Utting Research WA poll, Morrison leadership ratings and more

“More” being the Liberals’ slow-motion Dobell preselection and declining prospects for a March federal election.

As the silly season reaches its apex, such news and relevant information as I have to offer:

• A poll by Utting Research on federal voting in Western Australia, published yesterday in The West Australian, is broadly in line with other polling from the state in crediting Labor with a lead of 55-45, a swing of 10.5% compared with the 2019 election. The primary votes are Labor 46%, Coalition 39%, Greens 7%, One Nation 3% and UAP 1%. The poll also has Scott Morrison at 28% approval and 46% disapproval (which is quite a bit worse than his 45% approval and 51% disapproval from the state in the last quarterly Newspoll) and Anthony Albanese at 21% and 44%, while Mark McGowan has 75% approval with no disapproval rating provided. The poll was conducted last Wednesday from a sample of 650.

• US pollster Morning Consult’s monthly tracking polling for various international leaders’ personal ratings has Scott Morrison at 43% approval and 51% disapproval, respectively down three and up five on a month ago.

• The Australian reports the dispute over the New South Wales Liberal Party’s highly incomplete federal preselection process rumbles on, with St Vincent’s Hospital cardiologist Michael Feneley winning the endorsement of John Howard in his bid for preselection in Dobell – putting him at odds with Scott Morrison, who favours Jemima Gleeson, who owns a chain of coffee shops and a preacher at the HopeUC Pentecostal church in Charmhaven.

• David Crowe of the Age/Herald reports that “the Omicron wave has wiped out the idea of a snap election campaign as soon as next month”, hitherto rated “an outside chance for some Liberals who believed it was safer to go to an election in March than to wait until May”.

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. An 11th hour challenger has emerged in the Liberal preselection contest for Tony Abbott’s old seat of Warringah, as the party comes under pressure to pick candidates faster in key NSW contests.

    Lincoln Parker, a member of the Liberal Party’s Manly branch, is tipped to challenge barrister Jane Buncle for the right to take on independent MP Zali Steggall, who holds the Sydney northern beaches seat by a margin of 7.2 per cent.

    In recent months Mr Parker has increased his public presence somewhat by appearing on Sky News and writing articles for the right wing, Falun Gong newspaper The Epoch Times, where his profile says he has 20 years’ experience working in government, defence research and technology development.

    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/surprise-liberal-challenger-emerges-in-warringah-with-working-class-pitch-20220110-p59n5y.html

  3. The longer Morrison waits to go to the governor general to set the federal election date , the more chance of a new variant of corona virus infects Australians

  4. Yes it is looking more likely to be a May election, but what happens when the next wave of Covid comes after omicron?

    Given that the entire east coast has abandoned the majority of public health measures it previously had in place to control spread, and that it’s the same useless federal government still in office, isn’t it likely that the next wave will behave just as the current one is?

    The Prime Minister’s assurance from late last year about the wonders of “can-do capitalism” is no help for a family trying to find out if they have Omicron when the state test centre suddenly closed and the free market forgot to supply enough RATs.

    The community frustration is palpable. Morrison has tried to absolve himself over the RAT shortage by saying testing was a job for the states and territories, but that is unlikely to wash with voters who do not see such a neat dividing line between state and federal responsibilities.

    It is a weak argument, in any case, from a government that has intervened in the past to ensure medical supplies and has spent money eagerly on other state and local jobs, whether it is a car park or the changing rooms at a local sports club.

    Many Australians will hold Morrison to account for the summer outbreak whether he likes it or not – and that means it would be political madness to call an election after Australia Day and go to the polls in March.

    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/omicron-snuffs-out-prospect-of-an-early-election-20220110-p59n7a.html

  6. The Novax Jerkevict hulabaloo was created by one thing. Having exemptions.They allowed the bloody thing to get in in the first place and who created those exemptions in the first place? A bunch of brain dead morons at both and state levels.
    Fek the lot of them.

  7. I suspect ScoMo has been checking with Fat Clive Palmer how to proceed with the Novax issue – he is so reliant on the UAP millions and preferences that he has sold his soul.

  8. Many Australians will hold Morrison to account for the summer outbreak whether he likes it or not – and that means it would be political madness to call an election after Australia Day and go to the polls in March.

    ScoMo: “Hold my beer!”

