Two more pollsters get their last results in for the year, one being the fortnightly Essential Research series, which has Labor down two to 30%, the Coalition steady on 35%, the Greens up two to 13% and One Nation down two to 6%, with the undecided component steady at 5%. The pollster’s 2PP+ measure is unchanged at Coalition 48%, Labor 47% and undecided 5%. Also included are the monthly leadership ratings which have Anthony Albanese down four on approval to 39%, his worst result of the term, with disapproval up two to an equal worst 50%. Peter Dutton is up two on approval to 44% and steady on 41% disapproval. A montly question on national direction reverses an improvement last month, with a four point drop in right direction to 31% and three point increase in wrong direction to 51%. The full report features a number of further questions in that vein. The poll was conducted Wednesday to Sunday from a sample of 1151.
The weekly Roy Morgan series, which may prove an exception to the rule of pollsters taking a break over Christmas and New Year, gives Labor its worst result of the term with a half-point drop on the primary vote to 27.5% while the Coalition gains three to 41%, with the Greens down half to 12.5% and One Nation down one-and-a-half to 5%. The headline two-party measure is unchanged on 52-48, but Labor does uncommonly well out of its respondent-allocated preference flow: the alternative measure based on 2022 election flows, which is invariably more favourable for Labor, has the Coalition leading 51.5-48.5 after a 50-50 result last time. The poll was conducted Monday to Sunday from a sample of 1672.
Alan Jones is in court today.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/alan-jones-to-face-court-on-indecent-assault-allegations-20241216-p5kyoa.html
the Coalition steady on 35%
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with the all political things going their way
Under other circumstances would be change of leadership territory for the federal liberal party. it is worst than the 2022 federal election result ,
What has saved Dutton , opinion polls are very inconsistent with each other , and the federal lib/nats in opposition and currently hold 55 seats , new liberal party leader is not going to change the federal lib/nats chances at the 2025 federal election, they are still likely going to be in opposition
Scott can you name one thing you have said in the last 2 years that’s turned out to be true?
It started with you claiming the Libs would replace Dutton with Ian Goodenough….
Today’s youth…
Is it a heavy reliance on social media for news without any critical, independent thought? Or something else?
Lars Von Trier says:
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 6:45 am
Scott can you name one thing you have said in the last 2 years that’s turned out to be true?
It started with you claiming the Libs would replace Dutton with Ian Goodenough….
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Ian Goodenough would have been my pick to replace Peter Dutton
You also claim you wanted another liberal party leader because Dutton was not the one ,
but you never said which leader you preferred
why was that
A fool’s errand if the intent of the lawsuit is to win. But that’s not why Trump is filing these suits. He’s doing it to cower and instil fear into the media so they only report things that make him happy and show him in a good light.
It’s like the US is about to become Nth Korea or China. Americans voted for this, so they can have it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/17/trump-lawsuit-register-selzer-poll-basis/
Imagine if Disney/ABC had responded in a similar way instead of pre-emptively cowering.
My hunch is there will be a Coalition minority government after the next election. Yes, this prediction won’t sit well with the Labor warriors in here, like Boerwar and Scott, but I think the rot set in for Albo with the Voice debacle, which he totally fucked up, and it has only gotten worse since October 7 last year when the Jewish community was essentially sacrificed to protect 3 or 4 seats in Western Sydney with big Muslim populations that are held by senior cabinet ministers. Penny Wong is a disgrace, and probably antisemitic too in my opinion.
And the cost of living still bites – you might notice that grocery shopping for Christmas, or paying for petrol.
Sure, Dutton and the Coalition have little to offer either except some half baked nuclear policy. But running an overly negative personal campaign against the MP for Dickson won’t cut it.
‘Confessions says:
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 6:51 am
Today’s youth…
Is it a heavy reliance on social media for news without any critical, independent thought? Or something else?’
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Interesting question. I don’t know the answer. That polling confirms to me what young folk are telling me.
This may represent quite a radical reframing of politics by people who feel they have no hope, no future and no power.
The Force is strong within Nihilism.
