The Australian reports Newspoll has closed its 2018 account with another crushing 55-45 lead for Labor, from primary votes of Coalition 35% (up one), Labor 41% (up one), Greens 9% (steady) and One Nation 7% (down one). Scott Morrison edges to net negative territory on his personal ratings, being down one on approval to 42% and up three on disapproval to 45%. Bill Shorten is respectively down one to 36% and up one to 51%. Morrison’s lead as preferred prime minister is 44-36, narrowing from 46-34. The poll was conducted Thursday to Sunday from a sample of 1731.
Newspoll: 55-45 to Labor
No Christmas cheer for the Coalition from the final Newspoll for 2018.
C@tmomma says:
Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 1:59 pm
I really like Mark Dreyfus’ tie!
I like you too Cat!!
Considering the subject matter the joke was a risk probably not worth taking.
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“The Prime Minister needs to explain why he wants to set up a national anti-corruption commission which curiously exempts himself and the current government from any scrutiny by the new anti-corruption commission.” OL @billshortenmp #auspol
Bill Shorten with the money question..
“The Prime Minister needs to explain why he wants to set up a national anti-corruption commission which curiously exempts himself and the current government from any scrutiny by the new anti-corruption commission.” OL @billshortenmp #auspol
Saw this. Sad, but applies to Australia as well given our current populist bullshit politics. Worth a look people.
https://www.facebook.com/aScienceEnthusiast/videos/1087337951437059/?t=32
Cud Chewer @ #2547 Thursday, December 13th, 2018 – 2:00 pm
Kinda sorta. It seems he heavily-edited an appearance by Bill Shorten during the 2016 election to cast him in a very, very poor light using You Tube, then put it up here. Not very prolific though.
Snap Zodi!
Zoidlord @ #2551 Thursday, December 13th, 2018 – 10:03 am
Don’t want to over work it when it’s just been established! 🙂
Morrison’s Anti Corruption Commission will NOT cover criminal misconduct!?!
I am going to restrict my comments to an abstract discussion of the moral and jurisprudential principles underpinning the media suppression regime in this country.
I look forward to Andrew Bolt, Mark Latham, David Leyonheljm and all the Coalition s18c free speech culture warriors bravely resisting this outrageous act of state suppression of free speech. There are judge-only trials available in certain cases for a reason and I can’t see why this can’t apply here as the best remedy for the concerns about unfair subsequent trials. Why suppress the speech of literally every man woman and child in this country when other methods of protecting trials from prejudice are available?
I take it my own private text messages to family and friends, linking overseas news articles, are not subject to this suppression order?
“The Prime Minister needs to explain why he wants to set up a national anti-corruption commission which curiously exempts himself and the current government from any scrutiny by the new anti-corruption commission.” OL @billshortenmp #auspol”
Rollin, Rollin, Rollin,,,,
Keep those fwarkups rollin…
RAWHIDE!!!!!!!
🙂
SK, that was no joke. I left the faith last year, over the SSM campaign.
“Morrison’s Anti Corruption Commission will NOT cover criminal misconduct!?!”
The Clayton’s Commission, the Commission you have when you’re not having a Commission.
Miscommunication. My post was the joke.
Obvious – there’s no Integrity in the current government so there’s no need to investigate !!!
Michael A, the UK goes one step further: Super-injunctions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-injunctions_in_English_law
And when did we become China? Australians being blocked from accessing certain overseas news articles reporting truthfully on this? We’re talking about a conviction here, not a mere accusation.
LR, very interesting! I think the “Streisand Effect” is already in full swing on this one, and this isn’t even a super-injunction.
The full design of Morrison’s ICAC is here
https://www.ag.gov.au/Consultations/Documents/commonwealth-integrity-commission/cic-consultation-paper.pdf
It is out for consultation. Parliamentarians and their staff are covered, but there seems to be some big flaws in the narrow definition of what can be investigated, how, and the remedies available.
Tieing the whole thing to existing oversight of security and enforcement agencies seems to miss the point
For example, Barnyard and co being showered with largesse by Big Gina, and then magically coming up with pro-coal policies would not be covered?
My son is a force of nature! Now a category 3 cyclone. 😆
Michael A
It is because there is , apparently, another trial that has caused the situation. All will be revealed eventually.
SK, no worries! I admit I am getting a little sensitive on this topic, because I feel like I am
treading on eggshells.
Morrison shows few political smarts. There’s no way that his proposed model for an integrity commission will get up. Thus he’s only going to cause himself, his party more pain.
And on Parliamentarians…
Referrals about parliamentarians and their staff
The public sector division could receive a referral regarding a parliamentarian or their staff that met the CIC’s threshold for investigation from the IPEA, the AEC, the AFP or other integrity agencies. For example, if the IPEA observed potentially corrupt conduct that it reasonably suspected was capable of constituting a criminal offence, it could refer that activity to the CIC for investigation.