  9. From the previous thread:

    Griff (AnonBlock)
    Monday, January 10th, 2022 – 11:49 pm
    Comment #3313
    C@tmomma @ #3305 Monday, January 10th, 2022 – 10:57 pm

    Imagine if he plays after all this, takes all the abuse and vitriol thrown his way, and still wins it… all else aside, that would be the most resilient sporting achievement in history i reckon

    Yep. Way bigger and a greater feat of sporting resiliency than Jesse Owens’ gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in front of Adolf Hitler.

    You may want to reconsider this comparison, let alone the outcome of said comparison.

    It was sarcasm Griff, based upon Expat Follower’s silly statement re Djokovic. Sheesh! I thought it would be obvious. Obviously not.

  10. I reckon ScoMo will go in March – the lurching from one disaster to the next fwark up must surely be weighing on him.

    The one thing he has left is his ‘campaigning brilliance’, boosted by the Murdoch press and indolent MSM. And he can’t risk Parliament returning with Dutton lurking.

  11. sprocket_,
    Yep, if anyone thinks he could charm the pants off the electorate in an election campaign, called at what anyone else would think is an inopportune time, it’s that guy.

    Also, he doesn’t want Frydenburg to hand down the Horror Budget he knows has to come until after the election, should he win it.

  12. As the policy is now let it run, why exactly does anyone care if Novax is vaxed or not. No-one is arguing that he hasn’t had the thing, he is unlikely to end up in hospital if he does again, and the chances of catching it down at the shops is far higher than from the Tennis courts.

  14. “The Prime Minister’s assurance”
    This is Morrison’s own self inflicted wound which will prevent Morrison being re-elected.

  15. With the WA polls the way they are at present, there’d be impetus for the PM to campaign in WA. Except he can’t do this while the border is closed.

    I’m betting that McGowan extends the February 5 reopening, not to thwart the federal Libs’ campaigning efforts, but because of the Covid shitshow currently in the eastern states. And if he does he’ll be backed all the way by Western Australians.

    Tough choice for SfM: use his authority to break into WA and further rile people there, or forego campaigning in the west?

  16. Sprocket,

    Morrison’s form pattern is to do nothing until he has to and then stuff it up.

    So, I’m now thinking he’ll hold off as long as possible.

  17. Frednk,
    Because of the legal precedent it would set if they let Djokovic stay after the other 2 people were sent packing over the same thing.

    But if anyone can find a way to weasel out of something, it’s that guy.

  18. For a bit of background, this was BaJo’s take before the court handed down its decision yesterday:

    Barnaby Joyce claims Australia does not make border exemptions for the rich and famous – despite a long list of celebrities being granted special treatment.

    The deputy prime minister weighed in on the Novak Djokovic visa saga after the unvaccinated tennis star was denied entry into Australia.

    The world No.1 is detained in a Melbourne hotel awaiting a federal court decision to be allowed to contest his 10th Australian Open title, or be deported.

    Mr Joyce insisted Australia, which requires foreign arrivals to be vaccinated, would not soften the rules for elite sportsmen.