In Australia, places like Alice Springs are becoming unlivable as those without any power in society exert individual power. If the reframing is correct then applying more power by way of more police, more draconian laws and more punishment is certain to be self-defeating. It would require more fortifications, more gating of houses, more vicious guard dogs and more electric fences. Drive through Bourke just before dusk and you will see what I mean.
In China individuals are stabbing groups of schoolchildren, setting fire to buildings and ramming cars into crowds. While it is difficult to get anything statistical out of china there are signs that the Comrades are increasingly concerned. Bollards are popping up everywhere, for example.
In the US mass shootings are increasing. In terms of powerlessness, increasingly girls are the murderers.
Is this old or new? Have a look at the 1848 revolutions in europe. Or the pattern of assassinations in the 19th century. Or colonial races running ‘amok’. This was interpreted as a sign of the inferiority of the races.
Was Oct 7 the maddened, self-destructive and insane act of the completely powerless? Or was it somehow essentially different because it actually contained a rational element of hope?
Lars Von Triersays:
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 6:45 am
Lars, are you Donald Trump?
Boerwar:
I agree it certainly raises some questions.
fess: “A fool’s errand if the intent of the lawsuit is to win. But that’s not why Trump is filing these suits.”
Well, he “won” one suit when Disney/ABC surprised all legal experts and decided to settle for $15m. Who knows what will happen now: he might get nice juicy settlements in all of his suits.
The world is both crazy and highly disturbing.
Besides direction of country/ national mood … with 3 years ago, “25% say they are better off, 35% about the same, 40% say they are worse off”.
Apparently 68% have a who will make me better off in considering their vote.
Anyway to me, in terms of risks/ threats, and may be one of these days it’ll figure out how, the gov has a better story to tell, be it governance, powershift, climate, inequality, health …, what I can’t work out is the ambivalence to an organisational minimum tax, royalties etc (especially when the opp likes to talk tax cuts, if not all the services they’ll sacrifice), which could go towards debt servicing and further services.
Because out of possible salient issues, in terms of perceptions of relative strength/ weakness the gov may have education, environment, human rights (may be), healthcare, infrastructure, public safety, the opp probably has opportunity, cost of living, national security …
I note ‘… Albo’s still preferred PM, though supposedly that skews to the incumbent, https://www.pollbludger.net/fed2025/bludgertrack/leaders.htm? To me Albo/ Jim are by far preferable to Reichspotato/ Angus.
As more of a social rather than liberal etc democrat, I am very aware of the dangers of communist/ theocrazy/ fascist autocrats, I’d very much would like to see the gov go minority, and having to work with crossbenchers, and even across the aisle.
BW: “In Australia, places like Alice Springs are becoming unlivable as those without any power in society exert individual power.”
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I wish you’d stop posting this BS.
The overwhelming majority of Indigenous residents of Alice Springs are as law-abiding as I assume you are.
There is a group of young males up there whose families don’t care what they do (or have given up altogether) who are committing almost all of the crimes. In Hobart – where the Indigenous people are middle class and are, if anything, under represented in the crime stats – we have a group of young white males (plus a few children of African migrants) who do exactly the same sort of s__t as those in Alice Springs: break into people’s houses and threaten them until they hand over their car keys and then trash the cars, hang around in groups on the streets late at night terrorising passers by, consuming lots of alcohol and every drug you care to name,etc.
The only significant difference is that Hobart is a much larger place that Alice, so the proportion of young thugs to the overall size of the population is lower and the problem is therefore less visible to most people. But we’re dealing with exactly the same sort of screwed-up teenagers, who motivate themselves to perform criminal acts through a sort of outlaw/rebel attitude and contempt for “society.”
The Alice Springs ones no doubt infuse their attitudes with anti-white sentiments because they’re a good excuse: “you’re only arresting me because you’re a racist, etc, etc.”. But that doesn’t make their actions political any more than the nonsense suggestion that some put forward that Ned Kelly was a revolutionary. Misfit criminal teenage boys are pretty much the same the world over. As Marlon Brando’s character responded in the movie The Wild One when a journalist asked him what he and his gang were rebelling against: “Well, what have you got.”
