Courtesy of The Guardian, some headline results of another weekly Essential Research poll on coronavirus, the full report of which should be published later today. This includes regular questions on federal and state governments’ handling with the crisis, of which we are only told that respondents remain highly positive, and on easing restrictions, for which we are told only 25% now consider it too soon, which is down two on last time and has been consistently declining over five surveys.
Beyond that, the survey gauged response to a number of what might be described as conspiracy theories concerning the virus. By far the most popular was the notion that the virus “was engineered and released from a Chinese laboratory in Wuhan”, which has received a certain amount of encouragement from the Daily Telegraph but is starkly at odds with the scientific consensus. Agreement and disagreement with this proposition was tied on 39%.
Thirteen per cent subscribed to a theory that Bill Gates was involved in the creation and spread of the virus, with 71% disagreeing; 13% agreed the virus was not dangerous and was being used to force people to get vaccines, with 79% disagreeing; 12% thought the 5G network was being used to spread the virus, with 75% disagreeing; and 20% agreed the number of deaths was being exaggerated, with “more than 70%” disagreeing. The poll also found 77% agreed that the outbreak in China was worse than the official statistics showed.
The poll was conducted Thursday to Sunday from a sample of 1073.
UPDATE: Full report here.
guytaur @ #819 Friday, May 22nd, 2020 – 2:49 pm
Dairy Farmers is owned by Chinese company Lion Dairy and Drinks. Has not been a cooperative since 2008, when it was sold toNational Foods for 1 billion dollars. The only co-op dairy company left in Australia is Norco. Headquarters is in Lismore, main factory Labrador Qld.
lizzie @ #2447 Friday, May 22nd, 2020 – 4:10 pm
And not blinking. Now attacking Labor! Never let an opportunity go by.
Also, he can’t say deteriorate properly.
Adrian Beaumont post on opinion polls in New Zealand
He notes that NZ First and the Greens are polling at 5% or less, which would mean they would return no members in an election.
Fabulous prospect for NZ.
Imagine the smile on Joshie’s face when he found $60bill had accidentally slid down the back of the couch.
lizzie @ #2450 Friday, May 22nd, 2020 – 4:13 pm
It’s the Liberal way.
Guytaur: arguing that the nasty socialists are something else we ought to call “communists” is a bit like some Serbs I know who say that the people who committed all the atrocities against the Bosnian and Croats weren’t “Serbs” but “Yugoslavs”.
And WWP: arguing that Corbyn’s ideas were nothing like old-style Bolshevism just tells me that you know very little about Corbyn’s ideas and, more importantly, the whole rationale for and behaviour of the infiltrator movement that called itself “Momentum” but which was just the old Militant Tendency in a new guise.
See if you can download from somewhere the magnificent 1980s TV series GBH, starring Robert Lindsay and Michael Palin. Wonderful stuff and very apposite.
The bastards accepted it would be a big billion spend and were prepared to wear it. Suddenly it’s “we don’t spend as much as Labor”.
I hope Albo and Jim have a pen and paper and are jotting down some of PK’s attack lines.
Perhaps they could try a few out?
Highpants flashed a little grin then.
He knows he’s getting away with it.
He knows it!
“Don’t be unfair. The taxpayer is saving money.”
Yabba
Thanks. So since ceasing to be a cooperative Diary Farmers is closer to a dictatorship than it was previously.
If we are doing fear that’s the go to bogey man today.
Now Joshie throws Steven Kennedy under the bus.
lizzie @ #2457 Friday, May 22nd, 2020 – 4:16 pm
Never.
Let.
An.
Opportunity.
Go.
By.
It’s the Liberal way.
This is an absolute gift for Labor.
An abundance of material to work with.
lizzie @ #2460 Friday, May 22nd, 2020 – 4:18 pm
Boom!
There’s the headline!
The key ALP attack line here should be “the LNP thought that money was needed to help the economy recover. If they don’t use the money they thought was needed, then we’re all screwed”
I always thought the LNP would screw the recovery, but I never imagined they would do it like this…
But it’s debt, debt, debt.
That’s what borrowing in a recession is all about, Josh. Don’t you listen to the real financial advisors?
Baba
It’s very simple. Socialism is NOT communism.
Communism is one party rule and central planning, NOT socialism.
Mundo – the government aren’t going to turn around and go “gosh, we screwed up”. Of course they’re going to try to make this sound positive.
It’s up the ALP (and the other progressives) to pursue them on it.
Blobbit @ #2466 Friday, May 22nd, 2020 – 4:20 pm
Wishful thinking folks.
The LNP are on a winner here.
No question.
Anyone seen or heard from the opposition – the Labor party – today?
He’s changed to flattening the C-19 curve. Sneaky!
A talented Opposition could work this into a 6 point turn around in the next Newspoll, at least.
