The Age/Herald has published the second of what hopefully looks like being a regular monthly federal polling series, showing Labor down three points on the primary vote 39%, the Coalition up four to 32%, the Greens down two to 10%, One Nation up one to 6% and the United Australia Party steady on 2%. Based on preferences from the May election, this suggests a Labor two-party lead of 57-43, in from 61-39 last time. Anthony Albanese’s combined good plus very good rating is down one to 60% and his poor plus very poor rating is up two to 24%. Peter Dutton is respectively down two to 28% and up three to 40%, and his deficit on preferred prime minister has narrowed from 55-17 to 53-19.
The poll also finds 54-46 support for retaining the monarchy over becoming a republic in the event of a referendum, reversing a result from January. The late Queen’s “time as Australia’s head of state” was rated as good by 75% and poor by 5%, while David Hurley’s tenure as Governor-General was rated good by 30% and poor by 13%, with the remainder unsure or neutral. Forty-five per cent expect that King Charles III will perform well compared with 14% for badly. The poll was conducted Wednesday to Sunday from a sample of 1607.
Also out yesterday was the regular fortnightly release from Essential Research, which features the pollster’s monthly leadership ratings, though still nothing on voting intention. Its new method for gauging leadership invites respondents introduced last month is to rate the leaders on a scale from zero to ten, categorising scores of seven to ten as positive, zero to three as negative and four to six as neutral. Contra Resolve Strategic, this has Albanese’s positive rating up three to 46%, his negative rating down six to 17% and his neutral rating up three to 31%. Dutton’s is down three on positive to 23%, steady on negative at 34% and up four on negative to 34%.
The poll also gauged support for a republic, and its specification of an “Australian head of state” elicited a more positive response than for Resolve Strategic or Roy Morgan, with support at 43% and opposition at 37%, although this is the narrowest result from the pollster out of seven going back to January 2017, with support down one since June and opposition up three. When asked if King Charles III should be Australia’s head of state, the sample came down exactly 50-50. The late Queen posthumously records a positive rating of 71% and a negative rating of 8% and Prince William comes in at 64% and 10%, but the King’s ratings of 44% and 21% are only slightly better than those of Prince Harry at 42% and 22%. The September 22 public holiday has the support of 61%, but 48% consider the media coverage excessive, compared with 42% for about right and 10% for insufficient. The poll was conducted Wednesday to Monday from a sample of 1075.
The weekly Roy Morgan federal voting intention result, as related in threadbare form in its weekly update videos, gives Labor a lead of 54.5-45.5, out from 53.5-46.5 and the pollster’s strongest result for Labor since the election.
Finally, some resolution to recent by-election coverage:
• Saturday’s by-election for the Western Australian state seat of North West Central produced a comfortable win for Nationals candidate Merome Beard in the absence of a candidate from Labor, who polled 40.2% in the March 2021 landslide and fell 1.7% short after preferences. Beard leads Liberal candidate Will Baston with a 9.7% margin on the two-candidate preferred count, although the Nationals primary vote was scarcely changed despite the absence of Labor, while the Liberals were up from an abysmal 7.9% to 26.7%. The by-elections other remarkable feature was turnout – low in this electorate at the best of times, it currently stands at 42.2% of the enrolment with a mere 4490 formal votes cast, down from 73.8% and 7741 formal votes in 2021, with likely only a few hundred postals yet to come. Results have not been updated since Sunday, but continue to be tracked on my results page.
• A provisional distribution of preferences recorded Labor candidate Luke Edmunds winning the Tasmanian Legislative Council seat of Pembroke by a margin of 13.3%, out from 8.7% when the electorate last went to polls in May 2019. Labor’s primary vote was down from 45.2% to 39.5% in the face of competition from the Greens, who polled a solid 19.3% after declining to contest last time, while the Liberals were up to 28.8% from 25.3% last time, when a conservative independent polled 18.4%.
