The latest Newspoll, courtesy of The Australian, is the fourth in a row to show Labor leading 51-49 on two-party preferred, from primary votes of Coalition 37% (down two), Labor 35% (down one), Greens 10% (steady) and One Nation 9% (up two). Malcolm Turnbull’s previously surging personal ratings have collapsed – he is down six on approval 36% and up seven on disapproval to 55%, and his lead over Bill Shorten as preferred prime minister has narrowed from 48-29 to 44-32. Bill Shorten is steady on 32% approval, and down one on disapproval to 56%.
I think our great government were right to give that $444 millions dollars to the reef
you have to have a strong constitution to listen to Eric drone on and on and …….
“In the #QandA audience tonight: COALITION 28%, ALP 20%, GREENS 7%, UNDECIDED 22%.”
Huh?…. That’s 77%…. 23% missing in action….
The “Silent Majority”?
The “Lost Tribe of Israel”?
“Wayne’s mates”?
“a bunch of voters abducted by aliens”?…..
“I think our great government were right to give that $444 millions dollars to the reef”…
…. Because I can now apply to study the nocturnal sexual behaviour of pelagic zooplankton in full moon…. Surely they will need some help to be able to spend all that money…. there is only so much brandy you can buy and drink until the next election, without ending up in hospital.
bc,
Do you think Shorten will have a single sleepless night worrying about arguing income tax? Trumble is an idiot. That is why he has come up with a tax cut con that not a single voter will see a cent of in their pay packet before they vote and which everyone who isn’t on a promise for a tax cut after the election after the next one will get more money if they vote Labor.
It is the tax policy you design when you want to lose an election on tax policy.
So yes Trumble probably does see it as an achievement.
An Eric Abetz could only survive this long in the Senate.
Just catching up
Boris says:
Monday, August 13, 2018 at 8:27 pm
This cost may be compared with $443.8 million dollars spent in a single day in June, and which is now sitting in term deposits, doing bupkiss.
Earns close to $500,000 in 14 days which is the cost of the feed for 14 days.
Boris that is brilliant – Labor should push that line every day from now till the election!
Even people like me who shop at K-Mart get it.
“It is the tax policy you design when you want to lose an election on tax policy.”….
Oh my, Turnbull is a secret ALP agent implanted at the top of the Liberal party…. in order to destroy it!
Bloody hell….. Shorten is a genius!
Rocket Rocket @ #707 Monday, August 13th, 2018 – 9:50 pm
Reverse engineer it, maybe that’s where the $443.8 million came from, $1,000,000 per month would need…lets see…
Nah Alpo, the credit for Lucien’s stupidity belongs entirely to him.
Why the fuck is Tony Jones defending Trump’s America?
The other thing about the income tax cuts is how can they be justified, after years of being told that Howard and Costello left the budget in structural deficit.
Not watching QandA, but going by the #qanda tweet stream it seems to be about 50% for Cornell West, 50% against Eric Abetz.
bc:
I can see:
. Malcolm breathing on polls
_______________
Yes, but there are no bubbles coming out of Malky’s mouth, so there is no oxygen in the polls!
a r @ #711 Monday, August 13th, 2018 – 8:01 pm
Bill Shorten has questions to answer.
Dan Gulberry @ #714 Monday, August 13th, 2018 – 10:04 pm
The first couple of questions were basically the Eric Abetz show. The next couple, it’s the Cornell West show.
Also, Q&A has been doing this ‘citizen’s panelist’ thing for a few weeks now. Have they had even one from the left of center yet?
John, why do you think they’re on the never never? It’s not a serious policy. It was never intended to be implemented. It was just another Trumble Brainfart to try and get through the budget session. Everyone knows that whatever tax cuts are implemented in 7 years time it won’t be these.
Christ the ‘people’s panelist is such a blonk.
Dan Gulberry @ #714 Monday, August 13th, 2018 – 8:04 pm
We;ve only just heard from the other woman on the panel, some 30mins after the show started.
And the citizen’s person rep? Has there been a compelling person citizen’s rep to date?
“WHO MADE UP $444 MILLION?”….
It’s got a clear hidden symbolism.
4-4-4 was delivered in the 2nd year of this term, the second and last of Turnbull’s terms. Add 2 to each one of the digits and you get:
666…. The number of The Beast!
It’s Turnbull’s message to the Liberal party: I am the Beast and I am going to take all of you to electoral Hell….
…. and he is certainly delivering….
And that attractive Canadian lady is a closeted Trump supporter. What’s the correct process for rage-quitting the TV, again?
Albie trying to capture the moral high ground.
