The Australian reports the latest Newspoll has Labor’s two-party lead widening from 51-49 to 52-48 since the previous poll three weeks ago. Both major parties are down on the primary vote, the Coalition by two to 38% and Labor by one to 35%, while the Greens are up one to 13% (equalling their best result since 2011) and One Nation is steady at 4%. Scott Morrison’s personal ratings are unchanged after the hit he suffered in the previous poll, at 37% approval and 59% disapproval, while a spike in Anthony Albanese’s ratings last time has failed to completely stick, with his approval down three to 43% and disapproval up three to 40% (compared with 40% and 41% in the poll before). However, Albanese maintains the lead on preferred prime minister he opened up in the last poll, which is out slightly from 43-39 to 43-38. The poll was conducted Wednesday to Sunday from a sample of 1510.
From the Black Wiggle himself.
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Rex Douglas
says:
Monday, February 3, 2020 at 12:07 pm
Bill Shorten could learn a bit from RDN’s exit.
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Littlefinger will have to be blasted out and his fingernails will be clawing at the walls to hang on. He knows he is unemployable outside factional politics.
I’m hoping SHY will become leader. I find her very warm and funny and think she will do a good job. Bandt is a little bit too straight I think.
nath @ #252 Monday, February 3rd, 2020 – 11:11 am
Second.
SHY would make an excellent leader of the Greens.
WYSIWYG + she is cashed up, having taken that L chappie to the cleaners.
That is, if Siewart can’t do it.
Pity they got rid of that NSW Greens Senator.
She had guts.
Who’s Deputy Wally ATM?
Even more invisible that Wally #1.
How about Barnaby running for Greens leader? Surely that would be a win for everybody …
I think Waters would be the best option of the current Greens.
She’s a Queenslander and the voters up there will at least listen to her.
Confessionssays:
Monday, February 3, 2020 at 12:08 pm
“From the Black Wiggle himself.
“It’s a decision for the party room. There are 10 people, it’s not a difficult decision when you only have 10 people.”
It does seem odd that it is only a party room decision. Not very inclusive or democratic.
Andrew_Earlwood @ #256 Monday, February 3rd, 2020 – 9:18 am
Makes sense.
They really are the natural home for anyone concerned with the condition of our countryside.
slackboy72 @ #247 Monday, February 3rd, 2020 – 12:07 pm
+1
“Di Natale has done this so well. Instead of hanging around like a jaded cop seeking his pension he quits when he loses the fire in his belly. He doesn’t just hang around until the next election either but gives it all up gracefully. A senator for 10 years and a leader for 5. That’s a good contribution without keeping your head in the trough.”
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Well said. He’s like a great athlete who retires when they know the time is right, not one who hangs on too long and ruins their legacy. He leaves us in an undeniably stronger position than when he took the job.
The Greens vote in the House of Reps has grown by a whooping 366,005* under the leadership of RDN.
The Greens vote in the Senate has grown by the gargantuan amount of 328,839* under the leadership of RDN.
You know, I’ve always liked that word, gargantuan, and I so rarely have an opportunity to use it in a sentence.
*2019 primary vote – 2013 primary vote (what the numbers still were in 2015 when RDN took the leadership)
https://results.aec.gov.au/24310/Website/SenateStateFirstPrefsByGroup-24310-NAT.htm
https://results.aec.gov.au/17496/Website/HouseStateFirstPrefsByParty-17496-NAT.htm
PaulTu
says:
It does seem odd that it is only a party room decision. Not very inclusive or democratic.
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It is standard Westminister practice. The Labor party only introduced some level of member participation because they had a guy called Shorten running around stabbing leaders in the back. Shorten subsequently lost the membership vote in 2013 but still got elected leader because of his factional deals. How democratic is that?
Surely the Progressive Party could find at least one competent female future prime minister?
Or will they go ahead and pick another boy?
Same old, same old?
Greens members will no doubt be looking forward for the opportunity to vote for their preferred generalissimo.
Or do they have to take what they are given?
“ Kansas City was the epicentre of post-WWII developments in jazz. It’s actually quite a groovy place.”
Also, the Kansas City Mob play important – if largely ‘off screen’ – roles in the plot of each season of the TV Series Fargo.
Firefox @ #261 Monday, February 3rd, 2020 – 9:22 am
More like the good athlete who finally realises they’re going nowhere.
Andrew_Earlwood
says:
Also, the Kansas City Mob play important – if largely ‘off screen’ – roles in the plot of each season of the TV Series Fargo.
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And also a small but hilarious part in Scorsese’s Casino.
This apologetic drivel on behalf of The Greens:
nath @ #263 Monday, February 3rd, 2020 – 12:22 pm
Or this sensible contribution from a Greens Senator:
Confessions @ #271 Monday, February 3rd, 2020 – 12:27 pm
Good on the ALP for finally picking up on this one.
