The Australian has published the regular Newspoll breakdowns by state, gender, age and capitals/non-capitals, aggregating all the polling the organisation has conducted since the election – a smaller than usual amount, since the pollster took the better part of two months to resume post-election. The results suggest a bit of slippage for the Coalition since the election in South Australia, but essentially no change in the other four mainland states. This is an opportune moment for me to apologise for not having reactivated BludgerTrack over the past week as promised, but the availability of this new data means the delay is probably for the best. It will positively definitely happen later this week.
Newspoll quarterly breakdowns: August-September 2016
Aggregated Newspoll breakdowns find nothing too remarkable going on beneath the surface of the three polls it has published since the election.
The budgie 9 set free
kevin-one-seven @ #1497 Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 12:49 pm
I can vaguely remember him doing the same in the past.
The Head of the Human Rights Commission, I think it was.
He really is quite dumb.
If he wants to pick a credibility fight and have some chance of winning I suggest he takes on Malcolm Roberts.
If he wants to pick a legal fight and have some chance of winning I suggest he takes on the Catholic Church and its defence of paedophile priests, but then again, against the mental might of Brandis, the Church would probably be able to defend the indefensible.
The problem with picking the “worst performed” in any way shape or from, relates to how close/far away one is from the action. I would not have a clue is the worst performed Liberal Minister as all one can do is form an opinion as to who actually appears to be the worst performed. Then one runs into the problem of such a biggish field to chose from.
From my observation Banraby Joyce would get my vote. He is supposedly a conviction politician but I feel the name Backdown Barney was a moniker which suited him. To me he appears a dud, promoted way beyond his competence. But then, as far as I actually know, he might run a really tight ship.
Who can actually dig beyond the level of tripe dished out from Canberra which passes as ‘news’ to actually know what is going on?
Brandis tainted.
In ten years, the Budgie 9 will all be on the Liberal front bench.
shellbell @ #1514 Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Please no.
Just imagine who Brandis would appoint to replace him.
And anyway, isn’t the next High Court spot Brandis’?
william bowe @ #1531 Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 3:00 pm
The choice is rich.
Your link made me laugh.
Honorable?
Just goes to show most titles are given and not earned.
The Dream Team currently setting Australia alight.
Turnbull
Bishop
Morrison
Pyne
Corman
Ley
Joyce
Ciobo
Dutton
Brandis
O’Dwyer
Chester
Frydenberg
Hunt
Canavan
Payne
Fifield
Cash
Porter Sinondinos
Scullion
Birmingham
‘All the (20,000 simulated) outcomes are spread across the same contiguous range; there is no “divergence”.’
Maybe my bullshit detectors need re-calibration.
I blame too much exposure to the ABC, and the fact that I almost failed Stats 101 at uni.
A quick back of the envelope score out of 10 with the score primarily reflecting their achievement of ministerial responsibilities with the implementation of new policy, application of funding at ministerial direction, program reform and the application of moral suasion. I have tried to be as generous as possible.
Turnbull 2
Bishop 7
Morrison 4
Pyne 3
Corman 5
Ley 6
Joyce 5
Ciobo 2
Dutton 5
Brandis 3
O’Dwyer 0
Chester 0
Frydenberg 0
Hunt 0
Canavan 0
Payne 5
Fifield 5
Cash 3
Porter Sinondinos 3
Scullion 2
Birmingham 0
Too bloody generous! I think bluey is having too much input.
For a start I’d give Dutton a -5 instead of a 5.
Just because Dutton is torturing a thousand or so people and has let in 30,000 illegal migrants and is letting through a flood of side arms and has failed to stop various pathogens from threatening, for example, the banana industry and the honey industry, and has turned Immigration into a sort of Boof’s paradise, does not mean that he has been totally unsuccessful as a minister.
Bw I suppose Bishop gets bonus points for
A) surviving with no major crises with Abbott as PM
B) freeing the budgie 9
Ratsak
I would agree. If you accept that the role of the Minister for Immigration in this government is to turn a blind eye to brutality and to stonewall any and all attempts to find out what is really going on, he is doing a reasonable job. The fact that he is the biggest moral and ethical vacuum on the Treasury benches is by the by.
In terms of total incompetence and an inability to deliver the objectives of the Government, efficiently or otherwise, Brandis stands out as first among equals. He is, without doubt, the worst AG in my lifetime, having neither the legal nor the political nous for the job.
Bishop has successfully slaughtered the foreign aid budget, as per policy. Bishop has a tempered and measured public personal when it comes to discussing matters of serious import. She is across her brief and she follows her bried.
Her public performance in relation to the Ugly Australians in Malaysia was exemplary.
I am not saying that she is perfect. After all 7/10 is not exactly a ringing endorsement.
The megalopmaniacal Rudd, by way of contrast, was IMO worth about 5/10. All that potential wasted in the deserts of his mental condition.
Credit where credit is due, IMO.
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/emergency-ministers-meeting-after-sa-blackout-a-political-stunt-victoria-20161006-grwk1z.html
More detail on the COAG meeting called to save Turnbull’s skin.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/oct/06/victoria-says-coalitions-energy-meeting-a-stunt-to-save-malcolm-turnbulls-skin?CMP=share_btn_tw
Doing a Uhlmann.