We could achieve the most amazing reconciliation ever (as Trump might put it) and I’m certain that there’d still be young thugs on the streets of Alice. The main causes of the problem are a combination of family breakdown, school refusal and a lack of any significant socio-economic incentives to behave any better.
Seriously Folks – when are some of you going to open your eyes and condider reality.
Conflating The Voice results as a reliable guide to the 2025 Election is utter nonsense.
We could have used the same thought bubble in reverse, in 2022, and suggested that all of the seats which had a large vote against The Marriage Equality plebiscite would, be lost to Labor. I am thinking of many western Sydney seats for this purpose.
The Voice was a worthy, and still is a worthy, committment from The Australian people to Indigenous Australians.
However, the timing of the referendum, as well as the vague details of its operation set it up to fail.
The campaign promotion was wishy-washy, at best, hoping that a feel was more impactful than detail.
And yes, my wife and I proudly voted Yes, but I can understand why so many of our fellow Australians, didn’t.
There isn’t any relationship between the plebiscite and voting intentions for 2025.
#weatheronPB
Slick, wet, and tired,
slow syncopated rhythms,
make the best of it.
Discussion last night about the Electorate of Fowler, based in Sydney’s West. Currently held by Independent Liberal leaning Dai Le, following the botched preselection of Kristina Keneally for the 2022 election.
Demographics are interesting, with the much touted Vietnamese cohort very visible in Cabramatta – roughly 20% of the electorate. But this number is equaled by the Middle Eastern cohort from Iraq and Syria – and a variety of other migrants and second generations. Plus a growing number from the sub-continent.
These people are not the angry voters whingeing about the white picket fence paradise lost, shopping solely at Colesworth, complaining about Boomers, reading the Daily Telegraph, listening to 2GB and watching SkyNews. And Peter Dutton’s dog whistling does not play well.
They do on the other hand, wonder at (and appreciate) the free education, health care, clean environment and general amenity and safety this part of the world provides. And Labor’s focus on providing good services plays into this, as does the more accommodating approach to international relations.
And what do you ask has Labor done for the working people of Fowler?
Quite a lot it turns out…
https://www.pollbludger.net/2024/12/18/federal-polls-essential-research-and-roy-morgan-open-thread-4/comment-page-1/#comment-4420913
I reckon, underwhelmed with this gov, but considering the opp would have been worse, just take 2019 to 2022, the whole VTP&E wasn’t just off in timing.
They misread the vibe, trend, got no movement going
, let alone momentum.
Even the PM appeared tepid, didn’t see him make the case, backed off quick smart.
Should have considered the full truth, treaty/ sovereignty/ reparations (from the crown, so may be them $$Ns will be free …) before voice, and that required more time, including making the case. That’s why several territory/ state level initiatives may actually get traction over time.
Though give backs, dual naming, ceremonies, unreal diversity/ benevolent racism/ affirmative action such as cultural leave and expenses at Centrelink can’t be helping, even if needs rather than race based.
Especially coming out of a pandemic, cost of living issues, inflation, naturally the question as to prioritisation got asked (some pigs are more equal than others, like 3% as against the rest, etc even all, as a new Australian I don’t need reminding there’s also old Australians born here before independence through the Australia Act(s) of 1986, and some original Australians).
Also last time I checked republic/ monarchy/ flag, more than 2/ 3s are against even changes to the flag.
Voice is one amongst dozens of own goals by fed labor in past 18 months were up 57-43 now behind 49-51 approx.The voice set back Aboriginal causes indefinitely overreach.
Opposition will have a great Christmas thanking Labor for putting them in a position to win.
Hung parliament with the Teals will be the end of the Teals if Labor partners.
All upside for libs going into 2025.
Inflation is high,interest rates going nowhere,population still out of control,dud ministers,housing failures ,unpopular prime minister and a treasurer that cannot stop spending etc etc etc
Those west Sydney seats labor sold out Israel for well you saw what Payman did and those voters have the Muslim voice party.
PiedP
All upside for libs going into 2025.
Huge, if true!
Sprocket you forgot to add Nikki Savva to the Board of Old Parly House on ur list of achievements.