Good morning Dawn Patrollers
Alexandra Smith reports on a new poll which shows NSW Labor has stormed ahead to secure an election-winning lead as voters abandon the Coalition following the John Barilaro trade appointment scandal and rolling public sector strikes. A majority Labor government is in the offing.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/nsw-labor-secures-election-winning-lead-as-voters-abandon-the-coalition-20220923-p5bkg4.html
“What’s our globetrotting PM learnt about Australia’s place in the world?,” ponders Peter Hartcher in quite an interesting read.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/what-s-our-globetrotting-pm-learnt-about-australia-s-place-in-the-world-20220922-p5bk8p.html
Australia crossed a great threshold of identity this week. George Megalogenis tells us that the official estimate for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population was upgraded to almost one million. He says the significance of the data was easy to miss on Wednesday because it was published on the very day that the nation’s oldest secular faith, Australian Rules football, faced its latest and possibly most damaging reckoning yet on the treatment of Indigenous players and their families.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/setting-a-new-goal-to-close-the-gap-in-our-own-imaginations-20220922-p5bk8n.html
Albanese can no longer blame policy delays on the Queen’s death. Next week will be a scramble to deliver on promises, writes Malcolm Farr.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/24/albanese-can-no-longer-blame-policy-delays-on-the-queens-death-next-week-will-be-a-scramble-to-deliver-on-promises
Reports that Labor is in talks with Peter Dutton over the looming Federal Integrity Commission laws have sparked alarm the anti-corruption body might be weakened. Callum Foote reports on the timing, the critical detail, the delays and the latest scare.
https://michaelwest.com.au/a-corruption-watchdog-with-teeth-the-experts-tell-how/
Karen Middleton reveals that the attorney-general is reviewing an expansion of surveillance powers, as a former security monitor says senior law enforcement personnel should be sacked for persistent breaches.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2022/09/24/dreyfus-review-morrisons-surveillance-expansion
Martin McKenzie-Murray takes us through all the news we missed since the Queen died.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2022/09/24/the-news-you-missed-since-the-queen-died
Sometimes Ross Gittins thinks Reserve Bank governor Dr Philip Lowe is like someone whose brain has been locked up in a neoclassical prison. But in his major speech on inflation two weeks ago, he showed he’d been thinking well outside the bars, looking at various models for a comprehensive explanation of how inflation could shoot up so quickly and unexpectedly.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/how-the-psychology-of-humans-explains-the-inflation-resurgence-20220922-p5bkbz.html
Changes to the safeguard mechanism are expected to finally establish a model that effectively cuts Australia’s emissions, although there is a ‘shit fight’ ahead as baselines are set for each industry, explains Mike Seccombe.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2022/09/24/the-most-important-climate-policy-youve-never-heard
Farrah Tomazin writes that Foreign Minister Penny Wong will use her first major speech to the United Nations to call for a shake-up of the Security Council, arguing that nations from Africa, Latin America and Asia should have greater permanent representation on the powerful committee.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/wong-calls-for-un-security-council-overhaul-after-russian-walkout-20220923-p5bkld.html
As much of the world mourned Queen Elizabeth II, Ukraine and Putin took a darker turn, explains Laura Tingle.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-24/laura-tingle-queen-elizabeth-vladamir-putin-instability/101469104
Paul Kelly goes to some length to explain why the West can’t ignore or give in to Putin’s threats.
https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/west-cant-ignore-or-give-in-to-putins-threats/news-story/62a4a8f227bd77bc4b9a3c7ecd1d8b03
Paul Bongiorno tells us about Penny Wong resetting the agenda in New York.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/2022/09/24/penny-wong-resets-the-agenda-new-york
Andrew Clark says the Russian president should be taking history lessons from the 1904 Russo-Japanese War, where another war of aggression ended in disaster and ignominy.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/vladimir-putin-s-nightmare-scenario-20220923-p5bker
As the fire season approaches, a dispute about who is financially responsible for almost $150 million worth of fire trucks is pitting state and local governments against each other, with the assets scattered across more than 100 councils.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2022/09/24/stalemate-over-rural-fire-fleet
The most significant failure of global leadership by governments in recent times is the failure to act decisively and as a matter of urgency on climate change. Surely , says John Hewson, we have moved beyond the ignorant and irresponsible mumbling of the climate deniers with mounting evidence from across the world of the effects of climate change.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/2022/09/24/global-warning-climate
Latika Bourke reports that Australians heading to the UK will be able to enjoy tax-free shopping once more following the UK’s massive tax cuts for the rich, which sent the value of the pound to historic lows. It’s trickle-down on steroids!