  19. Good morning Dawn Patrollers

    Many Australians will hold Scott Morrison to account for the summer COVID-19 outbreak whether he likes it or not, wiping out the idea of a snap election campaign, writes David Crowe.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/omicron-snuffs-out-prospect-of-an-early-election-20220110-p59n7a.html
    Vaccine supplies are a priority in trying to ‘push through’ the virus says the SMH editorial that is critical of yesterday’s opening up of vaccination for five- to 11-year-olds getting off to a shaky start, making the Prime Minister’s urging ring a little hollow to anxious parents who are having difficulties getting access to jabs for their children.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/vaccine-supplies-a-priority-in-trying-to-push-through-the-virus-20220110-p59n2c.html
    General practitioners are being booked out en masse amid a surge of coronavirus patients, severe staffing shortages and a lack of rapid antigen tests that would allow doctors to see more people. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners’ Victorian chair, Anita Munoz, said she was increasingly worried there could be Victorians ill with coronavirus or other serious conditions who were “trying to go it alone at home” after being unable to book appointments.
    https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/gps-booked-out-as-patient-numbers-surge-and-staff-testing-shortages-hit-20220110-p59n16.html
    The NSW government has sought legal advice about the best way to ensure residents register their positive rapid antigen tests under new measures set to be introduced as it seeks to understand the full scale of the Omicron wave.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nsw-set-to-impose-mandatory-registration-of-positive-rapid-covid-tests-20220110-p59n75.html
    Pharmacists have warned they may not be able to provide free rapid antigen tests to lower income Australians under the national concession card scheme because of supply issues, as the government says it won’t procure extra kits for businesses.
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/10/pharmacies-told-to-source-their-own-rapid-antigen-tests-to-give-away-under-concession-scheme
    Professors Asha Bowen and Sharon Goldfeld say that Australia needs a national plan for children, schools and COVID-19.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/australia-needs-a-national-plan-for-children-schools-and-covid-19-20220110-p59n58.html
    Why has my child’s vaccination been cancelled? It’s because we’re reliant on overseas supply and a complex logistics network, explains Archa Fox.
    https://theconversation.com/why-has-my-childs-vaccination-been-cancelled-were-reliant-on-overseas-supply-and-a-complex-logistics-network-174605
    Childcare should be returning to normal this week, but instead it’s facing a crisis, explains Lisa Bryant who says that with educators catching COVID-19 and/or isolating, centres will have no choice but to close, rocketing above the already high numbers we have seen in the last few weeks.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/childcare-should-be-returning-to-normal-this-week-but-instead-it-s-facing-a-crisis-20220109-p59my8.html
    The aged care sector has done an extraordinary job of protecting vulnerable older people during the pandemic, working through their second Christmas in a row to keep people safe. Unfortunately, with over 400,000 known cases, providers and staff can only do so much to keep COVID-19 out of residential care, say aged care advocates Paul Sadler and Tim Hicks. They urge that more help is needed to support those efforts.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/help-needed-to-keep-covid-19-out-of-aged-care-20220109-p59mus.html
    The Coalition’s ‘hands-off’ approach to aged care Covid outbreaks is having heartbreaking consequences, writes Dr Sarah Russell who says that sooner or later our federal government must be held to account for the numerous preventable tragedies that have occurred in the aged care sector.
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/10/the-coalitions-hands-off-approach-to-aged-care-covid-outbreaks-is-having-heartbreaking-consequences
    Sarah Martin reveals that aged care providers warned the federal government in November last year that widespread rapid antigen testing was needed to protect vulnerable people in care, as the sector says tests are in short supply and face crucial delivery delays.
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/11/australian-government-warned-in-november-rapid-antigen-testing-needed-to-protect-aged-care-residents
    Keryn Phelps strikes back at Nick Coatsworth.
    https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/which-individual-should-we-ignore-phelps-focuses-on-childrens-health,15921
    Chip Le Grand pours scorn on the ABF’s performance with Djokovic.
    https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/the-djoke-is-on-fortress-australia-20220110-p59n0h.html
    Whichever way the Federal Circuit Court decides, Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews’ decision to cancel Novak Djokovic’s visa has made Australia an international laughing stock, declares Abul Rizvi.
    https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/djokovic-case-makes-australia-an-international-laughing-stock,15919
    Novak Djokovic’s case is about Australia’s flawed border practices, not vaccines, explains Simon Jenkins.
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/10/novak-djokovic-australia-border-vaccines-tennis
    A sense of proportion is a very useful quality in politics. In the case of Novak Djokovic, the Morrison government has lost that sense entirely, opines Michelle Grattan.
    https://theconversation.com/view-from-the-hill-morrison-government-considering-whether-to-cancel-djokovics-visa-again-174604
    Novak Djokovic has won a battle with the Australian government after a court quashed the decision to cancel his visa – but he may still yet lose the war. No sooner had federal circuit judge Anthony Kelly revealed the home affairs minister had agreed to settle the case, than the Australian government’s counsel warned the immigration minister could still decide to use a personal power to cancel Djokovic’s visa anew. We shall see.
    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan/10/djokovic-wins-in-court-but-australias-government-can-still-use-its-nuclear-option-to-deport-him
    Jenny Hocking writes about Scott Morrison, Novak Djokovic and the dark arts of political manipulation.
    https://johnmenadue.com/scott-morrison-and-the-dark-arts-of-political-manipulation/
    Epidemiologist Hassan Vally argues why Djokovic should not have had his visa cancellation overturned.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/why-djokovic-should-not-have-had-his-visa-cancellation-overturned-20220110-p59n50.html
    As the election nears, get ready for a lot of talk about how strong Australia’s economy is, writes Greg Jericho who says that whenever we hear this, we should remember two things – we have record low interest rates, and a budget deficit bigger than the GFC’s.
    https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2022/jan/11/as-the-election-nears-get-ready-for-a-lot-of-talk-about-how-strong-australias-economy-is
    Michael Koziol tells us that a surprise Liberal challenger has emerged in Warringah with a ‘working class’ pitch. He’s also a Sky News type.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/surprise-liberal-challenger-emerges-in-warringah-with-working-class-pitch-20220110-p59n5y.html
    Meanwhile, moderate Liberals in Victoria want the party to dump a preselected candidate for a key eastern suburbs seat, with one senior party official saying her recruitment of Mormon members and religious-right views make her unelectable.
    https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/unelectable-victorian-liberals-seek-to-dump-mormon-candidate-20220110-p59n1g.html
    And Labor has preselected a human rights lawyer with deep roots in the party to run against Liberal moderate Trent Zimmerman in North Sydney, in what promises to become a fascinating three corner race for the federal seat.
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/11/labor-preselects-human-rights-law-professor-to-run-in-federal-seat-of-north-sydney
    Penny Wong says she is deeply concerned about Russian threats to Ukraine and has requested the federal government consult the Opposition on any changes to Australia’s position heading into this year’s election.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/deeply-concerned-wong-says-labor-must-be-consulted-on-ukraine-20220110-p59n05.html
    Backlash has mounted over Minister Stuart Robert’s decision to veto Australian Research Council grants to six humanities projects.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/eminent-researchers-condemn-government-s-political-and-short-sighted-funding-20220110-p59n2i.html
    The US Fed is expected to lift official interest rates this year. That might sound scary, but it’s not, explains Jess Irvine.
    https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/the-great-realignment-is-under-way-that-s-a-good-thing-20220110-p59n23.html
    Fears are growing among experts, politicians, and former generals about the rise of rightwing extremism in the US military and the potential threat it could pose to American democracy.
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/10/us-military-rightwing-extremism-american-democracy
    David Daley outlines seven ways Republicans are already undermining the 2024 election.
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/10/republicans-election-democracy-seven-ways-trump

