Newspoll: 53-47 to Labor

Slight improvement in the Coalition’s voting intention numbers, but Scott Morrison’s personal ratings continue to track down.

The Australian reports the latest Newspoll has Labor leading 53-47, in from 54-46 three weeks ago. The primary votes are Coalition 37% (up two), Labor 38% (steady), Greens 11% (steady) and One Nation 2% (down one). Scott Morrison is down two on approval to 44% and up two on disapproval to 52%, while Anthony Albanese is respectively steady on 37% and up two to 48%. Morrison’s lead as preferred prime minister has been cut from 48-34 to 46-38. The poll was conducted Wednesday to Saturday from a sample of 1524.

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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  1. Acerbic Conehead @ #1138 Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 – 10:07 pm

    I can’t see how ScoMo is a liar.

    His bible pillories “the deceiver” (eg Revelations 12:9).

    And in Proverbs (12:22) it says that “the Lord detests lying lips, but…delights in people who are trustworthy”.

    Surely, as an expert in the Christian Scriptures, and their biggest ever fan, he can do nothing else but follow them.

    Ipso facto, then, ScoMo cannot be a liar.

    Oh my goodness, Acerbic Conehead, I think you’ve unpicked the lock into Scott Morrison’s mind! 😯

  2. Taylormade,

    Look at my 5.57pm post and weep for your Party’s humiliation.

    I smell a WA style massacre at the next Election in Victoria.

  4. nath @ #1149 Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 – 9:45 pm

    Greensborough Growler says:
    Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at 10:12 pm

    nath,

    The first job of any Dictionarist is to remind you that you are a dickhead!
    ______________________
    Actually, I think the first job of anyone is to remind you that your comment about reaching for a revolver whenever someone calls themselves a progressive is probably the most stupid comment I’ve seen for a while. Particularly for someone who actually mans an ALP booth on here most days. How you reconcile those two facts is for you to work out, but I’m certain your imbecility will decide the matter.

    Yeah, while my initial reaction was to parody it with a tasteless historical-referencing parody, thinking about it, it was a pretty offensive and unnecessarily violent remark.

  7. Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.

    — Ian Fleming.

    * In July, the newly fitted Nauka module had a “thruster misfire”, rotating the ISS 540 degrees.
    * In September, “fairly serious” cracks were found in the Zarya module.
    * Now …

    Here’s what we know about the satellite explosion that forced International Space Station astronauts to take shelter in escape capsules
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-16/international-space-station-russia-astronauts-missile-test/100624556

  10. “Acerbic Conehead, I think you’ve unpicked the lock into Scott Morrison’s mind! ”

    FFS flee, now Conehead…its your only hope!! 🙁

  12. The most recent Morgan polling in Victoria, conducted recently, put the ALP at 58% (up 0.5% from the landslide victory at the last election)

    Now we have Liberal Party MP’s on the steps of the Parliament speaking in support of “protestors” some of whom were carrying Nazi flags and others making death threats (I trust NZ is identifying them such that they can not journey to NZ. NZ already have the experience of such “Australians” wreaking havoc in their Nation)

    So far right

    The next poll will be of interest

    And hopefully the Liberal Party believing what they read in the Murdoch press will be shown as the folly it is

    Noting Murdoch regurgitate what the Liberals say so an ever diminishing echo chamber of malcontents

    Interesting too that the Liberal Party power broker, Bastiaan, has had his attempt to silence reporting on his activities thrown out by the Courts

    I wonder who is paying his legal costs – or providing pro Bono representation

    The irony of trying to silence media is not lost

    If they cannot control it they attempt to silence it

  13. “Better than Hawke or Keating! Andrews is entering Shorten territory in terms of being a fairly average operator who somehow manages to attract a messianic following of fairly average operators.”

    Yeah right Nath, what alternate universe are you living in? As somebody who works in public education and has done for nearly forty years, I can safely say he is the best premier in the country when it comes to education, unless of course, you are a supporter of private schools. Your right wing petticoat shows more and more with every passing week.

  17. It worked fine the first time. Also that appears to be the gist of Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense. I hope they throw the book at him. Given that it’s the US though (and with a presiding judge who seems hugely sympathetic), he’ll probably be let off.

  18. C@tmomma and imacca,

    “Acerbic Conehead, I think you’ve unpicked the lock into Scott Morrison’s mind! ”

    “FFS flee, now Conehead…its your only hope!!”

    Yikes…is it too late to hit the delete button? Or am I doomed to forever wander the innards of ScoMo’s scone?