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The public sector division of the CIC will also be able to investigate parliamentarians or their staff where an existing CIC investigation into suspected corruption within a different part of the public sector revealed evidence that will meet the investigation threshold. For example, if the CIC was investigating suspected criminal corrupt conduct within a procurement process involving a department, and through that investigation it found evidence suggesting corrupt activity by any Member of Parliament or member of the executive government which it reasonably expected met the relevant criminal threshold, the CIC could initiate an investigation into that matter.
The CIC will not investigate direct complaints about Ministers, Members of Parliament or their staff received from the public at large.
Michael A, yeah. Futile.
This is the video C@t was talking about, when Shorten harassed an innocent family and made them buy groceries they didn’t want.
poroti @ #2569 Thursday, December 13th, 2018 – 10:22 am
The other point is that it was the Prosecution that requested it.
There once was a man called …………
Who preached about fire, brimstone and hell.
He had a friend called Abbott
But he had a bad habit
That will end his days in a cell!
We hope!
Barney in Go Dau
Thanks for the info. Sounds like they are being super cautious.
Michael A:
If you join a few dots it’s not hard to establish the identity of person who’s subject to a gag order.
C@tmomma
says:
Now feck off, and when you get there, feck off some more, and leave me alone. I only conversed with you last night because I felt sorry for you after I found out by googling your slanderous You Tube, heavily-edited to put Bill Shorten in the worst possible light, garbage post video, that you are a sad case.
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I don’t bring sadness to the world but laughter and smiles through the art of Clowning and miming. Which is a very old performance art and not to be dismissed by the likes of you. I have trained at the Ecole internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq. Which I am sure you know nothing about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kig3zQRxLWU
https://www.facebook.com/MMTforRealProgressives/photos/a.806611352846553/1070870576420628/?type=3
Michael A
Yes. Eggshells indeed. Just for the record….
Phrase – is the Pope Catholic?
(colloquial, rhetorical question) A rhetorical question in response to a question whose answer is an emphatic yes.
Example “Is nath a broken record when it comes to Bill Shorten?” ― “Is the Pope Catholic?”
nath @ #2574 Thursday, December 13th, 2018 – 2:25 pm
‘Harassed’ an ‘innocent’ family!?! Loaded imagery, or what!?!
Which is a lie and you know it. beguiledagain laid out in detail how that You Tube video had been heavily edited to cast Bill Shorten in a very poor light.
Quit while you are behind, nath. Though I know you won’t because you seem to have the village idiot’s belief in their superiority over all others and that the power of your words will suffice for proof. You couldn’t be more wrong.
nath @ #2579 Thursday, December 13th, 2018 – 2:29 pm
Go join the circus!
SK
Rather than your imputation of obviousness, it would be safer to use something like:
Does a bear shit in the forest?
Do one legged ducks swim in circles?
If it helps someone get a fair trial and denies a defense that might arise out of publication I am happy to wait for the Order to be lifted. And we don’t have free speech in Australia.We do not have a Bill of Rights.
Actually I wish the media could be constrained from painting anyone guilty pre-trial. I am remember the Lindy Chamberlain case well.
nath @ #1702 Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 – 1:24 pm
And you are a sexist chauvinist pig. You garner zero respect here but persist with your baseless, relentless slagging of Bill Shorten and anyone who supports him.
sprocket_ @ #2585 Thursday, December 13th, 2018 – 10:35 am
But do one legged ducks swim in circles?
https://youtu.be/G6pVOxdcshI
nath @ #1716 Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 – 1:36 pm
Just to remind everyone of the slanderous comment nath made under his heavily negatively-edited You Tube video. It seems he can’t help himself when it comes to being a fabulist, a liar, as well as a clown.
The interview in this video gives a startling overview of the Trump situation. It’s showing Trump in a very bad position. It’s coming from Fox.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/president-trump-felon-fox-news-legal-analyst/#.XBGj8W6_xCQ.twitter
Bill Shorten dancing while high on shrooms:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XR3TH9heZY
nath @ #1702 Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 – 1:24 pm
No mention of the vile language Quoll uses against Labor supporters. But that’s okay when it comes to sexist opponents of Labor supporters, according to the clown.
You have been warned 🙂 Just for BK they are using BK’s fave word pair “up to”
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The Federal Government will unleash a “dead welfare payment” crackdown,
https://outline.com/WkC724
All Quoll was doing was highlighting the dangers to the Quoll population and you bullied him mercilessly.
beguiledagain @ #1790 Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 – 2:50 pm
beguiledagain getting the grubby little clown bang to rights.
nath @ #2595 Thursday, December 13th, 2018 – 2:48 pm
It wasn’t me, it was GG. So another lie from your tiny little mind.
I see The Washington Post has information on a senior clergy figure
nath @ #2592 Thursday, December 13th, 2018 – 2:44 pm
More slanderous commentary about Bill Shorten from the grubby little clown and village idiot.