Essential Research and JWS Research post-election survey (open thread)

Anthony Albanese’s ratings remain high, albeit slightly less high, while JWS Research offers results from a poll conducted in the days after the election.

Essential Research’s fortnightly report continues to not feature voting intention, and its monthly leadership ratings are continuing to not feature Peter Dutton. Anthony Albanese is down one on approval to 55% in this month’s result, while his disapproval is up four to 28%. Some steam has also gone out of a post-election surge on a monthly national direction question, on which 43% find Australia headed in the right direction, down four, with wrong direction up three to 31%.

In a series of “performance of the Albanese government” questions, there was a 56-44 majority in favour of it having its priorities right, 54-46 majorities for getting things done and being in touch and 52-48 for addressing long-term problems, although a 51-49 majority felt it too idealistic. A series on “support for federal government measures is less good: 60% want the fuel excise cut extended, with only 12% supporting the government’s intention to not do so, 44% support higher JobSeeker payments, with 27% opposed, and 42% want a delay in “stage three income tax cuts, which predominantly benefits higher income earners”, with 25% opposed.

“Awareness of proposed Voice to Parliament” would appear to be fairly low, with 33% saying they had heard nothing of it in the past month and 32% saying hardly anything, compared with 5% for a lot and 29% for a fair amount. With the notion explained, 65% said they were in favour and 35% opposed. Seventy-five per cent supported a parliamentary pledge to “Australia and the Australian people”, with only 15% opting for the Queen. The survey was conducted Wednesday to Sunday from a sample of 1075.

Also out this week is a post-election survey report from JWS Research, conducted from a sample of 1000 in the two days after the May 21 election. Asked what was most important in deciding their vote, more chose for “the party as a whole” than for “specific policies or issues”, and fewer still for the leaders and candidates, but Coalition voters were most inclined to rate the first of these and Greens voters uniquely favoured the second.

On issue salience, there was a 53-10 majority for economic over environmental issues among Coalition voters, but a 36-29 majority the other way among Labor voters, both sets of numbers being hardly changed from a similar survey after the 2019 election. An exercise in which respondents were asked whether or not the election campaign possessed various qualities also produced results very similar to 2019: 56-16 for important over not important, 39-30 for not interesting over interesting, 38-27 for negative over positive, 42-24 for deceitful over honest, 51-22 for same old stuff over new and different. For whatever reason, impressions were more negative across the board in 2016.

Thirty-six per cent rated the Labor campaign positive and 35% negative, compared with 28% and 44% for the Coalition. From 44% who said they favoured a Labor government, 25% favoured a majority and 19% a minority government; from 33% who favoured a Coalition government, 24% favoured a majority and 9% a majority.

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. To look down on the Coalition in parliament now is to see a sea of grey and blue suits that jars against the colourful and diverse sweep across the crossbench to Labor. It leaves the sense of a political movement out of time.

    The Coalition, and particularly the Liberal Party, has to do what few in politics do any more – the hard work of thinking about the long term. It must make the time to revisit its roots and reimagine itself for the 21st century.

    It must find some point of connection between its values and the young. It must appeal to women. It’s easy to say and hard to do and the answers are not obvious. But, without it, the road back to government will only get longer.

    https://www.smh.com.au/national/time-for-the-coalition-to-start-thinking-about-the-long-term-20220809-p5b8bt.html

    My guess FWIW is the coalition will paper over these things, doing enough patchwork to give the appearance of change come the next election, but without actually changing. If you want to see what this looks like, just glance at Matt Kean. A man who talks the talk of increased diversity, but fails to act when and where it really matters.

    Kean has branded himself as a climate change warrior and a champion of women. He has been successful in filling policy voids for women that have been previously ignored, including a major intervention into childcare.

    However, Kean has failed to sort his own house. The two recent casual vacancies filled in the upper house were both handed to men. They were spots to be filled by his moderate faction, but Kean did not seek out women.

