Essential Research reported this week for the first time in four weeks, though it has yet to resume voting intention polling. Leadership ratings recorded a one point drop in approval for Anthony Albanese to 49% and a two point increase in disapproval to 43%, while Sussan Ley was up two on both measures, to 35% and 37% respectively. Labor was dominant on two questions relating to economic management, leading the Coalition 42% to 25% as best party to ensure the economy works in the interests of everyday Australians, and 41% to 28% for managing the economy generally.
A regular national mood has a steady 38% holding that the country is headed in the right direction, with wrong track up two to 47%. Perhaps relatedly, there was a six-point increase since January in the view that the economy will worsen over the next six months to 35%, although there was also a three-point increase for improvement to 22%, with “stay the same” down nine to 43%. Thirty-four per cent supported and 30% opposed the recognition of Palestine, while 50% supported and 24% opposed the introduction of a four-day working week.
The Victorian sub-sample of 518 respondents (I’m unclear as to why it’s quite so much out of an overall sample of 1034) were asked for their view of the state party leaders, recording 36% approval and 51% disapproval for Jacinta Allan, and 40% approval and 35% disapproval for Brad Battin. The poll overall was conducted last Wednesday to Tuesday.
Monday’s Nine Newspapers had more results from last week’s Resolve Strategic poll, this time on carbon emissions targets, finding 17% support for a more ambitious target for 2030, 28% for the current 43% by 2030 target, 12% for abolishing a 2030 target while maintaining net zero by 2050, and 17% for abolishing both.
Nazis feel at home at any rally where they can infiltrate a crowd. There were some of them at the Sydney harbor bridge rally.
Better yet make TAFE free and reduce debt on Uni students. Oh wait thats what the Labor government is doing, the Libs wanted to kill it aall and go back to user pays for education and training model, ensuring that we need more skilled migration in future to get things done… but wait they were saying they were gonna reduce that… oh well that means our economy would be going to shit if they did that, almost like we need governments that plan for the future (not decades of conservative do nothing government) so that we don’t find ourselfs in this poor position that we are in.
Remember when we where in university and talked shit.
This is a very interesting discussion and gives you some hope for the future. The kids are thinking about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoMA0v6dmRU
OC et al
Yes it was a doctor I was thinking about. People seem to keep the A/Prof well after they have anything to do with the Uni.
I’m wondering whether being called Prof would be a vote loser. Hard to identify with.
I’ll chip in for the fare Ghost of Whitlam.
I lived on Nauru for four years, as it turns out. My first four. I actually came to Australia on a boat. I can assure you, it is not a pleasant place. It has about 200 tourists per year.
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Is PP a bot or a moron?
Re Stoogey @7:32.
It looks like Elon has taken the official police estimates of numbers for Sydney, multiplied them by six and rounded up. Probably ditto for Brisbane.
A moron bot?
https://michaelwest.com.au/fake-news-old-habits-can-murdoch-journalism-be-unlearned-at-the-abc/, their ABC …
Looks like Credlin’s back, interviewing Chris Uhlmann about the Coalition civil war over Net Zero.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su0Ea6MWCgA
Washington cheers lndia-US ties, right before Modi-Putin meet
The US Embassy in India posted a message highlighting the “enduring friendship” between Washington and New Delhi just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held bilateral talks at the SCO summit in Tianjin.
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/enduring-friendship-us-lauds-india-ties-as-modi-putin-optics-dominate-sco-summit-tianjin-china-xi-jinping-trump-tarriffs-2779996-2025-09-01
The US Embassy in India on Sunday put out a message on X praising the “enduring friendship” between Washington and New Delhi, but the timing of the post stood out. It landed just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin were set to begin their bilateral talks in Tianjin, after being seen sharing both a hug and an unusual car ride at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.
The embassy’s post read: “The partnership between the United States and India continues to reach new heights — a defining relationship of the 21st century. This month, we’re spotlighting the people, progress, and possibilities driving us forward. From innovation and entrepreneurship to defence and bilateral ties, it’s the enduring friendship between our two peoples that fuels this journey. Follow the hashtag and be a part of US-India Forward for Our People.”
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“Alongside the post, the embassy shared an image featuring US Secretary of State Marco Rubio with the quote: “The enduring friendship between our two peoples is the bedrock of our cooperation and propels us forward as we realise the tremendous potential of our economic relationship.”
“The post came within hours of highly publicised images from Tianjin showing Modi walking and conversing with Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in a rare three-way bonhomie. Modi later shared those pictures on X, noting, “Exchanging perspectives with President Putin and President Xi during the SCO Summit.”