Blobbit @ #2469 Friday, May 22nd, 2020 – 4:21 pm
‘It’s up the ALP (and the other progressives) to pursue them on it.’
Well, yes. Of course. That’s what Mundo is on about.
All.
The.
Time.
Mundo
“Jim Chalmers has already responded:
Another day, another shambles from a Treasurer who just can’t stop seriously stuffing up this key program.
This just shows you can’t trust a hopeless Government with a good idea like wage subsidies for workers.
After all the lectures about fiscal responsibility, Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg have had to admit to getting their numbers wrong by $60 billion.
For weeks they’ve been telling casuals and others that the program was full when in reality they were 3 million workers short.
If they can’t get this basic maths right how can we expect them to get the recovery right?”
Albo presser at 345 according to the Guardian – should have happened?
“Breaking: Big revision on JobKeeper numbers. Treasury & ATO say a reporting error by around 1,000 businesses, means they can now revise DOWN the number of recipients from 6.5m to 3.5m. JobKeeper now estimated to cost taxpayer $70b instead of $130b.”
Aaaand survey says….
Cud Chewer
Thanks for the detailed reply. At the moment I am limited to a very old iPad for information and can’t access all the graphs. From what reading I have done I am concerned that although the picture in Vic. Looks worse at the moment, the level of testing combined with more restrictions than NSW will ultimately result in a better outcome than NSW who are lifting restrictions whilst still having community spread.
The research shows that most people attach no real meaning to big numbers with lots of zeroes. They are just incomprehensible. The latest from the ATO will pass them by. Millions are almost intelligible. Billions or trillions mean nothing.
Blobbit @ #2474 Friday, May 22nd, 2020 – 4:24 pm
Watching Albo now.
Good lines.
KABOOM!
Imagine if this was Labor government!!!!!
Now we’re talking.
I wonder if there really is 500 companies putting 1,500 employees instead of 1?
Sounds like BS to me.
Rex Douglas @ #2472 Friday, May 22nd, 2020 – 2:22 pm
And what evidence suggests this is possible or even remotely realistic.
Rex Douglas @ #2472 Friday, May 22nd, 2020 – 4:22 pm
No question about it.
If Labor was smart they would be demanding this $60 billion windfall should be used to support the economy in other ways. It’s a no lose no brainer really.
The initial Treasury over estimate will blow over but the economic impact of Covid will last quite a while yet.
As a former project manager in the Federal Government – this should have been picked up quickly when thousands of businesses had 1,500 (not 1) employees.
Quality Assurance on returned forms would have picked that there are very few, not thousands, with exactly 1,500 employees.
Imagine what Abbott…..or Morrison would do with this.
There wouldn’t be one voter in 5,000 who could care less about a semantic argument as to the difference between an extinct communism and a fictional socialism.
This is Chalmers’ big opportunity.
He should be on Insiders on Sunday and rather than a mono-tone address, it should be an interview to remember full of colour and vigour that engages the media and thus the voter.
Anyone noticed Albo’s eyebrows are exactly like the Rodents after he some work done?
BK
How many bus victims have there been lately? 🙂
Surely Labor can come up with some realistic ways to spend $60 billion to support economic recovery?
Just imagine what Credlin/Abbott would do to Labor over mismanagement like this …?
Actually, it just struck Mundo, Albo reminds him a bit of Howard. (superficially)
Albo drawing his answers out too long.
CI
“The research shows that most people attach no real meaning to big numbers with lots of zeroes. They are just incomprehensible. The latest from the ATO will pass them by. Millions are almost intelligible. Billions or trillions mean nothing.”
Absolutely true unfortunately and the Liberals often exploit this.
Its another reason why Labor should have matched its revenue generation measures before the last election with an equially unashamed nation building and reofrm program. The punters don’t care about the big numbers – they do care about the principle. What are they getting back?
All Labor has to do is cite the excluded from JobKeeper. All those artists casuals university sector people.
Put a face to the statistic. Bring on a casual at the presser. Explain how this person missed out.
The Workchoices campaign approach.
Now distraction by the media.
Rex Douglas @ #2486 Friday, May 22nd, 2020 – 4:31 pm
Jesus christ Rex, get out of Mundo’s head!
nath
Are you gong to tell Will Saunders that? I and many of my colleagues are the proud possessors of one on these snow domes:
https://maas.museum/magazine/2015/11/moments-before-war-the-sydney-snow-dome/
Briefly is right.
If it were an extra $2.50 per week tax to those mum & dad workers everyone would be freaking out. $60 billion…. bah.
lizzie @ #2492 Friday, May 22nd, 2020 – 4:34 pm
Yep.
Delivery too stilted.
Greensborough Growler @ #2453 Friday, May 22nd, 2020 – 4:15 pm
There were a few hollow logs after the bushfires. 😐