    Kean, for all his talk – including making demands on corporates to put more women on boards – was not prepared to forgo his ambition to promote a woman to the deputy leadership.

    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/matt-kean-has-branded-himself-a-champion-of-women-but-only-when-it-suits-20220809-p5b8ih.html

  2. “The Cartwheel Galaxy – spectacular.”

    Thanks for posting the link.

    I truly hope that humans never find the technology to visit and f**k these places up too.

  3. Jacinta Price, Conservative Indigenous Senator for the CLP, propagating the Assimilationist point of view. No surprises there. She’s obviously a Conservative first and, according to her own words, ‘just like everyone else’. So the colour of her skin is irrelevant.

  4. ‘fess,
    Don’t forget Matt Kean’s deal with the Nationals to enable them to destroy Koala habitat. Some environmentalist.

    He talks a good game, but when it comes time to put scores on the board he fails.

  8. This is the comment I wrote to the Uhlmann article:

    ‘When the Coalition have as their leader in the Lower House, one of the primo inter pares culture warriors, well, I can’t see the zeitgeist for them changing any time soon. Especially when he thought that, at the first press conference as new Opposition Leader, he would bring out the new female deputy, Sussan Ley, in a dowdy Thatcherite-esque suit. It just sent the message that the Coalition have their heads in the 20th century, not the 21st.

    Plus, the women that are there in the Coalition in federal parliament for the most part fill a certain mould, well-coiffed blondes, plus the odd brunette. Do they even have a Muslim Member of Parliament? Let alone a female Muslim MP who wears the hijab.

    Not to mention the Christian Conservative faction in the Liberal Party that is trying to reassert its dominance over the Moderates.

    There are self-evidently a lot of problems that the Coalition in general and the Liberal Party in particular need to solve but it just seems as though they have the blinders on and believe that they simply have to ‘get the band back together’ to get back into power. When, in truth, they sound more like a cover band when new music is required.’

    https://www.smh.com.au/national/time-for-the-coalition-to-start-thinking-about-the-long-term-20220809-p5b8bt.html

  11. Fantastic!

    It’s not President Biden as many have come to know him. He’s not the aviator-wearing average Joe with familiar family folkisms, the grandpa who plays with his dogs, the ice cream aficionado.

    In one image, he is in a lifeguard chair, lightning bolts coming out of his hands as he declares, “Let there be jobs!” In another, he’s sitting in a chair that evokes Game of Thrones. In yet more, his eyes are glowing with lasers, or he is bearded and wearing an eye patch. At times there is rubble in his wake.

    Meet Dark Brandon.

    Over the past few weeks, Democrats have attempted to co-opt one of the most searing catchphrases that Republicans have pinned on Biden, turning the “Let’s go, Brandon” meme around and reclaiming it as their own version of Biden fan fiction.

    The new liberal-driven meme is meant to depict Biden as having superpowers, able to smite an al-Qaeda leader and pass legislation through Congress with ease.

    Rather than an ineffective president inspiring Republican vitriol and earning historically low approval ratings, he is a superhero familiar with the dark arts and able to change the course of history.

    The tone reflects the shift in outlook at the White House, from a struggle to accomplish items on Biden’s agenda to a mood of more swaggering confidence. The imagery, which has roots among anti-Biden users on social media, has quickly gone from some of the far corners of the internet into more mainstream use by administration officials, liberal commentators and U.S. senators.

    “Dark Brandon is crushing it,” tweeted deputy White House press secretary Andrew Bates, with an image of Biden with pupil-less red eyes and text that reads, “Your malarkey has been going on for long enough, kiddo.”

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/08/dark-brandon-meme-superhero/

  12. Thanks for the survey William. I found this finding interesting.
    “ On issue salience, there was a 53-10 majority for economic over environmental issues among Coalition voters, but a 36-29 majority the other way among Labor voters, both sets of numbers being hardly changed from a similar survey after the 2019 election.”

