The Age/Herald yesterday brought us the third result in its monthly federal polling series from Resolve Strategic, which had the Coalition on 40% (up one), Labor on 36% (up one), the Greens on 10% (down two) and One Nation on 3% (up one). This series doesn’t provide a published two-party result, but based on the last election this suggests a Labor lead of 50.5-49.5, down from around 51-49 last time. Scott Morrison has taken a hit on his personal ratings, down five on approval to 48% and up two on disapproval to 40%, while Anthony Albanese is down a point on both, to 31% and 44% respectively. Morrison’s lead as preferred prime minister is at 46-23, unchanged in magnitude from 48-25 last time.
Full results from the poll, which was conducted last Tuesday to Saturday from a sample of 1600, can be viewed here. This includes the poll’s usual results for leader attributes and best party to handle various issues, as well as breakdowns for all major questions by region and gender. After last month’s poll unusually found Labor doing better in New South Wales than Victoria, this result reverts to normal. The pollster has also been up and down in its gender breakdowns, having found Labor doing better among women in the second poll a month ago, but little gender gap in the first poll and the third.
Boerwar, you not up on the Chinese defector? Thought you would have been all over that.
Cud Chewer @ #2292 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 2:03 pm
Cud, likewise one of my favourite books. I came across it in 1980, in Dymocks, when looking for a Bach biography. I gather my original hardback is now worth hundreds. It is in the bookcase in my bedroom. I dive into the CGAT chapters every now and a gain for amusement and mental stimulation. It is a superbly constructed intellectual tour de force.
N @ #1180 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 2:11 pm
Fine. Remove all the ag & mining subsidies and assistance and go back to using horse and plough. That’s romance ..!
Yabba says:
Cud, likewise one of my favourite books. I came across it in 1980, in Dymocks, when looking for a Bach biography.
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Don’t lie you were looking for comic books.
One interesting experience when travelling to many countries is visiting museums.
Mexicanbeemer @ #2300 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 12:13 pm
Take a closer look, they’re wearing hoodies and face masks.
Barney, that’s what you get for rushing to C@t’s defense time and time again. A scratch!
Barney
If you look at their bodies.
The guy closet to the camera looks like his body is twisted and looks to be laying face down with his fingers pointing up showing the tips of his fingers.
N @ #2294 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 2:03 pm
Geez N, do you get invited to a lot of parties these days?
Sky after dark will be seen in a lot more than the National Party heartland.
However I’m not sure if that means its reach will be greater than the current coverage. The WIN network (including in Canberra) currently carries Sky on one of its channels that is not used by the Ten network.
From 1 July the WIN network will be aligned with Nine and there will generally be no spare channel for Sky. I haven’t seen where Ten goes then (OH will be outraged if Masterchef disappears!) However I’m assuming Ten will move to Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) which would give Sky the spare channel mentioned by the Guardian.
So the upshot is probably that the ‘characters’ on Sky after dark will continue to be seen outside the state capital cities on a different network. As for any change in the number of viewers, who knows?
Recon @ #2303 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 2:19 pm
We are not all like you, Anathema.
This week, in our recorder consort, we have been playing Bach’s Contrapunctus I and IX from ‘The art of the Fugue’. IX especially is technically demanding. I recommend that you listen to it to see if you can begin to understand that other people are able to find interests different to comic books, unlike yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9dc2ite_i4
I play the little one.
Well chosen name, by the way, Anathema.
It’s a reprise of “The Young Ones” with the cast consisting entirely of Neil
Player One @ #2196 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 11:11 am
Bingo P1.
Yabba says:
This week, in our recorder consort….
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Laugh? I nearly shit myself.
Yabba @ #2177 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 2:34 pm
Fabulous intonation.
Great projection and presence from the bass rec. which is notoriously difficult to balance in ensemble.
Good post. Don’t know this group. Will look ’em up.
Recon @ #2180 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 2:39 pm
You must lead a rather sheltered life Recon.
Philistinism alive and well on PB.
Recon @ #2171 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 2:19 pm
Gee, if only we could all be sneering meatheads like Recon.
So the Government has 8 weeks to decide what to do next.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/20/biloela-daughter-tharnicaa-released-from-hospital-in-perth
Recon @ #2312 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 2:39 pm
Only nearly? That must have been a pleasant change for your carers.
Keep it up!
30 all. Recon to serve.
Yabba @ #2186 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 2:49 pm
Gold.
