The latest Newspoll result from The Australian has Labor’s two-party lead unchanged from a fortnight ago at 51-49, with both major parties down a point on the primary vote – to 38% in the Coalition’s case and 36% in Labor’s – with both the Greens and One Nation up a point, to 10% and 7% respectively. On personal ratings, Malcolm Turnbull is down one on approval to 41% and up one on disapproval to 49%, Bill Shorten unchanged at 32% and down one to 56%, and Turnbull’s lead as preferred prime minister is out from 46-31 to 48-29. The poll was conducted Thursday to Sunday from an as yet unreported sample size that would have been between 1600 and 1700.
UPDATE: The sample was 1644. Respondents were also asked if they approved or disapproved of the fact that the government has granted residency to less than 165,000 new migrants this year, compared with a cap of 190,000. Seventy-two per cent did so, compared with 23% who disapproved.
Who. First in.
Looks like Kill Bill has achieved all it’s likely to. To whit, not much.
Yes they try every day “kill Bill” “Kill Bill” then “Kill Bill” again, when are they going to learn, it’s not working for them
Sorry guys but it’s 51/49 to our great LNP
France 2 Croatia 1 at half time.
#WorldCupOnPB
France 3 now
France 4
France beats Croatia, who had some unlucky breaks.
BREAKING NEWS:
Donald Trump has advised Croatia to sue France.
Wimbledon is on, the World Cup is on and the liberal gazette goes with Bill’s secret vow!
As many goals in final as last four finals combined
Ch 7 Sunrise on Newspoll
“Turnbull extends lead over Shorten”.
It’s the only new news in this poll for the click baiting commercial news outlets.
“Sorry guys but it’s 51/49 to our great LNP”
Could you please tell Brian that, and advise him that the time is right for a snap election?
Consecutive negative Newspoll N.36 for Turnbull…. and counting.
He really wants to lose the next election on a high: “But I broke the record of negative Newspolls!!…. Don’t I deserve some sort of medal, or something?”
Royal family ‘snubbed’ Trump and Melania during UK visit: They ‘simply refused to attend’
According to the Sunday Times, members of the royal family, including Prince Charles and Prince William, refused to meet with President Donald Trump and his wife Melania during their stop-over in London.
The report states that the family left it to Queen Elizabeth II to meet and greet the American president while everyone else avoided Trump who is highly unpopular in the United Kingdom.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/royal-family-snubbed-trump-melania-uk-visit-simply-refused-attend/
Head of European Union blasts Trump and accuses him of spreading ‘Fake News’
Literally minutes after CBS aired an interview in which President Donald Trump declared the European Union to be among America’s greatest enemies, the head of the EU struck back.
European Council President Donald Tusk (photo, left) took to Twitter, and in an elegant mocking of Trump’s favorite phrase, declared, “America and the EU are best friends. Whoever says we are foes is spreading fake news.” The European Council represents the European Union.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/head-european-union-blasts-trump-accuses-spreading-fake-news/
One BIG lesson from the winner of the World Cup to their country France, to Europe … and to the rest of the World: Ethnic and Racial diversity are…. a WINNER!
phoenixRED:
We are all impatiently waiting for special counsel Robert Mueller to complete his investigation, a nice little impeachment is coming for the buffoon in the White House, unless he resigns…. The cherry on the cake is going to be a trashing of the GOP at the mid-term Congress election.
Headless…. and powerless… the GOP will be sliding into oblivion heading to the next Presidential election. There is only one question: Will the Democrats finally seize the opportunity to put forward a strong Social Democratic program that is credible and that can withstand the attack of the conservative propaganda machine?…. and win the battle for both Congress and the Presidency?
…. Stay tuned.
“Ch 7 Sunrise on Newspoll
“Turnbull extends lead over Shorten”.”….
….. Did they also explain why this “wonderful leader” is leading his party to defeat?… Whereas the alleged “oh so hated Shorten” is leading his party to victory?
Sam Dastayari May be getting a good opportunity to settle some old scores..
“Ex-Labor senator Sam Dastyari has brushed off suggestions he might be planning a return to politics. Which, from what we hear, is certainly accurate.
