Stephen Murray tweets that Newspoll has come in at 51-49 in favour of Labor, down from 52-48 a fortnight ago. Both parties are unchanged on the primary vote, the Coalition at 40% and Labor at 34%. Labor’s missing point on two-party preferred is down to a two-point drop on an excessive reading last time for the Greens, who are now at 11%. Bill Shorten has recovered the narrowest of leads as preferred prime minister, leading 40-39 after trailing 41-37 last time, and his personal ratings are solidly improved on the previous poll, with satisfaction up three to 39% and dissatisfaction down four to 40%. Tony Abbott’s ratings are effectively unchanged at 36% satisfaction (steady) and 55% dissatisfaction (down one). The poll also finds 77% support for laws requiring visitors returning from certain areas to prove they weren’t in contact with terrorists.
UPDATE (Essential Research): Labor retains its 52-48 lead from Essential Research, with both major parties down a point on the primary vote – the Coalition to 39%, Labor to 37% – and the Greens up one to 10%. A question on “Australia’s best Treasurer” – recently, at least – has Peter Costello beating Paul Keating 30% to 23%, with Wayne Swan on 8%, Joe Hockey on 5% and 35% opting for don’t know. Bernard Keane in Crikey notes that Costello “benefited from great ambivalence from Greens voters, 52% of whom declared ‘don’t know’ rather than endorse the more progressive Keating”, and Swan stole more votes from Labor supporters than Hockey did from the Coalition. The poll also found 38% of respondents rating Chinese investment as good for the economy versus 36% who said it wasn’t. The remaining questions dealt with social class, which 79% of respondents agreed existed, 31%, 49% and 2% respectively nominating themselves as working, middle and upper. Most interestingly, association of the parties with particular classes has increased since April last year, 41% associating Labor with the working class and 47% the Liberals with the upper class, up from 30% and 40%.
zoidlord
Ah, the big red button that doesn’t really do anything. Back in the days, when it was actually hooked up to some pyrotechnics or confetti, I like the look on the face when someone pressed it a bit too early.
Re Sri Lankan union officials.
They had no chance of getting a visa.
If they had sufficient funds they would have denied them on the grounds of being corrupt.
[And last night on QANDA Gareth Evans was gladhanding Paul Kelly as “writing brilliantly” (presumably in the vain hope of getting reciprocity for his book).]
Maybe he likes the way he writes you utter loser.
SO
[Maybe he likes the way he writes you utter loser.]
There can’t be that many ways to write you utter loser.
😉
“@SabraLane: Clive Palmer on his feet in Reps on the copayment.”
Well they are yelling already. Its going to be a rowdy QT when it actually gets to questions
Fran,
Showsy proves time after time that he writes as a “gutter’ loser
The LNP really not liking hearing the facts about how toxic their budget is.
If Tones thinks this ‘Terrorism’ thing is going to work for him he’ll have to at least send me a ‘fridge magnet.
Essential 52-48 ALP. So the “terror” dividend has plateaued. Abbott must be hanging out for a fresh bombing or beheading.
“@kevinbonham: #Essential Poll Best Aus Treasurer Costello 30 Keating 23 Swan 8 Hockey 5 Dunno 35. 2PP still 52-48 to ALP. #auspol”
This is the first time since 1998 that Opposition 2PP has been below 52 yet Opposition Leader has led as better PM.
Previous such instances (based on Mumble’s conversions) were six Keating-Hewsons (mostly just pre-election), one Keating-Howard (just after Howard came in) and two Howard-Beazleys.
There has never yet been a case of the Opposition trailing on 2PP but leading on better PM.
“Best Aus Treasurer Costello 30 Keating 23 Swan 8 Hockey 5 Dunno 35”
Better get ‘Dunno’ in as Treasurer ASAP
Which party was best Treasurer Dunno in? My memory doesn’t go back that far!
Which party does ‘Dunno’ below to?
The late Tony Abbott
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/senator-ian-macdonald-in-coalition-party-room-spat-over-rebuke-for-tardy-tony-abbott-20140826-108ii1.html
he he
Remember Jesus loves you GG !
