Essential Research is back in business, its first poll for the new year no change on Labor’s 53-47 lead in the final poll last year. Both major parties are on 38% on the primary votes, which is a two-point improvement for Labor and a one-point improvement for the Coalition. Minor party primary votes will have to wait for the publication of the full report later today. In a spirit of seasonal goodwill, monthly leadership ratings find both leaders well up on disapproval – by five points in Morrison’s case to 39%, and four in Shorten’s case to 47% – while Morrison is up one on approval to 42% and Shorten is unchanged on 35%.
As related by The Guardian, further questions mostly focused on the recent far right rally in St Kilda, the most interesting finding being that 48% thought Scott Morrison “demonstrated poor leadership by not immediately condemning the rally, and those who attended it, in stronger terms”, compared with 36% who disagreed. Only 22% thought it appropriate for Senator Fraser Anning to “use taxpayer money to attend the rally”, with 66% saying it was appropriate; 74% felt there was ”no place in Australian society for the use of racist and fascist symbols used by participants in the rally”, whereas 17% were apparently all in favour of them; and that 73% nonetheless felt that “Australians have the right to peacefully protest, no matter how extreme their views”, while 19% didn’t.
The poll also find 63% support for pill testing, although the question was very particular about the specifics, specifying circumstances in which “trained counsellors provide risk-reduction advice informed by on-site laboratory analysis of people’s drugs”.
UPDATE: Full report here. The Greens are down a point to 10%, and One Nation are steady on 7%.
phoenixRED @ #1744 Thursday, January 17th, 2019 – 2:48 pm
Well, he says that but I can’t find #WheresMitch trending on my Twitter. It’s mostly Brexit things and the sports. Très ennuyeux.
To be efective at social media you have to…actually be effective at social media.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/WheresMitch?src=hash
Well I’m reading all about the KonMari method of decluttering and tidying up this afternoon!
I have been throwing out clothes and other stuff like there is no tomorrow!
I’m tackling capitalism, consumerism and neoliberal dogma the practical way. 🙂
lizzie @ #1751 Thursday, January 17th, 2019 – 12:21 pm
Why?
1st January is an obvious date if we are to change Australia Day. But that may upset folks new year celebrations.
I don’t believe some artificial date will have any meaningful support. Basically don’t see things changing anytime soon.
C@
Well, I tackle them by not throwing things out, but by using them and reusing them.
‘Planned obseclence’ is a key tenet of consumerism, after all, so hanging on to something in case you might need it in the future is actually anti-capitalistic.
If you really want to be anti capitalism and consumerism, keep your old stuff and just don’t add to it until you have to.
Barney in Go Dau @ #1754 Thursday, January 17th, 2019 – 4:31 pm
I went looking and could find nothing relevant – does anyone have any background to this story?
Davidwh @ #1755 Thursday, January 17th, 2019 – 4:34 pm
I agree with your estimate of the possibility of change in the near future.
However despite that gloomy prospect, I would like it to not be the 26th January any more, and I would nominate Wattle Day, 1st September, as a suitable date.
Davidwh @ #1753 Thursday, January 17th, 2019 – 4:34 pm
When the fireworks go off at midnight we can all celebrate a new year in Australia. It makes perfect sense.
Lizzie
Probably Coalition wankers who would rather have people die than spend money on health.
zoom,
I do that too! I’m only going to purchase new things if something breaks and I can’t find a second hand one on Gumtree.
I work in an Op Shop, so I get access to lots of amazing things for virtually nothing. It’s been cluttering up my house and my closets and drawers, so I have decided to only keep what I love, what is an irreplaceable antique…that I love, or the utilitarian things I need.
I’m also doing it if I have to move out of my house, if it’s sold soon. I’ve been here for 22 years and have accumulated a lot! 😆
It was part of a speech in which I think that he said that Morrison had cut funds.
The responses on Twitter were similar to Nath’s. Smartalec stuff.