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  23. Morning all. One of the jobs I am working on now is in WA. If the attitude of the people I am working with is anything to go by, the WA poll is accurate. They all think the federal government has lost the plot.

    Assuming the SA (March) and Federal (May?) elections proceed and are lost by incumbents, there is going to be a lot of dirty laundry coming out after them. This story on meat workers being forced to work while sick is surely a breach of WH&S laws, regardless of covid.
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-10/covid-positive-abattoir-staff-told-to-keep-working-in-sa/100748372

  24. Cat
    And why were they sent home? They also have had covid and survived ( that is at the very least what the exception says). They had been here long enough for their status to be the result of the” let her rip policy”. Clearly they were still negative or they could not have flown otherwise.

    It has been a case of border force ( what a wanky name) changing policy on the 6th, in the hope of Morrison creating a Tampa moment. The bunch of incompetents we have as a federal government, should be condemned for their incompetence.

    The Judge threw the case out because border force couldn’t even execute a stitch up competently.

  25. Fess

    True that. Although I am somewhat selfishly observing the impact it is having on those tasked with dealing with the public who are currently attending the tennis tournaments here in Melbourne town.
    ie my daughter.

    Powder keg comes to mind. Thanks for nothing scomo!

  26. Morning all. Thanks BK. Not a flattering selection for the Morrison government.

    One of the jobs I am working on now is in WA. If the attitude of the people I am working with is anything to go by, the WA poll is accurate. They all think the federal government has lost the plot.

    Assuming the SA (March) and Federal (May?) elections proceed and are lost by incumbents, there is going to be a lot of dirty laundry coming out after them. This story on meat workers being forced to work while sick is surely a breach of WH&S laws, regardless of covid.
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-10/covid-positive-abattoir-staff-told-to-keep-working-in-sa/100748372

  27. Morrison’s ‘to fuck up’ list:
    Bushfires. Tick.
    China. Tick.
    Tiger helicopters. Tick.
    Submarines. Tick.
    Vaccines. Tick.
    Childcare. Tick.
    Carparks. Tick.
    Treatment of women. Tick.
    Statement from the Heart. Tick.
    Aged Care. Tick.
    GPs. Tick.
    Boosters. Tick.
    Pharmacies. Tick.
    Australian Open. Tick.
    Border control. Tick.
    Consumer spending. Tick.
    Rural workforce. Tick.
    Opening up the economy. Tick.
    Supermarkets. Tick.

    Morrison’s ‘done’ list.
    Fake cooking a barramundi. Tick.
    Fake putting up Christmas decorations. Tick.

  28. ‘…we should remember two things – we have record low interest rates, and a budget deficit bigger than the GFC’s.’

    Something Labor should be reminding the punters of often.

