Resolve Strategic state breakdowns and personal ratings (open thread)

New data on federal voting intention from Western Australia and South Australia, plus personal ratings for 34 federal politicians.

Nine Newspapers yesterday had Resolve Strategic’s quarterly state breakdowns, combined from their past three monthly polls. These aren’t news with respect to the three largest states, results for which are provided with each poll. That leaves fresh results for Western Australia, which show Labor on 30% (up one on last quarter, down from 36.8% at the 2022 election), the Coalition on 37% (up two, up from 34.8%), the Greens on 12% (down four, down from 12.5%) and One Nation 5% (steady, up from 4.0%). and South Australia, which show Labor on 27% (down one on last quarter, down from 34.5% at the election), the Coalition on 34% (down two, down from 35.5%), the Greens on 12% (down two, down from 12.8%) and One Nation on 8% (up two, up from 4.8%). The combined sample for the poll was 4831, with surveying conducted between October 1 and December 8.

Also published on Sunday were familiarity and net likeability results for 34 politicians from the most recent monthly survey. These seem to have elicited rote responses for most of the lower-ranking government ministers, eight of whom scored between between 41% and 55% on name recognition and between minus one and minus five on net likeability. Coalition politicians in the same name recognition range did better, ranging from even to plus seven.

The most instructive results were for those with familiarity scores of 70% and upwards, peaking at 98% for Anthony Albanese (minus 17 on net likeability) and 95% for Peter Dutton (even). Jacinta Price was the most favoured major party politician with 71% familiarity and plus 8 net likeability, though David Pocock and a number of Liberals did only slightly less well with much lower familiarity scores. Labor’s best performer was Penny Wong with 89% familiarity and plus 2 on net likeability. The worst result for a major party politician was Barnaby Joyce with 90% familiarity and minus 22 net likeability.

Jacqui Lambie tops the list, with 80% familiarity and plus 14 net likeability. David Pocock and Zali Steggall’s results were respectively good and mediocre, but otherwise non-major party politicians did poorly, Adam Bandt, Sarah Hanson-Young, Bob Katter and Fatima Payman all landing between minus 11 and minus 17. Worst-rated of all was Lidia Thorpe, whose recent activities have succeeded to the extent of scoring her 73% familiarity, with a net rating of minus 41 presumably demonstrating one point or another.

UPDATE: Further results have been published for age broken down into three cohorts. For 18-to-34, Labor is on 33% (up two from last quarter, steady on what was presumably the pre-election Resolve Strategic poll), the Coalition 27% (up two on both counts), the Greens 23% (down four, down two). For 35-to-54, Labor is on 30% (up two and down four), the Coalition 34% (down two and up two) and the Greens 12% (steady on both counts). For 55-plus, Labor is on 25% (down two and down eight), the Coalition 50% (up three and up four) and the Greens 4% (steady and down one).

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. Happy New Year’s Eve everyone!

    Wow, we’re almost done with the first quarter century of the 21st century. I never thought I’d be here this long, only because it seemed so far away in 2000 and you never know what can happen, but here we are!

    I get the feeling 2025 will be wild!

  3. Resolve which is lib/nats leaning poll , state figure shows the federal lib/nats are not gaining ground
    37% WA and 34% SA, for the federal Lib/nats , with the political environment going against Labor , would have been leadership change for the federal liberal party in the pre 2022 federal election era

  4. Jim Chalmers has paved the way for a new year Mediscare campaign, declaring Peter Dutton would undermine the national health insurance scheme and push down wages, as the ­Treasurer spruiked $5bn of Labor welfare and wage increases coming into force on January 1.
    Ahead of an election set to be dominated by cost of living and which could be called in a matter of weeks, the Opposition Leader declared in his new year message that the Coalition would aim to “restore our national confidence” if it won power.
    But a day after telling The Australian that he wanted voters to be optimistic about the future, Dr Chalmers on Monday repeatedly claimed the opposition would dismantle Medicare should it win office, in a signal of what could be a negative and aggressive election campaign on both sides. “Our major focus in 2025 is people who are still doing it tough even though inflation is coming down and wages are up,” Dr Chalmers said. “The meaningful and responsible cost of living help which began in 2024 will be the key priority into 2025 as well. “The biggest risk to household budgets in 2025 is Peter Dutton, who’d come after Medicare and wages again, push electricity ­prices up, and risk the progress we’ve made together in our ­economy.”
    In a revival of Bill Shorten’s Mediscare campaign that almost cost the Coalition majority government in 2016, Dr Chalmers accused Mr Dutton of “going after Medicare” in eight of his 11 announcements and media appearances over the past two weeks.
    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/labor-set-to-revive-mediscare-campaign-for-2025-election/news-story/c8e78fea8774f8e08468394d1152bf9c?amp

