The Guardian reports the latest fortnightly Essential Research poll has Labor’s lead unchanged at 53-47 – as usual, we must await the full report to see the primary votes. Other findings: Scott Morrison is credited with a 35% to 28% edge over Malcolm Turnbull, which he appears to owe to Coalition supporters falling in behind the incumbent; only 20% believe the leadership change has “refreshed” the government, with 59% saying it hasn’t; 26% support moving the embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, with 32% opposed; 56% say Australia is not doing enough to address climate change, with 23% saying it is; 63% express belief in anthropogenic climate change, compared with 25% favouring the alternative response attributing climate change to normal fluctuation. UPDATE: Full report here. No change whatsoever on the primary vote, with the Coalition on 38%, Labor on 37%, the Greens on 10% and One Nation on 7%.
Also:
• The Australian has published one of the occasional sets of Newspoll breakdowns by state, gender, age and metropolitan-versus-regions, aggregated from multiple poll results over a period usually consisting of three months. This time though, the July-September quarter suffered the interruption of the leadership coup in late August. So results from the last three polls under Malcolm Turnbull were published shortly after the coup, and now the first four polls under Scott Morrison have been aggregated, with one more set presumably to follow at the end of the year. The two-party results show the Coalition doing three points worse than the late Turnbull period in New South Wales and Victoria, where Labor respectively leads by 54-46 and 57-43; four points worse in Queensland and Western Australia, both of which have Labor leading 54-46; and fully nine points worse in South Australia, where the Coalition led 51-49 last time, and Labor now leads 58-42. The Labor primary vote in South Australia is up fully 12%, from 28% from 40%, with “others” as well as the Coalition well down, perhaps reflecting the decline of Xenophonism. However, it should be noted the sample in the case of South Australia was only 478.
• New Matilda has results of a uComms/ReachTEL poll for GetUp! from Tony Abbott’s electorate of Warringah, although it may be showing its age, having been conducted on September 13. The poll credits Abbott with a two-party lead of 54-46 over Labor, a swing of 7% – though in fact it was the Greens who made the final count in 2016, with a final two-party result much the same as it would have been against Labor. Perhaps more to the point, 52.6% of respondents said they would consider voting for an independent, although it was only 21.7% among Liberal voters. After allocating results from a forced response follow-up for the initially undecided, the primary votes were Liberal 41.7%, Labor 25.3%, Greens 12.7% and One Nation 4.4%. The kicker for Abbott is that 46.3% of respondents rated his performance very poor, and 10.3% the ordinary kind of poor, compared with 23.8% for very good and 10.4% for good, with a tellingly few 9.3% opting for average. The sample for the poll was 854.
• Counting in Wentworth continues, and will do so in steadily diminishing form until the end of next week. You can follow the action on the ongoing live count thread. For what it’s worth, Andrew Tillett of the Australian Financial Review quotes a Liberal source clinging to the hope that late postal votes arriving from Israel might yet yield a surprise. I had a fairly extensive look at the excitement that unfolded on Saturday and Sunday in a paywalled article in Crikey yesterday.
The challenge for Shorten will be how to manage a very large back bench.
Idle hands etc.
Cant find the gender/age breakdowns, but found this image of state breakdown
https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/5af1e666e5a089eb7cc71847260a7fe2
“a Liberal source clinging to the hope that late postal votes arriving from Israel might yet yield a surprise. “….
Yeah, I would be worried about a “surprise” too from those votes, so I urge the electoral commission to scrutinise them very, very closely!!!…. The ALP and Greens should also take action to scrutinise those votes and make sure that all is correct (Phelps may lack the resources to do so).
Good Morning
A sign that Democrat Blue Wave just may be real
https://www.chron.com/news/politics/texas/article/Shocking-turnout-for-first-day-of-early-voting-in-13326201.php
States are restless.
https://twitter.com/ghostwhovotes/status/1054338457626005504?s=21
“The challenge for Shorten will be how to manage a very large back bench.
Idle hands etc.”….
Idle hands?…. Backbenchers are still required to be up to date on all the policies being discussed and be able to inform their electorate accordingly. More importantly, they have the duty (and the time) to stay in close touch with their constituents and make themselves useful to them, alongside bringing the community feedback to the caucus to improve policies.
