After a period of improving poll results for the Coalition, the latest Newspoll records a tiny shift on primary votes to Labor, but not another to alter their existing lead of 53-47 from a fortnight ago. Labor is up one point on the primary vote to 39%, after a three-point drop last time, while the Coalition is steady on 37%, retaining their two-point gain in the last poll. The Greens are steady on 9%, while One Nation is down a point to 5%, the lowest it’s been in a year. Scott Morrison’s personal ratings are improved, with approval up three to 43% and disapproval down two to 45%, and his lead as prime minister out from 43-36 to 44-35. Bill Shorten is down one on approval to 36% and up one on disapproval to 51%. The poll was conducted Thursday to Sunday from a sample of 1567.
Barking @ #1944 Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 – 7:12 pm
Yeah, killing Granny for the inheritance would fly any time!
Someone update me. Has this medivac bill gone back to the Senate?
The Prime MInister is doing his best galah impression … could watch anymore
Will Border Force give the green light to a few boats?
They wouldn’t would they?
Lizzie,
Yeah, well it’ll be cold comfort if the Tory filth ride on the back of it to a narrow escape come May. We can all congratulate ourselves on how clever we were for another three to six years in opposition if it goes pear shape.
Greensborough Growler says:
Yeah, killing Granny for the inheritance would fly any time!
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Typical and despicable thing to say to the people who fight for dignity in death.
“Things have been stuck in a rut for so long, with Boats and Fear winning, but we finally have some brave Independent women who have knocked off just enough conservatives to cut across the stagnation and reveal community wishes. Long may it continue.”
This is a fair point Lizzie. The parliament is far better for its female representatives. Long may it continue indeed.
The problem for the Government is that they have spent five years empowering bosses and five years gutting wages and conditions.
On the news tonight, yet another in the huge conga lines of major companies which have suddenly discovered they have been underpaying their workers by millions of dollars over a period of years.
The Morrison Government has been serially totally silent on this corrosive IR poison: wage theft.
I do mean totally silent.
Nothing is going to save them from that over the next 100 days.
Scotty has mentioned May twice now, as when the election will be
Can he win another Border Security election? keeps referring to 2001 and 2013 and that he’s looking for a repeat in 2019.
“Quick question:
Which Senate cross benchers are pro the medivac bill
obviously the greens and labour get the numbers to 35
who are the other 3+?”
They need 4 to get to 39 and majority. I thought the numbers were Labor, Greens, CA & Storer and Hinch. Could be wrong about that.
Ps. Bring back the biff!
Pps. Welcome back Boerwar! What did you get up to big fella?
‘Cud Chewer says:
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 7:15 pm
Someone update me. Has this medivac bill gone back to the Senate?’
It was sent back by the House today. I am not sure when the Senate will consider it.
So The Australian has a short piece on the Ramsay Western Civilization degree at U of W.
https://outline.com/fY5spy
Students will be challenged to critically examine exemplary masterpieces of Western art and thought,
Critically examining that sentence, I would ask how they are going to crtically examine things that the Vice-Chancellor has already designated as ‘exemplary masterpieces’.
Still, I suppose when the Ramsay Centre have promised that they will have ‘spies’ checking on everything that happens in the course’s classes, the Vice-Chancellor is justifiably nervous about all that nice money coming in.
BW
Yep. The fear campaign only works if you have something to lose. Not when you have already lost. Compulsory voting means those people vote and don’t stay at home.
A-E
PB was no longer a pleasant place.
At all.
I lurked but it remained unpleasant.
It is now being cleaned up.
So, I am once again enjoying the posting.
Boerwar back at 7.07
Onya. Glad you’re back.
Gotta love Amy Remeikis …
tom hawkins @ #7584 Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 – 5:29 pm
There is already an oversubscribed queue to do this.
rhw
The Liberals have an internship program that could be applied.
Other than that, I am sure that there would be a conga line of MDs prepared to do some pro bono work.
I hope labor get a few spokespeeps/supporters to insinuate that a boat turning up now would be so convenient for the government you’d be forgiven for thinking it was deliberate. Get that embedded in people’s thoughts before the “BOATS, ARMADA” from the Coalition should one turn up.