  20. It worked fine the first time.

    Okay, thanks!
    I didn’t see a preview in my original post, and when I checked this afternoon is only showed a grey error screen.

    Also that appears to be the gist of Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense. I hope they throw the book at him. Given that it’s the US though (and with a presiding judge who seems hugely sympathetic), he’ll probably be let off.

    I know what you mean. :-/

    Edit: By “blocked”, I meant “blocked by YouTube” (e.g. region restrictions.)

  22. With the way things are escalating with China and Russia, you’d have to go back to the ’62 Cuban Missile Crisis to envisage a more volatile geopolitical situation than now.

    It could be sabre-rattling but with Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s border, things could ignite very quickly. And
    Biden’s and Xi Jinping’s virtual summit hasn’t exactly gone to plan. But not to worry, Constable Plod’s on watch.

    https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/tensions-in-russia-spark-fears-of-new-war-as-vladimir-putin-threatens-to-destroy-opponents/news-story/0da8ebf1ec3b56cb859f8623174faef3

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-16/us-china-joe-biden-and-xi-jinping-hold-virtual-meeting/100623638

  23. Andrews is popular alright, despite the rabid press and the irrelevance society of scribblers attempting to prevent a declining respect for their profession.
    Morrison targeted Victoria immediately after returning from an aside tent on the world climatic stage.
    Morrison needed to provide subterfuge, having been so badly received at Glasgow and so soon after his submarine self immolation and diplomatic disaster.
    Morrison screams and will scream about prices whether they are petrol,oil, diesel, gas, beer, bread, bus fares and interest rates because he has nothing to lose.
    Morrison would love to be the tosser tossed out! He has his financial spoils, far in excess of his wildest dreams.
    The pathetic liberals, so spectacularly compromised by Barnaby and the Nationals pre Glasgow don’t have the fortitude to sack Morrison and replace him with either of the alternative desperates.
    Victoria and Andrews is appearing to look like a political battle and war already lost before the next federal election.
    WA and its voters appear to ready to annhililate Morrison and the liberals at the next federal election.
    NSW voters are suffering from shellshock after the sordid exposure of St Gladys. They could stumble in any direction to maintain as much distance from the Shire Liar as possible.
    Queensland with the very very solid Queenslander Anastasia in charge, will not have the city of Brisbane sullied by either Morrison, the NSW PM or the ravages of Covid.
    Outside of Brisbane, the savages with the awkwardly displayed figurehead of Canavan and boy wonder Littlepride could still provide some trinkets and baubles for Morrison.
    Palmer and Hanson have bigger egos than Morrison.(unbelievable)
    The ACT and particularly the right wing Tuggeranong valley may savage the liberals and go all green!
    One seat will change in SA and a clever Tasmamia is keeping its options open.
    Morrison won’t visit the NT unless to expel more gas.
    We have started on a very long Shouty election countdown and Australians overwhelmingly will keep their heads down to avoid the crossfire from all directions and concentrate on the cricket, Christmas and New Year and Covid.
    Morrison may just be stupid enough to keep putting his now very much lampooned, curry face in everyone’s face and ruin both Summer and his election chances.
    Morrison is very overexposed and looking to follow the path of Kodak.

  25. Gollsays:
    Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 1:06 am

    You noticed that he immediately attacked Victoria after the meeting with Rupert Murdoch in NY.

    Traitor he is.

  26. Firefox 9.25pm

    “if your vote doesn’t elect a progressive Green it will flow through to Labor anyway.

    1. Greens
    2. Left wing minors and independents
    3. Labor
    4. Coalition
    5. One Nation/UAP/Etc…

    That is how you cast the most powerful vote for the progressive left in Australia.”
    Always thought –
    If No 2 polls lowest, eliminated and preferences are distributed.
    If No 1 next lowest, preferences to No 2 exhausts as already out of contest.
    ie vote only flow on to those still alive.
    At a booth near me, a scrutineer said a large percentage of the green vote was informal because only 1 box was filled in. (young voters, didn’t read ballot paper, no HTVs handed out etc). Also many exhausted which is why I thought……

  29. Hey Firefox. I vote Green more often than Labor, but…

    “Mass murdering war criminal”… uhh, no. Phrases like this are why nobody takes trots seriously.

    Mugabe, Suharto, Pinochet, and plenty of others fit that description way more easily. Joe Biden is disappointing in plenty of ways from a left-wing perspective (especially from outside the US), but calling him a mass murderer is as unhinged as claiming John Howard was responsible for the Port Arthur massacre. (Yeah, I remember those CEC flyers.)