  29. And why were they sent home? They also have had covid and survived ( that is at the very least what the exception says). They had been here long enough for their status to be the result of the” let her rip policy”. Clearly they were still negative or they could not have flown otherwise.

    frednk, I know this and you know this but it has now created a legal precedent and I guess they have to be consistent (not their strong suit I know).

    Our legal brains would probably know better than me though.

  31. Palaszczuk has degrees in Arts and Laws from the University of Queensland, a Masters of Arts from the London School of Economics and a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from Australian National University.
    So Leak’s point is well made.
    Jeez the blokes a dick.

  32. Assuming Morrison does delay to May, the news cycle will not get any easier.

    Other put off events like the trial of Brittany Higgins’ alleged rapist will return. Parliament will sit, with a host of questions to answer, from visas and bizarre tank purchases to our debt tsunami and risks for interest rates.

    On the $3.5 billion tank purchase, it makes no sense to me. It contradicts the build and buy local policy, our current tanks are not obsolete (many of the same model are still in the US Army) and with the withdrawal from Afghanistan where is the need? Indeed, with our defense policy shifting to a stronger navy and long range deterrence, why would we be planning to fight a land war anywhere?

  33. Good morning bludgers and ty BK for the rag update.

    South Australian ABC breakfast reporter told us this morning that meat workers are now allowing covid positive cases without symptoms to go to work. That’s right, positive cases sent back to work because of the meat shortage on SA supermarket shelves.

    The covid world is get crazier and crazier. Glad I don’t live there anymore.

  35. Cat

    The ones I know may be a biased sample (that is why we are friends 🙂 ) but nobody I know thinks Morrison is performing well. My one friend who is a traditional conservative (strongly preferred Turnbull to Morrison) still argues Albanese says/does nothing and is weak. But he doesn’t defend Morrison.

    The decision to throw SA borders open was very unpopular. It has clearly harmed the SA economy. We can now go to NSW/Vic, but cannot easily travel to NT or WA, so we have gained nothing. Also the sub cancellation means the whole work stream has been delayed, possibly years. That hurt some local engineering firms.

    Incidentally the cancellation of elective surgery is serious too. The wife of that pro-Liberal friend has been waiting on a minor heart procedure for months. She can’t get it because of the ban. These days in SA “elective” means anything not immediately life threatening.


  36. Elmer Fudd says:
    Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 7:53 am
    ….
    The covid world is get crazier and crazier. Glad I don’t live there anymore.

    Which planet do you live on?

  37. ”
    Frednksays:

    Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 7:18 am

    As the policy is now let it run, why exactly does anyone care if Novax is vaxed or not. No-one is arguing that he hasn’t had the thing, he is unlikely to end up in hospital if he does again, and the chances of catching it down at the shops is far higher than from the Tennis courts.
    ”

    You are arguing like John Alexander, the Tennis player,. Not the Liberal Party MP (BTW, I know both are same). 🙂

  38. Anthony Albanese

    Supermarket shelves empty. 

    Pharmacies running out of rapid antigen tests.

    Vaccine appointments being cancelled. 

    Scott Morrison’s refusal to do his job has real consequences.

  39. ‘Socrates says:
    Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 7:52 am

    Assuming Morrison does delay to May, the news cycle will not get any easier.

    Other put off events like the trial of Brittany Higgins’ alleged rapist will return. Parliament will sit, with a host of questions to answer, from visas and bizarre tank purchases to our debt tsunami and risks for interest rates.

    On the $3.5 billion tank purchase, it makes no sense to me. It contradicts the build and buy local policy, our current tanks are not obsolete (many of the same model are still in the US Army) and with the withdrawal from Afghanistan where is the need? Indeed, with our defense policy shifting to a stronger navy and long range deterrence, why would we be planning to fight a land war anywhere?’
    ————————————————
    I agree it is not a black and white decision, Soc.
    Upgrading the existing tanks makes sense to me. Adding a few more is hardly earth shaking.
    The additional purchases are mostly about making the existing tanks more functional. For example, tank recovery vehicles that can operate in battlefield conditions have proven time and again to be excellent force multipliers. You get you damaged tank back and fix it.
    Unless we become completely isolationist, which is worth considering, Australia is like over the coming fifty years to be fighting a series of small scale Timor style wars/Solomon Islands/PNG border type issues escalate. As they certainly will when resource exploitation becomes terminal, overpopulation creates unbearable strains, helpless national indebtedness becomes endemic and climate change sets populations loose.
    I get your point about sea air defence priority. Tanks do have a deterrence value. It means that, having battled through air and sea defences, any enemy would then also have to have the capability to land tanks in Australia. This essentially cuts out everyone except China and the US.