Politician is a full-time job!
ML
What a nice problem for Mr Shorten to have if those results are the same at election time 🙂
“States are restless.”…
Yeah, great voters’ remorse in SA…. What the hell were the morons thinking when they voted the great Jay Weatherill out?
I don’t mind giving ALP governments who have “lost their way” the boot, but sacking one of the most progressive and innovative state governments for no real reason is stupidity beyond the pale.
@lenoretaylor tweets
Labor says it’s prepared to strike deal with Coalition to get children off Nauru https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/23/labor-says-its-prepared-to-strike-deal-with-coalition-to-get-children-off-nauru?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Surely Scotty and the Liberal Buffoon Trust couldn’t be so stupid? Yes they could – a free kick in front of the posts for Labor…
“THE Coalition is considering demanding a full recount in the Wentworth by-election if the margin tightens — a move the government hopes could delay independent frontrunner Kerryn Phelps’ entry to Parliament.
As counting continued yesterday more errors were picked up at a number of booths and prepoll centres following fresh scrutiny on Sunday, which found two significant mistakes at Bellevue Hills and Bondi Beach. By 6.30pm yesterday Liberal Dave Sharma trailed Dr Phelps by 1649 votes.
No new postal votes were counted yesterday but almost 900 were received which were expected to favour Mr Sharma.
About 60 per cent of the total 12,788 postal votes handed out have now been returned. Typically about 70 per cent come back.
The Daily Telegraph understands that given the errors picked up during checks the government would strongly push for a total recount if the margin tightens to within a few hundred.
After this week the House of Representatives only sits for two more weeks and a recount would make it difficult for the new Wentworth MP to be sworn in during that period. But the tactic was not foolproof, with the AEC having denied requests to recount close seats in the past.”
Good morning Dawn Patrollers
Katharine Murphy gives us the rundown on the latest Essential poll that came in at an unchanged 53/47.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/22/most-voters-believe-morrison-has-failed-to-transform-coalition-guardian-essential-poll
Simon Benson analyses the terrible looking Newspoll state by state aggregations.
https://outline.com/LVDmNY
While Dennis Shanahan reckons the Coalition is staring at a generation al wipe out.
https://www.outline.com/Gk664C
In a good performance on Q and A last night Kerryn Phelps said she won’t be a wrecker in Parliament.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/kerryn-phelps-says-she-won-t-be-a-wrecker-in-parliament-20181023-p50baa.html
Jacqui Maley tells us about the impact of Julia Gillard’s appearance at the apology.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/of-all-the-politicians-julia-gillard-was-the-only-one-survivors-really-wanted-20181022-p50b8z.html
And she explains why, for good reason, QT was cancelled yesterday.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/parliament-house-stopped-but-for-a-good-reason-for-once-20181022-p50b94.html
Her harrowing family story made Prime Minister Scott Morrison cry live on TV across the nation. But for leading child abuse advocate Chrissie Foster, tears are not enough. It’s not over yet.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2018/10/22/advocate-chrissie-foster-speech/
Tony Wright muses over the consequences of a Morrison minority government.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/we-now-have-a-minority-government-what-does-that-mean-20181022-p50b62.html
Paul Bongiorno writes that Scott Morrison’s ability to recover from the body blow that was the Wentworth by-election will depend as much on his own fractious party and Coalition as it will on anything else.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2018/10/22/scott-morrison-recovery/
The Wentworth by-election was not just a resounding loss for the Coalition but also the clearest message yet that the people have had enough of party politics.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/wentworth-the-australian-spring-of-democracy,12021
Phil Coorey reports that Liberal moderates fretting over the Coalition’s lack of climate change policy are set to demand Scott Morrison revitalise the ailing direct action policy with a $1 billion injection into the Emissions Reduction Fund.
