Essential Research this week published its second poll since the election, the first being conducted in the week following, again without covering voting intention. Leadership ratings find Anthony Albanese maintaining his post-election approval rating of 50%, with disapproval up two to 41%. Sussan Ley’s debut numbers roughly split the difference between a net positive result from Resolve Strategic and net negative from Newspoll, at 33% approval and 35% disapproval. A small amount of gloss has come off a post-election improvement in the national mood, with 45% now rating the country on the wrong track, up three, compared with 38% for right direction, up one. Strong opposition was recorded to any of five concessions demanded of Australia by the Trump administration under threat of higher tariffs, including those relating to “Australia’s biosecurity regime for imported beef, pork and poultry”, which 9% favoured scrapping and 55% standing by.
Opposition to Israel’s action in Gaza reached a new high, with 41% holding that it should withdraw, 25% that it should agree to a temporary ceasefire, and only 15% considering its actions justified. Fifty-two per cent were satisfied with the Australian government’s response, down four on October, with 32% thinking it too supportive and 16% too harsh, both up two. Responses to questions on anti-Semitism found 62% of the view that it should be treated “the same way as other anti-discrimination laws” with only 9% opposed, but were otherwise more supportive than opposing of Jillian Segal’s recommendations, including in relation to giving the envoy power to monitor coverage of public broadcasters and cut funding to universities and cultural institutions, and expanding definitions of anti-Semitism to include some criticisms of Israel. The poll was conducted last Thursday to Tuesday from a sample of 1012.
SECNewgate’s occasional Mood of the Nation survey finds optimism about the Australian economy over the next three years prevailing in lesser degree than in April, with 47% expecting improvement (down five) and 37% deteriorating (up four). With respect to the coming year, 43% expecting it to worsen (down one) and 29% to improve (up one). Support for transitioning electricity generation to renewables is up five points to 58% with opposition down three to 22%, and opinions of Donald Trump’s impact on five different policy aspects have mostly worsened still further after plunging from a low base in April. The poll was conducted July 8 to 16 from a sample of 1855.
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Entropysays:
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 9:05 pm
Boerwarsays:
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 8:17 pm
The Heshbollah, Iranian and Houthi leadership must be pissing themselves laughing.
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You have convince me. We should allow the children of Gaza to die horrendous and preventable deaths. As the alternative of the world speaking up against it is far worse. Which is, as BW believes, that the leadership of the Heshbollah, Iranian and Houthi might enjoy the embarrassment it causes Israel. It is far better 10’s of thousand Gazans are slaughtered and the world says nothing than Heshbollah, Iranian and Houthi leadership should have anything at all to smile about, let alone laugh at. We should all be ashamed that only BW can see the global truth of this and the leadership of Heshbollah, Iranian and Houthi must be prevented from laughing at all costs. If there is even a chance that Ali Khamenei is beginning to giggle the doomsday bomb must be used before he gets to a laugh.
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BW is posting more like a deranged bureaucrat that his ally hates than a compassionate human being moved by suffering of people
B. S. Fairmansays:
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 9:29 pm
Entropy – Tragically, I can believe that they would have to explain to Trump the Moon is not made of cheese.
That was the reason he only wanted to send white people. AKA Crackers.
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Trump’s other worry is it is Swiss Cheese and not American Cheese. He is really terrible at playing bunkers and if it is Swiss Cheese there will be a lot of them.
As the whole idea of using the Moon as launching site for Mars is a ruse. Trump is trying to get USA back on the moon so he can put a Golf Course there.
Footage of an early USA mission carrying out a Golf Course feasibility study on the moon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l95GwQ1WKeI
At least four people have died and many are feared missing after a devastating flash flood triggered by a cloudburst in the upper catchment area of the Kheer Ganga river caused large-scale destruction in Dharali village in Uttarkashi district on Tuesday.
Dramatic visuals captured the sheer fury of the floodwaters as they tore through Dharali village, sweeping away homes, shops and roads leaving behind a trail of debris and mud.Preliminary information suggests that some hotels and homestays have been completely destroyed in the flood.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/uttarakhand-cloudburst-flash-floods-hit-uttarkashi-several-villagers-washed-away/articleshow/123115132.cms
India, Russia can take their dead economies down together: Trump sharpens attack
In a fiery post on Truth Social, Trump doubled down on his long-standing gripe over India’s trade practices, accusing the country of levying “among the highest tariffs in the world” and blaming New Delhi for what he claimed was “very little business” between the two nations.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/can-take-their-dead-economies-down-together-trump-hits-out-at-india-russia-2763955-2025-07-31
“A day after slapping India with sweeping trade penalties, chief among them a 25 per cent tariff on nearly all imports, US President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering tirade against New Delhi’s ties with Moscow, deriding both nations as “dead economies” and brazenly declaring he “does not care” what India does with Russia.
In a fiery post on Truth Social, Trump doubled down on his long-standing gripe over India’s trade practices, accusing the country of levying “among the highest tariffs in the world” and blaming New Delhi for what he claimed was “very little business” between the two nations.
“I don’t care what India does with Russia. They can take their dead economies down together, for all I care,” he wrote, just hours after Washington’s move to slap 25 per cent duties, effective August 1.
“Four-yearly maintenance on the copper smelter to the tune of $30 million is due in 2026. But Glencore is seeking a much larger bailout, making a pointed comparison to the Whyalla Steelworks, which received a $2.4 billion package in February.”
Glencore makes 230 billion dollars a year. It pays it’s executive 100’s of millions of dollars a year in bonuses & salary.
It’s two most well known owners are worth a combined 15 billion dollars and one of it’s biggest investors is the Qatar sovereign wealth fund.
Why should Aussie taxpayers have to bail out a company run from from Switzerland and owned by Qatar?
