election.
'That's where truly selfless politicians would stay committed to the values of the base, regardless of whether that's politically popular in that moment.'
The pair then turned their attention to 'bureaucratic red tape', claiming politicians created legislation which was 'strangling' small businesses.
Executive director of the Samuel Griffith Society Mia Schlicht (pictured) said the Prime Minister did not compare to previous world leaders
Ms Schlicht claimed the problem was having bureaucrats and politicians who had never worked in small businesses.
'They don't understand how red tape is strangling the productivity of those businesses,' Ms Schlicht said.
'If we actually had politicians who had jobs out in the real world and they understood the immediate impacts of bad legislation, of excessive red tape, then they might actually understand the importance of fixing up a lot of really terrible legislation.'
Hardgrave added: 'It's disappointing times. I think a lot of people are frustrated.'
It comes after support for Labor slumped to its equal lowest level since Albanese took office, according to the latest Newspoll.
The poll found that, while primary support for One Nation remained unchanged at 28 per cent, a two-point drop in Labor's support saw Pauline Hanson's party retain its lead.
Labor's lowest primary vote on record in a Newspoll was 26 per cent in 2011, when Julia Gillard was prime minister.
The Coalition made up ground to record 21 per cent primary support, ahead of the Greens on 13 per cent and other parties on 11 per cent.
After slumping to a net approval rating of minus-9 last month, the One Nation leader improved to minus-1, with 47 per cent of voters satisfied with her performance.
Albanese's net approval rating was minus-23, with 59 per cent of voters dissatisfied with his performance amid Australia's worsening cost-of-living crisis.
In terms of preferred Prime Minister, Albanese remains well ahead on 44 per cent, followed by Hanson on 30 per cent and Coalition leader Angus Taylor on 26 per cent.
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