Newspoll and Essential Research coronavirus polling

Among many other findings relating to COVID-19, the strongest evidence yet that Victorians are unswayed by news media narratives concerning their state government.

The Australian today reports Newspoll findings on COVID-19 and leadership approval from Victoria and Queensland, which were targeted with expanded samples (608 and 603 respectively) in the poll whose main results were published yesterday:

• Daniel Andrews is up five points on approval from late July to 62% and down two on approval to 35%, whereas Scott Morrison is down six on approval to 62% and up seven on disapproval to 33%. Andrews is reckoned to be doing very well in handling COVID-19 by 31% (up four), fairly well by 31% (down three), fairly badly by 13% (down five) and very badly by 22% (up four), while Morrison is on 26% for very well (down five), 45% for fairly well (down one), 15% for fairly badly (up three) and 10% for very badly (up one).

• Annastacia Palaszczuk’s ratings are only modestly changed, with approval down one to 63% and disapproval up four to 33% as compared with the poll in late July, while Scott Morrison is down five to 67% and up four to 28% as compared with the poll in late June. Both leaders’ COVID-19 ratings are a little weaker than they were in late July: Palaszczuk records 32% for very well (down five), 36% for fairly well (down eight), 16% for fairly badly (up eight) and 13% for very badly (up seven), while Morrison has 34% for very well (down six), 43% for fairly well (up three), 13% for fairly badly (up two) and 7% for very badly (up one).

• The national sample was asked about the restrictions in Victoria and Queensland, which naturally required lengthy explanation (the framing of which seems reasonable enough). For Victoria, the results were 25% too strict, 61% about right and 10% too lenient; for Queensland, 37% too strict, 53% about right and 7% too lenient.

• The balance of concern is nonetheless moving away from “moving too quickly to relax restrictions”, down 20 points since mid-July to 56%, to “moving too slowly to relax restrictions and harming economy, jobs and mental wellbeing”, up 19 points to 39%.

Today also brings the fortnightly Essential Research poll, as related by The Guardian with the full report to follow later today:

• Respondents were in favour of both Scott Morrison’s handling of COVID-19 (a 61% approval rating, up two on a fortnight ago) and Queensland state border closures he wants lifted (66% support, including 70% among Queensland respondents). Forty-seven per cent of Victorian respondents approved of the state government’s COVID-19 management, unchanged from a fortnight ago, while the rating for the New South Wales government was up seven to 67%.

• Thirty-three per cent of respondents felt tax cuts for high income earners should be brought forward from 2022, as the government has signalled it will do, while 38% believe they should be scrapped and 29% believe the government should stick to the original timetable. Twenty-one per cent believe they would be an effective economic stimulus, compared with 41% for moderately effective and 38% for not effective.

• Asked which technology they preferred for future energy generation, 70% favoured renewables and 15% gas and coal.

The poll was conducted Wednesday to Sunday from a sample of 1081.

UPDATE: Full Essential Research poll here.

Author: William Bowe

William Bowe is a Perth-based election analyst and occasional teacher of political science. His blog, The Poll Bludger, has existed in one form or another since 2004, and is one of the most heavily trafficked websites on Australian politics.

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  2. Thanks Yabba,

    I did have a squiz at the 2019 Greens platform and they do mention a $50 million public awareness campaign to encourage people to move away from gas and ban gas from being used on new developments, so make of that what you will.

  4. Tom the first and best @ #1097 Thursday, September 24th, 2020 – 5:40 pm

    https://www.pollbludger.net/2020/09/22/newspoll-essential-research-coronavirus-polling/comment-page-22/#comment-3485280

    Charlton was only leader because of the premature death of former Queensland Premier T. J. Ryan, who may well have been a better PM than Scullin had he lived.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._J._Ryan

    Yeah, all those dead in Gallipoli and the rest of WW1 might have been better PM’s than Scullin.

  5. Bugler

    Apparently Morrison made some letters available to the media about ADF about Victoria. Save to say the game Morrison is playing is pathetic.

    I will link a thread about it

  6. “Turnbull and the Coalition were very successful at convincing the media and the general public that the original NBN would have been much worse”
    It’s the other way around, the media convinced the Liberals to get rid of the NBN because they thought it might threaten their monopoly. The Liberal Party is essentially the political wing of the media (and some other players).