I suppose if I lose interest in sex, drugs, rock and roll, travel and literature I might take up medieval wind instruments.
Spray says:
Sunday, June 20, 2021 at 2:26 pm
N @ #2294 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 2:03 pm
Spray says:
Sunday, June 20, 2021 at 2:00 pm
N @ #2286 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 1:51 pm
Spray says:
Sunday, June 20, 2021 at 1:46 pm
…..to be laid to rest in the Republic of Australia, that’d do me.
Sadly, there’s nothing like a majority constituency for even the most minimal constitutional change. The adoption of a Republic in either form or substance seems very remote. The monarchic/reactionaries would have a field day opposing substantive changes. They profit from opposing even comparatively trivial ideas, such as changes to the flag or the anthem.
We live in a reactionary principality.
Agree N, but when things start to happen….what’s that old quote?
“Events, dear boy, events….”.
In LNP-land, there are no events. Nothing has ever happened. Nothing is happening now. Nothing will ever happen. We are in a time pit – a hole into which history has fallen – in this country.
Geez N, do you get invited to a lot of parties these days?
Lol. Quite a lot, considering. I can’t help seeing things as they are. Perhaps I should confine my remarks to highly refined, 24-carat optimism. Consider the record, Spray. Consider it and tell me I’m mistaken.
Spray @ #1241 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 2:26 pm
He’s practising for the WA Labor version of Waiting For Godot.
It’s called Waiting For Federal Government.
N @ #2323 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 2:56 pm
No, you’re not mistaken, based on the recent past. But the tide does turn eventually doesn’t it?
For the first quarter of my life I saw nothing but a movement towards a more progressive society, and assumed that was how things would continue to flow. But they didn’t, and evil bastards like Howard sniffed the breeze and capitalised politically. The progressive movement has hit a few hurdles (and cleared a few), but these too will pass.
The trick is to live long enough to see what happens next. Optimism helps. Enjoy those parties.
C@tmomma @ #2324 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 3:00 pm
I’ve lived most of my life in WA. A Federal election win for Labor, driven by seats won in WA, would be a thing of beauty. It’s always been a fanciful notion (since Hawke at least), but maybe the McGowan factor might help? Frankly I have no idea, but at least Labor isn’t a dirty word over there any more.
Recon @ #2321 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 2:52 pm
I couldn’t give a flying fuck what you do, but I do wish that you would find somewhere else to shit yourself.
I have been playing said woodwind instrument since I was 4 years old. It is less mediæval than a guitar or violin, not that mediævality is a problem. Give me Charpentier or Frescobaldi over Tommy James & The Shondells any day.
Yabba, the only thing you play is pomposity. You are a master at that it is true.
Recon @ #2327 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 3:18 pm
Biting! Though not quite up to shitting yourself. I suggest that you stick to that. It certainly sticks to you.
I’ve lived most of my life in WA. A Federal election win for Labor, driven by seats won in WA, would be a thing of beauty. It’s always been a fanciful notion (since Hawke at least), but maybe the McGowan factor might help? Frankly I have no idea, but at least Labor isn’t a dirty word over there any more.
I lived in WA for 15 years myself. It took WA a long time to get over Brain Bourke and trust State Labor again. Hopefully federal Labor will be next?
Spray
Thank Dog that W.A. Inc. is well and truly dead buried and cremated.
Labor, is not a dirty word…
(Skyhooks)
Reminds me of the 80s and the first generation of electronic keyboards.
A conversation my dad had with his friend’s wife on arrival.
So where is xyz..?
He’s downstairs, playing with his organ.
Spray says:
Sunday, June 20, 2021 at 3:10 pm
N @ #2323 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 2:56 pm
Spray says:
Sunday, June 20, 2021 at 2:26 pm
N @ #2294 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 2:03 pm
Spray says:
Sunday, June 20, 2021 at 2:00 pm
N @ #2286 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 1:51 pm
Spray says:
Sunday, June 20, 2021 at 1:46 pm
…..to be laid to rest in the Republic of Australia, that’d do me.
Sadly, there’s nothing like a majority constituency for even the most minimal constitutional change. The adoption of a Republic in either form or substance seems very remote. The monarchic/reactionaries would have a field day opposing substantive changes. They profit from opposing even comparatively trivial ideas, such as changes to the flag or the anthem.
We live in a reactionary principality.
Agree N, but when things start to happen….what’s that old quote?
“Events, dear boy, events….”.