What? Has Rudy changed his story yet AGAIN?!
a r says: Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 4:27 pm
phoenixRED @ #1744 Thursday, January 17th, 2019 – 2:48 pm
And Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez did that today more effectively than any other member of the House of Representatives could have done it, because of that fame.
Well, he says that but I can’t find #WheresMitch trending on my Twitter. It’s mostly Brexit things and the sports. Très ennuyeux.
To be efective at social media you have to…actually be effective at social media.
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‘#WheresMitch?’: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other freshman Democrats are moving blame for the shutdown from Trump to Mitch McConnell
https://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/WheresMitch-Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-and-13539774.php
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/-where-s-mitch-asks-ocasio-cortez-freshmen-dems-1427335235933
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/the-last-word/watch/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-where-s-mitch-1427332163617
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhsA222q9FE
https://twitter.com/hashtag/WheresMitch?src=hash
If this is true then I suppose we can expect some fresh news Rudy feels the need to get ahead of.
C@tmomma @ #1761 Thursday, January 17th, 2019 – 4:40 pm
When I had to downsize my part of the workshed some years ago when we were repurposing two thirds of it, one of the best presents I’ve ever had was from my son, who bought me a ‘skip’ which had to be filled within two weeks after delivery, when they came to take it away.
I thought it was far too big, but I filled it to the top, and remarkably there is nothing that I have needed from that throwout since!
I don’t actually see the real need to have a national day at all.
Britain and Denmark don’t.
I found this article.
Nothing says we have to be like everyone else, after all we have compulsory voting.
I like Greenland, celebrating the longest day of the year as theirs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/02/26/a-surprising-map-of-the-worlds-national-holidays-only-two-countries-have-no-national-day/?utm_term=.5497f870e788
Naths in Queensland at the moment stalking Shorten in his bus.
Conservative floored by Rudy Giuliani basically admitting Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia to win the presidency
President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani gave an outlandish interview during CNN’s Chris Cuomo’s Wednesday night show.
During the interview, Giuliani claimed that he “never said there was no collusion” between Trump’s campaign and Russia.
Conservative commentator Max Boot said that the interview was “something we have never seen” and that Giuliani was attempting to create a new narrative before new evidence of Trump’s connection to Russia surfaces.
“I think we’re about one or two days away from Rudy Giuliani saying that collusion with hostile foreign powers is what makes America great.” Boot told CNN’s Don Lemon on Wednesday.
Boot said, “This is just stunning because when Giuliani makes these kinds of concessions — and you’ve got to play that clip over and over again because the president’s lawyer is basically admitting that the president’s campaign colluded with Russia to [impact] the outcome of the American election.”
“He’s basically signaling that he knows there is very strong evidence of collusion, and he is trying to get out ahead of that evidence,” Boot said. “This has really never happened before in American history.“
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/conservative-commentator-hints-that-rudy-giuliani-is-trying-to-get-ahead-of-damaging-evidence-of-trump-putin-collusion/
On the MDB.
RD
Thanks for the link. John Quiggin is always a good read.
His bio on the Guardian:
He also has his own blog @ https://johnquiggin.com/
He has just written a new book ( almost published, available on preorder).
Pegasus @ #1771 Thursday, January 17th, 2019 – 4:52 pm
Fantasy has never been a genre I’ve had much time for.
phoenixRed:
Thanks for Max Boot comments. I’ve watched the interview and he makes several points that are contradictory to things he has said in the past. And he’s now saying that maybe Manafort had his own secret agenda!
steve davis @ #1668 Thursday, January 17th, 2019 – 4:50 pm
Don’t worry, Bill’s prepared:
phoenixRED @ #1672 Thursday, January 17th, 2019 – 4:55 pm
Does he ski? 😆
don,
I thought it was far too big, but I filled it to the top, and remarkably there is nothing that I have needed from that throwout since!
Yep. Don’t think, ‘I’ll keep it because I MIGHT need it.’ You never do!
