The latest fortnightly Essential Research poll still offers nothing on voting intention, though it’s relative interesting in that it features the pollster’s monthly leadership ratings. Contrary to Newspoll, these record a weakening in Anthony Albanese’s ratings, with approval down three to 37% and disapproval up five to 34%. Scott Morrison also worsens slightly, down two on approval to 45% and up three on disapproval to 41%, and his preferred prime minister read is essentially steady at 44-28 (43-28 last month).
Further questions relate to the right to protest, including the finding that 33% would support laws flagged by Scott Morrison that “could make consumer or environment boycotts illegal”, while 39% were opposed. Fifty-eight per cent agreed the government had “the right to limit citizen protests when it disrupts business”, with 31% for disagree; but that 53% agreed that “protestors should have the right to pressure banks not to invest in companies that are building coal mines”, with 33% disagreeing.
The poll was conducted Thursday to Sunday from a sample of 1075 respondents chosen from an online panel.
“ By their deeds shall ye know them.”
Let us pray!
It’s great on salads
“ In general, political leaders don’t change public perceptions. The worst ones follow them. The best ones anticipate them.”
Which one are you, P1?
Maybe you could give lessons, hold a leadership conference even, with those other ‘doers’ Rex and Lars. Peg could hand out brochures.
Andrew_Earlwood @ #1301 Sunday, November 17th, 2019 – 5:06 pm
As I suspected, “thoughts and prayers” are all you have to offer.
Andrew_Earlwood @ #1303 Sunday, November 17th, 2019 – 5:10 pm
None of them. Being able to read the writing on the wall just means you are literate, nothing more.
You have to wonder how NSW Labor are going to fundraise from now on given the dopes who organised the Aldi shopping bags have exposed the party.
Never mind
“ Let’s see now … worst drought in history, destruction of our agricultural sector, death of our greatest tourism asset, followed by actually burning down people’s houses and killing them … that might just do it, don’t you think?”
Amen.
I was taught to always say Amen after I heard a prayer.
Regrettably you seemed to have missed the cult of victim blaming that has taken root in our fair land since 1996.
Hoping (praying) that the motes will fall out of the eyes of the great unwashed any time soon seems a piss poor strategy of affecting meaningful change for your cause any time soon, let alone by levels you set for 2030.
Cassandras were not rewarded in Ancient Greece, and there is little evidence that the Australian populace will do anything but crucify their modern day climate equivalents.
Meanwhile, Labor is not a one track pony. We have other social justice reforms to prosecute. Things that the voting public expect from us. We should attend accordingly.
Aqualung @ #1307 Sunday, November 17th, 2019 – 5:25 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKj4upY1VYI&feature=youtu.be
poroti @ #1291 Sunday, November 17th, 2019 – 4:10 pm
Still at it, I see. 🙄
Was trying to post an image but it wasn’t working GG. Unless you want to look at it in the article.
But I do appreciate the Split Enz video.
Meanwhiles in the UK . Week 2 with J Pie
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This week it’s the NHS “who can piss the highest?” contest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=189&v=GKKfDqvpHYE&feature=emb_logo
Aqualung
Another Split Enz song this with a chorus line that many a political tragic believes 😆
History never repeats
I tell myself before I go to sleep
Don’t say the words you might regret
I lost before, you know I can’t forget
History never repeats
I tell myself before I go to sleep
And there’s a light shining in the dark
Leading me on towards a change of heart, ah
History never repeats
History never repeats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzuJXqgsiSM
Andrew_Earlwood @ #1308 Sunday, November 17th, 2019 – 5:27 pm
That noise you hear is not prayer. It is the electorate crying out for help.
But both you and the Labor party seem to be deaf to them – “Now is not the time …”
Odd really, since you seem quite able to hear the coal miners ok 🙁
C@tmomma @ #1310 Sunday, November 17th, 2019 – 5:39 pm
Richo? Yes, I’m afraid he still is 🙁
I know that doomists are trying to panic people, but over egging is as bad as under egging.
Some examples:
‘Destruction of our agriculture sector’. Then you have what ABARE says:
https://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/research-topics/agricultural-commodities/mar-2019/agriculture-overview
‘Death of our greatest tourist asset’. Most of the Reef is not dead. A tiny proportion of the Reef is visited by the tourists. What will probably happen is that this tiny percentage of isolated high visitation areas will be ‘farmed’ to maintain colour and fish by seeding heat-tolerant corals.
‘Worst drought in history’. For some areas, yes. For most of Australia, no.
Fires: Over the past 150 years Australia has had larger areas burned, more infrastructure burned, more people killed and more houses burned.
Boerwar @ #1316 Sunday, November 17th, 2019 – 5:53 pm
Unbelievable. Except, somehow … sadly, all too believable 🙁
“You think you have it tough … we had to live in a paper bag in the middle of the road …” etc etc
What is happening now is not a comedy sketch. It is a mere foretaste of things to come.
poroti
😁
☹
Amy R, the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/17/australias-bushfire-politics-the-parties-prevaricate-while-the-country-burns
Shaun Micallef
RECIPE
1. Place frogs in saucepan of tepid water & slowly increase temperature.
2. Yell at frogs with increasing urgency that they are in danger.
3. Listen to frogs as they blame sun or Mother Nature & refuse to get out of saucepan.
4. Repeat next election or until time is up.
Boerwar:
No it isn’t. Under egging is mainly bad, and worse than over egging, which is mainly stupid, and certainly a lot more stupid than under egging.