    This highlights how successful industry and the LNP have been at selling the idea that climate action has a huge cost. We already know that renewable energy now reduces power costs, which requires reframing the question.

  13. The a Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NNPT) review conference is under way. Both Brazil and Australia have made submissions regarding nuclear powered submarines. China and Russia have objected to Australia but not Brazil. This article highlights weaknesses in all four arguments.
    https://indepthnews.net/index.php/armaments/nuclear-weapons/5506-nuclear-submarines-and-the-non-proliferation-treaty-brazil-gets-a-jump-on-australia

    It all sounds a little more complex than Morrison suggested.

  14. price is like the liberals thorpe shes very popular on sky news agree confetions i think matt kean comes a cross as a more moddern then a lot off liberals so is able to present him self as progresive desbite his deal wihth baliraw over colars given barilarow threatind to blow up the government if he did not get his way its suprising the legths some liberals went to give him the us trade role

  16. “although a 51-49 majority felt it too idealistic”…

    Interesting. So much for the Greens’ narrative that Albo is not going far enough fast enough…

    So, he seems to be approaching his prime ministerial duties quite correctly…. Progressive enough, but without scaring the swingers, centrists, middle-of-the-road, undecided voters….

    So far, so good….. 🙂

  18. Neal Katyal @neal_katyal – Supreme Court lawyer Former US Acting Solicitor General.

    Search of Trump abusive? Law enforcement leaves a copy of the search warrant, which itemizes what they are looking for and what laws were violated

    If Trump/RNC think this search signed off on by a fed judge is abusive & they have nothing to hide,release the warrant to the public

    Also it’s telling to me that while Trump knows who signed the warrant (because a copy of it was left at Mar a Lago) we haven’t heard him attacking the judge. If he’s so convinced this is abuse, he should release the warrant and let us all know who it is and what the warrant says.

  19. Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele defended the FBI’s search of former President Trump’s home in a Monday tweet, arguing it was not a random move.

    “Trump failed to return classified docs requested by the National Archives,” Steele wrote in response to a tweet by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).

    “A federal judge issued a search warrant for probable cause of a crime. This is not some rando move by the FBI so you shitforbrains Republicans calling for ‘defunding the FBI’ for once try to be less stupid,” Steele wrote.

    https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/3594048-michael-steele-republicans-should-try-to-be-less-stupid-in-wake-of-mar-a-lago-raid/

  20. JWS Research:

    “44% who said they favoured a Labor government…..33% who favoured a Coalition government”

    Well, that’s 11% difference in favour of Labor…. Good news for Albo and his team, then.
    🙂