  5. John Howard and Peter Costello have attacked Donald Trump’s plan to levy a tariff of 10 to 20 per cent on goods imports to the US, including from Australia, and questioned whether it might be ­illegal under international law given the free-trade agreement signed in 2004.
    In exclusive interviews with The Australian ahead of the release of the 2004 cabinet papers from the National Archives of Australia on Wednesday, the former prime minister and treasurer urged the Albanese government to argue strongly that Australia should be exempt.
    Mr Howard, who negotiated the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement 20 years ago, labelled Mr Trump’s tariff proposals as “ridiculous” and “crazy” and said they would damage the international economy. “I am concerned to put it mildly, very concerned, about Trump’s talk about tariffs,” Mr Howard said. “Trade has delivered millions of people out of poverty. Unilaterally imposing tariffs of that order of magnitude on countries willy-nilly is just bad for world trade and it’s bad for the world economy.”
    Mr Costello added that Australia would also be collateral damage from the president-elect’s proposed 60 per cent tariff on Chinese imports to the US given Australia’s $200bn annual exports to China, including iron ore, natural gas and gold. “A lot of our raw materials end up being put into manufactured goods by the Chinese and exported to the US,” the former treasurer said. “So, I am not in favour of tariffs. That would not be good for Australia. It’s certainly, in my view, not in the spirit, if not the letter, of the free-trade agreement, and we should be doing everything we can to try and convince the Americans of that.”
    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/john-howard-and-peter-costello-challenge-anthony-albanese-on-donald-trumps-possibly-illegal-tariffs/news-story/fee4c28061233cb997280cfe34103167?amp

  6. So you want to build a nuclear reactor. For those that want to understand a small nuclear reactor.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89KYlEzW5_M

    Under Dutton’s plan this all has to happen in 10 years.

    The SMR seems like a good idea, bu it is not going to happen in 10 years.

    What the Liberals want to do is commit to this program before the two prototypes are built ( 2032 is the build date).

  9. Lars Von Triersays:
    Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 6:13 am
    More grim polling news for Labor. Is there a circuit breaker left ?
    _____________________
    Full on personal attacks looks to be where they are heading.
    Nothing will be off limits.

  10. From the article about the Resolve quarterlies:

    Younger voters have shifted towards the two major parties and cut their support for the Greens over the past three months, intensifying a political race to gain their trust on issues such as housing and the cost of living.

    Australians aged 18 to 34 have cut their primary vote for the Greens from 27 to 23 per cent during the final quarter of this year, driving their support below the level seen at the last election.

    Those aged 35 to 54 favour Albanese over Dutton by just 36 to 33 per cent – much narrower than their strong support for the prime minister at the end of 2023.

    The quarterly analysis of the Resolve Political Monitor is based on responses from 4831 voters from October to December, confirming a broad shift from Labor to the Coalition since the May 2022 election.

    Resolve director Jim Reed said voters were starting to “peel away” from the Greens in the areas where they were used to gaining strong support.

    “We’ve noted a drop in Greens vote nationally this year, but most concerning for them will be that the loss is hardest in their traditional bases of younger and inner-city voters,” he said.

    “Any minor party needs their vote share to be concentrated in particular seats, because if it’s too spread out, it doesn’t convert into elected MPs.”

    The Resolve Political Monitor has shown over time that voters in inner-city areas generally display greater support for the Greens, giving them a primary vote of 14 per cent among this group one year ago. This increased to 18 per cent in the three months to the end of September.

    That support sank to 13 per cent in the three months to December, below the 15 per cent recorded in the Resolve Political Monitor just before the federal election in May 2022.

    Albanese has blamed the Greens for delaying action on housing in the months before the Senate approved the Help to Buy scheme to offer federal equity for first home buyers and the build-to-rent scheme for apartment developers.

    But Greens leader Adam Bandt accused Labor of doing too little on housing when the Greens wanted national controls on rent and billions in additional spending on public housing.

    The softening in support for the Greens follows the political divide on the conflict in the Middle East, including a clash in June when Albanese said the Greens were misleading voters by claiming the government was complicit in genocide because of civilian deaths in Gaza.

