There’s a fair bit going on under the hood in BludgerTrack this week, which is why it’s taken so long. The bias adjustments and weightings have been recalibrated, and I’ve brought the two results so far from YouGov into the model. I’m not sure which of these is responsible, or whether it’s just because of two strong results for Labor from Newspoll and Essential, but there’s been a fairly noticeable bump to Labor on two-party preferred along with a net gain of two on the seat projection, with one gain in apiece in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia balanced by a loss in Western Australia. A drought on leadership ratings has also ended with two sets of results from Newspoll and Essential, the effect of which is that Bill Shorten has now poked ahead of Malcolm Turnbull on net approval, though not preferred prime minister.
BludgerTrack: 53.0-47.0 to Labor
A bit of a fillip for Labor in the latest reading of the BludgerTrack poll aggregate, and also for Bill Shorten whose net approval rating has edged ahead of Malcolm Turnbull’s.
Kakuru:
I haven’t watched Dr Who since I was a kid, and there was definitely no funny business between characters in those days!
Apalling presser from PM right now.
Army being used as props
http://www.theage.com.au/world/australian-woman-killed-in-police-shooting-in-minneapolis-reports-20170716-gxchas.htmlbehind a home about 11.30pm on Saturday, local time.
In America you report a disturbance so they turn up and shoot you.
Sorry. correct link:
http://www.theage.com.au/world/australian-woman-killed-in-police-shooting-in-minneapolis-reports-20170716-gxchas.html
sclark_melbs: Abbott really is taking this a bit far, isn’t he. pic.twitter.com/GNERq71JYT
https://twitter.com/sclark_melbs/status/886749221860155392
Rob_Stott: At least Abbott only used the flag as a prop and not actual human soldiers
You mean “Torchwood”?
Jaeger
Not main franchise. Just as Sarah Jane Smith having a spin off not the main franchise.
TroveAustralia: Have you seen the news?
“New Dr Who could be a woman” 1980, October 27, in The Canberra Times: trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti… #DoctorWho13 pic.twitter.com/ULu6mX9izh
Just so you know how overdue this is. Just like with a gay Dr.
I see Truffles has now got the Mad Monk watching his back during his pressers.. Lol!!
So Turnbull’s attempts at seducing voters has failed, and he’s now back to the same old LNP tactic of trying to scare people to vote for them.
What’s even sadder is that Labor will no doubt go along with it.
political_alert: Shadow Defence Minister @RichardMarlesMP will discuss giving ADF a greater role responding to domestic terrorism, 11.45am, Melbourne #auspol
..oops, link:
https://twitter.com/BevanShields/status/886747318560608257/photo/1
Jeff_Sparrow: Does anyone look at that pic and think, gee, I feel safer with guys with machine guns and balaclavas in the streets? twitter.com/BevanShields/s…
https://twitter.com/jeff_sparrow/status/886751114191716352
Forget female and/or gay Doctors, when is a Galifreyan Time Lord going to be played by an actual Galifreyan?
#GalifreyanLivesMatter
GuardianAus: Martin Landau, star of Ed Wood and Crimes and Misdemeanors, dies at 89 trib.al/6W5gkwc
https://twitter.com/guardianaus/status/886752856497377280
mckinnon_a: sorry to post spoilers but I can’t get over the fact they made Jon Snow a woman in the new season, this show’s gone downhill so fast
SBSexuality: Tens of thousands march through the streets of Seoul for South Korean Pride | bit.ly/2t5L5rw pic.twitter.com/GrWSp9nETi
https://twitter.com/sbsexuality/status/886753183065817088
Dan nice one haha
Dan
Yep a good one. 🙂
Dan:
I think the general consensus is that you won the best line.
How long before we extend it to to Cybermen from Mondas played by Cybermen from Mondas?
An excellent article on why the RWNJs in the Liberal Party (particularly the small government free marketeers) should not call themselves conservatives.
https://johnmenadue.com/allan-patience-the-failure-of-australian-conservatism/
IOM
They can’t just use Cybers. There would be panic over all these Cyber attacks we read about including from the PM.
Honestly I think Turnbull had to resort to soldiers as props. At the rate it was going continuing the escalating flag count thing would result in them needing to commandeer every flag inside our borders by Christmas.
Guytaur
“Not main franchise. Just as Sarah Jane Smith having a spin off not the main franchise.”
Captain Jack Harkness was bisexual in Dr Who. His spinoff (Torchwood) took rainbow sexuality to a whole new level – especially the last season of Torchwood (‘Miracle Day’). I like to think of myself as open-minded, but I found the gay sex scenes a bit too much.