His media career on the other hand – which already includes regular spots with Kyle and Jackie O’s KISS FM show – shows signs of taking off.
And no, Dastyari does not have a new political talk show on Sky News. This is far more interesting.
Channel Ten didn’t confirm it, but we have good cause to believe it has commissioned a pilot episode of a show with Dastyari appearing alongside Roxy Jacenko, the Instagram-savvy Sydney PR queen and wife of convicted insider trader Oliver Curtis.
Both have had their share of controversy and it doesn’t particularly seem to faze either of them. So the show will appropriately have the two of them discussing the week’s major scandals. Which, to be honest, we’d certainly watch.
Though the commissioning of a pilot doesn’t mean a full show is going ahead. New Ten owner CBS last year announced it would take a leaf out of US television in introducing a pilot week, where shows can be tested in front of a station’s regular audience before any firm programming decision about a full season is taken. The first one, of which Dastyari’s show will be a part, is airing next month.
“https://www.afr.com/brand/rear-window/dastyari-jacenko-to-star-in-tens-first-pilot-week-20180715-h12p5a
phoenixRED @ #14 Monday, July 16th, 2018 – 4:38 am
But but but Trump said that people in the UK love him!!
The SmearStralian is in full KillBill mode today, with the 3 lead items
– Shorten prepares for another policy flip
– PM extends lead over Shorten
– Albo kicks Shorten where it hurts
So Bill we not be lacking in name recognition amongst the old white men who make up the Smear’s readership.
Sprocket ~ @ #21 Monday, July 16th, 2018 – 7:08 am
The Mordorcs are the apocrine sweat glands of the GReady Arseholes and Spivs Party. Turnbull, Abbott, Dutton, Morrison, Bishop(s), Cash, Hunt, Canavan etc. are the bacterial colonisers who make the sweat stink.
First images emerge of Trump/Putin meeting..
Yep. Plain as day……..
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Among latest outrageous things Trump said… (See a pattern?) Donald Trump calls EU a ‘foe’ before arriving in Finland for Putin summit
Trump calls EU a ‘foe’ before arriving in Finland for Putin summit
smh.com.au
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So on the one hand we have indictments against the Russian military. On the other we have a @PutinRF fluffer @POTUS who believes the EU is our biggest enemy. Russia’s military attack on America was an act of war. With this messaging Trump is knowingly committing treason.
Barnaby a “writer” now?
What? Newspill couldnt wangle a 50/50 for the Oz henchmens war effort?
lizzie @ #25 Monday, July 16th, 2018 – 7:44 am
The standard you walk past….
Benson has a cushy job at Murdoch’s Oz. For every Newspoll, he only needs to do a cut and paste of what he wrote previously.
I looked at the Oz headline before reading the Newspoll results on PB. “PM extends lead over Shorten” obviously meant that Labor was ahead in the 2PP tally.
Wayne @ #3 Monday, July 16th, 2018 – 1:34 am
I thought they taught you how to count in kindergarten?
Good morning Dawn Patrollers
Jess Irvine is of the opinion that the brake on Australia’s addiction to property has come just in time. She makes some good points in this.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/brake-on-australia-s-addiction-to-property-has-come-just-in-time-20180715-p4zrk2.html
Ross Gittins rains on Canavan’s parade by explain why digging up a lot more coal won’t bring more jobs.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/digging-up-a-lot-more-coal-won-t-bring-more-jobs-20180715-p4zrlp.html
Greg Jericho rips into the government by saying it’s much easier to boast about being good at budget management when the income does all the heavy lifting. He tells us about what the rivers of money are hiding.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2018/jul/15/rivers-of-revenue-hide-all-manner-of-budgetary-sins
Michael Pascoe on the dubious achievements of outgoing Treasury boss, John Fraser. Trickle down economics is now well entrenched in Treasury he says.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/money/finance-news/2018/07/15/john-fraser-treasury-secretary/
On the eve of his meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump has rattled allies once more by labelling the European Union a “foe” with regard to trade.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/trump-calls-eu-a-foe-before-arriving-in-finland-for-putin-summit-20180716-p4zroi.html
And dumb-ass Trump said he hadn’t thought of pressing Putin on extraditing 12 Russian officials charged with hacking Democratic emails.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/i-hadn-t-thought-of-asking-putin-to-hand-over-russian-agents-trump-20180716-p4zrog.html
Paul Waldman writes that personal relationships between leaders can be important in foreign relations. Trump seems to believe those relations are almost purely about personal chemistry
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/for-trump-it-s-always-personal-20180715-p4zrmx.html
Australia’s banks are scrambling to plug a growing funding gap as super funds move more money offshore while indebted households draw on their savings.