It is a funny list though imagine saying on the streets of Canley Vale
“Vote for us we sunsetted zombie agreements”
Would even 0.1% of the electorate know what that means ?
Pied Piper 8.18m
What planet are you residing on ?
Here’s today’s Dawn Patrol
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Good morning Dawn Patrollers
Shane Wright reports that the number of people funnelling money through the increasingly popular vehicle of trusts in a bid to reduce their tax levels has surged by nearly 15 per cent. He explains how the surge in housing and rental costs over the past three years is eating into the budget bottom line, data from the federal Treasury on Tuesday revealed distributions from trusts – often used by business owners, farmers and investors – have hit an all-time high. Work-related expense claims are also very high.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/never-mind-negative-gearing-australians-pushed-67b-through-this-tax-vehicle-20241217-p5kz2l.html
Treasury is forecasting a spike in people claiming investment tax breaks this financial year as experts said higher interest rates and more onerous costs on landlords imposed by some state governments were pushing investors to offload properties, report Ronald Mizen and Michael Read.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/capital-gains-benefit-spikes-to-22-7b-as-property-investors-sell-out-20241217-p5kz0q
Mark Molesworth explains the warnings put out by the ATO and how they will put shivers down the spines of some private companies.
https://www.afr.com/policy/tax-and-super/ato-warnings-will-send-shivers-down-the-spines-of-private-companies-20241213-p5ky63
The treasurer will highlight a $200bn improvement to the federal budget’s position in a mid-year economic update while acknowledging “slippage” caused by global uncertainty and unavoidable spending. Sarah Basford-Canales reports that despite the $200bn improvement, Labor is tempering expectations on the state of the budget ahead of an anticipated deficit in today’s update off the back of two full-year budget surpluses in its first term.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/18/australias-budget-position-200bn-better-than-forecast-but-slippages-and-unavoidable-spending-loom
Millie Muroi tells us that Jim Chalmers has accused the Coalition of “coming after Medicare and medicines and pensions,” prompting opposition health spokeswoman Anne Ruston to warn that Labor was reviving its discredited 2016 “Mediscare” campaign and telling lies.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/coalition-accuses-chalmers-of-reviving-mediscare-to-defend-budget-20241217-p5kyw8.html
Labor’s blunder is to miss the truth – conservative Liberal leaders are highly effective at attacking Labor. This has been obvious for years. Yet progressive apologists typically don’t get it, pontificates Paul Kelly who concludes with, “Dutton’s biggest risk is the rollout of Coalition policies before the election. Unpopular conservatives often stumble at this hurdle – putting their money on the table. Labor hopes to thwart Dutton in the straight, calculating his skill as a policy advocate won’t match his skill as a Labor critic.”
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary%2Fnote-to-labor-beware-the-unpopular-liberal-leader%2Fnews-story%2Ff3ef45bfaa7239001674b969d9d64cc4?amp
The coming month of January 2025 is shaping up as Australia Day month. The Coalition has signalled it will be making heavy weather of the weeks leading up to and following Sunday, 26 January. The hubbub will likely focus on Australian flags and an intense determination to stand by the 26th as the day in January sanctified by tradition as the one when the nation contemplates the glories of our history and the impact we make on the world beyond our land of beauty, rich and rare, writes Paul Begley who reckons a Trumpian Dutton will use Howard’s legacy to march into office, and Albanese will let him
https://johnmenadue.com/a-trumpian-dutton-will-use-howards-legacy-to-march-into-office-and-albanese-will-let-him/
Labor has lashed Peter Dutton for mistakenly claiming the Coalition’s nuclear policy will cut energy bills by 44 per cent, accusing the opposition leader of torpedoing his credibility with voters, writes Tom McIlroy.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/labor-lashes-dutton-over-nuclear-savings-gaffe-20241217-p5kz38
The Opposition’s costings for its nuclear power plan released on Friday 13 December contain no references to the size and type of reactors needed and, hence, no estimate of the millions of dollars each one could cost taxpayers, writes Steve Bishop who punches several holes in the policy announcement.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/duttons-nuclear-report-hides-true-cost-to-taxpayers,19269
Chip Le Grand reports that John Pesutto was prepared to outsource Moira Deeming’s readmission to the Victorian Liberal party room to former prime ministers John Howard and Tony Abbott in a desperate bid to prevent her defamation case against him from ending up in court. However, the radical proposal was ultimately not enough to sway the ousted MP, who wanted a guarantee she would be welcomed back into the party fold before she abandoned her Federal Court proceedings.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/howard-abbott-mooted-as-deeming-peacemakers-in-abandoned-deal-20241217-p5kz18.html
The theory that the Albanese Government needs to implement interest rate cuts before the next election is more of a gamble than pundits think, writes Stephen Koukoulas.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/interest-rate-changes-dont-always-sway-voters,19267
Poker machines losses have reached a grim new benchmark, with government data revealing NSW gamblers lost a staggering $1 million dollars an hour in a three-month period, reports Michael McGowan. The latest figures, from the NSW Department of Liquor and Gaming, reveal $2.25 billion dollars was lost to pokies in the 92 days between July and September, prompting renewed calls for the government to respond to recommendations from a long-awaited report into the state’s gambling system released earlier this month. These things are a blight!