  9. How many have heard this same tired old bullshit from “Ten fingers and toes” Josh and Saint Scotty of the Marketing and the Marketingettes? This almost stinks of electioneering rather than being genuinely interested in the 90% who aren’t Gina, Twiggy, Clive, etc. They can no more give up the obsession with debt and deficit than Mundo could stop talking in the third person.

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/24/liberals-drop-obsession-with-debt-and-deficit-to-focus-on-job-creation

  10. Clark also makes the point that Charlton was the last senior figure who was present when “Labor blew its brains out” over conscription.

    He is one of three leaders of the opposition to never hold government office

  12. Simon Katich @ #1103 Thursday, September 24th, 2020 – 5:45 pm

    For barbecues, I strongly recommend charcoal in a kamado.

    You can still use charcoal and the BBQ if it has a cover…..
    https://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipes/american-style-smoked-ribs

    The thermal mass of a kamado helps keep the temp stable. I can fire mine up, set the air vents and leave it alone all day long while it does its magic. Mind you, also have a weber gas bbq for quick stuff.

  18. The thermal mass of a kamado helps keep the temp stable. I can fire mine up, set the air vents and leave it alone all day long while it does its magic.

    Looks like I could bake my sourdough bread and sourdough pizza in there too.

    How does it go with Chinese kale and South African lentils? And other totalitarian vegetables?

  20. Mavis Davis:

    Firefox:

    Referring to another poster as “scum” was over the top. You should reflect.

    I’d prefer it if Firefox would refer to me as “scum”

  24. There’s been a lot of chatter about Trump refusing to accept the will of the American people. His pick of Coney Barrett to replace RBG on the SCOTUS, who spent two consecutive days at the WH, is a worry. That said, he’s made so many enemies since 2016, I’m sure there are contingency plans to ensure that a smooth transition.

  25. Andrews better give up some answers tomorrow otherwise this inquiry has been a massive waste of time and money.
    Victoria cannot seem to do anything right anymore. Even conducting an inquiry seems beyond our capabilities.
    Lawyers have done ok out of it though. Money for jam for them

  26. Simon Katich @ #1118 Thursday, September 24th, 2020 – 6:06 pm

    The thermal mass of a kamado helps keep the temp stable. I can fire mine up, set the air vents and leave it alone all day long while it does its magic.

    Looks like I could bake my sourdough bread and sourdough pizza in there too.

    How does it go with Chinese kale and South African lentils? And other totalitarian vegetables?

    I built a brick wood fired oven for pizza and bread, pizza needs the top licked with fire or it’s no good.
    Does Socca count ? don’t think chick peas are strictly a vege

  27. Taylormade @ #1125 Thursday, September 24th, 2020 – 6:35 pm

    Andrews better give up some answers tomorrow otherwise this inquiry has been a massive waste of time and money.
    Victoria cannot seem to do anything right anymore. Even conducting an inquiry seems beyond our capabilities.
    Lawyers have done ok out of it though. Money for jam for them

    There have been plenty of answers.

    None which you agree.

    Liberal losers like you should just get used to being irrelevant.

  28. Taylormade @ #1124 Thursday, September 24th, 2020 – 6:35 pm

    Andrews better give up some answers tomorrow otherwise this inquiry has been a massive waste of time and money.
    Victoria cannot seem to do anything right anymore. Even conducting an inquiry seems beyond our capabilities.
    Lawyers have done ok out of it though. Money for jam for them

    We’d have thousands of new cases every day if nothing was going right.

  29. In common law countries, the HC of Australia has an excellent reputation for its impartiality. Not so, the SCOTUS, which is terribly partial, such being a serious impediment to the democratic process. If Trump’s appointment gets up, which it will,
    and if as it seems the SCOTUS bends to his will, the rule of law could be irreparably damaged. This once great county is in serious decline. Putin & Xi Jinping would surely be jumping with joy.

  30. As for Andrews answering questions – he’s done that for over an hour day in day out for months.

    A bit of recognition please Taylormade. Be better than Neil Mitchell and DimTim.

  31. Neil Mitchell prefers brow beating 16yo girls re climate change than actually getting out of his studio and going to an Andrews daily press conference and facing off with the Premier. Says a lot, doesn’t it Taylormade …?