https://outline.com/UzFhRm
Serious concerns have been raised by doctors and security experts about the federal government’s My Health Record system that will create a shared digital medical record for every Australian unless they opt-out in a three-month period starting today.
https://www.smh.com.au/technology/breach-inevitable-in-digital-health-records-20180715-p4zrmb.html
Peter Dutton says a recent drop in the number of migrants settling permanently in Australia will be positive for the economy, contradicting Scott Morrison’s arguments that lower immigration levels cost the budget.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jul/15/peter-dutton-contradicts-morrison-and-says-migrant-cut-positive-for-the-economy
And Michelle Grattan tells us how Government senator Dean Smith is urging annational debate about population.
https://theconversation.com/government-senator-dean-smith-urges-national-debate-about-population-100002
Nicole Hasham reports that more than $22 million in taxpayer funds will be paid directly to a private foundation hand-picked by the Turnbull government to dispense Australia’s largest single Great Barrier Reef funding package, raising fresh questions over the controversial deal.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/cherry-picked-charity-to-pocket-at-least-22-5-million-in-taxpayer-funding-for-reef-20180715-p4zrne.html
A new report finds workers, creditors and governments billions of dollars worse off as government intensifies it crackdown on dodgy company directors.
https://outline.com/DDLLdY
Urban Wronski asks, “Who’s the real baby, Trump or Turnbull?”
https://urbanwronski.com/2018/07/16/whos-the-real-baby-trump-or-turnbull/
Gladys Berejiklian is upping the pressure on disgraced Liberal MP Daryl Maguire to quit as the member for Wagga Wagga, signalling she is willing to endure a byelection ahead of the state poll next March.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/premier-pressures-disgraced-liberal-mp-to-quit-his-wagga-wagga-seat-20180715-p4zrn7.html
Nassim Khadem explains wow the ATO is going after multinationals that abuse IP arrangements.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/as-multinationals-gear-up-to-fight-ato-it-turns-focus-on-abuse-of-ip-20180715-p4zrkk.html
Kevin Rudd scorns News Corp these days, but that wasn’t always the case, writes former ABC reporter Jeffrey Waters.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/the-curious-case-of-kevin-rudd-newscorp-and-the-contract,11694
Josh Dye reports on how the federal government has unveiled a new system that will allow consumers to compare private health insurance policies across the industry. The new classification aims to add transparency to a sector with 70,000 policies, giving them a rating of gold, silver, bronze or basic. Gold would signal the highest level of cover.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/new-ranking-system-to-help-public-compare-health-insurance-cover-20180715-p4zrml.html
Victoria Police has been charged with several bullying-related offences in an unprecedented step by WorkSafe. The charges come amid allegations the force did not provide a safe work environment at a station in Melbourne’s south-east.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/victoria-police-charged-with-bullying-20180715-p4zrn6.html
Australia has adopted a “golden rule” that means even as artificial intelligence is used increasingly in border security, any adverse decision such as a visa rejection will be made by a human being so that people are never knocked back by a machine.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/top-official-s-golden-rule-in-border-protection-computer-won-t-ever-say-no-20180712-p4zr3i.html
A petition calling on state and territory ministers to change Australian gun laws after two teenagers were murdered by their father, John Edwards, in West Pennant Hills, has garnered almost 10,000 signatures.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/pressure-grows-for-tighter-controls-on-handguns-20180715-p4zrl4.html
The key document that sparked AMP to commission Clayton Utz last year to investigate its “fees for no service” scandal was already in the sights of the corporate regulator before the consultancy’s report was ever completed and handed to the AMP board.
https://outline.com/YHP9M4
Michael Idato reports on Sasha Baron Cowan’s new series on America and says that vainglorious legislators and smarmy political lobbyists are easy marks. Even as the audience beggars disbelief these interviews are not only still going but worsening moment by moment, the subjects are nailing themselves into figurative coffins with the sheer force of their own ignorance.