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/liz-truss-makes-stunning-tax-cut-gamble-as-pound-plunges-20220924-p5bkn7.html
Yesterday, financial markets began pricing in a cash rate of 4.1 per cent. That would take mortgage rates beyond 7 per cent, adding thousands to loan repayments.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/markets-tip-decade-high-cash-rate-as-local-recession-fears-grow-20220923-p5bkha.html
Jim Chalmers’ long-term ambition is similar to that of most treasurers. He wants to be prime minister. More immediately, he aspires to be a reformer, which has become harder in today’s electorate, with its low tolerance for pain, writes Michelle Grattan.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/voters-will-punish-anything-less-than-painless-pandemic-repair-20220923-p5bkdm.html
Peter van Onselen begins this contribution with, “The government sure is sending mixed messages about its intentions regarding the stage three income tax cuts. It promised at the election not to repeal them, but that was a few months ago. Now – who knows?”
https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/scenarios-for-stage-three-tax-cuts-albaneses-big-dilemma/news-story/17c6733087d4d46dde44e33475624fc5
Hospital developments are being announced across NSW, but the government has refused requests from its own department to adequately fund new medical staffing, reveals Rick Morton.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2022/09/24/exclusive-cabinet-documents-show-funding-new-hospital-staff-refused
Refugees who are ineligible for other welfare support and in financial hardship have had their Special Benefit payments cut off, due to a technical glitch that stems from a disconnect between government departments.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2022/09/24/refugees-cut-support
The government will abolish the cashless debit card from four of the original trial sites across Australia, but a form of involuntary income management for welfare recipients will continue in the Northern Territory and Far North Queensland, explains Hamish Hastie.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/labor-hopeful-cashless-debit-card-could-be-abolished-by-next-week-20220923-p5bkmk.html
Experts say agents often list properties for much less than they’re worth to lure in buyers – and regulators ‘don’t seem to care’, explains Caitlin Cassidy.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/sep/24/price-baiting-the-blatant-and-sometimes-tactic-frustrating-australian-house-hunters
The SMH editorial declares that the Optus cyber attack should be a reminder to take security seriously.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/optus-cyber-attack-a-reminder-to-take-security-seriously-20220923-p5bklb.html
Optus’ rapid disclosure of its massive customer hack was messy – but also the right call, says Nick Bonyhady.
https://www.smh.com.au/technology/optus-rapid-disclosure-of-its-massive-customer-hack-was-messy-but-also-the-right-call-20220923-p5bkfp.html
Angus Thompson tells us that Peter Dutton has ended the nation’s bipartisan ceasefire following Queen Elizabeth’s death two weeks ago by attacking the government’s approach to the Voice referendum on a day many Indigenous MPs spoke of the effects of British colonisation.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/opposition-leader-accuses-government-of-making-up-voice-plan-on-the-run-20220923-p5bkk4.html
Michaela Whitbourn reports on the first day of trial in the Crikey/Murdoch case where the Murdoch lawyer cried foul and was told by the judge to keep the hyperbole at the door.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/crikey-mocking-lachlan-murdoch-on-public-billboards-court-told-20220923-p5bken.html
In her weekly media roundup Amanda Meade also touches on the trial.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/sep/23/crikey-and-lachlan-murdochs-lawyers-have-first-day-in-court-as-judge-warns-of-hyperbole
The arrests of anti-monarchy protesters in Britain have raised concerns about the freedom of speech, writes Binoy Kampmark.