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/callous-exploitation-nsw-losing-1-million-an-hour-on-pokies-20241217-p5kyww.html
Australians are gripped by feelings of doom about the state of the world. It’s time to throw the phone away, suggests Peter Lewis as we move into the holiday period.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/17/australians-are-gripped-by-feelings-of-doom-about-the-state-of-the-world-its-time-to-throw-the-phone-away
Sydney’s rail union risks public safety with its threatened New Year’s Eve strike threat, declares the SMH editorial.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-s-rail-union-risks-public-safety-with-new-year-s-eve-strike-threat-20241217-p5kywt.html
The Arden precinct in North Melbourne could soon be home to a towering 57-storey apartment block, almost triple the approved height limit for the area. An application was lodged this week with the state government for a tower containing 609 apartments, 6772 square metres of office space and 2278 square metres of retail space, above a three-level basement, writes Cara Waters.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/plan-busting-proposal-for-57-storey-tower-in-north-melbourne-20241217-p5kz1h.html
Alan Jones is due to face a Sydney court for the first time on Wednesday, accused of indecently assaulting or sexually touching nine alleged victims over two decades. Sarah McPhee provides some details of the charges.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/alan-jones-to-face-court-on-indecent-assault-allegations-20241216-p5kyoa.html
A coroner has asked those scrutinising the state’s voluntary assisted dying program to consider the suicide deaths of eight Victorians – and possibly a ninth – after all were knocked back from accessing the scheme. The move has given hope to some assisted dying advocates, who have for months urged Victoria to follow in the footsteps of the ACT and drop the six-month life expectancy rule for non-neurodegenerative diseases, writes Broede Carmody.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/denied-access-to-euthanasia-they-took-their-own-lives-a-coroner-hopes-their-despair-will-not-go-unheeded-20241217-p5kyzi.html
These researchers have studied 20 places around the world and found the most common diseases linked with voluntary assisted dying.
https://theconversation.com/we-studied-20-places-around-the-world-and-found-the-most-common-diseases-linked-with-voluntary-assisted-dying-245664
Qantas has agreed to pay $120 million in compensation to over 1800 staff it illegally sacked during the pandemic, marking a costly end to a long-running dispute. Dominic Powell reports that the agreement was reached following mediation with the Transport Workers Union, which first brought the case against the airline in 2020. In a statement after market close yesterday, Qantas said it had established a compensation fund to pay the 1820 former ground handlers. Another Joyce legacy!
