The Courier-Mail brings a Galaxy Research poll on federal voting intention in Queensland, covering 800 respondents. It shows the situation very much as it was on election day: Labor is on 33 per cent of the primary vote (33.6 per cent at the election), the Coalition 47.4 per cent (48 per cent) and the Greens 12 per cent (10.9 per cent). All changes are well and truly within the poll’s 3.5 per cent margin of error. The two party preferred result is 55-45, which is a) much better for Labor than the 61-39 which contributed to Monday’s 54-46 Nielsen poll, b) worse for them than the 52-48 in the October-to-December quarter from Newspoll, and c) spot on the election result of 55.1-44.9. The poll also has Kevin Rudd leading Julia Gillard as preferred Labor leader 44 per cent to 33 per cent lead: I believe this isn’t the first time a poll has made such a finding, but can’t locate an example. We are also told support for the flood levy was at 49 per cent, and that two-thirds believe it’s too early to tell how the minority government arrangement is panning out.
UPDATE (20/2/2011): Essential Research has Labor back in front for the first time since October, edging up from 50-50 to 51-49 on two-party preferred. However, both major parties are down a point on the primary vote: Labor to 39 per cent, the Coalition to 43 per cent (their lowest since September), with the Greens up a point to 11 per cent. Essential have thrown Julia Gillard a curve-ball by asking directly if they think she has been a better or worse prime minister than Kevin Rudd, on which she loses out 28 per cent to 33 per cent. There are further questions on the health reform deal, which a) has 67 per cent approval and 9 per cent disapproval, b) has 49 per cent thinking it will improve the system against 34 per cent no difference, and c) has 51 per cent thinking the federal Coalition should support it against 11 per cent oppose, 10 per cent “neither support nor oppose” and 28 per cent don’t know. The poll also finds 56 per cent approving of higher taxes on large mining companies against 27 per cent who disapprove, with very similar figures (56 per cent and 24 per cent) when the qualification is added that the funds be used to provide superannuation for all workers”.
UPDATE 2: This week’s Essential Research supplementary question held back for Channel Ten asked: who (out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott) do you trust most to deliver good policies? The result went 40 per cent to 31 per cent in favour of Gillard, with razor-sharp divides along party lines. Greens supporters were as emphatically anti-Abbott as Labor’s, while Coalition supporters were just slightly more inclined than Labor’s to cross the floor or answer “don’t know”.
Diog, you are as ugly as ever 😛
We don’t need to fear ON reps! Australian’s aren’t that daft.
Remember Pauline Hanson never won an election under One Nation banner (only under the Lib banner when she was disendorsed too close to the election to have the ballots reprinted).
She’s also claiming on twitter to be a boat person.
Gusface,
Did you forget your meds again!
Noorty boy! 😉
Gina for PM!
Have you flipped St Facial.
Man, get out of the monestry and smell the roses.
Call me obtuse Centre but I have no idea what that is supposed to mean.
If Caroline digs Bob Dylan she should take time out to listen to some of his lyrics.
I haven’t seen Four Corners but that was my prior impression of this industry. It started as a way to make money out of low grade coal deposits (too low grade to mine) given that gas prices have risen so much. People I trust tell me they have no idea what happens to all the (made very toxic) ground water. This industry will be the asbestos of the 2030s.
Perhaps she’s big on “Gotta Serve Somebody”.
try to be original
🙁
plagiarising my soundbites just reinforces your moral and intellectual vacuum
Is that Lee Lin Chin in the audience?
Give yourself an uppercut. It’s a boxing term. Facial should use it on himself to knock some sense into him 😉
Evening Bludgers…Ponting run out 28, tooooo slow Ricky baby and giving a mouthful as he walks off
Perhaps he should listen carefully to this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwdHs-FQUXY
darth
try tightening your cilice
you know you want to
😉
You are as original as a Gestetner Duplicating machine 🙂
David
It’s only Zimbabwe as well!
Punter’s lot should walk this in 😉
Anna is, first and foremost, a pollie but gee she is good!
Any sign of Newspoll?
Bligh just promised not to hold an early election.
Call the cops….someone’s taken GWV hostage!
A Dorothy Dixer for Anna. I saw the nod and a wink.
Rudd did the same thing so he got booted and hello early election 👿
Another smart decision. She shouldn’t even think about it till the Federal funding is agreed and the next state budget with reconstruction measures is passed and being delivered.
For example, applicable to PB tonite:
Bob Dylan: Love Minus Zero:
48 hours ago. Yawn!
STOP THE FLATTERY!
😉
I know I am 30 mins behind the Eastern states so apologies if you already discussed this.
Media Watch castigated radio station 2ue for its response to the funerals of those whose died in the CI tragedy, especially the false ‘sightseeing tour.’
In response to a replay of a listener getting the shockjock massage, J Holmes said, actually the Australian government did pay for transport in the case of the Bali bombings and on other occasions. JH said a change in the 2ue head of programming with Peter Brennan (from 2gb) is behind the move to the views of “One Nation” (to use MJ’s words) and, “A fish stinks from the head.”
Media Watch is worth a look (on Iview) this week for any who swore off it earlier in the year. Jh really gave it to 2ue and 2gb this week.
She’d be mad to go to an early election. She’d get branded as opportunist from the word go.
Mod Lib
Who’s GWV? George W Vush????
Amigo,
that was for you. :kiss:
vera after 35 overs Oz only going aT 4.5 runs an over 155 for 3, they have appeared very tentative all innings
Shorter Finns: “The times, they are a’changin’.”
OFFS……………..”Without burning a hole in our pockets” (re; levy)
red,
It was a Dorothy!
Bligh making Barnaby look like a small town accountant.
Ghost Who Votes….sorry, I hate abbreviations and abbreviators. My bad.
Moral and intellectual – is that a good brand in cleaners?
Barnyard spraying his crap on Q&A, BORING!
The Saint at 2617, don’t know what you’re talking about.
James J,
I think she did that last time too! 😉
so stop copying me
🙁
She promised that before calling the last early election.
Mod Lib and Finns
I believe you are what you read.
Anna: “Come to my place.” Now, where have I heard that before? Humms: Cumma, cumma, to my place.”
Bligh knows more about rural Qld than the Nats Senator from rural Qld.
Barnaby is a small town accountant but still probably better than the ones find get to re add up their coatings.
Puff I have been very impressed with JH on media watch, not afraid to tell it like it is, obviously not afraid of the Libs CEO plant in the ABC either, he retains his professionalism, something his collegues could well watch and learn from
so stop copying me
so stop copying me
so stop copying me
so stop copying me
viggo
stop it
😉