https://independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/offence-by-another-name-suppressing-anti-royal-protest-in-britain,16796
According to Peter Ryan, it will go down in history as the competing AFL grand final teams floated up the Yarra as part of the pre-game festivities. It was hilarious but not an idea that needs repeating as it left participants and fans bemused. He reckons it was all Gill McLachlan’s idea.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/afl-grand-final-parade-the-yarra-s-grand-final-farce-all-gill-igan-s-idea-20220923-p5bkkf.html
The greatest scandal to engulf the AFL is a story about race and a story about trauma. But at its heart sits a small group of women who could no longer stay silent, writes Caroline Wilson.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/we-were-watching-those-blokes-break-the-hawthorn-women-who-would-not-stay-silent-20220919-p5bj8u.html
Young teachers in NSW are quitting lucrative permanent positions at the highest rate in 13 years, with one in nine now leaving the profession within five years, reports Daniella White.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/young-nsw-teachers-quitting-in-record-numbers-20220923-p5bkfq.html
The NSW health watchdog has been given the power to shut alternative health clinics, such as naturopaths and chiropractors, for not operating in a safe and ethical way. I reckon the scope should be increased even further.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/alternative-health-clinics-that-don-t-comply-with-code-of-conduct-face-closure-20220920-p5bjlr.html
Dear old Gerard in his weekly whine goes all in on the BBC as well as the ABC on “cancel culture”. I hope he feels better.
https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/cancel-culture-means-no-dissent-or-battle-of-ideas/news-story/46946363b5095215a80907ea8eb9a1ab
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C@t:
They are night time visits.
Must have been hard for Alexandra Smith to write that article about NSW Labor. Although she did have to get in that Perrottet and Minns were equal on preferred premier and that meant voters didn’t warm to either.
Curious about when the last time an opposition leader hands down won the preferred premier/pm poll?
Anyway, despite the lamentations of A E, Minns has been doing a fine job as opposition leader after the disasters of the last lot. Will be great to get behind NSW Labor for the first time in a long time.
It’s a shame for Adam Searle that he wasn’t a team player and may miss out on Govt. But it’s a long way to go and I am sure Adam ‘get a real job before parliament but please don’t talk about the fact I was a staffer’ will find other things to do. He has a lot of supporters in Labor. They just weren’t prepared to vote for him. Strange that.
Confessions @ #815 Saturday, September 24th, 2022 – 7:40 am
So? He’s spent a lot of time there during the day as well. Maybe it’s the Premier who should be spending more time there finding out about burn out anyway.
We weren’t in a position to vote for Adam Searle. I think he’d make a great judge or Tribunal member. A very fair man.
C@tmomma. He didn’t have any support within the faction. He couldn’t get to the start line. For someone who was in office for 10 years or so and was originally put there by that group (swapping sides to get there) that is concerning. Anyway, I am sure he will accept the result and I hope he can be a team player to contribute to a Labor win.
That hospital footage stuff was obvs coordinated between the Tele and Govt. The Tele got cover by using FOI to get it which of course was released. What is concerning is that, of course, others were there for health treatment and are featured in that footage (whether it is blurred or not). I could not think of any more private settings than health care facilities and seeking treatment it just highlights how scummy the Libs and Tele are to run it. They could have easily written about what they saw but no they had to use video to do it. Scummers are getting desperate. Poor little James the tele journo.
Thanks BK. As always, Mega George provides another great read.
Thanks for the roundup BK. I was going to post the ABC Tingle article as well, a good summary. After the royal funeralfest it will be back to politics as usual on multiple fronts.
This UK article is relevant to our naval decision makers. It questions whether the Royal Navy has gotten the whole balance between subs and warships correct? It recommends switching to more subs, but then highlights the lack of capacity to build more, including the AUKUS deal. That is a bit ominous for the RAN, which tends to take its lead from the RN.
https://www.navylookout.com/the-royal-navy-to-examine-the-balance-between-investment-in-submarines-and-warships/
Maybe we need BOTH French and UK help on SSNs?
Have a good day all.
wranslide @ #1057 Saturday, September 24th, 2022 – 7:52 am
A few months ago Perrottet unbelievably asked him to stop with the late night hospital visits. He rightly refused.
Insiders Sunday, 25 Sep
David Speers joins Katharine Murphy, James Campbell and Samantha Maiden to discuss the economy with just a month until Jim Chalmers delivers his first budget, the war in Ukraine, UN General Assembly plus a Federal ICAC bill.