  32. Kronomex @ #1109 Thursday, September 24th, 2020 – 5:54 pm

    How many have heard this same tired old bullshit from “Ten fingers and toes” Josh and Saint Scotty of the Marketing and the Marketingettes? This almost stinks of electioneering rather than being genuinely interested in the 90% who aren’t Gina, Twiggy, Clive, etc. They can no more give up the obsession with debt and deficit than Mundo could stop talking in the third person.

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/24/liberals-drop-obsession-with-debt-and-deficit-to-focus-on-job-creation

    In this story at the link there is the following quote from Andrew Laming

    The Queensland Liberal Andrew Laming said the shift in fiscal strategy was “very significant”, describing it as “the first time” the Coalition had “definitively” put the goal of fuller employment above reducing debt.

    The “historic” reordering of priorities “is almost a diluted version of Modern Monetary Theory, a belief that the true crime is to leave the citizenry unutilised or underutilised”, he said.

    “It’s an ideological shift in the Coalition partly forced on us by Covid … That if we cut services and insist on lowering debt, we are punishing the current generation for the excesses of those that came before.”

    MMT?!? I thought it was a fringe left wing thing…..

  34. And there it is. The LNP all set to escape scott free for the NBN fustercluck and gigadollars wasted..
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

    The NBN upgrade isn’t a backflip, it’s a forward roll

    NBN Co is set to upgrade the speeds of the network but it’s not an embarrassing backflip to Labor’s original all-fibre plan.
    https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/the-nbn-upgrade-isn-t-a-backflip-it-s-a-forward-roll-20200924-p55yr9.html

    by Stephen Bartholomeus

  35. Vogon Poet @ #1126 Thursday, September 24th, 2020 – 6:40 pm

    Simon Katich @ #1118 Thursday, September 24th, 2020 – 6:06 pm

    The thermal mass of a kamado helps keep the temp stable. I can fire mine up, set the air vents and leave it alone all day long while it does its magic.

    Looks like I could bake my sourdough bread and sourdough pizza in there too.

    How does it go with Chinese kale and South African lentils? And other totalitarian vegetables?

    I built a brick wood fired oven for pizza and bread, pizza needs the top licked with fire or it’s no good.
    Does Socca count ? don’t think chick peas are strictly a vege

    I use my kamado for everything from whole rumps and boned lamb legs, to chicken drumsticks, whole charred eggplants, whole salmon, whole sweet potato, on and on. Absolutely marvellous and foolproof. Can feed the whole street if I load it up. Neighbour 2 up the street provides the home brew, and we have had a few multi-home bottlings of not-so-rough reds.

    Mine is a 650mm Imperial, about 30 years old.

  36. “now is not a time for austerity”
    for the record, yesterday was speech-from-the-throne day in canadia. -a.v.

    In a rare televised national address, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to the airwaves tonight to warn that Canada is at a “crossroads” as COVID-19 cases spike in some provinces, and with pandemic conditions in the fall expected to be worse than what the country endured when the crisis was just beginning.
    . . .
    Beyond warnings about a projected spike in cases in the coming months, Trudeau used the second half of his 15-minute address to tell Canadians that the government will be ready to help them navigate the economic fallout — pointing to some of the policy proposals that were outlined in the speech from the throne this afternoon.

    He said record-low interest rates make it possible for the federal treasury to loosen the purse strings and spend more to support Canadians at a critical time.

    “While we’re still dealing with this pandemic, I don’t want you — or your parent, or your friend — to take on debt that your government can better shoulder,” Trudeau said
    . . .
    Gov. Gen. Julie Payette delivered the government’s nearly hour-long speech from the throne in the Senate chamber earlier today.

    In that speech, the government pledged to create one million new jobs, extend the wage subsidy program until next summer, launch the largest jobs training program in the country’s history and begin to build a national child-care program to support working women.

    The Liberal government also promised to push ahead with plans to create a universal pharmacare program with any provinces willing to take part.

    The government promised to pursue an ambitious environmental agenda to fast-track Canada’s efforts to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions through home retrofits and infrastructure spending, and through tax incentives for companies building zero-emissions products, like electric vehicles.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-national-tv-address-1.5735758
    ____
    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-liberals-pledge-in-throne-speech-to-create-one-million-jobs-during/
    ____
    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-business-groups-applaud-ottawas-extension-of-wage-subsidy-program/
    ____
    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-with-the-throne-speech-trudeau-goes-all-in-on-bigger-government/0p

  37. C’mon Taylormade, are you a proud supporter of the cowardly Neil Mitchell who hides in his studio and picks on teenage girls and manipulates our senior citizens to the point of depression and anger … ??