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/sacha-baron-cohen-s-who-is-america-proves-satire-is-not-dead-20180715-p4zrm2.html
The SMH editorial is delighted with the work of scientists and the international collaboration it fosters.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/cosmos-yields-another-secret-20180715-p4zrnd.html
Netflix has been so successful in foreign markets that governments around the world are now looking at measures to rein it in, with the aim (misguided or not) of protecting their local creative communities. – and Australia is no exception.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/australia-s-quota-debate-could-signal-the-next-challenge-for-netflix-20180713-p4zra9.html
Josh Frydenberg has issued a warning to the federal government’s retail energy company owned by Snowy Hydro after it was fined twice last year by the competition watchdog for misleading consumers on discounted pricing plans.
https://outline.com/ETEbUq
Jane Gilmore is pleased Serena did it for mums, but asks who will do it for workplaces?
https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/i-m-glad-serena-did-it-for-mums-but-who-will-do-it-for-workplaces-20180715-p4zro1.html
Law student Jasmin Poole opines that young women are turning off a career in politics, but we can fix this.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/young-women-are-turning-off-a-career-in-politics-but-we-can-fix-this-20180711-p4zqw5.html
Peter Hannam tells us that days of severe pollution in Australia’s biggest cities will worsen in coming decades as a warming climate triggers more intense temperature inversion events, exacerbating health issues, according to new research.
https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/climate-change-to-worsen-urban-air-quality-lifting-death-toll-20180713-p4zrf1.html
Products marketed by supermarket giant Aldi using the term “naturals” don’t need to be made of mostly natural ingredients if the word is less prominent on the packaging and sold in a discount bin, the Federal Court has ruled.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/this-is-aldi-products-marked-natural-can-be-mostly-artificial-says-court-20180715-p4zrli.html
Cartoon Corner
David Rowe does Canavan over!
As does Jon Kudelka.
https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/72d191e9916a8d37ac2af9f204289da8
Pat Campbell on the trade war.
John Shakespeare’s Team of the Century.
Hugh Brown
“To whit, not much…”
To whit Labor should be leading 56 – 44…at least.
Rhwombat
The CPG with Joyce are, like Skunkhour say, Up to their necks in it.
https://youtu.be/8FEuPf4APCc
How can theOz get away with lying?
‘shortens secret move to cap health’ or something like that.
We just might see a bit more of Albo in the coming weeks. Out there prosecuting ALP policy, of course and setting out his vision- which also of course , reflects Bills positions and vision.
Simon² Katich® @ #32 Monday, July 16th, 2018 – 7:58 am
Um, that’s dave, SK. 😉
Alpo;
I would love to see some actual Social Democrats emerge in the US, but its the democratic party that has been preventing that from happening (eg bernie), nothing to do with GOP.
Mueller has his head in the clouds, he has created allegations that fit a convenient narrative, his new allegations contradicts what is already known. The Russia links are all based on an assumption that the DNC was hacked, that it wasnt an internal leak. There is strong evidence IMO that it was a leak, not a hack, and the whole Russia thing was just created as a scapegoat to protect Hillary’s ego, it just got a bit out of hand.
Here is some info if your interested.
https://disobedientmedia.com/2018/07/muellers-latest-indictment-ignores-evidence-in-the-public-domain/
bug1,
I would love to see some actual Social Democrats emerge in the US, but its the democratic party that has been preventing that from happening (eg bernie), nothing to do with GOP.
Is that so?
https://ballotpedia.org/New_York%27s_14th_Congressional_District_election_(June_26,_2018_Democratic_primary)
Al Pal
Why would Albo doing that?