    Bandt has outlined plans to win seats from Labor at the coming election, naming Moreton in Brisbane, Wills and Macnamara in Melbourne, and Richmond on the north coast of NSW as key targets. The Greens are also targeting the Liberal electorate of Sturt in South Australia.

    Labor and Liberal strategists counter the talk from the Greens by saying the party often claims it is gaining ground but did not win any of its target seats in Victoria and NSW at the last election.

    The recent weakness in the Greens primary vote highlights the challenge for the party in holding the three Queensland seats it won in 2022 – Brisbane, Ryan and Griffith.

    Political leadership
    Bandt will demand Medicare expansion from Albanese in hung parliament
    The new analysis showed male and female voters have similar support for Labor, 29 per cent and 28 per cent respectively, and have cut that support from 33 per cent each at the last election.

    However, it reveals a big divergence in their support for more conservative parties. Male voters have increased their support for the Coalition from 37 to 41 per cent since the election, compared with an increase of just 34 to 36 per cent among women.

    Asked to name their preferred prime minister, men favoured Dutton by 40 to 37 per cent, while women favoured Albanese by 36 to 32 per cent.

    The quarterly analysis collates figures from the Resolve Political Monitor each month rather than asking new questions, leading to a larger sample size that produces results with a margin of error of 1.4 percentage points for the national findings, such as the age and gender breakdowns. This is a smaller margin of error than monthly surveys.

    In a sign of the strong swing against Labor among older voters, those aged 55 and over backed the government by 38 per cent in the final quarter of last year, while 40 per cent gave their primary vote to the Coalition.

    In the final quarter of this year, only 25 per cent of the same cohort gave their primary vote to Labor, while 50 per cent backed the Coalition.

    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/young-voters-slip-away-from-greens-after-year-of-cost-of-living-clashes-20241219-p5kzog.html

  11. Morning all. Thanks for the lead-in articles HH.

    THere are a lot of retrospective articles at this time of year in various fields. That includes shipping and naval security. Some of these relate to AUKUS (and Hunter frigates).

    This article looks at the state of the Royal Navy and UK shipbuilding. Both are in poor shape. There is understanding that the USA might not deliver any SSNs to Australia despite paying them $5 billion uip front. There seems less awareness that the situation with UK is just as bad or worse. Like USA, UK is not able to build enough ships and subs for what it needs. USA lacks shipbuilders. UK lacks both shipbuilders and money.
    https://www.navylookout.com/a-year-in-review-the-royal-navy-in-2024/

  12. Taylormade says:
    Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 7:27 am

    Full on personal attacks looks to be where they are heading.
    Nothing will be off limits.
    ——————
    By the lib/nats propaganda media units, they been doing it non stop against Labor and still will be doing it

  13. As for the article on Resolve polls, I note in SA that both Labor and Liberal votes are still down from their 2022 figures.

    If correct this may make Sturt both hard for the Liberals to hold and hard for Labor to win. Another cross-bencher might be in the offing.

  14. TM
    “ Full on personal attacks looks to be where they are heading.
    Nothing will be off limits.”
    ——————
    Sounds like the Murdoch press.

  15. Yes family shouldn’t be dragged into public but

    If politicians didn’t want their families to be dragged into the public, they shouldn’t allow the media to, in this case mostly the lib/nats propaganda media units to do fluff pieces to try to help the federal liberal party leader Peter Dutton, by using Peter Dutton’s wife in
    Peter Dutton is not a monster

  16. Holdenhillbilly @ #4 Tuesday, December 31st, 2024 – 6:22 am

    Jim Chalmers has paved the way for a new year Mediscare campaign, declaring Peter Dutton would undermine the national health insurance scheme and push down wages, as the ­Treasurer spruiked $5bn of Labor welfare and wage increases coming into force on January 1.
    Ahead of an election set to be dominated by cost of living and which could be called in a matter of weeks, the Opposition Leader declared in his new year message that the Coalition would aim to “restore our national confidence” if it won power.
    But a day after telling The Australian that he wanted voters to be optimistic about the future, Dr Chalmers on Monday repeatedly claimed the opposition would dismantle Medicare should it win office, in a signal of what could be a negative and aggressive election campaign on both sides. “Our major focus in 2025 is people who are still doing it tough even though inflation is coming down and wages are up,” Dr Chalmers said. “The meaningful and responsible cost of living help which began in 2024 will be the key priority into 2025 as well. “The biggest risk to household budgets in 2025 is Peter Dutton, who’d come after Medicare and wages again, push electricity ­prices up, and risk the progress we’ve made together in our ­economy.”
    In a revival of Bill Shorten’s Mediscare campaign that almost cost the Coalition majority government in 2016, Dr Chalmers accused Mr Dutton of “going after Medicare” in eight of his 11 announcements and media appearances over the past two weeks.
    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/labor-set-to-revive-mediscare-campaign-for-2025-election/news-story/c8e78fea8774f8e08468394d1152bf9c?amp

    I think a Mediscare campaign is now risky – the opposition could counter with the problems currently facing healthcare in Australia along the lines that Medicare is both broke and broken. I expect that the crisis in senior medical staff in NSW will be ongoing at the time of the election.