  38. poroti @ #1132 Thursday, September 24th, 2020 – 6:58 pm

    And there it is. The LNP all set to escape scott free for the NBN fustercluck and gigadollars wasted..
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

    The NBN upgrade isn’t a backflip, it’s a forward roll

    NBN Co is set to upgrade the speeds of the network but it’s not an embarrassing backflip to Labor’s original all-fibre plan.
    https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/the-nbn-upgrade-isn-t-a-backflip-it-s-a-forward-roll-20200924-p55yr9.html

    by Stephen Bartholomeus

    Mundo’s mate Blind Freddie saw this coming years out.

  39. [‘Labor frontbencher Mark Dreyfus branded his fellow shadow cabinet member Joel Fitzgibbon “the idiot for Hunter” in a heated caucus meeting that has exposed a growing divide within the ALP over its energy policy.’]

    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/dreyfus-labels-frontbench-colleague-idiot-for-hunter-in-heated-energy-debate-20200924-p55ywq.html

    If Fitzgibbon can’t be a team player, he should consider his position, perhaps running as an independent.

  40. Mavis @ #1139 Thursday, September 24th, 2020 – 7:03 pm

    [‘Labor frontbencher Mark Dreyfus branded his fellow shadow cabinet member Joel Fitzgibbon “the idiot for Hunter” in a heated caucus meeting that has exposed a growing divide within the ALP over its energy policy.’]

    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/dreyfus-labels-frontbench-colleague-idiot-for-hunter-in-heated-energy-debate-20200924-p55ywq.html

    If Fitzgibbon can’t be a team player, he should consider his position, perhaps running as an independent.

    This smells of Adem Somnyrek.

  43. He said record-low interest rates make it possible for the federal treasury to loosen the purse strings and spend more to support Canadians at a critical time.

    Trudea is ill-informed. He is talking as though the Canadian Government is a mere currency user, like a household, or a business, or a state government, or a local government. It isn’t. It is a currency issuer that allows its currency to float in foreign exchange markets. That means that the constraint on its spending in its own currency is real resource availability and inflation risk, not finance, not revenue, not a budget. He is talking as though the Canadian Government borrows its own currency. It doesn’t. When the government issues bonds it is providing an asset swap to the non-government sector: the non-government sector ends up with lower balances in exchange settlement accounts at the central bank and higher balances in securities accounts at the central bank. It is an unnecessary operation and it doesn’t make any difference to the government’s financial capacity or to the non-government sector’s net financial wealth.

    Trudeau is not doing his country any favours by perpetuating falsehoods about how the Canadian Government’s finances operate in reality.

  45. Anyone who thinks Labor in it’s current manifestation has a snowflakes hope of winning even a municipal council election let alone a general election has lost all contact with reality.

  50. Good news on the legal front in the US:

    (CN) — Subpoenaed as part of the New York attorney general’s investigation, Eric Trump failed Wednesday to put off being interviewed about how the president’s assets were described on financial statements that the Trump Organization used to secure loans and various tax benefits.

    “This court finds [Eric Trump’s] application unpersuasive,” Justice Arthur Engoron said this afternoon, reading his decision to conclude a remote hearing of the Manhattan Supreme Court.

    Noting that the court is “not bound by the timelines of the election,” Engoron ordered the president’s son to appear for deposition no later than Oct. 7, 2020.

    New York Attorney General James, who revealed her probe last month, celebrated the ruling in a statement.

    “Justice and the rule of law prevailed today,” James said. “We will immediately move to ensure that Donald Trump and the Trump Organization comply with the court’s order and submit financial records related to our investigation. Further, Eric Trump will no longer be able to delay his interview and will be sitting down with investigators in my office no later than October 7. To be clear, no entity or individual is allowed to dictate how or when our investigation will proceed or set the parameters of a lawful investigation. The court’s order today makes clear that no one is above the law, not even an organization or an individual with the name Trump.”

    https://www.courthousenews.com/no-election-day-delay-for-deposition-of-eric-trump/

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