Based in Sydney, an environmental charity committed to reducing landfill. Its range of services and programs are all based on the ethos of reuse and repair – the circular economy.
The Bower – https://bower.org.au/
Player One @ #1772 Thursday, January 17th, 2019 – 4:58 pm
You’d rather todays capitalism…?
One of my favourite shows returns this weekend.
:large
Seems like Nath has a few stalkers of his own.
Once upon a time those who had a dream to fly to the moon would have been labelled crazy.
Visionaries who articulate and think outside the box are often derided until their alternative world view becomes mainstream.
phoenixRED @ #1763 Thursday, January 17th, 2019 – 3:43 pm
Figured it out. My twitter was set to show what was trending in London for some reason. Which explains all the Brexit crap.
Switched it to ‘United States’ and I get #WheresMitch in the 7th spot. That’s a much more respectable effort.
Rex Douglas @ #1780 Thursday, January 17th, 2019 – 5:09 pm
No – ‘True Crime’ is not my thing either.
Confessions says: Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 5:09 pm
One of my favourite shows returns this weekend.
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THANKS Confessions – Saturdays are not the same without Bill Maher – he sure has plenty of Trump F***ups to work with in 2019 already
Next time Peter Dutton looms up on your TV screen, remember this:
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”
—H.L. Mencken, “In Defense of Women” (1918)
Imagine what Bill Maher will say about the Shutdown!?!
Player One @ #1784 Thursday, January 17th, 2019 – 5:16 pm
Oh, ok.
a r says: Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 5:14 pm
phoenixRED @ #1763 Thursday, January 17th, 2019 – 3:43 pm
‘#WheresMitch?’: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other freshman Democrats are moving blame for the shutdown from Trump to Mitch McConnell
Figured it out. My twitter was set to show what was trending in London for some reason. Which explains all the Brexit crap.
Switched it to ‘United States’ and I get #WheresMitch in the 7th spot. That’s a much more respectable effort.
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Good On You a r !!!!!! – AOC is sure a polarising figure – lots of great innovative ideas VS aggro from the extreme RWNJs who can’t handle her openness and to them she is an uppity woman of colour
Anytime she wants to come over and cook dinner for a few nights for me …….
C@t:
I’m looking forward to hearing what John Kasich has to say about things! He has recently been signed up by CNN as a political commentator now that he is no longer Governor.
https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2019/01/heres-what-john-kasich-can-do-to-help-jennifer-rubin.html
Confessions
Look up Manafort’s wikipedia page and read the names of some of his former clients. It lets you know the sort of ‘shady business’ he was in and jis not being fussy about who he takes money from. He’ll have a 1001 angles.
Russian oligarch de jour, Oleg Derepaska, has had a huge beef with Manafort for a number of years. Something about US$20 million going walkies.
Player One: “No – ‘True Crime’ is not my thing either.”
An insightful statement P1; sadly it is casting pearls before swine…
C@tmomma@1:12pm
Putin has smile which conveys the impression that he is in total control of Trump and the situation, whereas Trump looks like a weighed down by the presence of Putin. Looks like Putin has some incriminating evidence against Trump.
poroti:
I have no doubt that Manafort along with the rest of the Trump cronies and Trump family have exhaustive dark connections to shady characters. But Rudy has always previously defended Manafort and the campaign. Today he threw out a few new things in order to soften up the media and the public for possibly what is to come.
Change the date. 26 Jan is not important to anyone. Anything to help reconciliation is worth it.
P1@5:16pm
Good response when cast in the light of GFC. However, I would prefer it over communism and socialism albeit with strong regulations.
Confessions @ #1791 Thursday, January 17th, 2019 – 4:25 pm
Reminds me of an earlier thought that Trump is the USAs Abbott, and Pence will be their Morrison.
Ven says: Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 5:28 pm
C@tmomma@1:12pm
Putin has smile which conveys the impression that he is in total control of Trump and the situation, whereas Trump looks like a weighed down by the presence of Putin. Looks like Putin has some incriminating evidence against Trump.
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