  17. Resolve director Jim Reed said voters were starting to “peel away” from the Greens in the areas where they were used to gaining strong support.

    “We’ve noted a drop in Greens vote nationally this year, but most concerning for them will be that the loss is hardest in their traditional bases of younger and inner-city voters,” he said.

    “Any minor party needs their vote share to be concentrated in particular seats, because if it’s too spread out, it doesn’t convert into elected MPs.”

    Thanks C@t. The anti-Greens sentiment was evident a few months ago as people became fed up with their constant blocking and stopping the government from getting on with the business of governing.

  18. A federal appeals court Monday upheld a $5 million New York civil trial jury verdict that found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll.

    The ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in Manhattan said that Trump did not demonstrate that the district court “erred in any of the challenged rulings.”

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/12/30/trump-appeal-e-jean-carroll-defamation-sexual-abuse/

  19. Tony Award-winning actor Linda Lavin dies at 87

    Veteran stage and TV actor Linda Lavin, known for her iconic role in the sitcom Alice, has died at the age of 87 due to lung cancer complications. Lavin’s illustrious career spanned Broadway and Hollywood, earning her a Tony Award and numerous accolades

    https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/hollywood/story/tony-award-winning-actor-linda-lavin-dies-87-lung-cancer-2657483-2024-12-30?utm_source=Story_hp&utm_medium=Story&utm_campaign=home_Story

  21. Confessions @ #17 Tuesday, December 31st, 2024 – 8:28 am

    Resolve director Jim Reed said voters were starting to “peel away” from the Greens in the areas where they were used to gaining strong support.

    “We’ve noted a drop in Greens vote nationally this year, but most concerning for them will be that the loss is hardest in their traditional bases of younger and inner-city voters,” he said.

    “Any minor party needs their vote share to be concentrated in particular seats, because if it’s too spread out, it doesn’t convert into elected MPs.”

    Thanks C@t. The anti-Greens sentiment was evident a few months ago as people became fed up with their constant blocking and stopping the government from getting on with the business of governing.

    I’d add that the sight of Max Hyphen-Hyphen standing next to the allegedly corrupt CFMEU unionists and the backing of Hamas and the, ‘From the River to the Sea’ nonsense wouldn’t have helped either.

    Australians are generally not extremists and they would probably not like to see a political party trending that way.

  23. frednk @ #6 Tuesday, December 31st, 2024 – 6:31 am

    So you want to build a nuclear reactor. For those that want to understand a small nuclear reactor.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89KYlEzW5_M

    Under Dutton’s plan this all has to happen in 10 years.

    The SMR seems like a good idea, bu it is not going to happen in 10 years.

    What the Liberals want to do is commit to this program before the two prototypes are built ( 2032 is the build date).

    Fascinating – best case 1st SMR on grid within 4-5 years but more likely 2031
    A reasoned decision on nuclear energy is essential for Australia but instead we are reduced to arguing about Blinky the three eyed fish.

  25. Musk calls MAGAs “contemptible fools” – says they must be “removed”, “root and stem”

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/28/2294127/-Musk-calls-MAGAs-contemptible-fools-says-they-must-be-removed-root-and-stem?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

    Musk tweet below
    https://cdn.prod.dailykos.com/images/1382462/large/66E0AD4A-3A23-43A8-B2A8-5939BB9DB6B8.jpeg

    Dutton will do the same thing with Australian ‘blue-collar’ workers. He will instigate them against ALP government with all sorts of crappy and vulgar nonsense and as soon as he gets elected, he will drive their wages down. And LNP bloggers on this site will be talking like Musk.

  26. Elon Musk has been branded a “national security risk” by a former U.S. army general, who cited his concerns over the tech billionaire’s close ties with the Chinese government.

    Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré, who retired in 2008, highlighted Musk’s history of appeasing and praising the Chinese Communist Party and his multiple business deals with the party, particularly in the modern space race.

