Today’s Courier-Mail brings a Galaxy poll on federal voting intention in Queensland, which finds a dramatic reversal since the last such poll, which was conducted on Tony Abbott’s watch in late August. The Coalition is up nine on the primary vote to 50%, with Labor down eight to 29%. A 51-49 lead to Labor on two-party preferred has transformed into a 58-42 to the Coalition. The poll also finds 61% believe Malcolm Turnbull has the “best plan for Queensland”, compared with 14% for Bill Shorten. The poll was conducted by phone on Tuesday and Wednesday, from a sample of 800 respondents. It will presumably be followed shortly by a result on state voting intention from the same sample.
Bbp @874
You must have missed the big three – stop the boats, cut CO2 Tax, cut the mining tax.
All done.
[Uncle Colin has been a real overachiever when it comes to reneging on election promises.]
This is true.
[You must have missed the big three – stop the boats, cut CO2 Tax, cut the mining tax.]
None of which are policies, worked through a policy development process. They’re just election slogans designed to be reactive in order to catch the attention of disengaged voters.
And none of them have contributed to the national interest.
Does Turnbull have any actual policies?
Name one.
[ Does Turnbull have any actual policies?
Name one. ]
To not be Abbott.
Oh I forgot Labor has coded racist appeals to working class anglos – a la the Darwin Port.
Shorten did ok on ch10 tonight. Better than I expected – my cringe was on pause the whole time.
the hypocrisy if the right wing on show – the thinking intelligent well remember the right wing attacking China and Labor over the sale of Cubby
Edwin’s – I’ve hatched Sea-Monkeys smarted than you, you fucking idiot – no offence…
Newspoll 53-47
Shorten down to 15% on the ppm.
[Shorten down to 15% on the ppm.]
Didn’t Nelson get even lower once?
53-47 is same-same as last time.
Can Shorten make it to single digits PPM?
It’s a live possibility.
Thanks James.
[Oh I forgot Labor has coded racist appeals to working class anglos – a la the Darwin Port.]
Amazing that the US President would also make racist appeals to working class Anglos in Australia.
913
Don’t wet yourself.
So, alias, who is the Labor Messiah?
Pick any of the Labor Front Bench, and I venture that not one of them would lift the PPM ratings at the moment.
We are living in times when the perfume of Talcum Powder is so strong that is buries the stink of Abbott and all that went before.
Sooner or later, the powder will blow away.
Confessions
So you tolerate poor performance as long as it’s consistent?
ESJ
[So what are the Labor policies? ]
http://www.alp.org.au/policy_commitments
Not that you have the wit to be able to read with your eyes firmly shut.
[We are living in times when the perfume of Talcum Powder is so strong that is buries the stink of Abbott and all that went before.]
Personally I think that every time Abbott or one of his useful idiots like Bernardi, Abetz or Andrews show their face it helps Turnbull by reminding us of what he saved us from.
Tricot.. I’ve said it repeatedly here: I believe Tanya Plibersek can make a significant difference. She’s articulate, fast on her feet, no-nonsense and crucially she’s very strong on global affairs/ national security which will surely be more to the fore at the next election than most elections in Oz.
Plibersek may not win Labor the next election, but she would go far closer than the terminally toxic Shorten.
Dio agree.
[Personally I think that every time Abbott or one of his useful idiots like Bernardi, Abetz or Andrews show their face it helps Turnbull by reminding us of what he saved us from.]
So do I.
[Personally I think that every time Abbott or one of his useful idiots like Bernardi, Abetz or Andrews show their face it helps Turnbull by reminding us of what he saved us from.]
It’s true, it does.
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Tricot.. I’ve said it repeatedly here: I believe Tanya Plibersek can make a significant difference. She’s articulate, fast on her feet, no-nonsense and crucially she’s very strong on global affairs/ national security which will surely be more to the fore at the next election than most elections in Oz.
Plibersek may not win Labor the next election, but she would go far closer than the terminally toxic Shorten.]
Rubbish
tpof 919 – yes Sandra Bullock and Bill Shorten both support world peace and gun control.
Diogenes
The idea that a bunch of low hanging fruit such as Abbott, Andrews, Abetz, Aardvark and the Bs could undermine Turnbull is without merit.
Greg Hunt has so little substance left that every time he opens his mouth his whole body crumples a little more.
I’d vote for Bullock.
New thread.
[ Plibersek may not win Labor the next election, ]
She certainly would not. She would get torn to bits as a token woman replacement for a desperate ALP..blah.. blah…..
And the ALP would burn a very strong leadership prospect for no gain whatsoever. “Closer” is still a loss and meaningless.
ESJ @ 926
Thank you for providing irrefutable scientific evidence to prove my comment at 919:
Not that you have the wit to be able to read with your eyes firmly shut.
ESJ – I don’t think you’re making any converts to whatever it is you believe in.
What is that, by the way? Being against Bill Shorten, Labor and Unions are principles in the same sense that ‘not playing golf’ is a hobby. I recall another poster here who put up convincing evidence that you are a disillusioned ex-Labor insider.
Now I find the Liberals’ plans for the future of this country – basically the IPAs 75+25 points, the 2014 Budget and Rupert’s agenda – pretty much unacceptable. Labor believes in the Australian settlement, the Coaltion doesn’t. Labor, Shorten and the Unions are not perfect but I’m not voting for the Far Right nutjobs who call themselves ‘Liberals’ while waiting for Labor (or the Greens) to attain perfection. It wouldn’t matter if Labor was lead by Donald Duck as far as I’m concerned. At elections, we vote for the future of the country, not alternate teams of technocrats.
Corrupt unions? No more so than businees, probably a lot less. No union robbed savers or retirees of their life savings. Coded messages to racists? I don’t accept that proposition and in any case the ‘Liberals’ these days hardly bother with the coding.
So what do you believe in? Social conservatism? Free Markets? Abolishing the social safety net and minimum wage, replacing them with low-paid work to reduce taxes and promote enterprise? Enlighten us.
Dio@911
You are correct. Brendan Nelson got down to 7% as PPM, not long after Rudd was elected in 2007. The Daily Terror ran a front page of Brendan 07% and his lazy shadow ministers. I think Abbott may have been among those singled out as not attending parliament? [Can anyone confirm?]
I had to hose down a colleague of mine as we walked through O Week stalls, past the Young Liberals, from shouting out 7% to their picture of Brendan Nelson.