As Talleyrand might say of over egging: it is worse than a crime, it is a mistake!
Rex Douglas says:
Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 5:19 pm
You have to wonder how NSW Labor are going to fundraise from now on given the dopes who organised the Aldi shopping bags have exposed the party.
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with the NSW ALP there is always another constituency to betray or trade off Rex. Maybe instead of Aldi cash they’ll use iTunes cards or bitcoin for transactions?
phoenixRED @ #1284 Sunday, November 17th, 2019 – 1:03 pm
#ETTD!
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/08/its-time-the-alp-are-doing-some-soul-searching-to-figure-out-how-they-so-completely-screwed-up
Thank god.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/17/louisiana-re-elects-democrat-governor-john-bel-edwards-in-blow-to-trump
Classic Pegasus – totally on the mark!
I think the ALP should have published that instead of the root and branch review!
Snap, ‘fess! 🙂
A Greens government will destroy as a matter of publicly-available policies: the dogs, the trots, the jumps, rodeos, camp drafts, chicken factories, piggeries, feedlots, the beef industry, the lamb industry, the wool industry, the coal industry, the live export industry, the gas industry, bottom trawling, the oil industry, the cotton industry, bottom trawling, the native timber industry, the GMO industry, and the uranium industry. Further, all rural activities will be covered by something coyly called ‘community decision making’.
Further, all fossil-fueled agricultural heavy machinery will have to be replaced. We are talking about many tens of thousands of items of equipment which can cost over a million dollars a pop.
All these policies will have far, far greater Australian-wide economic and social impacts in rural and regional areas than the current drought and/or the current fires.
Not only that but it will all have to be done within the next ten years to achieve Zero/2030.
But that is NOT something that you will hear from any Greens supporter or any Greens politician for that matter. They would much rather rant endlessly about Adani, the drought and the fires.
Edward’s re-election does make sense. He failed to commit to Zero/2030, MMT, the UBI and the UJG.
LVT,
Cheers. FDOTM does have cut through!
And in Sri Lanka, the Rajapaskas are back:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/17/sri-lanka-presidential-candidate-rajapaksa-premadas-count-continues
Looks like FDOTM has been reading PB
Boerwar says:
Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 6:43 pm
Edward’s re-election does make sense. He failed to commit to Zero/2030, MMT, the UBI and the UJG.
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You of course knew this before anybody because Bluey the Octopus told you so! When will we be able to hear from the marvellous Bluey again?
This is how I react when LVT and nath show up – me being on the left of these agitprops..
Tories sat work.
https://www.monbiot.com/2019/11/15/performative-oppression/#.XdD8onIyIfQ.twitter
This morning Bandt stated that the Greens ‘support’ hazard reduction burning.
One Greens policy has wtte, that they support hazard reduction burning to protect persons and properties while ‘minimising’ impacts on biodiversity.
The Greens biodiversity objectives also include: ‘Effective habitat management, including ecologically appropriate use of fire.’
These various Greens objectives, policies and assertions are mutually exclusive.
They nevertheless form the basis for the Greens to run around calling other people ‘arsonists’.
spr
Nice pic.
Sprocket. I like how you had to explain that you were on the left. Are you sure that isn’t you on the right screaming something about circle jerks?
Oh, how Eddie loves Peg.
Wondered why Eddie never mentions the Greens failure to achieve much more than 10% of the vote. Which is strikingly curious given how shit hot the Greens policies are … and how much it is aching obvious that it is exactly these type of policies that the public is just crying out for: more, we want more. More Richard, more Larissa, just well … more …
BTW, Peg how the Greens review of their failure to achieve much more than 10% of the vote after 30 years of trying? Surely there must be a First Dog cartoon in that little travesty. Maybe there should be a recount. The Greens can’t be that piss poor, given how shit hit their policies and personnel are … something must be wrong …
nath @ #1339 Sunday, November 17th, 2019 – 7:14 pm
Right or left, it’s much the same, just call me if there’s any change…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birdbrain
Does Walter Reed Hospital do hair transplants? Hand enlargements?
Simon Katich @ #1342 Sunday, November 17th, 2019 – 7:21 pm
Big jump I know, but, I’m wondering if this is the beginning of the health problem departure from office.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/16/politics/trump-annual-physical-walter-reed/index.html
Dear GG: one hopes that you’re not at “sixes & sevens” tonight like you were last night.
Hey Mr Earlwood – given your a TWU alumnus – can you tell us how many TWU officials drove a truck for paid employment? Asking for a friend.
Re the GBR reported on tonight’s news that last night marine scientists observed massive spawning of soft corals.
Mavis @ #1344 Sunday, November 17th, 2019 – 7:36 pm
I was neither. But, I do remember you posting Bogon Poetry which you seemed quite attracted to for some reason.
“ Hey Mr Earlwood – given your a TWU alumnus – can you tell us how many TWU officials drove a truck for paid employment? Asking for a friend.”
At any given time, at least half.
How can that be Mr Earlwood ? Can you elaborate your saying only half of officials drove trucks for a living? What where the other half – portrait artists?
Ever since John McLean took over the TWU there has been a practice of having at least half of all officials dream from delegates in the industry and half drawn from a political background. This has proved an effective balance IMO.