  21. Good morning Dawn Patrollers

    According to Peter Hartcher there is a lot more to play out as China keeps up the pressure on Taiwan.
    https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/a-lot-more-to-play-out-china-to-keep-up-pressure-on-taiwan-20220809-p5b8jr.html
    Chris Uhlmann says that it’s time for the Coalition to start thinking about the long term.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/time-for-the-coalition-to-start-thinking-about-the-long-term-20220809-p5b8bt.html
    Contrary to impressions, passage of Labor’s climate change bill through the House of Representatives does not signal an era of Labor-Greens co-operation – just the reverse with a new, intense, high-stakes rivalry about to engulf the left of Australian politics, writes Paul Kelly who says Bandt is threatening Labor from the left.
    https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/bandt-threatens-labor-from-the-left/news-story/cf5f50c73eb9a0ea3ab361fd7c24a83b
    Shane Wright tells us that the ACTU has proposed a radical overhaul of the nation’s economic structures, pushing for a tax on businesses that profit from high inflation and price controls on some goods and services, while tasking the Reserve Bank with driving down unemployment.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/actu-presses-for-radical-overhaul-of-economic-structures-to-boost-jobs-20220809-p5b8fb.html
    Phil Coorey reports that the federal opposition will be offered a spot at next month’s Jobs and Skills Summit, but Peter Dutton was less than impressed, dismissing the event as a talkfest that would give a blank cheque to the unions. Chalmers wrote to the opposition leader yesterday, inviting either him or another member of his team to attend the summit, which is to be held in Canberra on September 1 and 2.
    https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/political-bad-blood-erupts-ahead-of-jobs-summit-20220809-p5b8iz
    In a very readable contribution, David Solomon looks at how Albanese has taken control of parliament.
    https://johnmenadue.com/albanese-scores-a-parliamentary-goal/
    Plans by the government to crack down on the use of labour hire companies under its principle of same job, same pay, have received a boost after One Nation advocated a similar policy of its own, writes Phil Coorey.
    https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/same-job-same-pay-push-gets-boost-with-one-nation-support-20220809-p5b8d8
    Geoff Chambers writes that Peter Dutton is under pressure to adopt a more nuanced approach in the Coalition’s attacks on Beijing, with new analysis revealing massive swings against the Liberal Party in seats with high numbers of Chinese-Australian voters.
    https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/liberals-pressure-dutton-to-ease-up-on-china-hard-line/news-story/2db06c79ce7e432ff0ab485034bd69f5
    “Is the Liberal Party abandoning war talk on China?”, wonders John Menadue.
    https://johnmenadue.com/is-the-liberal-party-abandoning-peter-duttons-war-talk-on-china/
    Tory Shepherd reports that new documents obtained through FoI show how the former defence minister Peter Dutton’s “captain’s call” delivered a senior Coalition adviser the top job at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Just before the May election was called, Dutton, after axing the recommended candidate, announced that Justin Bassi – then chief of staff to then foreign affairs minister Marise Payne – would be the institute’s new executive director.
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/aug/10/foi-documents-show-peter-duttons-captains-call-to-make-senior-liberal-head-of-defence-thinktank
    Tom Rabe tells us that the confidential resignation letter of the NSW building commissioner is likely to be released to state parliament amid scrutiny over the conduct of the recently dumped fair trading minister Eleni Petinos. Rabe points out that yesterday the opposition said it would use Legislative Council powers to compel the government to release the letter after it was revealed that Petinos met representatives from a property development company that employed former deputy premier John Barilaro. Could be a bomb.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nsw-building-commissioner-s-resignation-letter-set-to-be-made-public-20220809-p5b8j2.html
    Andy Marks tells us how ‘fast’ politics has left the NSW government staring into the electoral abyss.
    https://theconversation.com/how-fast-politics-has-left-the-nsw-government-staring-into-the-electoral-abyss-188429
    Lucy Cormack reports that Dominic Perrottet has refused to back his highest-paid trade commissioner, following revelations that the agent-general in London racked up more than $113,000 in expenses in just nine months. It’s all getting a bit shaky.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/perrottet-refuses-to-back-in-uk-trade-commissioner-as-parliament-resumes-after-winter-break-20220809-p5b8ii.html
    Laura Chung writes that a NSW parliamentary inquiry into the state’s deadly flood disasters in the Northern Rivers and Hawkesbury region found the information from the Bureau of Meteorology and NSW SES was “incorrect and out of date”. The inquiry’s report released on Tuesday also suggested axing Resilience NSW, restructuring the State Emergency Service and improving the BOM’s rain data infrastructure and modelling tools. The findings are listed within the article.
    https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/out-of-date-inaccurate-and-confusing-bom-ses-and-resilience-nsw-slammed-for-flood-response-20220809-p5b8j8.html
    New NSW Deputy Premier Matt Kean has branded himself a champion of women, but only when it suits, says Alexandra Smith.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/matt-kean-has-branded-himself-a-champion-of-women-but-only-when-it-suits-20220809-p5b8ih.html
    Referring to Poll Bludger, John Lord writes about restoring a democracy that the Neo-Cons butchered.
    https://theaimn.com/restoring-a-democracy-that-the-neo-cons-butchered/
    Governments are backing more preschool places even as the sector grapples with staff shortages and industrial unrest. The plan has been linked to the ambition for massive productivity gains. Are the under-fives of Australia the latest conscripts in our seemingly endless neoliberal push for higher productivity? Mark Sawyer examines the evidence.
    https://michaelwest.com.au/childhood-the-new-frontier-of-economic-rationalism-with-some-help-from-twiggy/
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    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/aug/10/not-honest-new-health-minister-dismisses-coalition-election-claim-that-bulk-billing-had-hit-88
    “We’ve got more than we’ve ever had, but are we better off?”, asks Ross Gittins. Worth a read.
    https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/we-ve-got-more-than-we-ve-ever-had-but-are-we-better-off-20220809-p5b8e4.html
    Kate Aubusson tells us about new analysis that indicates more in-home care would dramatically shorten hospital stays and ease the burden on a system under pressure from long elective surgeries waiting lists.
    https://www.theage.com.au/healthcare/shorter-hospital-stays-solution-to-elective-surgery-backlog-new-analysis-finds-20220809-p5b8hg.html
    Dan Jervis-Bardy reports that the costings for Scott Morrison’s signature super-for-housing scheme were based on scant detail and prepared in an “extremely” short timeframe, according to internal documents which suggest the Coalition’s centrepiece policy wasn’t finalised until the last minute before the federal election. Shades of desperation?
    https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7851872/morrisons-super-for-housing-costings-based-on-limited-detail-foi/?cs=14329
    Power companies are opposing a key energy policy designed to help Labor deliver its climate ambitions, but experts are saying state ministers can ease the standoff, says Mile Foley.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/power-companies-switch-off-support-for-key-clean-energy-proposal-20220809-p5b8bq.html
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    https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7854523/plug-pulled-on-controversial-contact-tracing-app/?cs=14329
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    https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/the-us-needs-putin-to-act-rationally-for-its-plan-to-succeed-20220809-p5b8df.html
    Katina Curtis reports that the aged care sector will meet with ministers next week to discuss chronic workforce shortages as providers wait for more details about how an anticipated multibillion-dollar package to fund wage rises will work.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/aged-care-providers-ministers-to-examine-chronic-workforce-shortages-20220809-p5b8c9.html
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    https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/big-contracts-little-staff-amid-uberisation-of-in-home-aged-care-20220809-p5b8ca.html
    Victoria’s anti-corruption agency has excoriated the MPs who monitor its operations, accusing them of leaking confidential correspondence and compromising ongoing investigations, reports Paul Sakkal.
    https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/ibac-says-mps-are-compromising-ongoing-corruption-investigations-20220809-p5b8jw.html
    Phill Coorey tells us that senior sources are saying key act of pork barrelling by the Morrison government that was used by Labor to justify the establishment of a national anti-corruption watchdog may not fall in its remit because it would struggle to fit the definition of serious or systemic corruption.
    https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/sports-rorts-may-slip-through-the-net-of-anti-corruption-body-20220809-p5b8d9
    According to Zoe Samios, NBN Co boss Stephen Rue has refused to rule out increasing wholesale prices as the telecommunications sector waits on its renewed attempt at a regulatory proposal that determines how it sells internet plans.
    https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/nbn-says-broadband-price-hike-still-on-the-table-20220809-p5b8gq.html
    Labor is pushing ahead with Stage 3 tax cuts to benefit the wealthy, but with so many Australians struggling to make ends meet. Dave Donovan argues that the timing couldn’t be worse.
    https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/be-progressive-albo-dont-implement-stage-3-tax-cuts,16643
    NBN Co’s financial results and commercial expectations have collided with a Labor government that insists it must radically revise its pricing models and work in co-operation with telcos, writes Jennifer Hewett who wonders how likely it is that a positive outcome will eventuate.
    https://www.afr.com/companies/telecommunications/nbn-goes-back-to-the-drawing-board-20220809-p5b8de
    While the Morrison Government delivered endless scandals, the mainstream media must now adjust to a government free of controversy, writes Dr Jennifer Wilson.
    https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/the-morrison-circus-is-over-but-the-mainstream-media-must-go-on,16642
    Within 24 hours of accessing the first stage of Australia’s newest supercomputing system, researchers have processed a series of radio telescope observations, including a highly detailed image of a supernova remnant.