ESJ,
And you!
Labor can’t ignore the politics of “security and terror”. Shorten needs some “smart and strong” policy clothes to neutralise the issue so we can concentrate of the LNP “domestic debacle”.
poroti:
[Peta must have recently programmed the Ab Bot to “smile” more. Needs some work.]
“The uncanny valley is a hypothesis in the field of human aesthetics which holds that when human features look and move almost, but not exactly, like natural human beings, it causes a response of revulsion among some human observers.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
Fun QT for Labor in the Senate. Senator Wong asked the first question
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/senator-ian-macdonald-in-coalition-party-room-spat-over-rebuke-for-tardy-tony-abbott-20140826-108ii1.html
@Paddo O/169
If Labor does this then bet your bottom dollar that Murdoch will use it against Labor, something like “Home Invaders”.
Labor doing well Abetz already at the stage of pretending he did not hear the question to ramble on his own way
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poroti:
Peta must have recently programmed the Ab Bot to “smile” more. Needs some work.
“The uncanny valley is a hypothesis in the field of human aesthetics which holds that when human features look and move almost, but not exactly, like natural human beings, it causes a response of revulsion among some human observers.”
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Always be sincere… even if you don’t mean it.
[Abbott must be hanging out for a fresh bombing or beheading.]
What a disgusting sentiment.
It’s completely apt.
caf
[The uncanny valley]
By golly that’s it !!
Zoid @ 173
You Can’t ignore the populations fears. labor needs to sound smarter- make Abbott look egotistical with his Captain Team Aust and bungling with community relations and making us more insecure with his premature war footing.
Stop the fear
I am tired of the Liberal parties constant fear.The budget, Muslims, boat people,Russia, China , Muslims, next is little green aliens
maybe Bill Shorten should start a 3 word slogan
stop the fear
Australia has just got our soldiers out of war and now the Liberals want to send them in again
So it is terror terror terrorism day today.
Govt Questions – Terror. Labor questions – Budget. Will the media call them for hiding under the terror cloak!!
what the hell is Mesma wearing, an appalling matron-of-honour outfit from the 1950’s?
It is appropriate, as she is doing the 1950’s Yellow Peril, now Brown Terror, in the House today
So has the Terror Alert been changed lately?
But Joe, we already pay for Medicare now, it is called the Medicare Levy.
Joe lacking Mojo. Where the question about sacrificing kidney’s!!
Bishop will not rest until Australians are safe and secure from the threat of ISIS.
Mission accomplished.
Gee, that was quick…
Babdt calling the fear campaign out
Bandt even
I wonder if Abbot and co have read the ‘The boy who cried wolf’ ?
Hockey,
“We will not engage in inter generational theft”.. but we will leave the nation-building to the next generation because we are too lazy to borrow and build today.
This “intergenerational theft” meme is a load of rubbish – like we aren’t leaving literally trillions of dollars in infrastructure to those that come after us.
Until the Terror Alert level is changed, their scare campaign is all lies.
Cripe this gov’t is boring. Morriscum is shouting his usual slogans.
“Humanitarian dividend from Border protection policies”!! how disgustingly Orwellian. Condemning asylum seekers to mental health problems, suicides and rapes to justify their policy. A Simple logical counter- Asylum seekers believe that the risk of drowning is outweighed by the certain cruelty of indefinite detention – nothing humanitarian about that!!
Yes Joe Hockey, the ALP had the co-payment idea as well. But they DROPPED it, dickhead.
Paddy O
The punish the AS is not just expensive because of the cost of detention. Now we have a Class Action with more to come
Bronnie has lost control.
[This “intergenerational theft” meme is a load of rubbish – like we aren’t leaving literally trillions of dollars in infrastructure to those that come after us.]
There was an old dude named Ricardo who had some insightful things to say about this problem, but that was some time ago now, so it’s probably not relevant.
A dog whistle from the Public Gallery?
Next they will be throwing dog biscuits at the Gov’t.