No Newspoll this week, but the always dependable Essential Research weekly survey shows Labor’s lead stuck at 58-42. Also featured are prime ministerial approval ratings (56 per cent for, 31 per cent against) and questions on the Productivity Commission’s maternity leave recommendations (trending negative), party leaders’ responses to the financial crisis and government plans to tackle climate change (don’t go far enough).
Fielding to support all of the Government’s budget measures!
http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,27753,24488182-31037,00.html
Onya Steve!
In practice I believe it means the alcopops tax and the increase of the income for the Medicare levy surcharge
[TONY Abbott wants school students to study more British history because that’s “where we came from”.]
If you go back far enough, all humans came from Africa. So why don’t we study African history?
Oops, here’s the article:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24487661-601,00.html
I thought something like 40% of Australians weren’t born in Australia. And a majority of them don’t come from England.
Why do we want to be re-tying ourselves to Britain? I thought we were proud of the fact that we aren’t British or European but Australian.
22% of the Australian population was born outside Australia. Of these, 25% were born in the UK.
K, I was confused with NSW.
Newspoll 55-45
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24492182-601,00.html
Nice one James, it’s not even on Newspoll’s site yet.
Sigh @ The Australian.
Labor still with an immense lead, approval ratings for Rudd are high and The Australian wastes half the article talking about how Turnbull is better than Nelson.
Great work as always, James – how the hell do you do it? New thread.