    Mike Scrafton posits that Australia is now openly a cog in America’s war plans.
    https://johnmenadue.com/ausmin-and-aukusits-even-worse-than-you-think/
    Alan Feuer reports that top Republicans and prominent conservatives have reacted with outrage to the news that the FBI had searched Mar-a-Lago, the private residence of Donald Trump, with some suggesting that federal agents should be arrested and others hinting that the court-approved law-enforcement action against the former US president was pushing the country towards political chaos. (I thought it was already there!)
    https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/i-ve-seen-enough-republicans-react-with-fury-to-trump-home-search-20220809-p5b8h7.html
    Yet more disgrace for Trump as the FBI raid Mar-a-Lago. Of course, he’s milking it, says Marina Hyde.
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/09/fbi-raid-mar-a-lago-donald-trump-law-2024
    Finally, Donald Trump’s misdeeds are catching up with him, explains Richard Wolffe who says the FBI Mar-a-Lago search suggests that the former president is no longer living in a protective bubble.
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/09/donald-trump-fbi-mar-a-lago-president
    As the FBI raids Mar-A-Lago, Donald Trump reaches for unconvincing historical parallels, says Professor Rodney Tiffen.
    https://theconversation.com/as-the-fbi-raids-mar-a-lago-donald-trump-reaches-for-unconvincing-historical-parallels-188455
    Truss and Sunak are completely unreliable narrators of their own campaigns, writes John Crace in sparkling form.
    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/09/truss-and-sunak-completely-unreliable-narrators-of-their-own-campaigns