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/qantas-to-pay-120m-in-compensation-to-illegally-sacked-workers-20241217-p5kz2x.html
The Royal Melbourne Hospital will consider stronger whistleblower protections to ensure medical registrars and junior doctors are more likely to come forward if they have witnessed a more senior colleague participating in unethical conduct. The move follows revelations in The Age that Victoria’s corruption watchdog is investigating a handful of surgeons working at the Parkville hospital for allegedly billing the Transport Accident Commission for medical procedures that were never carried out on patients and fraudulently claiming assistant surgeon fees. There are too many of these leeches ripping off sick people and the system.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/royal-melbourne-hospital-to-consider-better-whistleblower-protections-after-fraud-probe-revealed-20241217-p5kyy2.html
Jenna Price has some words of advice for the new ABC boss. It’s “leave your door open and ignore the monkeys”.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/words-of-advice-for-the-new-abc-boss-leave-your-door-open-and-ignore-the-monkeys-20241217-p5kz21.html
The ABC will have a new boss in the new year and the big question is not what Hugh Marks will do for Aunty, but whether the former Nine Entertainment CEO can survive one of the toughest gigs in the country, writes Elizabeth Knight.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/can-hugh-marks-survive-the-abc-of-minefields-20241217-p5kyy5.html
Hugh Marks is the new managing director of the ABC. Denis Muller discusses his suitability for the job. He says that from the outside it looks like an odd appointment. But Williams is a change agent, and it may be safely assumed this is part of the new direction he has sketched out for the ABC, the ultimate destination of which remains difficult to discern.
https://theconversation.com/hugh-marks-is-the-new-managing-director-of-the-abc-is-he-the-right-person-for-the-job-246124
China is already in deep trouble. Trump will make things worse, opines Stephen Bartholomeusz.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/china-is-already-in-deep-trouble-trump-will-make-things-worse-20241217-p5kyvs.html
A top Russian general accused by Ukraine of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops was assassinated in Moscow by Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service in the most high-profile killing of its kind. Strange, that.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/bomb-kills-russian-general-in-charge-of-nuclear-forces-in-moscow-reports-20241217-p5kz4g.html
A former Israeli Defence Minister and IDF chief of staff has accused his nation of carrying out ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Northern Gaza, writes Dr Ibrahim Natil.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/former-israeli-defence-minister-admits-to-gazan-genocide,19268
The legal battle over abortion-by-mail in the US has begun – and the stakes are high, explains Moira Donegan who says this fight will test whether pro-choice states can protect providers who mail abortion pills to anti-choice states.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/17/abortion-by-mail-lawsuit
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I do wish that MB would stop posting his bullshit. It is precisely that group of young males that I would define as having no hope, no prospects and no power.
Joplin’s ‘nothing left to lose.’
Glad you asked, Lars..
A “zombie agreement” is a workplace agreement that was made before the Fair Work Act 2009 came into effect and continued to operate after its nominal expiry date. These agreements are called “zombie” because they are still in effect despite being made under legislation that has been repealed.
Examples of zombie agreements include: Certified agreements, Collective agreements, Australian workplace agreements (AWAs), Individual transitional employment agreements (ITEAs), and Enterprise agreements made by the Commission between 1 July 2009 and 31 December 2009.
Zombie agreements often have provisions that are less favorable to employees than modern enterprise agreements.
So if you were employed in the Canley Vale Subway franchise for example, you would know exactly what a zombie agreement was.
Another Fun Fowler Fact:
Both parents born overseas – 77.3%
Both parents born in Australia – 9.7%
Yeah sprocket definite winner that one – I can just see the candidate going into shops saying
“ we stopped the zombies”
The reality though sprocket is outside of aged care most working peeps have copped a 10% decline in standard of living under the albanese-Chalmers Labor govt.
That’s a simple straightforward point most people understand zombies or no zombies
Lars, conditions for the worker will always be better under a Labor Government.
And the working people of Fowler understand this.
Lars Von Trier 8.23am
That’s discriminatory only in a way a “gin soak” in the eastern suburbs could possibly find justification in proclaiming as relevant.
Scott having been continually been up to the task, is saying that a status quo election result is on the cards.
The Teals will increase their initial electoral success.
The Greens will maintain their electoral parity.
The Liberals can’t budge beyond their reclining lounge chairs.
The Nationals are being swamped by technology.
The Labor party, having inheriting an atrocious set of numbers, having inherited a nadir of public contempt for politicians, and despite an overseas controlled media, comprising perfunctory fly in fly out word scribblers and an altogether different interpretation of the concept of “free press” have performed remarkably well.