Keep kicking at these programs.
Perfect timing as Parliment resumes.
There were a lot of sports clubs who also got a lot of cash through this trough.
Just look through Jason Wood or Michael Sukkars Facebook feeds to see how much cash they got to splash.
The Liberal Held marginals in particular got the code blue sticker.
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A regional infrastructure grants program administered by the Deputy Prime Minister awarded 94 per cent of its grants to electorates held or targeted by the Coalition in the months leading up to the election.
A day after Bridget McKenzie resigned over a $100 million sports grants saga, Labor’s Infrastructure spokeswoman Catherine King has asked the Auditor-General to “take a thorough look” at Building Better Regions Fund Infrastructure grants program administered by Michael McCormack.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/another-government-rort-infrastructure-grants-program-awarded-94-percent-of-cash-to-coalition-marginal-seats-20200203-p53x7s.html
Bandt would be the first Leader of the Greens to sit in the HoR.
I assume the Speaker would no longer refer to him as ‘member for Melbourne’, but rather ‘Leader of the Greens’ …?
wow – undexected Greens leader to resign, Bridget gone…
And:
Jeff Campbell
@joxer
·
3h
Sources within the @The_Nationals
say Barnaby Joyce has the numbers to replace Michael McCormack, with a spill of both leadership positions almost a certainty, regardless of what McCormack said earlier today. https://abc.net.au/news/2020-02-03/barnaby-joyce-seeking-to-replace-michael-mccormack-nats-leader/11922848 #NatSpill #Auspol
(Greens still in complete denial).
QF6032, the Coronavirus express, is on it’s way back to Australia:
https://tar1090.adsbexchange.com/?icao=7c4774
OK, so it’s my age showing, but I DO NOT WANT a parade of politicians’ bare flesh. Constant replays of Scomo’s saggy back view are quite enough.
I see that McKim is doing Boy’s Club.
Give Faruqi a go!
Never short of a word!
hello Zoidlord
Joe Hockey topless on a beach! Oh let me drool for a bit.
Alpha Zero,
Labor should also get the Auditor General to take a look at the Grants that were supposed to go to Womens Sporting Groups to actually fund Change Rooms.
Plus, I’d be asking the Auditor General to review the grant to Foxtel to play more Womens Sport on TV, and the $444 Million to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation to see whether they are actually doing anything for the Reef.
C@tmomma @ #244 Monday, February 3rd, 2020 – 11:04 am
Remind me again how many rank-and-file Labor members got to vote for/against Albanese’s leadership when Shorten resigned? Because I’m pretty sure it was zero.
Awful lot of pot-kettling going on, if so.
Katter, Di Natale and McCormack gone in the same week.
None of them waited until Friday to put out the garbage, either!
“ Sources within the @The_Nationals say Barnaby Joyce has the numbers to replace Michael McCormack”
OK – scratch what I said before. How about MickMac to lead the Greens?
Hey Rex. sup?
The Greens are, naturally enough, defensive about a select few choosing their #1.
Rightly so.
It is NOT the progressive way for a cabal to pick someone behind closed doors.
Bandit is beige. So beige. Surely not Bandit?
Zoidlord @ #281 Monday, February 3rd, 2020 – 12:36 pm
The Greens primary vote.
@Rex
Not much up still about same same when in Minority Government.
https://www.flightradar24.com/QFA6032/23bcd270
Alternative site for QFA6032
“Or do they have to take what they are given?”
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Better that than to be given what they did not vote for…
a r @ #284 Monday, February 3rd, 2020 – 12:36 pm
Awful lot of false equivalence there. I thought you were better than that. You should have known that, if there had been a contest between >1 candidate, it would have gone to the membership to have their say.
Labor members get a say.
Greens members get what they are given.
If the Greens really want to be woke, the next leader just has to be a woman.
Sievert, SHY, Faruqi…
Firefox says:
Monday, February 3, 2020 at 12:40 pm
“Or do they have to take what they are given?”
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Better that than to be given what they did not vote for…
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Stupid and ignorant comment – and you know it! Shame on you.
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We didn’t get to vote because there was nothing to vote for. Only one candidate who was elected leader unopposed.
Firefox @ #293 Monday, February 3rd, 2020 – 9:40 am
Actually a significant percentage did vote for him, otherwise his Parliamentary support could not have turned the ballot in his favour.
I doubt the Liberals will be real happy with Joyce making a return….. ScoMo won’t be able to leave the country with Joyce as Deputy PM. That was the whole problem with the Hawaii trip…. they couldn’t just announce it like normal as nobody trusts MickMack. Joyce is generally viewed by the urban masses as just as crazy.
The Austrian Greens have got into bed with a Far Right Racist Party.
Make no mistake.
Di Natale was mumbling about doing the same in Australia.
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