Guest : Jane Hume – Shadow Finance Minister
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Confessionssays:
Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 7:14 am
C@tmomma @ #1042 Saturday, September 24th, 2022 – 6:59 am
Steve777 @ #1035 Saturday, September 24th, 2022 – 6:33 am
Just popped up in my news feed: “With the state election due exactly six months on Saturday, Labor’s primary vote has hit 43 per cent – a 10-point increase since the 2019 election, while the Coalition’s has slumped to just 30 per cent – a massive 12-point drop since the last election.”
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/nsw-labor-secures-election-winning-lead-as-voters-abandon-the-coalition-20220923-p5bkg4.html
Expect Eddie Obeid’s face to be on every Liberal poster in NSW. Also much crap to be flung and Black Ops to be carried out, directed at the ALP, after Perrottet was caught meeting with Howard and Chris Corrigan this week.
Ch9 news last night reported that Minns actually spent less than one minute inside the hospitals he’d visited to post on social media about hospital burnout (or whatever). Using CCTV footage from each hospital – obviously gotten from the hospitals, which means the government sanctioned their release.
My first thought was here comes the dirt from the government.
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Confessions
You seem to get hot under the collar because LNP is playing dirty.
But we know that Costello 9 news will do anything to get LNP over the line in Victoria and NSW. So why give any chance to them by his actions?
Minns should not assume that MSM will go easy on him because LNP government is pathetic. They will try their level best to dig dirt on him.
It had been too easy for Minns till now. No opposition leader has been so lucky like Minns till now due to convergence of many issues.
I still standby my opinion that he is very lazy for a leader.
I wonder how much of the Sydney Mourning Howard’s panic about Perrottet is due to the Rick Morten <a href="https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2022/09/24/exclusive-cabinet-documents-show-funding-new-hospital-staff-refused" article? The festering sore that is the NSW National Party fiefdom of “Health” in the Mid North Coast LHD (specifically Coffs & Port Macquarie) is not mentioned in the article, but I understand is about to discharge spectacularly. Laudable pus I don’t think.
Ven:
There is nothing I’ve posted this morning that could possibly be construed as “getting hot under the collar”. I think you’re confusing me with C@tmomma.
Thanks BK. I will read later.
But “Globetrotting PM”?
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“What’s our globetrotting PM learnt about Australia’s place in the world?,” ponders Peter Hartcher in quite an interesting read.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/what-s-our-globetrotting-pm-learnt-about-australia-s-place-in-the-world-20220922-p5bk8p.html
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The die has been cast for him regarding”Globetrotting “.
Channel 9 Sydney in all it’s forms is a cheer squad for the LNP. 2GB. Nine News. And the Sydney Nine Paper who like to think they are liberal and the NSW libs are liberal so can be supported (and it’s readership is pretty much limited to the inner city, east and north).
Good morning all. Thank you, BK.
Today we celebrate casual, constitutional, institutional and personal racism GF day!
Right, there’s some football match down South, isn’t there…
I see that White Man’s Burden Dutton is following Bwana Bandt into the Voice Wrecking Cabal.
As ever, the Greens are leading from the front!
Confessions @ #827 Saturday, September 24th, 2022 – 8:09 am
I haven’t been getting ‘hot under the collar’ at all! I’m still not well enough to go full ‘hot under the collar’. 😆
Progress report: About 85-90% better. 🙂
Steve777 @ #831 Saturday, September 24th, 2022 – 8:40 am
Go the Swannies!
Then I switch over and it’s Go the mighty Rabbitohs!
#weatheronPB
Under a hazy sky,
the last cool breeze fades away.
It’s t-shirt time again.
I am posting this because there is a report on ABC News Radio that Trump is fighting another secret Court battle regarding release Jan6 documents, which was not very clear for me at first
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/9/23/2124811/-Trump-fighting-a-secret-war-in-the-courts-to-keep-witnesses-from-testifying
C@t:
Have you been unwell? Covid?
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C@tmommasays:
Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 8:54 am
Steve777 @ #831 Saturday, September 24th, 2022 – 8:40 am
Right, there’s some football match down South, isn’t there…
Go the Swannies!
Then I switch over and it’s Go the mighty Rabbitohs!