    All you’re doing with statements like that is giving free and reusable ammunition to the Labor Right of PB, who will gleefully bookmark it and quote it five years from now saying “Look! Here’s an example of Green opinion!” I’m sure that isn’t what you want, but it’s going to be the result.

  32. Despite rapidly running out of platforms, when Alan Jones left Sky News after eight years earlier this month, CBD was sure the broadcasting superannuant would be back. And we were right.

    Jones has leapt into the digital age, launching an advanced (for him) WordPress website at alanjones.com.au.

    Titled “Direct to the people”, the site invites citizens to “sign up to find out where Alan goes next”. Jones’ faithful lieutenant Jake Thrupp – his former producer at Sky – didn’t return CBD’s calls on Tuesday. But CBD heard the site had accrued 1000 subscribers on Tuesday morning. They also teased that there would be more info to come in two weeks.

    So, what’s in store? A YouTube channel? A TikTok debut perhaps?

    Despite talk of falling ratings at Sky News without Jones as the network awaits the arrival of UK tabloid grubber Piers Morgan, CBD is informed that when The Daily Telegraph cancelled Jones’ column in July after some nutty COVID commentary, reader reaction was so muted that the Tele only received a single cancelled subscription. Judging by the outfit Jones is wearing in his new website venture, the future’s bright – aquamarine jacket bright to be precise.

    https://www.smh.com.au/national/alan-jones-takes-a-techno-turn-post-sky-20211116-p599fo.html

  33. Just a matter of time before Perrottet is replaced..

    NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet insisted on pushing ahead with a controversial rail corporation which was at the centre of growing safety concerns because scuttling it would have blown a $2.5 billion hole in the state budget.

    The revelation is contained in a trove of documents released to a parliamentary inquiry into the Transport Asset Holding Entity (TAHE), which also detail the high-level concerns the Audit Office has about the state-owned corporation.

    Cooking the books at the expense of rail safety…

    https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/premier-unwilling-to-accept-2-5b-budget-blow-from-scrapping-rail-corporation-20211116-p599ah.html

  35. Jaeger @ #732 Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 – 6:23 am

    Most of United Australia party’s videos pulled from YouTube for allegedly violating advertising policy

    UAP has spent $2.684m on 25 YouTube ads since ex-Liberal MP Craig Kelly joined in August

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/17/most-of-united-australia-partys-videos-pulled-from-youtube-for-allegedly-violating-advertising-policy

    Best. News. Of. The. Day. 😀

    Next stop. Banning the UAP channel for the crime of being a bunch of evil clowns!

  36. Observer says:
    Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at 10:39 pm
    The most recent Morgan polling in Victoria, conducted recently, put the ALP at 58% (up 0.5% from the landslide victory at the last election)

    Now we have Liberal Party MP’s on the steps of the Parliament speaking in support of “protestors” some of whom were carrying Nazi flags and others making death threats (I trust NZ is identifying them such that they can not journey to NZ. NZ already have the experience of such “Australians” wreaking havoc in their Nation)
    ————————-
    Hopefully, by cosying up to the white Caucasian gangs on the steps of Parliament House, the Liberals will have about as much success as they did with their black African gangs campaign in 2018.

  37. The opposition’s update on Nbnco in the run up to the federal election sounds like ~81% of premises to have Gbps by 2025, no privatisation. More fibre, less copper. Better reliability. Nothing on affordability.

    The fed gov’s Nbnco’s SOE so far is on 75% of premises to have Gbps by 2023. At the moment about twice a month we end up on 4G LTE wireless backup, sometimes that is scheduled and known in advance. (5G is streets away.)
    Nbnco seem to keep pulling cards down the street if not replace the chassis.

  38. Morning all. This article rightly calls out the lies about Labor and higher petrol prices by Morrison and Joyce on Monday and Tuesday.
    https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/finance-news/2021/11/16/morrison-joyce-petrol-price-false/

    The reality is even worse. High petrol prices also exposes Morrison’s “solution” to buy a “strategic reserve” of oil for Australia, stored in the USA, has been completely ineffective. If we are not using the oil reserve now, when will we use it? We are totally subject to world oil prices, with no local stocks.

    Worse, Morrison’s refusal to embrace EVs has done nothing to put any downward pressure on oil prices.

    So despite blaming Labor, Morrison himself has a lot of blame over high oil prices.