Boer’s lists give testimony to this.
Last night’s attempt to convolute individual electoral variations was laughable.
There are now 24 Community Independents running in 2025 – not sure if they all are getting Simon Holmes a Court funding…
Here is the list
https://linktr.ee/CommunityIndependentsAU
Well there aren’t any zombies around, so…
And before you start with your “there weren’t any zombies in the first place”, or “zombies aren’t even real”, just remember, that’s what they said about aliens but Trump’s going to reveal all the evidence on 20 January.
Speaking of Zombies, who can forget this Murdoch hit job on Bill Shorten?
Entropy says:
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 9:32 pm
“Scrymgour is the Labor MP for Alice Springs and surrounds where violent behaviour is rampant – wife/partner bashing, break ins (Scrymgour has been the victim of a break in, and lives in fear of another).
Albanese visited in January 2023, for a couple of hours, spoke to the media, gave a couple of $100million to someone. And left.
Was not interested in the voices of some community members, some women. At the time 13 women were in ICU from their injuries.”
How are you claiming to know this?
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From the previous column.
I have a good memory. So it was easy to find reports for the time:
Albanese visit to Alice Springs, January 2023.
The ABC and the Guardian had detailed articles on the reasons for PM Albanese visit to Alice Springs ( with Port Moresby included in the 20 world’s most dangerous cities ) in January 2023.
All of that I wrote and more details were in those articles:
It showed the lack of interest of Albanese in their voices. For him it seems only certain people, supposedly ‘First Nations leaders’ were worth listening to. Their voices.
He has truly abandoned his early life. He prefers to mix with the wealthy and business achievers. Including US politicians.
A few of the many stories. You can search more yourself.
Anthony Albanese will join Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles on the trip, after days of pressure from the federal opposition and national media.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese flies into Alice Springs amid calls for action on alcohol-fuelled crime crisis – ABC News
https://search.app/ZvzUZcCQu2Yjx7Xh9
Measures announced by Anthony Albanese seen as a good first step but politicians urged to follow up with aid for ‘neglected’ remote communities
Source: the Guardian
Indigenous elders welcome Alice Springs alcohol curbs but plead for more help
https://search.app/CqTvHRr2GC2WkbFk8
Traditional owners fear punitive and race-based solutions could inflame tensions, and that the ‘impact of colonisation’ needs to be addressed
Source: the Guardian
Total alcohol ban won’t solve problems in Alice Springs, say Indigenous groups
https://search.app/AvzJexhiTVCj3k9SA
Anthony Albanese also outlined $50m in funding and appointment of central Australian regional controller to coordinate law-and-order plan
Source: the Guardian
Government announces immediate restrictions on alcohol sales in Alice Springs to quell crime spike
https://search.app/Kpi5D1WYYACGD2YQ6
Australians are gripped by feelings of doom about the state of the world. It’s time to throw the phone away, suggests Peter Lewis as we move into the holiday period.
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Forget reading books. He just wants Labor’s polling to improve.
Percapita recession for 7 consecutive quarters another quarter this one will be the same.
That’s two years under the failed federal labor government where living standards have gone backwards.
26,000 business insolvent under labor.930,000 Aussies on jobless welfare payments says main story in today’s Australian.
Rents through roof ,housing out of reach thanks to labor.
Taylormade @ 8.58am:
*sees advice on how to avoid doomscrolling*
“How can I make this about Labor?”
Thomas
If you weren’t doomscrolling you wouldn’t have noticed. If only you’d run around under the sprinkler you’d be happier, like in the 80s when all we had to worry about was MAD.
There are only 10 ICU beds in Alice Springs, so having 13 female DV victims in ICU beds stretches credibility.
AS hospital has one of the largest dialysis clinics in Australia, which needs frequent ICU support – if much of the ICU is used fro DV victims, this would be a major restriction on providing healthcare.
