Click on the image at the bottom of the post and you will see an updated account of the electorates visited by the leaders during the campaign, more or less (there is an element of subjectivity as to what constitutes a visit). One of the salient points to emerge is the rather intensive focus on Tasmania, which remarkably played host to both leaders yesterday. Scott Morrison has spent three days over two visits – exactly equal to his record for Victoria, where he has targeted the five Liberal-held seats on margins of up to 6.4%, but not wasted effort on Dunkley, which is Liberal-held but notionally Labor. Bill Shorten’s visit to the state was likewise his second, but so far he’s spent two days in the state to Morrison’s three.
Western Australia also logged up some points this week, but this is largely due to the debate having been held there on Monday, and the practicality of hanging around afterwards given the distance involved. Nonetheless, it is notable that Morrison spent fully three days campaigning their compared with Shorten’s two, and that Morrison felt it worth his while to conduct a street walk in the electorate of Canning, situated well up the pendulum at 6.8%.
Bill Shorten is overdue for a visit to New South Wales, where he hasn’t been since he spent the first three full days of the campaign in Sydney. Nonetheless, the prize for the most targeted seat of the campaign so far would appear to be the Sydney seat of Reid, which has been visited three times by Scott Morrison, most recently on Sunday, and was also visited by Shorten on each of his three days in Sydney.
And while you’re about, note also the other new post below this one: episode three of Seat du Jour, covering the Melbourne seat of La Trobe.
Going hard on franking credits, usual Shorten speech, bit of extra details and passion, moves on to multinational tax avoidance, Shorten seems to be a lot more in command.
and on, and on, and on – abortion, Isreal Falua
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Christian plant is going on and on
It’s QLD after all
Gee, this Christian woman can talk a lot for someone who is worried about free speech
The opposite is also true. If you are a believer in abortion, you get attacked by Christians or other Faiths.
Get this god bothering twit off.
Cut the mic.
Scotty not very impactful, Tony Abbott would have nailed this one
4 mins ago – 6.51pm
Labor promises tax crackdown
Mr Shorten said he will be announcing measures to extract more tax from big companies at Labor’s official campaign launch on Sunday.
Asked should these companies pay a set percentage of their sales here as tax?
“I think multinationals need to be accountable in the tax system in Australia. I’m not going to say it should be a blanket percentage.”
Mr Morrison responds asking why didn’t Labor support his transfer pricing tax rules. That was likely the first time transfer pricing has featured in a political debate.
Bill saying he is pro choice
And still talking about god bothering.
Why didn’t the government do anything about the Ruddock Report?
Morrison: Blather, blather, blather…not enough time…rhubarb, rhubarb.
Bill now into uncivil debates in MSM and social media platforms
Scomo trying to catch up with Bill on the faith question.
Safe ground for Scomo .Religion
Q4. Mental health question
Scotty has this one well rehearsed
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Wow. Bill Shorten just asked a woman “what do you think you can’t say now.” Good question
I think Morrison got to see the questions before-hand.
Bill is more thoughtful in his answers, also has examples – asks for a show of hands
Meanwhile England and NI voting in council elections, and the English wide count of council seats to this point is…
Conservative 1236 (-442) > Labour 902 (-79) > Liberal Democrat 564 (+304) > Green 48 (+42) >
UKIP 17 (-54) Others 364 (+229).
Incredibly (in my view) some tories are interpreting this as a sign to get on and deliver Brexit.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-48142181
Why are 8 and 14 year olds killing themselves.
If you’re going to wrongly accuse women of murder for having an abortion then you’re damn right you’re going to be called out on it. If abortion is against your beliefs then don’t have one. If homosexuality is against your beliefs then don’t have sex with someone of the same sex. Don’t you dare try and tell other people what they can do with their own bodies though.
Lots of hands, Bill’s town hall experiences coming to the fore
Bill’s got ’em putting up their hands!
Q5. Small Australia post outlets closing
Trying to tie in mental health and youth suicide with a strong economy, saying you can only do something about mental health if you have a strong economy is disgraceful.
Scotty says too bad, so sad – geez
Bill very strong and very effective on youth suicide, he made it personal and with the show of hands really connected with the issue and I hope with the audience and viewers. Nearly everyone raised their hands to his question of knowing in their family or of a family where someone committed suicide.
Bill’s ‘training’ in his ‘town hall’ meetings showed through with that last answer. Top effort.
Firefox @ #867 Friday, May 3rd, 2019 – 7:01 pm
And don’t hang around abortion clinics harassing people!
Q5. Small Australia post outlets closing
SO!
Strong economy is the only hope for small Australia Post outlets – Scotty
How long does the debate go for?
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I think the Tories would have put the same spin on it no matter what
“And don’t hang around abortion clinics harassing people!”
Yep that too.
Firefox @ #873 Friday, May 3rd, 2019 – 7:01 pm
Well said!
Eff me these are all provincial local interest questions.
The key I suppose is in their answers, local questions, broad national answers, open it up.
Bill has more knowledge on the number, plus Startrack, morphing into bank bashing.
Wants to get them to compete with big banks
Even the oldies are paying their bills online now to save standing in line at the Post Office.
these are all provincial local interest questions… it’s Qld
Sounds like all the town halls are helping Shorten.
Dilemma now for Morrison – does he try the show of hands thing? Or will it make him look like a helplessly lost copycat and (more of) a fool.
I am tipping he does it.
And Bill really cares about the issue of suicide. Scott Morrison would not give a flying cluck about anything but himself. I come from a Xtian tradition of burying suicide victims outside of ‘hallowed’ ground and denying them Church Burial Rites. Thankfully not these days, but it was considered an unforgivable sin and a shame of the family. It shows in Morrison.
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At this rate, conservatives will lose around 1000 seats. They are so lucky brexit party is not running.
Q6. WTF – gifted and talented children,
Payment Centres at Aus Post is different to a quasi credit union facility.
Bill on his own education ground
ScoMo same/same
There is a bloke behind the audience who looks like putin
Oh dear, given boerwar’s opposition to a “People’s Bank”, he will be livid with Bill’s –