The latest weekly Essential Research poll has Labor opening a 51-49 lead after 50-50 results over the previous two weeks, including the weekend of the election. Labor is up a point on the primary vote to 39 per cent and the Coalition down one to 43 per cent, with the Greens steady on 11 per cent. The survey also finds a majority supporting a fresh election, 52 per cent to 33 per cent, with 42 per cent thinking minority government will deliver worse government against 30 per cent better, and 70 per cent thinking an election within the year likely against 16 per cent unlikely. This is contrary to the weekend’s JWS/Telereach poll which had only 26 per cent plumping for a new election against 37 per cent for a Labor and 31 a Coalition minority government – possibly this indicates you get different responses when a respondent can choose a minority government of their favoured party over a new election. The Newspoll targeting the three rural independents’ electorates shortly after the election found opinion evenly divided on the subject of a new election, which is perhaps less appealing to those whose local members are presently holding the balance of power.
[More indi’s in city seats from now on ?]
Hope so, count me in as an Indie MP next election.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
c’mon Oakey pull through
Windsor pitches strongly for indies everywhere in the country
Oakshott’s shot now….
Oakeshott nods his head to “Highlander” lol
@2802
. . . vohl?
🙁 I can’t drink, i have a cold.
Now I can stop smoking again as this is the most stressfull 6 weeks of my life
Highlander – Here comes the lightning.
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That must be some congestion.
It’s not the Oscars Oaks!
Oh come on!!!
O doing a tease, doing his speech first and then making the announcement. Cruel.
Will be very surprised if Oakeshott goes with the forces of darkness.
oakeshott thanks the devil lol
“I’d even thank bill heffernann” this guy needs to do stand up
Oakeshott:Heffernen a good man…{pause}…fundamentally
This is riduculous.
Now O saying what the decision is not. He does not like the word ‘mandate’.
Yes! New paradigm rules. But still labor 🙂
Seems to me Oakey is warning Abbott now
The Big OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO – Pretty Woman – Jules
then windsor said I don’t support that haha
there will be a parliament
O already saying it is not a hung parliament… ergo, Gillard is he.
The way he is speaking he must be going Labor or there would no parliament to be different.
A mandate swear jar…!
is it going to be 75/75 – O will abstain?
He has to be going ALP with all this talk about the next 3 yrs.
2 mins until Gillard is PM
I feel for the poor school kids having to sit through this
Hmmn
when will the bookies start paying out
🙂
Just say it….
Oakshott: bring a few media outlets along !!
LOL @ “a few media outlets”
I agree talk re 3 years would have to lean to ALP
Oh, for Dawkins sake, stop the lecture. We’re all grown ups. Get on with it.
I thought this was going to be a very slow term… it is certainly starting out that way. O reckons it is line ball six of one half a dozen of the other decision.
i’ll give you a split in a minute – just say it
ABC News 24 headline: Tony Windsor’s decision means coalition cannot form government.
Beautiful words!
grey: you can cry, now.
What happened to the new three minute rule?
@2838
“We’re all grown-ups?” In Parliament? Since when?
Gillard PM!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Oakshott is drifting along Katter lines, not the Windsor line…time for a bit more gravitas dude.
[Now I can stop smoking again as this is the most stressfull 6 weeks of my life]
Me too, I am officially a nutbag. It feels good.
HB
very lolment.
Bloody OOO needs to learn when to shutup
wilkie could do us