In LNP-land, there are no events. Nothing has ever happened. Nothing is happening now. Nothing will ever happen. We are in a time pit – a hole into which history has fallen – in this country.
Geez N, do you get invited to a lot of parties these days?
Lol. Quite a lot, considering. I can’t help seeing things as they are. Perhaps I should confine my remarks to highly refined, 24-carat optimism. Consider the record, Spray. Consider it and tell me I’m mistaken.
No, you’re not mistaken, based on the recent past. But the tide does turn eventually doesn’t it?
For the first quarter of my life I saw nothing but a movement towards a more progressive society, and assumed that was how things would continue to flow. But they didn’t, and evil bastards like Howard sniffed the breeze and capitalised politically. The progressive movement has hit a few hurdles (and cleared a few), but these too will pass.
The trick is to live long enough to see what happens next. Optimism helps. Enjoy those parties.
Cheers, Spray. I’m with you on the 1st quarter. We’ve been kicking into a cold wind ever since….
Yabba @ #2297 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 2:05 pm
I didn’t bother with it. Do you often feel a need to revisit your undergraduate studies? Didn’t you understand them the first time around?
No, high school. You were no doubt too busy dating.
Yabba @ #2329 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 3:20 pm
This is going to a fifth set tie-breaker.
poroti @ #2331 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 3:24 pm
It’s like I said Poroti, the trick is to live long enough. Maybe we’ll see the day when the NSW ALP can shed the stink of Obeid and co.
Player One @ #2334 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 3:52 pm
I have made a very nice living as an operations research modeller for many tens of years, and still do. Look up what that is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations_research
How is this still happening ??
Is there nothing happening in the world today except a little sport? Perhaps we’re all bunkered down against the virus?
Yabba @ #2338 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 4:04 pm
So, not a success on the dating front either?
William, please publish this and make sure Zoomster sees it when she is here next. Thanks.
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Dear Zoomster/Zuvele,
I would like to apologise to you for the case of mistaken identity that occurred awhile ago.
After being the target of personal abuse, I incorrectly claimed that you were someone called Helen and that you were the source of the attacks against me.
Even though I have already corrected the record on multiple occasions, I would like to formally apologise to you in this manner in the hope that we can put it behind us.
While making this apology, I feel that it is important to point out that I certainly was the target of personal abuse and that I was right to stand up to it. In fact, I found doing so to be a very empowering experience.
However, I do regret mistaking you for someone else, which is why I am offering you this apology. You were not the source of the personal attacks against me and should not bear responsibility for the wrongdoings of others.
As you know, I am someone who places high value in the truth, which is why I have previously corrected the record after realising my mistake and why I am formally apologising to you now.
I offer you this apology freely, without coercion, and without qualification.
I am sorry.
Yours sincerely,
-Firefox/Theo
Player One @ #2341 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 4:26 pm
I think this is where Recon serves for the match.
Dear Firefox/Theo
Apology accepted.
I can understand that, having made the initial mistake, how outraged you must have been when you thought I was denying all knowledge of the events you referred to, which obviously hurt you deeply.
Like you, I value the truth.
I will also, always, defend my reputation.
Thank you.
Dear Firefox/Theo
Apology accepted.
When did that happen?
Does that mean I can unblock them now?
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne says she doesn’t want to comment on the rumoured defection to the United States of a senior Chinese spy but has urged Beijing to fully comply with the next phase of the investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
Chinese vice-minister of State Security, Dong Jingwei, has reportedly defected to the US and given information about the Wuhan Institute of Virology which is at the centre of the COVID-19 lab leak theory.
Rumours are flying that Dong Jingwei may have flown to the US from Hong Kong in February.
Dong was responsible for China’s counter-intelligence activities and if the reports are true, it would be the highest-level defection in the history of the People’s Republic of China.
The rumour of the defection has been spreading on Chinese language media and Twitter in recent days, which included reports that Dong fled to the US via Hong Kong with his daughter in February.
Player One @ #2341 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 4:26 pm
Brilliant! I am shattered! You win. Your fractional wit and boundless self-belief overcome all setbacks, even your staggering ignorance. You and anathema make a delightful pair. He has lots of shit to spare, and you provide the vomit.
lizzie @ #1273 Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – 4:20 pm
I just heard that the Justice department in the US are working towards charging Donald Trump and others in Congress with Inciting an Insurrection. That’s kinda ‘happening’. 🙂
Thanks for your understanding, Zoom. Cheers.
And thanks for publishing that for me, William.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lwfuUyTMpVY