https://www.outline.com/TDqVuP
People are utterly fed up with Canberra and are starting to take back their Government and choosing to be “represented”, writes Noely Neate.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/voters-are-fed-up-with-tone-deaf-morrison-government,12019
In an op-ed Tony Windsor tells us that Morrison is going to need people skills to govern after Wentworth. He says that it won’t be the crossbench that will give him grief. Rather it will come from inside his own side.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2018/oct/22/scott-morrison-is-going-to-need-people-skills-to-govern-after-wentworth
The federal government’s top energy adviser Kerry Schott says the plunging cost of renewables will force Australia’s remaining coal plants to close even earlier than planned, as mining giant BHP renewed calls for a price on carbon to urgently slash national emissions.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/business/the-economy/coal-s-days-are-numbered-top-government-adviser-says-20181022-p50b50.html
Here’s John Passant’s take on the Wentworth wipe out.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/the-wentworth-wipeout,12020
Kerryn Phelps’ victory in Wentworth is good for Australian democracy, writes Ben Eltham.
https://newmatilda.com/2018/10/22/australia-real-winner-wentworth-election-ben-eltham/
Peter Hatcher gives Rudd and his book a serve.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/fallen-pms-always-blame-the-media-never-look-in-the-mirror-20181022-p50b6r.html
This is interesting. The Senate president says some past police raids on politicians’ offices were “improper” and may have breached parliamentary privilege. Liberal senator Scott Ryan, who presides over the upper house, also said his government’s telecommunications-snooping laws fail to protect parliamentarians adequately from intrusion.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/politics/federal/senate-president-concerned-by-improper-police-raids-and-bugging-20181022-p50b4i.html
David Crowe tells us that Australians will be promised new laws to slash up to $832 from their annual electricity bills in another federal government move to toughen rules for big energy companies and demonstrate action on household costs.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/government-s-default-energy-price-to-save-consumers-up-to-832-a-year-20181022-p50b9s.html
Latika Bourke reports that a NSW MP has urged Scott Morrison to call an early election and get “smashed” at the polls in order to save bigger losses at the state level.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/go-to-an-early-election-get-smashed-nsw-liberal-s-advice-to-morrison-20181023-p50bab.html
Wroe and Koziol report that at Estimates last senior bureaucrats revealed that all refugee children waiting for high-level medical treatment have been transferred off Nauru after 11 kids were flown to Australia last night.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/worrying-red-flags-eleven-refugee-children-flown-from-nauru-to-australia-20181022-p50ba6.html
Joanne McCarthy says the situation on Nauru was the elephant in the room at the national abuse apology.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/joanne-mccarthy-the-situation-on-nauru-was-the-elephant-in-the-room-at-the-national-abuse-apology-20181022-p50b8c.html
Stephen Koukoulas shows how the total wealth of Australians has dropped by close to $300 billion since the start of 2018.
https://thekouk.com/item/641-why-australians-have-lost-300-billion-this-year.html
Aged care costs are sure to rise as the needs of those now coming into the system are requiring higher and higher needs.
https://www.outline.com/N9jEBL
Kelly O’Dwyer fires a shot at the unions and Labor as it becomes clear that IR will be a major part of the government’s election campaigning.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/actu-wants-a-return-to-the-dark-days-of-mass-union-militancy-20181022-p50b4e.html
But Sally McManus says Australian workers deserve a fairer go.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/australian-workers-deserve-a-fairer-go-20181022-p50b5r.html
Anna Patty explains why so many low paid workers will be marching.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/it-is-really-difficult-low-earners-tell-why-they-re-marching-20181022-p50b6x.html
Dana McCauley explains how the insists that the rallies should not be considered as industrial action – which may only be undertaken as part of enterprise agreement negotiations – but as political protests, dismissing criticism of its plan to shut down Melbourne as an attack on free speech.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/kelly-o-dwyer-warns-of-industrial-anarchy-ahead-of-union-mega-rally-20181022-p50b7a.html
Mining giant BHP Billiton has renewed calls for a price on carbon to drive emissions reductions in Australia, despite the Morrison government rejecting the need to overhaul climate policies before the next election.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/rallying-cry-mining-giant-bhp-renews-calls-for-carbon-price-20181022-p50b5e.html