    The close relationship between Musk and Trump has already raised eyebrows in Washington, with many on both sides of the aisle questioning the amount of influence the tech boss has been allowed.

    Even Ramaswamy has raised concerns about potential national security concerns surrounding Musk and China.

    In May 2023, Ramaswamy publicly stated, “I have no reason to think Elon won’t jump like a circus monkey when [Chinese leader] Xi Jinping calls in the hour of need. “The U.S. needs leaders who aren’t in China’s pocket,” he wrote in a separate post on X, although he did not name Musk.

  27. C@t:

    Oh yes, definitely the backing Hamas, supporting the attacks on Labor electorate offices etc. And just the general carping and whingeing without any solutions.

  28. This pearl clutching by Dutton and his crew about a Facebook post on the Victorian ALP page is puzzling.

    There was no such ‘family is off limits’ when the Murdoch tabloids ran this front page.. and had full page happy snaps of the family inside.

  30. The disgraced World health organisation Chinas bestie has finally come out and told China it needs to share all the information China has about the origins of Covid.

    No chance the federal labor government Chinas other best friends will request the same.

    The Chinese government say Failing Albanese is a “ special boy” or something.Communist Sellout and failure is accurate.

    Oh look Kevin Rudd who is “here to help” his China take?

    “Rat F-ckers.”

    Watch Trump ramp up Covid issue against China.

  32. Confessions @ #26 Tuesday, December 31st, 2024 – 8:52 am

    C@t:

    Oh yes, definitely the backing Hamas, supporting the attacks on Labor electorate offices etc. And just the general carping and whingeing without any solutions.

    Even their so-called solutions, when they proffered them, were wildly unrealistic. Also a little juvenile. A Rent Cap? Poorly thought through and impossible to implement without causing destabilisation that an electorate would punish Labor for severely if they agreed to do it.


  35. Oakeshott Country says:
    Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 8:44 am
    ….
    Fascinating – best case 1st SMR on grid within 4-5 years but more likely 2031
    A reasoned decision on nuclear energy is essential for Australia but instead we are reduced to arguing about Blinky the three eyed fish.

    Ya.
    On reflection, as well as the Liberals pretending they are going to build what is essentially experimental reactors as the base for our energy future there are other issues.

    The DOW one has a serious issue for a network that needs flexibility, yes it will not blow up but it keeps producing heat. For Dow that is not a problem as they can use the heat in there chemical process, but is no use to the Australian condition.

    The other unit heats salt. This offers more flexibility. So we are down to one option.

    For the sake of the nuclear industry, I hope it goes well.

    Might be an option if such a machine is needed for the 10% of power they are promising to make nuclear, but as a basis of a strategy for the last 90%, it makes no sense.

    It’s not about blinky, it’s about the figures that don’t add up, the total load will increase not decrease, the coal stations will not last for the dream to proven one way or another and the dream doesn’t amount to much anyway. We all depend on the energy grid. We cannot afford the Liberals undertaking an ideological experiment based on nonsense.

  36. arraitch asked this last night, and I think it deserves an answer …

    arraitch @ #1117 Monday, December 30th, 2024 – 10:22 pm

    Player One,

    I think that the point which you were invited to respond to earlier was not whether you would give your first preference to a “ColesWorth” candidate, but rather the order in which you would rank said candidates. You seemed to suggest that your ranking would rest upon the quality of the candidates, which implies that their respective party policies would play no part in your decision. Or am I misreading you?

    It is not true to say that party policies play “no” part. But both ColesWorth parties are either weak on policy or have bad policies in areas that I think are most significant – so which of their candidates would be a better local member is a more important criteria.

    I understand why “rusted on” partisans find that difficult to comprehend. But many Australians are now looking past the the political brand names and finding the actual products they are being sold are inferior.

    Like me, many are looking for better value for their voting dollar. Which is pretty much all that the voters seem to represent to the ColesWorth parties these days – something which Labor’s cynical attempt at campaign funding changes made abundantly clear.

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  39. NYM/ Samuel L Jackson: “Why can’t we get billionaires to pay their f_cking taxes? If those motherf_ckers paid their taxes we’d solve a whole bunch of sh_t. And they would still be richer than every motherf_cker walking around them.”

  40. Taylormade says:
    Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 7:27 am

    Full on personal attacks looks to be where they are heading.
    Nothing will be off limits.