  40. 3AW 10/01
    Gerard Healy has voiced his frustration over the ongoing Novak Djokovic saga after he won his court case in the federal court.

    “The damage has been done, unfortunately, and it was all so bloody unnecessary,” the Sportsday host said on Monday.

    Gerard said it all began with Tennis Australia’s “blind obsession” of having Djokovic play in the tournament.

    “By orchestrating rule exemptions and obsessing over his arrival, you are seen to ignore the very real pain endured for two years in the Australian Open’s own home address,” he said.

    “A savage insult wasn’t intended, but it was always going to be interpreted as such”
    _____________________
    Tennis Australia’s reputation is in tatters.

  41. Regarding the election date, the Budget has been brought forward to late March, so there has long been a plan to repeat the scenario of the 2019 election. However, the PM will go in March if he believes it advantages him, although that would seem less likely at this stage.

  42. Boerwar says:
    Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 7:39 am

    Morrison’s ‘to fuck up’ list:
    Bushfires. Tick.
    China. Tick.
    Tiger helicopters. Tick.
    Submarines. Tick.
    Vaccines. Tick.
    Childcare. Tick.
    Carparks. Tick.
    Rapid antigen tests. Tick.
    Treatment of women. Tick.
    Statement from the Heart. Tick.
    Climate change. Tick.
    Aged Care. Tick.
    GPs. Tick.
    Boosters. Tick.
    Pharmacies. Tick.
    The Australian Open. Tick.
    Border control. Tick.
    Consumer spending. Tick.
    Rural workforce. Tick.
    Opening up the economy. Tick.
    Supermarket shelves. Tick.
    Health workers. Tick.
    Hospitals. Tick.
    Ambulance services. Tick.
    Elective surgery waiting lists. Tick.

  43. A Twitter comment. Could you imagine Alex Hawke doing this?

    ——–
    Djokovic doesn’t want to get vaccinated & his views on vaccines are well known. He’s now saying it’s a medical exemption.

    After spreading antivax misinfo, contracting Covid & seen maskless amongst children.

    Minister has the right to cancel a visa on the grounds of character.

  44. Taylormade says:
    Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 8:08 am
    …
    _____________________
    Tennis Australia’s reputation is in tatters.’
    ================================
    Deflection.

  46. Cat

    One more thing on the sub contract cancellation. Regardless of whether or not I incur abuse from Andrew Earlwood nobody I know in Adelaide engineering was sorry to see the French kicked out. The jobs promised by Chris Pyne have not been showing up in the speed or number promised. Several firms have offered relevant capability to do some work locally and been rebuffed. So Naval are not missed.

    That being said, Naval still employed 500 people here, and there is zero indication of how and when the nuclear sub work will proceed. If it is delayed years, all the people who have been recruited to work on it so far will simply leave. Morrison made a sho of promising some jobfinder service to keep relevant skilled people here. But if you have highly specialised skills and are stuck waiting two years to use them, you won’t hang round. So how that project gets implemented is a big issue for thousands of people in Adelaide. Things like establishing a nuclear engineering faculty at an Adelaide Uni should be funded now. They aren’t.


  48. Taylormade says:
    …
    Tennis Australia’s reputation is in tatters.

    So you have given up trying to blame Dan for the federal governments incompetence?

  49. Victoriasays:
    Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 7:36 am

    Fess
    True that. Although I am somewhat selfishly observing the impact it is having on those tasked with dealing with the public who are currently attending the tennis tournaments here in Melbourne town.
    ie my daughter.

    Powder keg comes to mind. Thanks for nothing scomo!
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    I would be getting the hell out of there if I was your daughter.

  50. ”
    WB:  The Australian reports the dispute over the New South Wales Liberal Party’s highly incomplete federal preselection process rumbles on, with St Vincent’s Hospital cardiologist Michael Feneley winning the endorsement of John Howard in his bid for preselection in Dobell – putting him at odds with Scott Morrison, who favours Jemima Gleeson, who owns a chain of coffee shops and a preacher at the HopeUC Pentecostal church in Charmhaven.
    ”

    BB and others who are showing interesting in Coffee Shop owners and Pentacostal church preachers,

    The candidate preferred by Morrison is Coffee Shop owner and Pentacostal church preacher. Could it possible, just possible, those 2 things characteristics of the person attracted Morrison to prefer her and influence his decision to open up the economy irrespective of the characteristics of Omicron?

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