  39. Didn’t they used to have these places back in the day where unmarried, pregnant women were sent to give birth, only for their babies to be confiscated, never to be seen again, and the women put to work in near slavery like conditions? Jeez, what could go wrong?!

    The vision had come as she was driving home from the Kroger, and it was so sudden and fully formed that Aubrey Schlackman began to tell people that “it was like God placed it in my head.”

    This was last year, a time when abortion was still widely available in Texas and Aubrey was one more young mother joining the midmorning traffic along Farm to Market 407 in the growing suburbs north of Dallas. She passed the Starbucks. She passed the AT&T store. She was thinking about getting her two young boys down for a nap when she reached a pleasant stretch of land bordered by a long split-rail fence, and this is when the idea came.

    “A maternity ranch,” she thought, and she could practically see it through her windshield.

    It would be a place for struggling pregnant women who decide to have their babies instead of having abortions, a Christian haven where women could live stress-free during their newborn’s first year of life. It would have individual cottages for mothers. “Host homes” for couples who would model healthy marriages. A communal barn for meals. Bible study. The whole plan was clear, and when she told her husband later that night, he said, “Yes, this is what we’re supposed to do.”

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/16/evangelical-women-texas-abortion/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F354c967%2F6193e9909d2fdab56b8e7f16%2F597ee83eade4e26514d42080%2F8%2F73%2F6193e9909d2fdab56b8e7f16

  40. That’s where I was born in the 50s, ‘fess, before my mum’s shotgun wedding. 😀
    Run by the Nuns. I thought we were over that malarkey.

  42. Sceptic says:
    Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 6:32 am
    Just a matter of time before Perrottet is replaced..

    NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet insisted on pushing ahead with a controversial rail corporation which was at the centre of growing safety concerns because scuttling it would have blown a $2.5 billion hole in the state . …

    Cooking the books at the expense of rail safety…
    ————
    730 did a fairly damning piece on this on Monday. As an exercise in reporting they didn’t explain the link with rail safety at all well though. The report mentioned that impact several times, but it didn’t explain how moving debts from one part of the public sector books to another as an accounting trick to make the budget look better, would actually affect rail safety.

  45. C@t,

    The UAP video’s have been pulled *after* the scheduled run has completed.
    Most of the recent deletions were run in September and October, and several had clocked up between 1M-10M views. One had exceeded 10M views. All had been shown for at least 4 days.

