The latest Newspoll in The Australian has the Coalition leading 52-48, out from 51-49 last time, from primary votes of Coalition 44% (up one), Labor 34% (steady), Greens 11% (down one) and One Nation 3% (steady). Scott Morrison’s personal ratings are unchanged at 65% approval and 31% disapproval, while Anthony Albanese is steady on 39% approval and up three on disapproval to 43%. Morrison’s lead on preferred prime minister nonetheless narrows slightly, from 59-27 to 57-28.
The poll shows a broadly favourable response to the budget, which is rated good for the economy by 42% and bad by 20%, compared with 44% and 18% last year – although a lot more of the favourable response is merely quite good (35% compared with 29% last year) rather than extremely good (7% compared with 15%). Twenty-six per cent expect it will make them better off financially compared with 23% for worse off and 51% for uncommitted, which is less strong than last year (34% better off and 19% worse off) but fairly strong by historical standards.
Troublingly for Labor, 54% expressed more trust in “a Coalition government led by Scott Morrison” to “guide Australia’s recovery” compared with 32% for “a Labor government led by Anthony Albanese”, and only 33% felt Labor would have done a better job on the budget compared with 49% for a worse job. This compares with 37% and 45% last year and is their weakest net result since the Coalition came to power in 2013, although it’s within the error margin of 2015, 2016 and 2017.
The poll was conducted Wednesday to Saturday from a sample of 1527.
What did she know and when did she know it?
Gladys seems to recall quite a bit of McGuire’s activity
Thanks ajm et al for the link to the petition.
Confessions @ #120 Monday, October 12th, 2020 – 9:55 am
Direct link: https://www.aph.gov.au/petition_list?id=EN1938
The petition needs a response in three stages and at any one of them it crashes.
No wonder McGuire seemed to have a lot of credence as a ‘door opener’ with the brown paper bag crew – was he bragging about his ‘connections’.
Shellbell @ #84 Monday, October 12th, 2020 – 7:51 am
I haven’t looked at Victoria’s numbers in isolation but the Australian numbers look exactly like that, and Victoria’s cases through this wave pretty much are Australia’s numbers. The tail this time is bigger by a factor of three, based on a crude negative exponential fit added to the log-normal fit to better describe what is a fatter tail. While I wouldn’t read too much into the curve parameters, descriptive modelling isn’t causative, the problem I see with a long tail is the increased risk of more clusters. The trend at the moment points to just under 27,800 cases by the end of the year, and 930 deaths. This morning we were at 27,279 cases and 898 deaths.
In today’s dawn patrol
https://www.smh.com.au/national/kevin-rudd-and-the-murdoch-connection-20201011-p5642f.html
Fairfax takes a cynical view of the Rudd petition. He may be the first witness called on the media/politics interface given his close interactions with Chris Mitchell in the halcyon early days of his government.
Always remember in a Royal Commission there are only 3 acceptable answers:
1. Not that I can remember
2. Not in my presence
3. Can I have a glass of water
Credlin 1
Andrews 0
Arthur Moses SC in row three of ICAC inquiry fresh from appearance at Quarantine inquiry.
Rare double.
Oakeshott Country @ #154 Monday, October 12th, 2020 – 10:38 am
You forgot Lord Downer’s ‘I don’t/can’t recall’
lizzie @ #155 Monday, October 12th, 2020 – 10:36 am
Not for me it didn’t and I just signed it in the last half hour.
ABC News
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#BREAKING: The Premier Gladys Berejiklian has admitted to the Independent Commission Against Corruption that she was was in a close personal relationship with former Wagga Wagga MP Daryl Maguire.
Keep on shaking your fists, mundo – don’t give up! The clouds WILL listen to you.
‘Morrison’s lead on preferred prime minister nonetheless narrows slightly, from 59-27 to 57-28.’
Slowlee, slowlee, slowlee, slowlee, slowlee, slowlee, slowlee, slowlee, slowlee, slowlee, slowlee, slowlee ctachee Scrooter.
How long until Berejikilian resigns?
What. The interesting stuff is actually happening in NSW. Who would have thunked it.
C@t
I’ve been trying since yesterday. I think it’s pure luck to get through all three. A good example of the gov’s failure in all their internet services.
Kakuru @ #164 Monday, October 12th, 2020 – 7:46 am
Maybe he can ask them to rain more?
Victoria @ #167 Monday, October 12th, 2020 – 7:48 am
Gold standard.
Yep, those leaders who pour beer on their heads, right up mundo’s alley.
Kakuru @ #160 Monday, October 12th, 2020 – 10:46 am
Maybe not…..the jury is out on the emails I’ve sent to various members though. Clouds not so much. Every little bit helps. Haven’t given up have you KooKoo?
lizzie @ #168 Monday, October 12th, 2020 – 10:48 am
How about this link, lizzie?
https://www.aph.gov.au/petition_list
Go down the list to EN1938 and then click on that.