In a sobering contribution Greg Jericho says that no matter your age or gender – there is no escaping the underemployment boom. The last of his charts shows a very clear relationship between wages growth and the level of underemployment.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2018/oct/22/no-matter-your-age-or-gender-there-is-no-escaping-the-underemployment-boom
Trump’s decision to withdraw from a nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia has drawn sharp criticism from one of the men who signed it — Mikhail Gorbachev, who called the decision reckless and not the work of “a great mind”.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/not-the-work-of-a-great-mind-gorbachev-slams-trump-s-nuclear-pact-withdrawal-20181022-p50b4g.html
An American academic explains that it’s clearer than ever: the theft and leaking of Democratic emails were key to Clinton’s election defeat.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/22/russia-cyber-theft-trump-us-election-president-clinton
Tony Walker says the political class must be held to account for a lax regime that allows the alcohol industry to exploit a gaping hole in the regulatory framework.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/booze-companies-exploiting-an-advertising-loophole-20181018-p50agq.html
Elizabeth Knight says that despite Virgin’s financial performance now humming along, there remains persistent talk that two of its partner shareholders are looking to offload their stakes.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/virgin-cleared-for-take-off-as-would-be-buyers-look-on-20181022-p50b7b.html
Stephen Bartholomeusz dissects the remarks of Graeme Samuels on how the balance between competition and stability would become a more formal element of the approach to financial regulation.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/size-alone-not-the-reason-the-big-banks-dominate-20181022-p50b45.html
Jenna Price makes a case for shutting sown the White Ribbon organisation.
https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/it-s-time-to-shut-the-white-ribbon-campaign-down-20181021-p50b33.html
ANZ Banking Corp is refusing to pay Australia Post a new $22 million-a-year fee for access to its branches, on the basis it’s unfair by effectively requiring ANZ to subsidise its larger rivals, Commonwealth Bank and Westpac.
https://www.outline.com/p2sHWU
Some of the largest river red gum forests in New South Wales would be opened up for logging if a private members bill from the Nationals’ MP for Murray, Austin Evans, wins support. WTF!
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/22/nationals-mp-pushes-to-allow-logging-of-huge-river-red-gum-forest
Erdoğan is set to reveal the ‘naked truth’ about Khashoggi’s death.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/22/erdogan-to-reveal-naked-truth-about-khashoggis-death
Jewel Topsfield writes that the NSW Environment Minister Gabrielle Upton has been accused of failing to address the state’s waste crisis by providing incentives to divert rubbish from landfill or crackdown on illegal dumping.
https://www.smh.com.au/environment/sustainability/nsw-environment-minister-gabrielle-upton-accused-of-failing-to-tackle-waste-crisis-20181021-p50b15.html
Australia’s largest ‘pay day loan’ company has caved on the first day of a class action lawsuit, coughing up a $16.4 million settlement to settle one part of a case brought by nearly 30,000 Queenslanders, some of whom were illegally charged interest rates that topped 600 per cent per annum.
https://newmatilda.com/2018/10/22/cash-converters-turning-misery-money-maurice-blackburn-came-along/
The Conversation explains how a Senate report recommends an overhaul of My Health Record but the key changes not supported by the Coalition.
https://theconversation.com/report-recommends-overhaul-of-my-health-record-but-key-changes-not-supported-by-coalition-105290
Simon Castle writes about the feeling of standing a special type of alone in a department store.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/in-department-stores-nobody-can-hear-you-scream-20181016-p509xp.html
Michael Clarke should stick to cricket.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/michael-clarke-backed-cryptocurrency-folds-after-asic-comes-knocking-20181022-p50b88.html
Seven councillors sacked when Ipswich City Council was dissolved over a corruption scandal are bracing for a legal battle to show they were unfairly dismissed. This should be fun!
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/state/qld/2018/10/22/sacked-ipswich-councillors-sue-qld-government/
And for today’s nomination for “Arsehole of the Week” we have this charming lady.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/just-do-it-couple-killed-after-being-lured-to-sydney-home-court-told-20181022-p50b9g.html
Cartoon Corner
An evil contribution from David Rowe.
Mark David knows how to hurt Morrison.
Pat Campbell reflects on what a safe seat once was.
Peter Broelman with a postal vote from New York.
And he goes to Fraser Island.
Paul Zanetti and Turnbull’s homecoming.
Glen Le Lievre and the ever present Rudd.