Earlier in the day, Modi and Putin were seen arriving together at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in an Aurus sedan gifted to the Russian leader by China. PM Modi later described the conversation as “insightful,” underlining the depth of the India–Russia relationship at a time of shifting global alignments.”
Nick says Monday, September 1, 2025 at 7:34 pm
Be careful in what you wish for. They may just decide to offshore the job, and all the other jobs associated with it (not that they probably wouldn’t anyway).
When mining companies boost about the amount of tax they pay (and they are misleading us as royalties are not taxes) and the jobs they create, for some reason they don’t mention the jobs they have offshored to India or Philippines.
Diogenessays:
Monday, September 1, 2025 at 7:41 pm
OC et al
Yes it was a doctor I was thinking about. People seem to keep the A/Prof well after they have anything to do with the Uni.
I’m wondering whether being called Prof would be a vote loser. Hard to identify with.
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Retired Professor do as they retired as a Professor. If you go to another job which isn’t a Professorial position you shouldn’t keep using the title. Hence Monique Ryan and Katie Allen who I believe both have professorial positions before entering Parliament. Went back to their “Dr.” title instead as a politician.
timbosays:
Monday, September 1, 2025 at 5:22 pm
Look, some very astute, combined with some somewhat dubious comments – all very serious subjects and quite interesting. But…
Oscar won.
AGAIN.
34 points clear
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Oscar’s torment of the Lando-loving Europeans is delicious. It’s enough to strain diplomatic relations.
A sufficiently stupid human is indistinguishable from a semi-intelligent bot.
Did you see this, Rex?
https://www.afl.com.au/news/1409382/port-adelaide-football-boss-chris-davies-quits-set-to-join-carlton
I’ll try to make this my last migration related post for the evening.
Clearly the left v right culture war perception of the issue continues, all but confirming this shitshow will continue and no-one will be happy.
Here is a restate of the problem as clear as I can make it, because clearly everyone is eager to spin a very recent, acute crisis into a forever war to suit their existing political views:
– Australia’s housing affordability crisis (ie the very basic ability to keep sheltered) took off from around 2022.
– This coincided with the reopening of borders post- pandemic related lock downs, which caused multi decade high population growth in a very short amount of time.
– The crisis features rents growing much faster than wages for a 3 year period – reversing a trend from the decade prior of wages growth well and truly outpacing rents.
– And coincides with a collapse in housing construction due to pandemic related cost increases.
The cruel irony is that with population growth slowing again (due to the slowing in migration), the market will find its equilibrium over the next year or two – as it did following the post-GFC population bounce.
Of course this won’t satisfy the racists and revolutionaries – swapping non-white for white migrants would have made no difference; and no combination of nationalization of housing and shooting investors would have delivered enough housing.
Naturally I don’t expect anyone to shift their positions based off the data below – so keep on posting those TAI and Sky News links and keep getting angrier at each other.
And if you don’t like my take – here are several other writers saying variations of the same thing:
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2024/08/19/alan-kohler-australia-immigration-housing-crisis
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-12/immigration-house-prices-jobs-economic-growth-migration-review/103214876
https://www.amp.com.au/resources/insights-hub/olivers-insight-seven-key-charts-on-the-state-of-the-australian-property-market
And admittedly somewhat sensationalized – but at least anti-nazi:
https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2025/08/why-the-march-for-australia-will-backfire/
https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2025/09/the-australia-institute-gaslights-on-housing-crisis/
And for those looking for a more entertaining take:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAu1Y-5EPeM
SL
If Wright and Davies can’t sharpen up the footy side of things then turn the lights off and lock the doors.
Ghost Of Whitlamsays:
Monday, September 1, 2025 at 8:12 pm
A sufficiently stupid human is indistinguishable from a semi-intelligent bot.
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Humans stupidity can not be truly replicated by a bot.
Quote: ‘Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.’
Entropy you know you don’t have a real grasp of academic titles. Wait until Pi gets here.
Rex Douglassays:
Monday, September 1, 2025 at 8:08 pm
timbosays:
Monday, September 1, 2025 at 5:22 pm
Look, some very astute, combined with some somewhat dubious comments – all very serious subjects and quite interesting. But…
Oscar won.
AGAIN.
34 points clear
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Oscar’s torment of the Lando-loving Europeans is delicious. It’s enough to strain diplomatic relations.
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Lando Norris is English, most Europeans would be happy he isn’t winning. Except of course the English. The big question is which of these Europeans would be most happy with it:
Irish?
Scottish?
French?
If you are on a march or whatever and your fellow marchers are filthy Nazis, then you are on the wrong side of the issue. Nothing could be simpler. Have people no shame? My grandfather spent 1940 to 1945 firing shells at these arseholes and now they have the freedom to promote their toxic ideas. He would be rolling in his grave! Not so much at the fascist scumbags, but at the retards marching with them!