Vensays:
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 9:44 pm
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/can-take-their-dead-economies-down-together-trump-hits-out-at-india-russia-2763955-2025-07-31
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Thank you India for getting Trump to dislike Russia more mainly because they are doing business with brown people.
Now tell Trump that Israel buys t-shirts from Venezuela.
https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-country/isr/partner/ven
“Why should Aussie taxpayers have to bail out a company run from from Switzerland and owned by Qatar?”
The cost of gifting an aeroplane to Trump is quite high. They have to recuperate the money from somewhere.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-22/trump-accepts-jet-gift-qatar-boeing-us-politics-/105321916
Ghost Of Whitlam
Before my time, Mt Isa was once an open cut. Mount Isa mine winder is 1.9 km deep. In my time the electric trucks were installed, the mine goes down another 300 meters with the electric trucks used to pull the ore out. It’s over. With no feed stock there is no reason to keep the smelter. Whoever pays, will be wasting 30 million.
Whyalla has feedstock and produces construction steel. Several projects have been messed up buying Chine Steal. Quality Steal is something Australia needs. Keeping it running is of strategic interest.
frednk says:
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 10:14 pm
Ghost Of Whitlam
Before my time, Mt Isa was once an open cut. Mount Isa mine winder is 1.9 km deep. In my time the electric trucks were installed, the mine goes down another 300 meters with the electric trucks used to pull the ore out. It’s over. With no feed stock there is no reason to keep the smelter. Whoever pays, will be wasting 30 million.
Whyalla has feedstock and produces construction steel. Several projects have been messed up buying Chine Steal. Quality Steal is something Australia needs. Keeping it running is of strategic interest.
中华人民共和国
There are some smaller producers near Cloncurry and in the North West Minerals Province that truck in ore but not in the quantities needed. Townsville also has the Copper Refinery which I dare say will close.
Townsville hasn’t really recovered from Clive’s closure of the Nickel Refinery and Newmans’ slashing of the Public Service. The Copper Refinery closing will be another big hit for the City.
Crime has increased in the City since David Jet-fuelli took over despite all his promises and 3 LNP MPs. The new One Nation aligned Mayor has been stood down (on full pay) after it was revealed he faked his CV. The local LNP Federal MP hasn’t delivered a brass razoo.
Well may my exile continue. Night all – I have taken my Laudanum Tincture.
Ven, Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 8:53 pm:
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The US arms Pakistan against India in 1971 (!!!), and so Ukrainians have to put up with Indians helping to arm Russia against them in 2025??? That is truly fucked.
This is how to stop third countries (like China and India) from financing Putin’s murder machine: blow up the sources of Russian oil:
“2 Russian oil refineries cut production after Ukrainian drone attacks, Reuters reports”
https://kyivindependent.com/2-russian-oil-refineries-cut-or-halt-production-after-ukrainian-drone-attacks-reuters-reports/
Against my better judgement I watched some Sky After Dark.
Even when they put a Labor person on, she was immediately handicapped because they just let James Ashby speak over her, they even muted her microphone when she tried to fight back, but Ashby and Paul Murray just walked all over her, both of them speaking directly to camera in that “Believe me and not your lying eyes” way that they do.
They’re pathetic evil cowards.
Catprogsays:
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 8:50 pm
… Are you counting the heat from the RTG reducing the heating requirment for it?
Also can you make solar panels and batteries with moon rock (anorthite) ? (Aluminium–air battery, silicon solar panels and oxygen to breath)
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Good points Catprog.
I did consider both the thermal output of RTG and fission reactors, but couldn’t guess an additional heating requirement for solar, so didn’t bother to mention it. Suffice to say, it makes solar less competitive in the comparison, batteries would need to be even better than I mentioned.
In-situ resource utilisation, offers some definite advantages. Unfortunately, they are beyond my poor powers to even vaguely estimate what could be done for how much mass moved and how much energy, so again, while I thought of it, I didn’t add it to an already dense post.
Possibly the easiest to use would be a small machine to extract and refine suitable materials and extrude 5000 km of cable to carry power from the solar farm on the far side. Laying that cable would pose some challenges, to say the least, but if it could be done, it would make Entropy’s idea of two solar farms on opposite sides an alternative that would be competitive in terms of mass to be carried to the moon.
New thread.
“ ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence increased 3.9pts to 90.6 this week – the first time the important consumer indicator has been above 90 for over three years since May 2022. Consumer Confidence is now 9.3 points above the same week a year ago, July 29 – August 4, 2024 (81.3) and 3.9pts above the 2025 weekly average of 86.7.
An analysis by State shows increases across the board with all five mainland States up this week, led by Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia – all at 90 or above.
Driving Consumer Confidence higher this week was more confidence in regards to personal financial situations, both compared to a year ago and looking ahead for the next 12 months.
Over a fifth of Australians, 22% (up 2ppts), say their families are ‘better off’ financially than this time last year compared to 40% (down 4ppts) that say their families are ‘worse off’ (the lowest this figure has been for over three years since May 2022).
The biggest improvement was for net views on personal finances over the next year with 28% (up 2ppts) of respondents expecting their family will be ‘better off’ financially this time next year, while 28% (down 6ppts) expect to be ‘worse off’. ”
RMR on consumer confidence
From previous thread:
Frednk: The (Mt Isa copper) mine has run out:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-31/mount-isa-glencore-underground-copper-mine-closed/105585118
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Memories. I did 6 months in that mine back when I was 19 in 1983. Had a good time living in Isa.
‘Ven says:
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 9:36 pm
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BW is posting more like a deranged bureaucrat that his ally hates than a compassionate human being moved by suffering of people’
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This is part of a series of vicious personal attacks by Ven against yours truly. This is the same Ven who was whining pathetically about being ‘bullied’.