And Sean Leahy has Gillard putting Rudd into perspective.
Johannes Leak on the Wentworth wash up.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/johannes-leak-cartoons/image-gallery/2403b703a84c4deb3bbc4247796b447f
David Pope on the apology.
https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_828/t_resize_width/t_sharpen%2Cq_auto%2Cf_auto/3d4ddd3c6bc58a0762b7ba8a954ddba951577b56
More in here.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/best-of-fairfax-cartoons-october-23-2018-20181022-h16yxy.html
BK, Leak has inherited his father’s hatred and scapegoating of minorities
He will do well under Murdoch
@Newsweek tweets
The “war on drugs” has led to thousands of murders and human rights abuses, a report says http://bit.ly/2CYz4MT https://twitter.com/Newsweek/status/1054467449427542016/photo/1
BK thanks for your news roundup
If Wentworth goes to a recount, it only takes a day and will be done on Nov 2 when the last postal votes will be counted
BK
Thanks! Great cartoons today 🙂
Anyone have the Newspoll quarterly voting intention split by gender?
Good Morning Bludgers 🙂
It looks like, as we head into summer and bushfire season, that Climate Change is the thing on everyone’s minds and the thing the electorate wants addressed by their political leaders. Yesterday!
Sprocket_ @ #12 Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 – 7:16 am
Johannes Leak is a spoilt brat who has been brainwashed by all the Murdoch myrmidons who used to come up here and worship at the feet of his father.
In a few minutes after the news, Andrew Wilke will be interviewed on ABC RN Breakfast about Nauru.
Wow, from the NSW Liberals facing their state election…
The best thing the Fed Libs could do now is deliberately engineer a vote of no confidence in the Reps; go to an early election; get smashed; and stop driving down the vote in NSW and Vic in the lead up to our state elections.
PS this is the near universal view of my colleagues.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/go-to-an-early-election-get-smashed-nsw-liberal-s-advice-to-morrison-20181023-p50bab.html
(Obviously, Morrison could call an election without a no-confidence motion)
Even if relatively few, indeed even if none, of the potential independents win in these safe coalition seats, the impact on the coalition campaign is terrible.
Instead of spending thrupence ha’penny on these safe seats, they will have to spend serious money – by all accounts the Liberals are not over-flowing with the readies.
And there is leadership bandwidth – aside from Morrison, who can come in for support? Bishop (ex leader?); Frydenberg (??); who else would have appeal (???). Compare to resources an ALP candidate could call on, aside from Shorten: Plibersek, Wong, Albanese, Bowen; Burke; Dreyfuss; Clare; probably others…
https://www.afr.com/news/liberal-moderates-on-guard-as-up-to-10-seats-vulnerable-to-progressive-backlash-20181021-h16xj8
Wilkie expects the fed election will be in May 2019.
In defence of us SA voters, we did deliver a swing TO Labor, who were going for a 5th victory…that must be pretty unprecedented.
I was never impressed by “The Killing Season” and lost a lost of respect for the ABC over it (likewise “At Home with Julia”, which was childish). This is Peter Hartcher on Rudd’s book:
https://www.smh.com.au/national/fallen-pms-always-blame-the-media-never-look-in-the-mirror-20181022-p50b6r.html
C@t, were you asking about the Lib Pinochet supporter the other day, here he is giving good advice to the Prime Muppet..
Peter Phelps MLC
@PeterPhelpsMLC
The best thing the Fed Libs could do now is deliberately engineer a vote of no confidence in the Reps; go to an early election; get smashed; and stop driving down the vote in NSW and Vic in the lead up to our state elections. PS this is the near universal view of my colleagues
I’m very glad Essential asked voters whether they thought of the Morrison Coalition Government as a continuation of the Turnbull Coalition Government or as a fresh Government. I am even gladden they see it as a continuation, 59-20. If voters starting seeing these leadership changes in office as actually changing to a fresh Government, it would leave Governments unaccountable for all the crap they did in the early years of their term. This would entrench the tactic of getting the nasties done in years 1 & 2, before the switch to cute & cuddly in year 3.