Irene says:
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 8:57 am
Entropy says:
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 9:32 pm
Adding to my post above:
December 13, 2024
As the chief minister and police commissioner fly into Alice Springs amid a rise in violent crime, locals say there’s been a breakdown in law and order “at a le…
‘The government has lost control’: Alice locals vent anger over crime
https://search.app/QWHisXVmLWdeat226
Federal member for Lingiari Marion Scrymgour, who lives in Alice Springs, described the situation in her town as “anarchy”.
“We’ve got lawlessness at a level that we haven’t seen before,” she said.
She said she believed women were being “targeted” and “in big numbers”.
“There are non-Indigenous women being targeted in Alice Springs,” she said.
“Something needs to be done urgently because
women who should be safe in their own homes.”
Ms Scrymgour revealed she did not feel safe living in Alice Springs and had experienced a break-in before.
“I put a padlock on my gate because I’m in fear of wondering who’s going to come through that front gate and break my windows,” she told ABC Radio Alice Springs.
Alice Springs Mayor Matt Paterson said such comments from Ms Scrymgour, a federal MP, should “send ripples through Canberra”.
He said the NT government’s response this week was underwhelming and called for interstate police officers to again be deployed to the town.
“We need extra resources down here and whilst it’s good that we’ve got them from Darwin … clearly that’s not going to be sustainable long-term,” he told ABC Radio Alice Springs.
Labor shows continuing lack of interest in First Nations communities. Seems they are throwing the Labor member there under a bus.
Why should people there vote for Labor?
As Ms Scrymgour notes women are targeted. As they are with domestic violence all over Australia.
The misogyny of the Albanese Labor government writ large.
An early Christmas present …
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/17/china-australia-tourism-flights-increase-record-juneyao-airlines
Plenty of Murdoch inspired hit jobs to come during the upcoming election. Just don’t expect to see any on the most obvious target – Duttons ludicrous nuclear nonsense.
Alice Springs Supreme Court house is ridiculously well appointed and oversized
Thomassays:
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 9:02 am
Taylormade @ 8.58am:
*sees advice on how to avoid doomscrolling*
“How can I make this about Labor?”
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I can remember him from ‘The Drum’.
A real leftie. You need to take that into account with Essential polling.
Lars Von Trier
Who was your preferred federal liberal party leader
Thanks again for the transitioned dawn patrol BK. The Dutton nuclear cost report, by Frontier Economics, has one more big hole I haven’t seen mentioned. It relates to fuel costs in transport.
Australia currently spends over $40 billion per annum on oil imports for transport. Shifting to electric vehicles completely by 2050, while increasing power demand, will therefore also reduce our oil imports by $40B/year.
Yet Frontier Economics, in assuming EVs will not be rolled out by 2050, lock us in to keep using that oil. So Australia remains stuck with paying $40B/year. Frontier count the reduced supply of power as a saving vs AEMO plans, but I can see nowhere where they have added in the (huge) extra fuel costs.
So the Dutton plan, if completely true 😀 “saves” us $10 billion a year in power bills, but costs us $40 billion per year in oil bills.
You never let up, do you Irene?
You never tell the truth either.
Like crying poor mouth on behalf of The Salvation Army yesterday. A Billion dollar business with very, very generous rates of pay for its top brass:
The estimated total pay range for a General Manager at The Salvation Army is $200K–$205K per year, which includes base salary and additional pay.
Area Manager: The average yearly pay is approximately $155,223, which is 75% above the national average.
Centre Manager: The yearly pay is $115,005.
Business Manager: The average salary is $122,500 per year, which is 74% higher than the average The Salvation Army salary for this job.
Also, a company that receives a generous annual payment from the government and has charity tax free status.
But yeah, Albanese boo! 😐
Scott:
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 6:55 am
I assume you’re taking the piss. As a guide to what his colleagues think of him, Goodenough was disendorsed in his seat of Moore and will be replaced with Vince Connelly. Dan Tehan shows leadership potential, though.
If you wanted to damn the LNP with faint praise, this would be how you do it.
UK Cartoons and other miscellany
Morten Morland
Andy Bunday
Matt
Martin Rowson
Tom Gauld for New Scientist
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Stolen from the internet
To go with this cartoon from BK’s Dawn Patrol