You need to be patient and wait for the blue circle thingy to stop pulsating. Then it’s all good. Well, it was for me. 🙂
lizzie @ #167 Monday, October 12th, 2020 – 10:50 am
If only sarcasm worked on clouds.
Steve davis
Something like 90% of the population works in the private sector.
Alpo
That wasn’t a neoliberal budget because a true neoliberal would be chasing a surplus by limiting spending.
How many of these phone calls between McGuire and Gladys are there? Dynamite..
I can just imagine that mundo was Top Dog in Year 5 with his ability to make a juvenile twist on someone’s name. 🙄
Is Miracle Man still in Qld weaving his magic?
Better hope it doesn’t work.
The Qld punters couldn’t be that stupid, could they?
C@t
I know, I know.
will Gladys Berejiklian resign like Barry O’farrell got caught out lying to ICAC
I thought March next year would see Gladys Berejiklian gone , could be this year
Scott
will Gladys Berejiklian resign like Barry O’farrell got caught out lying to ICAC
Has she lied to ICAC?
High court bid to end Melbournes lockdown: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/hotelier-appeals-to-high-court-to-end-melbourne-s-lockdown-20201011-p5640q.html
A high-powered legal challenge to the validity of Premier Daniel Andrews’ lockdown of Melbourne is set to be lodged in the High Court of Australia amid mounting business disquiet over the expected continuation of strict restrictions past October 19.
Prominent hospitality figure Julian Gerner is behind the challenge and has engaged top silks Bret Walker SC and Michael Wyles QC to represent him. A writ of summons against the state of Victoria and a statement of claim from Mr Gerner is expected to be filed in Melbourne’s High Court registry as early as Monday.
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Bret Walker – Defence most recently for George Pell…
Another 500 doctor signed letter released today headed by Dr Eamonn Mathieson – Anti-abotionist…
The LNP Goon squad will stop at nothing trying to infect everyone in Victoria – and then blame Dan when it does happen…
I have now had 10 goes at signing Rudd’s petition. I keep getting marked as a “robot” and being told to contact an “Administrator”.
How you onto an administrator at APH I have not yet figured out. But I intend to break persistent.
For what it is worth, I have never been marked as a robot by CAPTCHA before, despite my many years of piking out bridges, mountains or traffic lights on the photos.
Can CAPTCHA settings be twiddled by admins?
The difficulty will come, and it is quite unfair, is that when McGuire comes on – he will lie through his teeth and try to spread his corruption as far and wide as he can.
Dom Perottet must be ruing the iCare dodgy business, could be the next NSW Premier into ICAC on his first day
Scott @ #180 Monday, October 12th, 2020 – 10:56 am
She’s good. By the end before the adjournment she had the Counsel Assisting ‘in passionate agreement’ with her.
sprocket_ @ #186 Monday, October 12th, 2020 – 11:04 am
sprocket_,
Well then none of them should have thought they could do dodgy stuff and not get caught for it like Labor.
Douglas and Milko
Sometimes I get through the Robot shield and then get no confirming email.
OC
“Fairfax takes a cynical view of the Rudd petition. He may be the first witness called on the media/politics interface given his close interactions with Chris Mitchell in the halcyon early days of his government.”
Last night (early hours of am, rather) I listened to Kevin Rudd talking about his Murdoch visit on A Rational Fear podcast last night.
He was pretty forthright but funny when speaking of Murdoch. Her calls him Gollum . I don’t think Kev will be bothered about owning up to the visit and his opinions of Murdoch.
He did get a bit snarky about JG and Mark Abib but that’s to be expected.
Douglas and Milko @ #185 Monday, October 12th, 2020 – 11:03 am
Fyi, I didn’t have to do the Captcha thing. I noticed it down in the corner and ignored it, just kept clicking through.
Chris Eccles had to go because it is his job to know who was doing what when and how. His job is to be the Premier’s eyes and ears.
Counsel Assisting has a very nice, smooth voice. Good for the old “not knowing the knife has gone in until it comes out”* move.
Good to see they have boosted the intensity of the commissioner with retired appeal judge, Ruth McColl.
*c/- Chief Justice Gleeson
re that petition
I spent most of yesterday robotically persisting, then as if by magic I was rewarded and I became human. The final step was an email from APH (which of course I had to retrieve from my JUNK folder) which contained a link that I clicked on. It was so simple I wonder if it is deliberate.
1 new local transmission in NSW from known cluster
lizzie @ #189 Monday, October 12th, 2020 – 11:06 am
Are you with gmail? I am and I got the confirming email pretty quickly. Sometimes though, gmail’s servers don’t send me my mail for a few hours. It could be that.
Late news —
Australian journalism has —- wait for it – wait for it …..
Thanks C@t.
My first go on a browser is like that, then it times out, and next go around I have to do the Captcha test. I will try a bit later, after rebooting my computer.
D & M.
Check your email. You get that robot message even after you get the confirmation email of having signed.