Pretty stupid move on his part.
Any chance to distable the ALP while they still in the leed is stupid.
Most likely Murdoch is trying to disable the Labor Party.
C@t, is the image on the Skunkhour link daves Gravatar?
Interesting. Maybe Dave is a funk rock bass player?
“We just might see a bit more of Albo in the coming weeks. Out there prosecuting ALP policy, of course and setting out his vision- which also of course , reflects Bills positions and vision.”
Which is no more than he, and basically every other front bencher for that matter, has being doing since October 2013. The only difference being that now the CPG and LNP are banging a hollow log over “Albo for Leader” because they have collectively decided to open a new front on their endless “KillBill” war.
If (when) this doesn’t work, expect a similiar “Bowen for leader”, and/or “Burke for Leader” campaign of distraction.
C@tmomma, yea that is a very good sign, but not sure its going to change the balance of power by itself, time will tell.
Interesting. Maybe Dave is a funk rock bass player?
Something we can all aspire to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Vt65NzOQg
How government inaction fuelled Australia’s renewable energy boom.
A good article on how consumers and the liberals have driven the renewable energy industry. and are keeping a lid on prices.
Renewable energy may be the cheapest way to produce electricity but, because of its intermittent nature, it requires back-up. Gas turbines, which unlike coal generators can be quickly turned off and on, are ideal. the key factor behind soaring energy prices: gas.
Last year, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull intervened, threatening gas exporters with harsh export restrictions if they continued to drain the domestic market of supplies. The threat seems to have worked. Prices have moderated and the big exporters have pumped gas back into the domestic market.
John Howard introduced the Renewable Energy Target as Prime Minister, Tony Abbott signed the Paris Climate Accord while, a few years earlier, Malcolm Turnbull was rolled as Coalition leader for advocating the introduction of a carbon price.
It is a similar story on policy. Under Mr Abbott, the carbon tax, which was about to revert to a flexible pricing mechanism, was abolished. It was replaced by a $2.3 billion subsidy, called the Emissions Reduction Fund.
Rightly no mention of the labor governments of SA, Qld, Vic and ACT renewable targets fueling demand and the current upswing in wind energy. It was all consumer led, people power demanding wind. It was the liberals leading the RET with labor delaying the Abbott target.
The liberals doing all the hard work the RET, the climate accord, the ERF and Turnbulls carbon price which was different to labors carbon tax.
This is why we need an independent ABC and why it is so trusted to counter the propaganda that the liberals are not interested in renewables and that it is labor leading the push.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-16/how-government-inaction-fuelled-the-renewables-boom/9996458
Verrender is a good writer who writes well researched, unbiased prescient articles.
Oh I see Barnaby Joyce is continuing his national Leave Me Alone tour at the Canberra Writers Festival.
We will see him in a ruby red dress next lizzie.
Japans population is declining fastest rate yet:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/12/national/japan-population-declines-fastest-pace-yet-125-2-million-government/
Andrew_Earlwood @ #40 Monday, July 16th, 2018 – 8:25 am
But never Plibersek for leader, because, because…because (Pauses. Screws up face. Goes orange. Cries.) Look What Happened With That Bloody Gillard Woman!
Skunkhour links in the morning.
Very approve
Thanks BK for today’s offerings
The piece by Jess Irvine and the property bubble is spot on.
As soon as the crooked banks indicated that they would be tightening lending, there was a substantial drop in auction results and price of housing.
How unsurprising
It was a real red flag to me at the time.
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Extraordinary.
Wikileaks is “organisation 1” in Mueller’s indictments. This is in just one month..
Aaron Rupar
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Wow – MSNBC put together video of every single time Trump mentioned @wikileaks during final month of the 2016 campaign.
Trump mentioned stolen emails published by WikiLeaks at least 164 times in Oct. 16, but later claimed it didn’t impact a single vote (link: https://thinkprogress.org/trump-mentioned-wikileaks-164-times-in-last-month-of-election-now-claims-it-didnt-impact-one-40aa62ea5002/) thinkprogress.org/trump-mentione…
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