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I want to hear at the end of the match this particular song in the ground
“Cheer, cheer the right and the white “. 🙂
Confessions @ #837 Saturday, September 24th, 2022 – 8:59 am
Gastroenteritis. 🙁
RHWombat
Funding for staff is one thing but getting them is another.
I am always impressed when parties, in both government and opposition, announce they will employ another 500 doctors and 10000 nurses and they will be employed in the regions.
Who said managing hospitals was difficult? You just need to throw money at it
I believe the PM:
Incidentally, in London he had his third meeting with US President Joe Biden – Albanese finds him to be, contrary to the comic caricature, not doddering but “sharp as”.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/what-s-our-globetrotting-pm-learnt-about-australia-s-place-in-the-world-20220922-p5bk8p.html
But it’s interesting how a speech impediment can be used by his enemies to try and make him seem slow and simple.
I see you are channeling your inner bitch this morning Wranslide, but exactly how has Adam Searle been disloyal? After being dumped – in direct breach of a promise made only the day before – by Minns from shadow cabinet, Adam threw himself into the parliamentary duties with great effect over the past 15 months.
The instability – and potential chaos – that threatens, even now – to undo the lead that NSW Labor and destroy Minns’ leadership is 100% down to him and his poor judgement. Had he left Searle on the front bench, perhaps as shadow AG and manager of opposition business in the LC, then the union secretaries who ultimately decided the upper house ticket and were trying to squeeze 8 candidates into 5, wouldn’t have reasoned ‘why should we give Adam another 8 year term when Chris won’t even put him on the front bench?’
Adam didn’t have any independent patronage from the grandees in centre unity because he had switched factions more than a decade ago and Minns’ decided that the head office patronage that saw him elevated into the upper house in 2011 and remain on the ticket in 2015 should be switched off. Fine. That’s politics, but it was a stupid own goal by Minns. A perfect opportunity to unite caucus, to prepare for government and to actually head off the ructions we are now seeing. Minns’ had the perfect opportunity to correct that mistake when Secord had to be managed out – and it should have been obvious THEN – that that would have been an excellent idea, given just how effective Searle’s strategy of using the upper house committee system to hold the government to account was turning out to be: it was an effective counter to the MSM deplatforming of NSW Labor since 2011; an antidote to the NSW Government’s attempts to gut ICAC through the funding squeeze.
It took 4 year to actually start to really bite, but just like Phil Spector’s wall of sound, it really HAS. THAT is 100% of the reason why Labor is now polling well. Not Minns’ weekly tummy rub on 2GB.
Although not widely known – due to that deplatforming of NSW Labor I mentioned above, Labor’s suite of policies is actually broad and deep. In large part again due to the efforts of Searle to drive policy over the past decade. Instead of Searle, we are getting … Khal Asafour. It may not be fair on Khal, but Minns’ will wear that preselection like an albatross around his neck. Especially because of the efforts of one of Minns’s few supporters and self appointed spear carriers in caucus – Tanya Mihailuk. Even the preselection of my good mate Steve Lawrence – the one guy Minns actually went into bat for – could well backfire spectacularly & not because of his representation of Jamie Clements at ICAC.
@ven:
“ It had been too easy for Minns till now. No opposition leader has been so lucky like Minns till now due to convergence of many issues.
I still standby my opinion that he is very lazy for a leader.”
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Chance the Gardner. Only a malignant actor who only worked 100% at undermining and coalescing with Alex Smith etc to destroy Jodie McKay every day since the party members – AND caucus – had the temerity to emphatically reject him as leader by nearly a 2 to 1 margin. His existence is a reward for the child like disloyalty and internal party terrorism of two union secretaries, half a dozen (only) MPs and 9/Faix and to a lesser extent Murdoch. With Iemma and Richo singing, sotto voce, off stage.
A terrible government in the making, but still not LNP bad. So there is that … just.
Ahh A E. And here c@t was thinking that I was a mini you when we clearly disagree about the direction of NSW Labor.
Searle had plenty of opportunities well before Minns to secure Union support. In fact, there are probably many Union secretaries, who support anyone but Minns. That Adam could not gather them into a workable coalition for himself is disappointing for him. He showed his willingness to swap sides to get elected originally so he is clearly good at internal machinations (or was).