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  22. The IBAC chief’s concerns that a Parliamentary committee chaired by a Government MP is leaking against IBAC is not great. It adds to a building impression that the Andrews government is inclined to limit IBAC’s effectiveness.

    I don’t think that a minority government is all that likely, but if Andrews were dependent on a cross bench that demanded upgrade of the integrity regime I’d be very happy. It would be enough to motivate me to vote for a Teal style independent in my seat if there were one, and even though I quite like the local ALP member.

    https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/ibac-says-mps-are-compromising-ongoing-corruption-investigations-20220809-p5b8jw.html

  23. “Griff says:
    Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 7:56 am
    Kean is conducting a morning media blitz to express his support for Perrottet ”

    Matt Kean has spent a lot of time trying to portray himself as a “progressive” Liberal. But now, so close to the top job, he will have to behave in a more conservative Liberal way if he wants to impress the core Liberal voters, and work harmoniously with Perrottet. It reminds me of the “progressive” Turnbull before becoming PM, and the conservative Turnbull as PM. After leaving politics, Turnbull is back putting his “progressive” hat on….

    To the NSW voters: If you want a Progressive, vote for a Progressive in a Progressive party such as the ALP. Somebody who will not change colour, according to the surface he is standing on….

  27. Fox News is set to air a viral campaign ad for Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) that features her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, criticizing former President Trump, her campaign confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday.

    Cheney campaign spokesperson Jeremy Alder said the ad will air twice daily this week on Fox News’ flagship morning program “Fox & Friends,” and once daily on network personality Sean Hannity’s prime-time program “Hannity.”

    Axios first reported the news on Monday. The Hill has also reached out to Fox News.