Sceptic @ #25 Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 – 7:51 am
Thank you Mr Phelps! For the first, and probably last, time in my life I agree with him! Well mostly. Our Gladys in NSW is also driving down the vote. 🙂
Mark ✊
@WorldOfMarkyD
fresh federal #Newspoll .. state by state
Victoria
ALP 57 (+3) Libs/Nats 43 (-3)
New South Wales
ALP 54 (+3) Libs/Nats 46 (-3)
Queensland
ALP 54 (+4) Libs/Nats 46 (-4)
South Aust
ALP 58 (+9) Libs/Nats 42 (-9)
Western Aust
ALP 54 (+4) Libs/Nats 46 (-4)
Are Peter Phelps and Kerryn Phelps related?
swamprat @ #30 Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 – 8:00 am
Yes. And no.
Peter Phelps the Ultra RW politician is not related to Kerryn Phelps.
However, her brother is this guy:
torchbearer @ #23 Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 – 7:47 am
Do it again next election and get rid of Marshall!
Thanks c@t.
There are two unrelated Peter Phelps!!
https://www.michaelwest.com.au/defence-giants-the-valley-of-death-is-really-a-mountain-of-money/
Let’s remember that up until quite recently Dutton was claiming there were no children in detention.
These children also suffer from “institutional abuse”.
Well said Murphy.
Given the reporting this morning it’s clear all Rudd has done is to further diminish himself. Get help Kevin!
The apology to the Stolen Generation by the Kevin Rudd led govt was the one positive thing he did in politics. An historic day.
I wish he could get over his bitterness. It is nothing but destructive and adds nothing to the national debate.
Seriously if the Liberals are claiming that postal votes from Israel will save them in Wentworth then they are badly delusional and grasping at straws that don’t even exist. There are less than 6,000 postal votes outstanding. How many were sent to Israel? I betting it is in hundreds and not the thousands.
This is outrageous when a fake ‘charity’ like the IPA, Indue, Exclusive Brethren have govt funding/tax deductibility. It’s one thing to reduce funding, but a greater crime to demand repayment.
Jared finally speaks (!!) but only to whack the Crown Prince with a limp lettuce leaf.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jared-kushner-declines-to-say-whether-he-believes-saudi-account-of-khashoggis-death/2018/10/22/9e65a9e4-d607-11e8-83a2-d1c3da28d6b6_story.html?utm_term=.52f3efb69e19
I’m sure the Saudis are shaking in their boots.
lizzie,
Was that a decision of the Coalition’s ‘Charity Commission’? The one set up to get GetUp and Greenpeace? If so, they, yet again, have shot the Coalition in the foot by not being able to get the whale but instead catching a much-loved minnow in their net!
‘fess,
Especially when Jared spoke to the Saudis in his squeaky little boy voice! 😀
Can we afford this incompetent Minister?
C@tmomma @ #42 Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 – 5:25 am
He reportedly needed to have a lie down after delivering that and wasn’t seen for the rest of the day. 😀
Bevan Shields
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28m28 minutes ago
Hearing there may be some sort of significant energy announcement today by the government, beyond what’s in today’s papers #auspol
So, is the election going to be a choice between, doing something about Climate Change and believing the Coalition can lower your Energy bills?
C@t
I don’t know any more details. Someone has tweeted that it’s run under Pru Goward.
“New Pathways program for troubled young people faces axe in out-of-home care reform”
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/new-pathways-program-for-troubled-young-people-faces-axe-in-outofhome-care-reform-20170403-gvcn31.html
I had forgotten about the ‘deliberately barren’ comment till I read today’s press. Evil Bastard.
Thanks, lizzie. So a NSW State Coalition decision. By the heartless Pru Goward. One of John Howard’s closest friends. And with an election coming up in March! How politically tin-eared can you get!?! Father Chris Riley is respected by all. And he’s a Coalition voter to boot, iirc!
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A senior Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet official tells estimates that, to his knowledge, there has been no phone call between Scott Morrison and Indonesian President Joko Widodo since the government’s Jerusalem embassy announcement last Tuesday #auspol
This says all you need to know about Morrison.
Good morning all.
Clearly the 9% change in South Australia is over done, but I think the Liberal 2PP figure there was too high to begin with.