  46. Good morning Dawn Patrollers

    Homebuyers who have used low interest rates to drive house prices to all-time highs and take on record levels of debt are being warned they face a steep increase in repayments, with the Reserve Bank signalling it wants the official cash rate to eventually climb to 2.5 per cent, report Shane Wright and Jennifer Duke.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/still-plausible-first-rate-rise-won-t-be-before-2024-rba-20211116-p599ct.html
    NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet insisted on pushing ahead with a controversial rail corporation which was at the centre of growing safety concerns because scuttling it would have blown a $2.5 billion hole in the state budget. Matt O’Sullivan tells us the revelation is contained in a trove of documents released to a parliamentary inquiry into the Transport Asset Holding Entity (TAHE), which also detail the high-level concerns the Audit Office has about the state-owned corporation.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/premier-unwilling-to-accept-2-5b-budget-blow-from-scrapping-rail-corporation-20211116-p599ah.html
    The Age tells us that several Victorian Liberal MPs have encouraged a large and sometimes angry group of protesters gathered on the steps of Parliament House, some of whom had earlier chanted violent slogans around a full-sized gallows and called for people to “dance on the end of a rope”.
    https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/liberal-mps-mingle-with-protesters-issuing-death-threats-on-the-steps-of-parliament-20211116-p599ey.html
    Anthony Galloway writes that more than 60 rapidly developing technologies, including vaccines, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence and quantum technologies, could be blocked from being shared with Chinese universities and firms as the federal government looks to stop Beijing from gaining dominance across a range of emerging sectors.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/vaccines-autonomous-vehicles-and-robots-morrison-to-unveil-list-of-critical-technologies-to-be-protected-20211116-p599by.html
    Scott Morrison’s pandemic popularity boost has vanished, along with public trust in our politicians, writes Mark Evans.
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/16/scott-morrisons-pandemic-popularity-boost-has-vanished-along-with-public-trust-in-our-politicians
    On politics as performance, Morrison’s advantage is ebbing – and that could make a difference at the next election, opines Chris Wallace. A good article.
    https://theconversation.com/on-politics-as-performance-morrisons-advantage-is-ebbing-and-that-could-make-a-difference-at-the-next-election-171815
    Dr Nadeem Samnakay says he’s an expert in what makes good policy, and the Morrison government’s net-zero plan fails on six crucial counts.
    https://theconversation.com/im-an-expert-in-what-makes-good-policy-and-the-morrison-governments-net-zero-plan-fails-on-6-crucial-counts-171595
    Is Morrison gaining a reputation for untrustworthiness? The answer could have serious implications for the election, writes Dennis Muller.
    https://theconversation.com/is-morrison-gaining-a-reputation-for-untrustworthiness-the-answer-could-have-serious-implications-for-the-election-171816
    John Lord describes Morrison as the consummate liar.
    https://theaimn.com/the-consummate-liar/
    If a Labor campaign cannot cause any enthusiasm or aspects of a mass movement among younger voters, Labor is doomed to lose the next election, argues Jack Waterford.
    https://johnmenadue.com/labor-must-be-more-spirited-for-voters-to-know-what-it-stands-for/
    The Sydney offices of controversial penny stockbroker EverBlu Capital were one of several sites in Sydney and the Gold Coast raided by federal police as part of a sweeping corporate investigation that has also entangled heavily promoted cannabis stock Creso Pharma. This story might have legs.
    https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/afp-raids-sydney-everblu-offices-as-part-of-asic-investigation-20211116-p599g4
    An extra 1.5 million households and small businesses will be given access to the National Broadband Network’s fibre-to-the-home internet in a new $2.4 billion election promise by the federal opposition aimed at portraying the government as a laggard on technology.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/labor-pledges-to-give-1-5-million-extra-homes-access-to-nbn-fibre-to-the-home-in-2-4-billion-plan-20211116-p599f2.html
    On the subject of companies complaining that they can’t find staff to work for them, Julie Szego writes that now is a good moment to tell employers – and their peak bodies – they have brought this on themselves.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/struggling-to-find-staff-here-s-why-nobody-wants-to-work-for-you-20211114-p598tu.html
    There is no mechanism to guarantee cuts to carbon emissions in the federal government’s plan to reach net zero by 2050, which relies instead on voluntary action by industry, prompting warnings that global warming will cost nearly $600 billion by 2030 without greater climate action. Mike Foley explains the concerns being raised over The Plan™.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/a-real-hail-mary-experts-say-net-zero-2050-plan-fails-to-account-for-billions-in-climate-costs-20211116-p599dv.html
    In a courtroom and in politics, you don’t ask a question if you know you won’t like the answer. Maybe that’s why the Coalition government hasn’t asked Treasury to model climate change costs., says Michael Pascoe.
    https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2021/11/17/michael-pascoe-useful-idiots-climate-lie-carbon-price/
    Paul Kelly says that if the Glasgow climate summit was about saving the world, it failed.
    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/if-glasgow-climte-summit-was-about-saving-the-world-it-failed/news-story/f5a8e1b558699c6cef90670e5e748f2a
    The COP26 Conference was a success, despite countries including Australia trying to water down the agreement to phase out coal, writes Michael Mazengarb.
    https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/glasgow-pact-keeps-pressure-on-climate-laggards-like-australia,15753
    The Morrison government will not tighten the baselines for its “safeguard mechanism” to force Australia’s biggest polluters to cut their emissions in the lead-up to net zero by 2050, according to Federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor. Mark Ludlow reports that Taylor has said that any move by the Labor Party to tighten the safeguard mechanism when it releases its updated climate change policies next month would be akin to a backdoor carbon tax.