Kakaru
An indication of your problem with gay people. There were no real gay sex scenes on Dr Who. Just watch a few episodes of class where they show them having sex in bed. Thats a sex scene.
You are confusing visibility with a sex scene.
Sorry Class
FWIW, part of an email from my rooftop PV supplier:
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The record-breaking uptake of 475MW solar power during the first half of this year is evidence of this growing trend.
One-in-four Australian homes now has rooftop solar. In Queensland and South Australia uptake has been even higher with 31% of homes coming on board.
There was a total of 5.7GW of rooftop Pv installed on 1.7 million households and businesses as at the end of May, capping off a record first five months of installations in any year in Australia’s history.
“An indication of your problem with gay people. There were no real gay sex scenes on Dr Who. Just watch a few episodes of class where they show them having sex in bed. Thats a sex scene.”
Nah Guytaur, I was referring to Torchwood. Not Dr Who. Have you seen Torchwood season 4? There is “real gay sex scenes”. Watch it first, then get back to me.
Kakaru
Sorry I don’t remember that. However if like Class I can see why. However no more uncomfortable than sex scenes in movies and tv for heterosexuals are for gay people.
You don’t see an erect penis.
guytaur @ #130 Monday, July 17, 2017 at 11:27 am
William may be able to help us with the obvious question.
Are them there folks with erect penis’sssss more likely to vote labor, liberal, phon or for the bouncer at the boozer of your choice ❓
KJ
😆
Here is another good one
TheShovel: Australian Head Of State Forced To Resign After British Citizenship Revealed theshovel.com.au/2017/07/16/aus…
#auspol pic.twitter.com/hgcgqyvu5V
https://twitter.com/theshovel/status/886509691974557697
COBrienBris: #qldpol preferences: Lab won’t deal with One Nation, LNP won’t deal with ON, ON won’t deal with either. So that’s that. @abcnews
guytaur
#132 Monday, July 17, 2017 at 11:32 am
KJ
Here is another good one
TheShovel: Australian Head Of State Forced To Resign After British Citizenship Revealed theshovel.com.au/2017/07/16/aus…
#auspol pic.twitter.com/hgcgqyvu5V
https://twitter.com/theshovel/status/886509691974557697
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I love it. Thanks.
LIz was such a gorgeous girl way back then – 1953. Ah, yes, I remember it well.
☕ for me and then back to changing oil in lawn mowers.
kakuru @ #128 Monday, July 17th, 2017 – 11:25 am
Unsure why that would be significant? Have you seen The Watchmen? There’s a flaccid blue cock on screen for significant portions of that movie.
lizzie @ #104 Monday, July 17, 2017 at 10:48 am
Regardless of whatever comes out of the required inquiry there can be no doubt that police must be continually on edge in justifiably assuming that all people they encounter my quite likely be carrying a gun.
The American condition!
Typical MSM, riddled with errors. This is just another sensationalist media beat up.
“The most senior figure in the Australian governmental system has been forced to stand aside after it was found she holds a British passport.”
Our head of state does NOT have a British passport
https://www.royal.uk/passports
BK
The fact that they had their cameras turned off is not a plus for the police.
Marles presser
maxuthink: ok who invited this guy pic.twitter.com/QNr8h8rGh6
erect penis
William….WILLIAM
jasonballau: Blues fans, check out @PRIDECARLTON, your newly formed LGBTI-inclusive fan group for @CarltonFC
BevanShields: Labor’s Richard Marles: ‘I think the Australian people can well see a prop when it is presented. They can sniff it from a mile away’ #auspol pic.twitter.com/eOxXyfWNL8
https://twitter.com/bevanshields/status/886766516422574081
HRC: It’s Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Let’s fight against stigma and remember it’s #NotACharacterFlaw
hrc.org/blog/minority-…
https://twitter.com/hrc/status/886661729115090946
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajph.12349/full
I thought the chatter this morning about deploying the army to the streets was just hyperbole, but that is absolutely ridiculous. WTF?
ACOSS: SPREAD the WORD: We’re offering bursaries for people wanting to attend our annual conference. Visit acossevents.org.au/bursaries-subs… … @VCOSS pic.twitter.com/r7kWIqSh0L
https://twitter.com/acoss/status/886771485938860032
Fess
Yep. Good memes happening on twitter.
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My last post for today as I see I have posted a lot today and also need a break ciao
That’s a load of bollocks on preferences in Queensland, unless they end up not handing out full HTV cards (unlikely), due to CPV all parties have to rank all other parties and there’s no way that mutual advantage won’t be considered.