    “It’s important not only for Fox News viewers, but for the network’s hosts and top executives, to hear former Vice President Cheney’s warning about the ongoing danger Donald Trump and his lies post to our constitutional republic.,” Alder said in a statement to The Hill.

    https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3595001-dick-cheney-ad-attacking-trump-to-air-on-fox-news/

  28. Thank you, BK.

    There is nothing wrong-headed, immoral or unethical about Price choosing to assimilate or with Price supporting assimilation policies. It is one of a range of possible personal personal choices.

    That said, her views are riddled with logical fallacies.

  29. ”
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    Confessionssays:
    Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 6:09 am
    ……………….
    …………
    My guess FWIW is the coalition will paper over these things, doing enough patchwork to give the appearance of change come the next election, but without actually changing. If you want to see what this looks like, just glance at Matt Kean. A man who talks the talk of increased diversity, but fails to act when and where it really matters.

    Kean has branded himself as a climate change warrior and a champion of women. He has been successful in filling policy voids for women that have been previously ignored, including a major intervention into childcare.

    However, Kean has failed to sort his own house. The two recent casual vacancies filled in the upper house were both handed to men. They were spots to be filled by his moderate faction, but Kean did not seek out women.

    Kean, for all his talk – including making demands on corporates to put more women on boards – was not prepared to forgo his ambition to promote a woman to the deputy leadership.

    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/matt-kean-has-branded-himself-a-champion-of-women-but-only-when-it-suits-20220809-p5b8ih.html
    ‘

    C@tmommasays:
    Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 6:27 am
    ‘fess,
    Don’t forget Matt Kean’s deal with the Nationals to enable them to destroy Koala habitat. Some environmentalist.

    He talks a good game, but when it comes time to put scores on the board he fails.
    ”

    Confessions and C@tmomma
    Kylie Tink (North Sydney MP) and Sophie Scamps (Mackellar MP) think Kean is doing a great work when it comes to Climate change policy.

  30. olin Kahl, U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, confirmed today that American authorities have transferred unspecified “anti-radiation missiles” to the Ukrainian armed forces that they can launch from at least some of their existing aircraft. Though Kahl did not say what type of missiles had been passed to the Ukrainians, his remarks follow the emergence of pictures on social media showing the apparent remains of an AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) said to have been fired at a Russian position. You can read more about what we know already about the potential use of AGM-88s in Ukraine in this recent War Zone report.

    Anti-radiation missiles (ARMs) home in on enemy radio frequency emissions, primarily from radar arrays belonging to enemy air defense systems, and destroy or disable them.

    https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/u-s-confirms-air-launched-anti-radiation-missiles-sent-to-ukraine


  31. max says:
    Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 8:09 am

    The IBAC chief’s concerns that a Parliamentary committee chaired by a Government MP is leaking against IBAC is not great. It adds to a building impression that the Andrews government is inclined to limit IBAC’s effectiveness.

    I don’t think that a minority government is all that likely, but if Andrews were dependent on a cross bench that demanded upgrade of the integrity regime I’d be very happy. It would be enough to motivate me to vote for a Teal style independent in my seat if there were one, and even though I quite like the local ALP member.

    https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/ibac-says-mps-are-compromising-ongoing-corruption-investigations-20220809-p5b8jw.html

    Max I think you should read the article. It would seem the issue is with Liberal members of the committee leaking to the Australian.

  32. ”
    Mick Quinlivansays:
    Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 7:18 am
    8 months to go the liberals would be crazy to dump their current leader…. but then again desperate people can do desperate things
    ”

    Liberals dumped their leader Turnbull (PM no less) 8 months from federal election and won that election in 2019. They are very good at changing the leaders and make it look as if it is next best thing after bread. They changed 3 Premiers (4 Premiers in total) with effortless ease with out any blood letting .
    If Labor party did what LNP to its leaders in last decade in NSW and at Federal level, ALP would be out of power for 2 generations.

  34. ‘frednk says:
    Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 8:52 am

    max says:
    Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 8:09 am

    The IBAC chief’s concerns that a Parliamentary committee chaired by a Government MP is leaking against IBAC is not great. It adds to a building impression that the Andrews government is inclined to limit IBAC’s effectiveness.