    ———

    I don’t see what the big deal is about that meme, Dutton used his wife as a prop to try and soften his well-earned image so it’s kind of fair game. Regardless it will probably not help Labor if they are perceived to be going too personal, makes it look like they are out of constructive ideas..

  43. frednk @ #35 Tuesday, December 31st, 2024 – 9:36 am


    Oakeshott Country says:
    Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 8:44 am
    ….
    Fascinating – best case 1st SMR on grid within 4-5 years but more likely 2031
    A reasoned decision on nuclear energy is essential for Australia but instead we are reduced to arguing about Blinky the three eyed fish.

    Ya.
    On reflection, as well as the Liberals pretending they are going to build what is essentially experimental reactors as the base for our energy future there are other issues.

    The DOW one has a serious issue for a network that needs flexibility, yes it will not blow up but it keeps producing heat. For Dow that is not a problem as they can use the heat in there chemical process, but is no use to the Australian condition.

    The other unit heats salt. This offers more flexibility. So we are down to one option.

    For the sake of the nuclear industry, I hope it goes well.

    Might be an option if such a machine is needed for the 10% of power they are promising to make nuclear, but as a basis of a strategy for the last 90%, it makes no sense.

    It’s not about blinky, it’s about the figures that don’t add up, the total load will increase not decrease, the coal stations will not last for the dream to proven one way or another and the dream doesn’t amount to much anyway. We all depend on the energy grid. We cannot afford the Liberals undertaking an ideological experiment based on nonsense.

    Much in agreement. The TRISO pebble fuel has many advantages but the disadvantage that it hasn’t been produced to scale yet and the production of heat is a problem unless you can find a use for it.
    The figures certainly don’t add up at present but this is moving very rapidly and Australia could well be left behind if this is only discussed on a partisan basis.

  44. Player One says:
    Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 9:39 am
    arraitch asked this last night, and I think it deserves an answer …

    arraitch @ #1117 Monday, December 30th, 2024 – 10:22 pm

    “Player One,

    I think that the point which you were invited to respond to earlier was not whether you would give your first preference to a “ColesWorth” candidate, but rather the order in which you would rank said candidates. You seemed to suggest that your ranking would rest upon the quality of the candidates, which implies that their respective party policies would play no part in your decision. Or am I misreading you?”

    It is not true to say that party policies play “no” part. But both ColesWorth parties are either weak on policy or have bad policies in areas that I think are most significant – so which of their candidates would be a better local member is a more important criteria.

    I understand why “rusted on” partisans find that difficult to comprehend. But many Australians are now looking past the the political brand names and finding the actual products they are being sold are inferior.

    Like me, many are looking for better value for their voting dollar. Which is pretty much all that the voters seem to represent to the ColesWorth parties these days – something which Labor’s cynical attempt at campaign funding changes made abundantly clear.

    _______

    Player One is a self-confessed policy-free zone. Arraitch, you have your answer.


  46. Oakeshott Country says:
    Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 9:53 am

    frednk @ #35 Tuesday, December 31st, 2024 – 9:36 am

    ….

    Much in agreement. The TRISO pebble fuel has many advantages but the disadvantage that it hasn’t been produced to scale yet and the production of heat is a problem unless you can find a use for it.
    The figures certainly don’t add up at present but this is moving very rapidly and Australia could well be left behind if this is only discussed on a partisan basis.

    If they work out, we should be able to buy one or a number after the first one has worked. What do we have to do for this to happen?

    The liberal are proposing nuclear for 10%. May be use-full to replace gas.

    What happens for the first 90%? That is what the energy transition is working on now. That is what he liberals are trying to slow down.

    Th Liberals turned Nuclear into a cultural war, if SNR prove to be a thing it should be a technical discussion when they are there to be brought.

    .

  47. Player One says:
    Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 10:02 am
    Griff @ #44 Tuesday, December 31st, 2024 – 9:55 am

    “Player One is a self-confessed policy-free zone. Arraitch, you have your answer.”

    If you read my post more slowly, you might understand it better.

    _______

    You can emphasise the rationalisation; I provided the outcome. Sorry that you cannot see the wood for the trees 😉

  50. Looks like the Teals will hold the balance of power in the reps after the next election.
    The LNP will not have enough to govern without support of the Teals and Greens.
    An that means the end of the talk of nuclear reactors.
    The LNP is fifty years behind the Australian decision to not want nuclear energy.

    Are the LNP just dumb or do they treat the voters as dumb ?
    By 2040 the Australian public will be laughing about the ridiculous nuclear Dutton as the energy revolution has revamped a tired and deceived world.

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