Royalties aren’t taxes, they are payments to the owners of the irreplaceable resources that the extractive industries extract, legally “the Crown”, which actually means the people of Australia.
Also, looking at video of the Nazi scum, it would seem that the standards of the master race have indeed collapsed. What a a bunch of mental weaklings!
nathsays:
Monday, September 1, 2025 at 8:20 pm
Entropy you know you don’t have a real grasp of academic titles. Wait until Pi gets here.
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Are you his stooge, or my stalker?
Housing affordability has been an issue for decades, a whole bunch of policies that encourage and to over invest into housing, and yes immigration on top of that has made it worse
Why wasn’t the protest marches against mass immigration in the media, that majority of the media in Australia is owned by foreign media tycoons ,
https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/michael-davey-cries-in-the-dirt-at-his-son-s-grave-insulted-that-the-driver-who-killed-him-will-walk-free-20250901-p5mrcj.html
This kind of thing rips up people’s belief in the justice system.
The grieving Dad has it right. This is a lot worse than “careless driving”. You’re on the phone in the car and fuck up so badly you go through a fence and kill a kid and injure others without breaking? Charge it as vehicular manslaughter and let the jury decide whether it should be toned down or not. This has the feeling of cops or prosecutors worried about a KPI for running a case that doesn’t result in a conviction on the maximum charge, but in doing so they have basically not charged this woman at all.
Ven, have you decided to become a full-on Modi propagandist!?! That post @8.07pm is just 100% Putin, Modi and Xi obsequious sycophancy on steroids.
C@tmommasays:
Monday, September 1, 2025 at 8:44 pm
Ven, have you decided to become a full-on Modi propagandist!?! That post @8.07pm is just 100% Putin, Modi and Xi obsequious sycophancy on steroids.
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India Today is one of India’s Fox news equivalents.
This is what is generally considered “Godi media”:
“Media houses and news entities alleged as Godi media include Zee News, Times Now, India Today, Republic Bharat, Republic TV, Aaj Tak, ABP News, Sudarshan News, CNN-News18, India TV, the TV Today Network, NDTV, Firstpost”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godi_media
“after being called to the school to collect her son for poor behaviour, which she claims triggered post-traumatic stress from her time living in Iraq”
How does a kid acting like a prick turn into “PTSD”.
“He said they believed impaired mental function caused Zuhaira to press the wrong pedal”
Yeah, being on your phone will driving can do that.
How does being on a phone while driving and killing someone not be manslaughter or another charge worth a very long sentence?
Ven – Modi and Trump are on a unity ticket sucking up to Putin. Disgraceful.
You know it’s true.
Arkysays:
Monday, September 1, 2025 at 8:35 pm
https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/michael-davey-cries-in-the-dirt-at-his-son-s-grave-insulted-that-the-driver-who-killed-him-will-walk-free-20250901-p5mrcj.html
This kind of thing rips up people’s belief in the justice system.
The grieving Dad has it right. This is a lot worse than “careless driving”. You’re on the phone in the car and fuck up so badly you go through a fence and kill a kid and injure others without breaking? Charge it as vehicular manslaughter and let the jury decide whether it should be toned down or not. This has the feeling of cops or prosecutors worried about a KPI for running a case that doesn’t result in a conviction on the maximum charge, but in doing so they have basically not charged this woman at all.
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If you want to get away with killing someone. Do so whilst driving a car, doubly so if the victim is riding a bike…
So the News Corp propaganda units are trying to make it that Albanese was physically ran out of Ballarat by farmers with tractors and pitchforks.
Utter fucking lies but they get away with that narrative regardless.
Gosh, what a great big surprise…Elmo the moron strikes.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/01/elon-musk-shares-post-on-x-with-incorrect-attendance-figures-for-australias-anti-immigration-protests
On Friday, Pres Macron referred to Pres Putin as an “ogre”.
Quite mild, in comparison to the comment made by former Russian Pres Medvedev today about Macron and the German Chancellor…
“They have completely forgotten the lessons of WW2. They too, may end up being identified by their teeth”.
Link: https://inshorts.com/en/news/trump-being-alive-is-bad-news-for–twins–merz–macron–medvedev-1756661140718
I’d say diplomacy skills need a bit of a brush up, from both sides. Europe is turning into cameo.
Rex Douglassays:
Monday, September 1, 2025 at 8:18 pm
SL
If Wright and Davies can’t sharpen up the footy side of things then turn the lights off and lock the doors.