Writing rubbish on a technical topic and then getting a steam shovel to dig the hole deeper; wider faster.
May life be good; may the wandering windmills not knock your transmission towers down.
There is no way that police should be used to bolster security at self-checkout areas in supermarkets. If the system does not work it is a failure of process design and should be fixed and paid for by management. Employing more checkout operators and balancing capacity with load would be a good start!
https://twitter.com/niltiac/status/783890681131446276
BK
Yep. They should employ more checkout staff, not use Police time at the tax payers expense because their business process is a failure.
Ms Credlin opined that the Turnbull Government started the silly buggers on South Australia without a clear idea of where they might land.
In ten years, the Budgie 9 will all be on the Liberal front bench.
Hopefully seven years into a very long stint in Opposition.
You mean the Ugly Australian 9?
The Ugly Budgie 9 ?
The good, the bad & the Budgie 9
Wow! Where has everyone gone!?!
Shush!
CTar1,
Sorry.
I forgot Malcolm’s cunning plan to be more Menzian amounted to putting the nation to sleep for 23 years again. It looks to be working. ; )
This is a good piece by KKeanelly..
There’s an old adage in politics: never waste a crisis. When severe storms caused a power blackout across South Australia last week, the Turnbull government bent mother nature to its will.
But there’s another adage that Malcolm Turnbull and his energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, should remember: don’t win the battle only to lose the war.
Last week Frydenberg showed what a shrewd politician he is. He won lots of battles. First, after the deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, blamed renewable energy for causing the blackout, Frydenberg appeared sensible as he assured Australians that he knew it really was the 80,000 lightning strikes and 140km/h winds that caused the power to go out.
Oops link
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/06/a-storm-is-brewing-with-the-states-and-its-entirely-of-turnbulls-making
People seem to be keen on giving the 9 halfwits in KL a collective name that will stick.
How about “the Knicker Ockers”?
We seem to have run out of trolls….
I doubt humiliation would be a factor fo those 9 immatureAustralians.
They’d likely exist in a small sheltered bubble of like-minded sycophants.
A boorish culture to be ashamed of.
boerwar @ #1565 Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 6:13 pm
A fair and accurate rating of FM Bishop.
However 5/10 is very much overly generous for the treasonous one.
How about just dumb-assed douchebags?
Serious cultural cringe. Australian yobbos will always find ways to embarrass the rest of us.
And speaking of embarrassment, how cringeworthy has his public campaign for the UNSG been? I mean seriously. Does he think these public petulant tantrums are going to resonate with anyone other than his rusted on core supporters, the vast majority of whom are ordinary Australian voters with no influence outside their own ballot box?
You don’t see other former PMs behaving in such an unedifying manner. Not even Howard.
FOR SALE: 20 metres of grandiose wall height bookcases. POA. Apply Department of Parliamentary Services, Canberra ACT.
C@Tmomma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9t7LbNpQcE
BK:
Is that a legitimate for sale notice?
confessions @ #1589 Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 9:47 pm
Come in spinner!!!
I never understood why Baird was ever popular. He always seemed two faced to me
New South Wales Premier Mike Baird has experienced a stunning drop in popularity as the public and many of his colleagues turn against him over his decision to ban greyhound racing.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-06/nsw-premier-mike-bairds-leadership-tested-over-greyhound-ban/7910300
Dave Donovan retweeted
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3h3 hours ago
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We speak to @markdreyfusQCMP about why he is calling for George Brandis to resign. #auspol #TheProjectTV
BK:
Only cause I’m in the market for bookshelves and that would be a fantastic offer. 😀
Sorry, should’ve realised you were taking the mickey out of someone/something.
Fess
BK is taking the piss out of Brandis, Legal eagle extraordinaire
Vic:
I’m with you on Baird. I thought O’Farrell had more substance out of the two of them.
Simon Banks
Simon Banks – @SimonBanksHB
Staffers’ notes do not back Brandis position on Gleeson http://www.afr.com/news/politics/staffers-notes-do-not-back-george-brandis-position-on-justin-gleeson-20161006-grwgna … via @FinancialReview
Fess
Most definitely.
Vic:
I haven’t caught up with news – just got home from work and have sat down with a glass of wine. I just saw floor to ceiling ex parliament bookshelves and it pinged onto my radar in a big way.
In all fairness, the result should just be reversed
http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afls-review-of-grand-final-finds-umpiring-was-not-up-to-the-standard-expected/news-story/4e760a1f4843a76ae52dc8b60ec163ea
As per above link. Dreyfus says Brandis is now lying about lying. Lol!
Labor said that Senator Brandis has misled the Parliament over the affair and should resign or be sacked.
Shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus said Senator Brandis was now ‘”lying about lying”.
The notes of the November 30 meeting taken by two of Senator Brandis’ staff mention the relevant parts of the legal framework governing the Solicitor-General’s work but at no point suggest Senator Brandis was planning to issue the legal direction.
The notes also reflect the letter released by Mr Gleeson to the Senate inquiry requesting the November 30 meeting.
Read more: http://www.afr.com/news/politics/staffers-notes-do-not-back-george-brandis-position-on-justin-gleeson-20161006-grwgna#ixzz4MIkOD7hw
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