Rocket Rocket says:
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 7:19 pm
Critcally examining that sentence, I would ask how they are going to crtically examine things that the Vice-Chancellor has already designated as ‘exemplary masterpieces’.
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It does seem to be problematic that they seem to be setting up some kind of hagiography to certain artists and philosophers. It doesn’t mean the academics are on board for that, but there does seem to be a leaning in that direction.
psyclaw
The reason I pointed it out was because I wasn’t sure you were responding to my comment, so I wanted to check.
Of course you are right, but I was providing information for another poster.
BK,
If “ instructions “ were passed down to ignore arriving boats it would be a huge gamble on it remaining secret.
Defence, navy commanders, crew members on patrol boats etc etc.
Would Morrison throw the dice ?
Earliest possible election date is probably March 23 = NSW election date.
March 16 if it can be sorted in the next few hours.
William
I may have missed something you said on the subject, but are you going to do regular updates of bludgertrack?
rhwombat @ #1966 Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 – 7:22 pm
Money for free.
Get your chicks for nothing?
Boerwar, welcome back … can we expect the squid to return for this election?
ScoMo reaches his crescendo.
LR
‘it is amusing to think how McGowan was kept in place by Banks. McGowan was quite hemmed in.’
Exactly what I thought.
“Would Morrison throw the dice ?”
I think that he would have no compunction about doing it if he thought he could get away with it. Morrison plays dirty and right now he’d be in cornered rat mode.
There are a number of skeletons in Craig Foster’s cupboard. He ‘retired’ in acrimonious circumstances from the national team and he is hated by some former teammates. One has alluded to an incident in a night club that occurred in the Pacific during a tour. it was after this that he left the national side. I very much doubt that Foster could run as a candidate due to this.
Lizzie
More projection. Today Mr Shorten and Labor despite my nervousness showed they are strong
I’d be interested to see some near future polling on Phelps chances at the fed election given she delivered on an election promise today.
Gecko
Bluey is spewing, ready to roll, rubbing all eight appendages in anticipation of the day when Australia finally comes to its global warming senses.
guytaur
Yes, ScoMo’s constant whine that Bill is weak and Labor is a danger is pretty revealing.
The smell of death in that Liberal party-room meeting tonight will rival that of the one million fish rotting in the Lower Darling.
RR
And the half a million dead cattle in Queensland.
Clem , but you could??????
The most recent two Newspolls being 53-47, I can’t see that getting any better for the Coalition in the next ten days – so a Newspoll ‘bounce’ to Labor after this would be the icing on the cake.
Laura Tingle is quoting Essential
Morrison quoted by Lizzie:
“What you’ve done today is say to the Australian people and Bill Shorten in particular and the Labor Party that you’re prepared to trade on these issues, trade on these issues to compensate for your very real weakness and the Australian people have looked at Bill Shorten today and and they’ve found him weak – and he is”
That’s a bit incoherent – who’s done what to Bill Shorten? – but I get the general drift.
Substitute “Coalition” for “Labor”, Morrison, Abbott, Abbott’s successor whatisnane or Howard for Shorten and that might be a true statement.
Maximum projection, accuse your opponent what you and your party have been doing for 18 years.
Nah Rocket, they will deadset be buoyed by this and see themselves as a chance to get back into the game.
They’ll over-egg it and shoot themselves in the foot, but make no mistake, they will be energized by it.
I will be happier if they get into a shit fight over more sitting days re the banks.
Ms Sales essentially rubbing Mr Dutton’s back.
Rocket, Newspoll will move back to the govt for sure. PB is an echo chamber just like Sky News is. Don’t underestimate how much the average punter hates the thought of brown people coming here.
Hinch the spoiler?
The libs will be lucky to survive the night.
Their cunning plan to undermine this AS bill has been turned in to an existential reality.
BW
You spoke too soon.
Yippee! The blog has become readable again!
Dutton on 7:30 behaving as though the government had a win today.