    https://www.afr.com/companies/energy/no-new-limits-for-big-polluters-despite-net-zero-pledge-angus-taylor-20211116-p599ft
    Too much is at stake to be timid in critiques of the Morrison government’s outrageous ‘Australian Way’ of addressing climate change, urges Start Rees.
    https://johnmenadue.com/scott-morrisons-cruel-indifference-to-pleas-for-climate-action/
    Peter Martin describes the embarrassingly easy, tax-free way for Australia to cut the cost of electric cars.
    https://theconversation.com/the-embarrassingly-easy-tax-free-way-for-australia-to-cut-the-cost-of-electric-cars-171919
    Three out of every four video ads the United Australia party has posted on YouTube since late September have been pulled by Google for allegedly violating the tech giant’s advertising policies, according to Google’s transparency report.
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/17/most-of-united-australia-partys-videos-pulled-from-youtube-for-allegedly-violating-advertising-policy
    A divisive draft law to enshrine religious freedom has been scaled back to prevent a backlash over a so-called “Folau clause” that sought to give people more right to offend others when making claims on the basis of their faith. David Crowe writes that the federal government has removed a key part of a draft religious freedom bill that would have created new protections for outspoken remarks, but the revised bill retains other safeguards for “statements of belief” after years of campaigning by church groups.
    https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/religious-freedom-scaled-back-in-liberal-bid-to-quell-unrest-20211116-p599hg.html
    Geoff Chambers says that Morrison has returned to the religious freedom fight.
    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/scott-morrison-returns-to-religious-freedom-fight/news-story/776a767d8d636e29b089a9883e6f3a2b
    Adam Carey tells us that Victoria’s religious leaders have condemned moves by the Andrews government to prohibit faith-based schools from sacking or refusing to hire teachers or enrol students based on their gender identity or sexuality.
    https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/faith-leaders-hit-out-at-andrews-government-bill-on-religious-schools-20211116-p599gs.html
    The average Australian is working 1.5 hours more unpaid overtime each week since the start of the Covid pandemic, according to a new survey. Paul Karp explains that the poll, which used a nationally representative sample, found the average employed Australian is working 6.13 hours unpaid each week in 2021, up from 5.25 hours in 2020 and 4.62 hours in 2019.
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/17/australians-working-15-hours-more-unpaid-overtime-each-week-compared-to-pre-covid
    Andrew Tillett writes that Defence officials are weighing up whether Australia will need a new conventional submarine to avoid a capability gap while the navy waits for a fleet of nuclear-powered boats to be delivered. This could include building an updated version of the navy’s Collins-class submarine in Adelaide by the government-owned shipbuilder ASC with support from the submarine’s original Swedish designer, Saab Kockums, according to multiple sources. Son of Collins lives!
    https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/submarine-taskforce-mulls-son-of-collins-before-nuclear-boats-arrive-20211116-p59995
    Christopher Naus reveals that the prime minister’s department breached freedom of information law by dragging out a request for internal documents about the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins, prompting the regulator to warn it to urgently fix its “compliance with the FOI act”.
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/17/prime-ministers-department-breached-foi-laws-over-release-of-brittany-higgins-documents
    Zac Crellin reports that notable ABC figures have thrown their weight behind chair Ita Buttrose’s stinging condemnation of a new Senate Inquiry engineered by controversial Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg.
    https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/2021/11/16/abc-andrew-bragg-inquiry/
    The Prime Minister’s short-lived incarnation as managing director of Tourism Australia has long been a matter of speculation. A Liberal sacked by a Liberal government! But for correspondent Jommy Tee, it’s a case of ACCESS DENIED.
    https://www.michaelwest.com.au/its-none-of-our-business-what-happened-to-morrison-at-tourism-australia-just-ask-scott/
    Paul Keating responds to Peter Hartcher’s ‘King Canute’ column.
    https://johnmenadue.com/paul-keating-responds-to-peter-hartchers-king-canute-column/
    Bob Carr says that there is one word that will stop war over Taiwan. “Restraint”.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-one-word-that-will-stop-war-over-taiwan-20211116-p599fr.html
    This is quite a cock-up by the ABF and NSW police.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/mother-and-daughter-jailed-for-importing-tea-the-abf-wrongly-identified-as-drugs-20211116-p599du.html
    Elizabeth Knight’s article on James Mawhinney lines him up for nomination for “Arsehole of the Week”.
    https://www.smh.com.au/money/investing/investors-beware-asic-hooks-a-big-fish-but-there-s-plenty-more-in-the-ocean-20211116-p599f9.html

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  49. ”
    Socratessays:
    Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 6:55 am
    Morning all. This article rightly calls out the lies about Labor and higher petrol prices by Morrison and Joyce on Monday and Tuesday.
    https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/finance-news/2021/11/16/morrison-joyce-petrol-price-false/

    The reality is even worse. High petrol prices also exposes Morrison’s “solution” to buy a “strategic reserve” of oil for Australia, stored in the USA, has been completely ineffective. If we are not using the oil reserve now, when will we use it? We are totally subject to world oil prices, with no local stocks.

    Worse, Morrison’s refusal to embrace EVs has done nothing to put any downward pressure on oil prices.

    So despite blaming Labor, Morrison himself has a lot of blame over high oil prices.
    ”

    You think!
    This government is in power for 8 1/2 years. The petrol prices at bowser are at their most expensive . How does Lobortis even come into picture.
    So what Birmingham said yesterday that petrol prices will higher under Labor is a lie.

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