Nick Ross
Verified account @NickRossTech
12m12 minutes ago
Replying to @KKeneally @barriecassidy
@lenoretaylor Well I told Labor that ABC management was manipulating news to help the Libs win the 2013 election (with evidence) and they did nothing. The unions said to keep quiet and when it broke not a single ABC journo mentioned it. There’s some root problems. #auspol
The ‘freedom of speech panelist has made one contribution, ” I’d rather not comment on that.” Or WTTE.
Bigot audience member alert.
Alpo
Which is exactly what dozens of comments on BoltA’s blog,Pies blog and in the GG said when Lucien was LOTO.
That’s a beaut tweet from Nick Ross.
Is this the latest excuse from the no camp: ‘we was bullied into silence!’
will the LNP split I have been hoping for for years happen tomorrow.
Abbott would love to be the bob santamaria of his generation. He may be the only person of his generation to not think santa was a loon. c@#ts of a feather……
if turnbull had any guts he’d demand abbott and his cohort resign from the LNP and head to an election with more moderate candidates.
will the LNP split I have been hoping for for years happen tomorrow.
Abbott would love to be the bob santamaria of his generation. He may be the only person of his generation to not think santa was a loon. c@#ts of a feather……
if turnbull had any guts he’d demand abbott and his cohort resign from the LNP and head to an election with more moderate candidates.
DTT
I watched it. It was pretty fair. AHPRA is pretty weak. They take six months to toss out trivial BS and then don’t do anything to doctors with a terrible track record who ignore them.
Some of those cosmetic surgeons are like the bankers and financial advisors. They don’t care if they are doing something unethical or dangerous or even borderline illegal; they build the risk of getting caught and the size of the punishment into their business model and have decided it’s business as usual.
Lucien Aye will be up late tonight. 9Go is showing Kill Bill: Vol. 1 so Luc will be looking for ideas.
Did anyone see what Uhlmann said on ch 9 about reefgate? He tweeted about it beforehand
Diogenes @ #730 Monday, August 13th, 2018 – 10:24 pm
Yes I has it on in the background but could not watch. Bit squeamish.
I always identify as Ms and I’d bet London to a brick most unmarried women do similar.
DTT
The surgery scenes were pretty gratuitous. They didn’t really add anything except gore factor. They should have done more on clinics that offer finance deals for cosmetic procedures. I think the Medical Board might put a stop to that one day. I’ve heard of people with brain tumours being told they will have to pay $50K or they will die and the clinic will organise the finance.
Citizen’s rep is a total plonker.
You’re too polite Fess
Abetz invokes Saint Bill Leak
Channel 9’s Chris Uhlmann reports on today
https://twitter.com/9NewsQueensland/status/1028917177322070017
Instead of QA I am watching Puppies Make You Laugh.
Better for my stress levels and there is a lot more sense.
Diogenes @ #735 Monday, August 13th, 2018 – 10:34 pm
Such people are the lowest of the low.
Bring back the stocks. I would happily chuck a mouldy tomato at them or a day old used nappy.
Well. If ever there was a Qanda that reinforced the view that it’s the Jerry Springer Show for elites, that would be one of them.
“Citizen’s rep is a total plonker.”
Is QANDA seriously sticking on some random loudmouth on their panel? I didn’t think they could dumb it down any more.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jason-kessler-white-nationalists-leaders-sneak-out-of-their-own-dc-rally
And serendipitously, from the photos I saw, the majority of police escorting their ‘rally’ were African Americans.
Diogenes @ #745 Monday, August 13th, 2018 – 8:54 pm
Yes. And tonight’s offering was more Old (Young) Fogey than Eric Abetz.
DTT
Inside those tomatoes I would hide rocks.
DTT
At the moment there is no law against it but I’ve heard the Medical Board/AHPRA is looking into it.
“will the LNP split I have been hoping for for years happen tomorrow”… Although I also considered that as one possibility at some stage, I now think that Abbott and the Hard Conservatives have definitely got the situation under control (the by-elections were a total disaster for Turnbull).
They are forcing Turnbull into an election asap, but whatever Turnbull decides, the election is inevitable next year anyway. Abbott is reckoning that a strong bashing of the Coalition at the election will tip the balance of power within the Liberal party: fewer Moderates, more relative power to the Hard Conservatives. Hence the H. Conservatives will take over and Abbott will very likely return to his old job as leader of the Coalition in opposition.
So, it will be back to the future for the Coalition…. but not for Labor, hence, unbeknownst to Abbott, the “story won’t be repeated” as he thinks it will….
Watched some of Q&A tonight. As usual, a curate’s egg, good in parts.