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.
mongoose and the cobra beat the rabbit
Labor minority government… I’m relieved 🙂
Let the GREAT UNHINGING begin!!! I’m buying 20KG bags of popcorn on a weekly basis from here on…
btw, I really liked Oakeshott’s rhetoric! Hopefully his ideals are reached!
ltep – Come out come out wherever you are
You were wRONg again heh 🙂
You are a pretty good contrarian indicator.
Can breathe now!
Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeee:)
Stop The Boats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Katter’s press conference takes on a whole new meaning. He hedged his bets well
OK. Time to gloat.
Haha the OO, haha Sky, haha the Sky bimbos, haha Piers, haha Bolt, haha Murdoch, haha King Coal, haha the Queen of Steel, haha the denialists, haha the tories, haha… etc, etc…
Oakshott Minister for Regional Development.
Thank goodness!!
Glad to be wrong. Now to see if Abbott concedes. I tip he won’t.
Oakshott says Abbott would make a good PM??????????
Abbott’s a Con Merchant first class!.
As Corinne Grant said this was the longest game of UNO in history.
Thank you ball boys, thank you ball girls.
Now everyone go home or to the pub.
See ya!
OK, so which Liberal media hack will be most pissed off?
Britney?
Gilbert?
Shamaham?
Matthew Franklin?
Paul Kelly?
Fran Kelly?
Alison Carrabine?
Chris Toolman?
😆
Boerwar
Where have you been? Missed you
Task number one. Rip the goolies from Rupert and the ABC. Castrate the rapists of our democracy.
I imagine the Coalition is now thinking: “Right. No more Mr Nice Guy!”
franklin from OO doesn’t like the decision – thanks great 🙂
Go O re parties.
O whacking the interpretations of his electorate’s political leanings.
Oakeshott giving it to Franklin.
You’re forgetting something everyone…the Mad Monk will be burning his sack cloth.
any one notice the time and the significance for christian re Easter.
‘deliver us from all evil” amen
thank you mary mackilop for all your guidance, and answering our prayers
please bless all the pbs for their courage their faith and their friendship
Interesting remark from O on “a few media outlets needing to join in as well”.
Now who would they be?
my say
thanks for your prayers.
That’s the longest half hour of my life. Worth it, though.
Couple of sour reporters, What?
Can’t wait to see the Unhinged One’s appearance.
Do people think Oakeshott should accept a ministry? Personally, I think he’d be better off not.
Also the ABC site is now taking *a whole third* of a page to announce “It’s Gillard”
http://www.abc.net.au/news/
New thread.