    I don’t think that a minority government is all that likely, but if Andrews were dependent on a cross bench that demanded upgrade of the integrity regime I’d be very happy. It would be enough to motivate me to vote for a Teal style independent in my seat if there were one, and even though I quite like the local ALP member.

    https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/ibac-says-mps-are-compromising-ongoing-corruption-investigations-20220809-p5b8jw.html

    Max I think you should read the article. It would seem the issue is with Liberal members of the committee leaking to the Australian.’
    ———————————–
    Nice pick up.

  35. There is no possible excuse for “technology neutral” proposals, which we all know is code for subsidizing outdated technologies, in this case fossil fuels …

    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/power-companies-switch-off-support-for-key-clean-energy-proposal-20220809-p5b8bq.html

    The ESB has proposed that the so-called “capacity mechanism” be technology neutral, allowing plants powered by coal, gas or renewables to receive the payments.

    Remember the “technology neutral” NBN, which left Australia badly trailing the rest of the world.

    Don’t let that happen again, Labor.

  36. Redfield & Wilton Strategies @RedfieldWilton
    Labour lead by 15% in the Red Wall.
    Red Wall Voting Intention (8 August):

    Labour 48% (+3)
    Conservative 33% (-1)
    Liberal Democrat 7% (-3)
    Reform UK 6% (+3)
    Green 5% (–)
    Other 1% (-2)
    Plaid Cymru 1% (–)

    Changes +/- 25-26 July

  39. 100 percent

    Molly Jong-Fast

    @MollyJongFast
    The idea that you can’t hold trump accountable because his supporters might be mad at you is one of the stupidest ideas I’ve heard

  40. Alpo

    “ To the NSW voters: If you want a Progressive, vote for a Progressive in a Progressive party such as the ALP. Somebody who will not change colour, according to the surface he is standing on….”

    It seems to me that the natural response of Libs, when rejected by voters, is to reflexively double down on their values rather than objectively reflect on them. This is exacerbated when a vote is internal and they’re not needing to appeal to non-hardline supporters.

  42. #weatheronPB
    Graded unbroken blue opens joy.
    Tasting life, life flows, comforting, busy, complete.
    Cool ground supports my feet.
    —-

    from the previous thread

  44. ”
    Contrary to impressions, passage of Labor’s climate change bill through the House of Representatives does not signal an era of Labor-Greens co-operation – just the reverse with a new, intense, high-stakes rivalry about to engulf the left of Australian politics, writes Paul Kelly who says Bandt is threatening Labor from the left.
    https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/bandt-threatens-labor-from-the-left/news-story/cf5f50c73eb9a0ea3ab361fd7c24a83b
    ”

    Doh!!!
    It appears Pompous ponderous pontificating Paul Kelly does not read PB. 🙂

  45. If rabid Trump supporters are upset over a warrant being executed on his
    Mar-a-Lago estate, they ain’t seen nothing yet. Wait until they see him in cuffs, entering a paddy wagon, charged with seditious conspiracy, and fronting up to a bail hearing. A-G Garland needs to pull his finger out.

  48. Player One says:
    Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 9:01 am
    There is no possible excuse for “technology neutral” proposals, which we all know is code for subsidizing outdated technologies, in this case fossil fuels …

    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/power-companies-switch-off-support-for-key-clean-energy-proposal-20220809-p5b8bq.html

    “The ESB has proposed that the so-called “capacity mechanism” be technology neutral, allowing plants powered by coal, gas or renewables to receive the payments.
    Remember the “technology neutral” NBN, which left Australia badly trailing the rest of the world. Don’t let that happen again, Labor.”

    IMHO, the ESB (I suspect their Coalition-imposed leadership) are the problem, they appear to be constantly at odds with the other bodies (AEMO, AEMC and AER) and appear to act to diminish and frustrate the intent of the current government and these agencies.

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