Newspoll: 55-45

The Australian reports the latest fortnightly Newspoll has Labor’s two-party lead steady at 55-45. This is “despite recent revelations of the Prime Minister’s expletive-laden tirade against factional bosses” which emerged after the poll was conducted. Both Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull have lost two points to “uncommitted” on preferred prime minister, Rudd now leading 65-17. More to follow.

UPDATE: Graphic here. The poll also features questions on the carbon pollution reduction scheme. For what it’s worth, Malcolm Turnbull’s personal ratings are his best in two months.

Meantime, this week’s Essential Research survey has Labor’s lead down from 59-41 to 58-42. Further questions find support for means testing the health insurance rebate, a slight majority against the previous government’s formula for private school funding, a slight majority finding their working hours have increased in the past 12 months, a slight tendency to credit/blame the Coalition over Labor with/for the past 25 years of economic reform, and strong support for the Australian Federal Police reopening investigations into the Balibo five deaths.

Author: William Bowe

William Bowe is a Perth-based election analyst and occasional teacher of political science. His blog, The Poll Bludger, has existed in one form or another since 2004, and is one of the most heavily trafficked websites on Australian politics.

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  2. Yeah, and one Greens type person on facebook is already called her fellow ferals to arms – somehow they won’t be as successful 🙂

  4. “We designated the G20 to be the premier forum for our international economic cooperation,” the draft communique said.

    The move means the G20 supplants the G7 and G8, institutions dominated by rich Western economies, which will now be forums for discussing geopolitical issues, diplomats said.

    The draft showed leaders endorsed an agreement on phasing out subsidies for fossil fuels to help combat global warming, but with no fixed date for the change.

  6. No doubt Bishop will say it was all Howard’s work really. (then she’ll say Rudd shouldn’t spend so much time overseas while there are so many possibly violent illegal immigrants comeing here to take advantage of our weak laws)

    ROFL 😀 My kid just read that line and laughed out-loud, then said, “she really isn’t very good at this is she!” … hahahaha 😀

    Out of the mouths of babes 😀

  10. What a great footy match, Dogs out, Cayless out, Hayne suspended.

    I’d argue it’s advantage Broncos or Storm, probably Storm!
    Will they get any sort of decent crowd in Melbourne tomorrow night after the AFL?

  11. Hayne suspended

    They would not dare. He is the number one drawing card at the moment. he is probably drawing another 10,000 fans, especially for the GF.

  14. The old Order of G8 where the West dominated followed by the poodle Japan is dead. The new Order of the G20 will re-shape the world. Australia is sitting pretty right in the middle politically.

  15. They would not dare. He is the number one drawing card at the moment. he is probably drawing another 10,000 fans, especially for the GF.

    That’s funny.
    In the AFL there is no star player capable of boosting the gate for the GF.

  18. In the AFL there is no star player capable of boosting the gate for the GF.

    That’s what happened when you play aerial ping-pong. 😛

  19. The old Order of G8 where the West dominated followed by the poodle Japan is dead. The new Order of the G20 will re-shape the world. Australia is sitting pretty right in the middle politically.

    I’ve lost my notes. How is this tracking against Kev’s master plan schedule?

  20. The old Order of G8 where the West dominated followed by the poodle Japan is dead.

    Well the west dominated it because most of the richest countries in the world are liberal democratic democracies.

    A more important question should be why aren’t there any Islamic super-powers?

  21. I find it is far more more constructive to post informative posts that counter the spin of the ALP hegemony

    Ah, right, so that’s what they are.

    As a designated member of the “spinning hegemony”, I really had no idea whatsoever.

    Happy to be now enlightened!!!

  23. I don’t know anything about (ball games) but surely if Mr Haynes broke the rules, he broke the rules?

    All he did was knee a defenceless player in the head. No way the NRL would rub off their star player for that! Not the slightest chance.

  24. I’ll barrack for Melbourne or Brisbane, I’ve tired of the media in Sydney pushing the Parramatta bandwagon and all the gushing over Hayne.

  27. Many, many thanks for those who are pleased that I got good news on my health yesterday. Also for those who attended the cyber bar and quaffed a few spirituous liquors alongside me. Let me tell youse all, it was funny money well-spent. I must shout the PB bar more often. It’s easy. It’s cheap. And it works for me.

    Fully recovered now (my screen is no longer rhomboid, but rectangular), and so feel safe imbibing some hair of the dog after watching the Eels triumph over the Dogs. Not that I care so much for any kind of football, but any excuse is the best excuse.

    The Ruddster has his international triumph, which will not shut up the naysayers who think he’s really after the UN Secretary Generalship (is this fantasy on their behalf, or is it fantasy?) or Presidency For Life of the New World Order (or whatever). Things are on the up-and-up economically.

    May I plant the seed that this year, come Christmas, there should be at least a Sydney PB Get-together at at a suitable waterhole suitable to all?

  28. May I plant the seed that this year, come Christmas, there should be at least a Sydney PB Get-together at at a suitable waterhole suitable to all?

    Let’s call it dementia prevention. Sounds a good idea.

  30. All he did was knee a defenceless player in the head. No way the NRL would rub off their star player for that! Not the slightest chance.

    Ah, I see, just another Friday night

  32. The G20 accounted for 87.3% of global GDP in 2008

    Thanks, Musrum, for compensating for my laziness. And the very high proportion illustrates the point that these are the countries that decide the world’s economic destiny. The question is whether they do it co-operatively (or at the very least, if they can’t agree on stuff, whilst having the lines of commuication open). I don’t really see how the G20 can be a bad thing.

  38. When was the last time, Sydney or Melbourne, that neither of the top two in the home and away did not make the big one?

    NRL it was 2005 (Tigers v Nth Qld)

  43. A New Limited franchise sport imported from England played (for now) north of the Barassi line.

    A very neat summary. This is the first time I’ve lived north of the Barassi line (which runs just north of Wagga, I think), and it’s very disorienting. All this stuff about Rabbits and Eels. Eels? I mean, WTF?

  44. When was the last time, Sydney or Melbourne, that neither of the top two in the home and away did not make the big one?

    Why would anyone care?

  47. The first two countries that miss the cut:
    Taiwan
    Iran

    Reasonable point. But on the whole it’s better to have a forum to talk about things, than not to have one.

  48. Have fun BB, enjoy,rejoice (the news)

    My advise, in a little while, pick the hardest target you want to achieve, then go for that. But in these early day’s… go do whatever it is that pleases you, in the most extreme manner possible 😀

  49. All this stuff about Rabbits and Eels. Eels? I mean, WTF?

    They’re not Rabbits. They’re Rabbitohs. People who sell dead rabbits for a living.

    As for Eels, allegedly they were once plentiful at the top end of the Parramatta River. But I agree it does seem an unorthodox animal to adopt, not very inspirational I wouldn’t have thought.

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