Anyway, it’s done now. Time to focus on hopefully the positive with potentially Labor being competitive. Fantastic. I am sure Adam can contribute elsewhere.
As for Tanya, well, it was always going to happen. Sadly. I personally think it is a terrible move to put her into Fairfield. Bob please elect me to the upper house so I can get the hell out of dodge could stop it I guess but then he was responsible for putting KK in to Fowler (with Albo helping) so he’s form is not great.
Penny Wong did well on MSNBC’s Morning Joe today.
https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/australian-foreign-minister-urges-world-to-focus-on-averting-conflict-over-taiwan-149116485556
C@tmomma @ #1076 Saturday, September 24th, 2022 – 9:03 am
Oh dear. I know people who’ve had it recently and it’s hit them very hard. Hope you get well soon.
Thanks, BK.
UK Cartoons – if the game goes ugly in the AFL, there’s always the Womens cycling road race world championships on in Wollongong today.
Peter Brookes on #KwasiKwarteng #Budget #TaxCuts #FatCats #CostOfLivingCrisis #ToryCostOfGreedCrisis
Matt on #Budget #TaxCuts #FatCats
Ben Jennings on #KwasiKwarteng #Budget #TaxCuts #FatCats #CostOfLivingCrisis #ToryCostOfGreedCrisis
Martin Rowson on Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget
Andy Davey: #Kwarteng cycles to glory with his tax-slashing, debt-loading mini-budget. Should go well, I reckon – especially the bankers’ bonus cap doffing. The country was crying out for help for those poor souls
Graeme Bandeira on #JoeBiden ‘sick’ of ‘trickle-down economics’ touted by #LizTruss
Christian Adams on #KwasiKwarteng #MiniBudget #LizTruss #TaxCuts #TrickleDown
Finally, Dave Brown’s #RoguesGallery cartoon, after #JLGérôme #KwasiKwarteng #Budget #TaxCuts #FatCats #CostOfLivingCrisis #ToryCostOfGreedCrisis
The original Androcoles and the Lion:
Britain’s new budget disturbed the force and the force responded. On first glance, the British Pound fell against the US Dollar, as did the Aussie Dollar. But comparing the three currencies with each other and I think the story is that the Pound fell sharply, the USD has been rising steadily, and the AUD seems just to be floating.
BK:
Don’t know how you missed this vital article about the wife of the NSW Premier. A counter to the NSW polling news?
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/helen-perrottet-seven-children-are-the-least-interesting-thing-about-her-20220915-p5bife.html
BL
I saw the headline and immediately moved on!
Dr Doolittle if you are about and in Sydney tomorrow,
David Walker is having a launch of “Happy Together” at Gleebooks at 2:30
See you there!
LOL Taylormade
In NSW, Federally, Labor has the Liberal-National-Newscorp coalition campaigning against it. At State level, it’s the Liberal-National-Newscorp-Ninefax Coalition.
Tingle’s article is good on the looming disconnection with the public militarism and private religiosity that underlay post-colonial Australia. Thank Dog the midwives are the Albo/Wong/Dodson/etc. ALP, not the Tory Arseholes.
BK:
I wait with bated breath for the similar article about Anna Minns.
Anyone else going to the CE Martin Dinner for the NSW Fabians to hear Robert Tickner speak? This ‘branchie’ will be at the top table with the rest of the Executive. Come and say, hi! 🙂
Finally someone uses the correct adjective applied to breath held or restrained in anticipation of future events…
See through ballot boxes, Russia has a unique way of having a “secret ballot”.
LR, …. and the AUD seems just to be floating.
I’d say not drowning, just waving!
Sounds like NSW voters need to get as many progressive community independents voted in as possible at their state election to get the BoP.
Oakeshott Country @ #1077 Saturday, September 24th, 2022 – 9:04 am
Perhaps if we got someone other than ex-nurses and Big Four accountancy alumni to herd non-nursing cats? CHHC can’t even keep a DMS – I wonder why?
Russia has a unique way of having a “secret ballot”.
Also, according to the ABC News this morning, Russian solders going door to door collecting votes verbally.