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It’s a poor list. Cerra is no good, neither is Saad, Williams and McGovern. Cripps is about had it. Trade Curnow to Syd and see if they can get Papley and Rowbottom in return.
nadia88,
The Biggest Abuser is Trump. He exhibits zero self-control when it comes to running his mouth and loves nothing more than abusing people and thinking up derogatory names for them. Like a 10 year old.
Medvedev is a flunky. Trump is a national leader.
“that the standards of the master race have indeed collapsed”
Yeah, the old standards the Nazis had like blonde hair (Hitler: brown hair), trim figures (Goering: fatass) and tall (Goebbls: 5 foot tall) have all gone out the window.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y__nUIQwQpw&t=952s
Is Ben getting a bit carried away?
Trump’s not travelling too well atm. Minus 8 on Silver Bulletin.
Link: https://www.natesilver.net/p/trump-approval-ratings-nate-silver-bulletin
Starmer & Merz also have figures falling off a cliff.
Macron, however, is in death roll territory. Minus 60 by my reckoning.
Link: https://menafn.com/1109996429/French-want-Macron-to-quit-post
80% want him gone so I assume 20% want him to stay. 80-20 = 60, in brutal numbers.
He’s also going to lose his latest PM on 8-Sep. Don’t think there will be a new French election, so I’m not too sure what he’s going to do.
Taylormadesays:
Monday, September 1, 2025 at 9:38 pm
Rex Douglassays:
Monday, September 1, 2025 at 8:18 pm
SL
If Wright and Davies can’t sharpen up the footy side of things then turn the lights off and lock the doors.
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It’s a poor list. Cerra is no good, neither is Saad, Williams and McGovern. Cripps is about had it. Trade Curnow to Syd and see if they can get Papley and Rowbottom in return.
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To late for Carlton their window is pretty much closed. Need to trade for as many high draft picks as possible. Then go to the draft and rebuild. Not point trying to patch up a leaky boat when its got to old. This time they could consider drafting some players with speed though. As continents spread faster then them.
Actually, just re-checking Macron’s figures.
This link, below, suggests he’s at minus 58.
Starmer at minus 39,
Merz at minus 26,
Tusk (Poland) at minus 14,
Meloni (Italy) at minus 13,
Trump at minus 4,
Albo at plus 24
Carney (Canada) plus 25, and…
Narendra Modi at plus 51. Bit of a wow. I think there was another poll recently where he was at a similar rating. Morning Consult perhaps.
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1456852/world-leader-approval-ratings/
Arkysays:
Monday, September 1, 2025 at 8:35 pm
https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/michael-davey-cries-in-the-dirt-at-his-son-s-grave-insulted-that-the-driver-who-killed-him-will-walk-free-20250901-p5mrcj.html
This kind of thing rips up people’s belief in the justice system.
The grieving Dad has it right. This is a lot worse than “careless driving”. You’re on the phone in the car and fuck up so badly you go through a fence and kill a kid and injure others without breaking? Charge it as vehicular manslaughter and let the jury decide whether it should be toned down or not. This has the feeling of cops or prosecutors worried about a KPI for running a case that doesn’t result in a conviction on the maximum charge, but in doing so they have basically not charged this woman at all.
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This is a regrettable case. Recent research (on road and in labs) has shown that “distracted driving” (using mobile phone and/or in car screens) is as dangerous as drink driving. We regard the latter as a crime in itself.
We need to educate drivers, regulators and police that driving while using a mobile phone is as dangerous as drink driving, and should be just as unacceptable. Penalties should be sufficient to deter it, and should be enforced.
Apologies if already linked but Crikey has an interesting article, not paywalled, about the role played by the billionaire’s media in creating or encouraging people like the alleged cop killer.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/01/dezi-freeman-alleged-shooter-media-a-current-affair/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1756705584-2
Albo in Parliament today ” I’d just say to people, and I have no doubt that there would have been good people who went along, heard about a rally, concerned
… have a look at who you were with on Sunday.
The motivation that
isn’t actually about housing or our economy or anything else, it’s about sowing division”
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/pm-says-some-good-people-marched-on-sunday-blames-exploitation-by-neo-nazis-20250901-p5mrd6.html
Michaela Cash screeches that it’s all the Government’s fault for failing to give strident and unconditional support to Israel and for showing concern about the plight of Palestinians.
New thread.
SBS NEWS: Protesters claim high migration levels have ‘torn’ Australia. Here’s what experts say, https://apple.news/ABnirYPmWSR2rnYVCk2OofA
Indeed dividing the world into camps of “goodies” and “baddies” is unquestionably a sign of low IQ.
Trump will be rubbing his hands with glee over this assassination and using it to his own base ends.