The Australian reports the latest Newspoll has the Coalition’s lead at 51-49, unchanged on three weeks ago. On the primary vote, the Coalition is steady at 42%, Labor up a point to 35%, the Greens down one to 11% and One Nation down one to 3%. Scott Morrison records another personal best on leader ratings, his approval up two to 68% and disapproval down two to 27%, while Anthony Albanese is now at 42% on both approval and disapproval, which are respectively up by one and two. Morrison’s lead as preferred prime minister is at 58-26, out from 56-26. The poll was conducted Wednesday to Saturday from a sample of 1521.
Newspoll: 51-49 to Coalition
Scott Morrison records another personal best approval rating, as Newspoll maintains its stable-to-a-fault record on voting intention.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/29/sun-belt-coronavirus-trump-reelection-343694
“Donaghy declared that “Melbourne is not Wuhan””
Quite right. I believe Wuhan has less community transmission than Melbourne has at the moment.
The Evangelicals lose again. Supreme Court rules against Louisiana law regulating abortion.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-louisiana-abortion-law-john-roberts/2020/06/29/6f42067e-ba00-11ea-8cf5-9c1b8d7f84c6_story.html
I have no idea whether Mr Moselmane is the target of the ASIO investigation. However, the ALP have been trying to get rid of him for some time as he is a liability, and wasting the opportunity would be folly.
On my reading list, “The allure of authoritarianism”
-Anne Applebaum’s new book grapples with why former friends abandoned liberalism as authoritarianism gained ground across the West.
https://www.the-american-interest.com/2020/06/27/plumbing-the-allure-of-authoritarianism/
Bloody hell! So Downer thinks that lying should be allowed. Fletcher accused Trioli of quoting from the Greens when she argued with his bodgy figures, too, which riled her.
lizzie @ #807 Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 – 4:28 am
They normally have to if they want to tell their story. 🙂
New thread.
‘@deniseshrivell
The biggest direct threat to us from an overseas interest – comes through dominant US media ownership & how they use this dominance #auspol
Quote Tweet
Paul Smith
@SaysSmithy
· 9h
The Prime Minister will unveil a 10-year funding commitment to enhance cyber security tomorrow, including $470 million to create more than 500 new jobs within the Australian Signals Directorate: https://afr.com/politics/federal/pm-goes-on-billion-dollar-cyber-war-footing-amid-china-tensions-20200629-p5579w
Steve777 @ #794 Monday, June 29th, 2020 – 10:55 pm
Can’t bring myself to watch repeats of Gently…having seen how it all ends for him in the last episode ever I just find it too sad…or something…..