Federal polls: Roy Morgan and Essential Research (open thread)

Labor sink to new lows on while poll series, while perking up in another.

Two markedly different federal poll results from the past few days, the more favourable for Labor being from the uneven Roy Morgan series, which has them up two-and-a-half points to 29.5%, with One Nation down three-and-a-half to 23.5%, the Coalition down half to 20.5% and the Greens down half to 13.5%. Labor is credited with two-party preferred leads on respondent-allocated preferences of 55.5-44.5 over One Nation (out from 53-47) and 56-44 over the Coalition (out from 52-48), and a lead of 55-45 over the Coalition on previous election preference flows (out from 52.5-47.5). The poll was conducted last Monday to Sunday from a sample of 1585.

Conversely, the monthly Essential Research poll gives Labor its worst result of the term, down five on the primary vote to 26% with the Coalition up four to 26%, One Nation down two to 23% and the Greens up one to 13%, with an undecided component accounting for 5%. The Coalition leads the pollster’s 2PP+ measure by 50-45, after Labor led 48-47 last time. Anthony Albanese is down three on approval to 35% and up four on disapproval to 56%, while Angus Taylor is respectively down one to 32% and down three to 41%. The regular national mood question has the “right direction” response down five to a new low of 23%, with wrong direction up six to a new high of 59%. The full report has further questions on workplace relations, social media and the “manosphere”. The poll was presumably conducted Wednesday to Sunday from a ample of a bit over 1000, though details are not yet available.

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. The SMH..

    A fresh-faced Dominic Perrottet had no qualms about playing favourites when it came to his 12 siblings. “I would like to particularly single out my brother Charles, who has worked alongside me in politics,” the newly elected MP for Castle Hill told parliament in 2011 in his inaugural speech. “We have been a team from the start and will be a team to the finish.”

    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/we-ll-be-a-team-to-the-finish-said-dom-perrottet-of-brother-charles-this-looks-like-the-finish-20260902-p60tpe.html

    Dom isn’t a person of interest to ICAC.. not yet anyway…

  2. A mistake in the opening paragraph William

    Interesting Essential does still have Undecideds, makes sense they would keep them

    The issues polling is interesting, as a union person, it’d be great if the 60% who think unions are important backed that up by being members where possible

    Not surprising to see Greens voters are stronger backers of unions than Labor ones

  3. NRMA have released their 3rd annual Changing Gears report:

    There’s no doubt 2026 has been the tipping point for EV adoption. More affordable vehicles, expanded charging infrastructure and government incentives have all helped move EVs into the mainstream.

    At the same time, rising petrol prices and concerns about long-term fuel security have given consumers even more reason to consider an EV.

    Julie Batch
    NRMA Insurance CEO
    https://www.iag.com.au/newsroom/community/changing-gears-three

  4. Currently travelling, woman from Melbourne says she’s going to vote PHON. Doesn’t like the fact that her grandkids don’t have xmas carols at their end of year concert.

  5. Morning all,

    Regarding the announcement of ON candidates across Victoria in the last few days, some further information has come to light regarding Guy Cooper the candidate for Mildura. According to some local FB community pages he is a local but from Buronga and Gol Gol which is across the river from Mildura so he will have to move. Not much is known about his personal or work history.

    In regards to Jade Benham the current local MP (National) she is pretty popular and hard working and will probably retain her seat. The Mayor for Mildura Rural City Council Cr Ali Cupper who has run before at the state level has not as yet stated whether she will run again.

  6. The great man PJK has emerged at the Sydney Writers Festival. And he has some thoughts…

    Artificial intelligence is set to be the “greatest agency for change” since the introduction of electricity, former prime minister Paul Keating says.

    Mr Keating made the comments at a sold-out Sydney Writers’ Festival event on Wednesday evening.

    He spoke at Sydney Recital Hall with international affairs expert James Curran about the historian’s new book, Grand Ambition.

    The book details Mr Keating’s vision for Australia’s role on the world stage during his time in power.

    While speaking about what Australia needed to do to boost its productivity, Mr Keating said structural change – which had been lacking since the introduction of the GST in 2000 – was required.

    He said Australia needed to boldly take on the challenges posed by AI.

    “(Artificial intelligence) I think is going to be… certainly since the discovery of electricity, the greatest agency for change,” he said.

    He commended the federal Labor government’s recent changes to the capital gains tax to make housing more affordable as an example of the kind of change needed in the future.

    And if we’ve lost 10 or 15 per cent house values, so what?” he added.

    Mr Keating has long been a critic of Australia’s foreign policy, and in particular of the AUKUS defence agreement.

    He reiterated on Wednesday that Australia needed to “look after itself” rather than rely on the US and the UK.

    “In these arrangements with the Americans…and the British, we’ve lost sovereignty,” he said.

    https://www.theleader.com.au/story/9342793/ai-to-be-greatest-change-since-electricity-keating/

  7. Ironic in some ways, but it’s looking like the warmest winter on record was accompanied by my largest winter power bill on record

    I need to change up my heating options next year, ideally my landlord, who is mostly pretty good, would replace the air conditioning with a new reverse cycle system but I won’t hold my breath on that happening

    I get a smart meter installed next week so can move to monthly billing which is a plus, I’d love to move to solar sharer as well but I’d probably end up paying more so won’t bother

    I wonder how many renters are experiencing the same?

  8. SLsays:
    Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 6:47 am
    NRMA have released their 3rd annual Changing Gears report:

    There’s no doubt 2026 has been the tipping point for EV adoption. More affordable vehicles, expanded charging infrastructure and government incentives have all helped move EVs into the mainstream.

    At the same time, rising petrol prices and concerns about long-term fuel security have given consumers even more reason to consider an EV.

    Julie Batch
    NRMA Insurance CEO
    https://www.iag.com.au/newsroom/community/changing-gears-three

    A tipping point!
    One more term of Albanese government will embed EVs as preferred vehicles.

  9. Politicians sound confused and confusing, no wonder people are looking for alternatives

    Both Chalmers and Tim Wilson on house prices for example, sounds like both think they should be growing even though 60% of people say they are ok with them falling

    Times are only going to get more challenging with another interesting rate rise either this month and or November. Bond rates rising around the world is concerning, mostly down to Trump

    Time for work, enjoy your day folks

  10. World News & Politics Patrol:

    Smirking Putin says it’s a ‘military secret’ whether Russia will launch attacks on British soil: https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/putin-military-secret-russia-british-defence-5Hjdgqs_2/

    Kremlin official says Russian economy could spiral out of control: https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/09/01/8051404/

    Diane Abbott Dubbed ‘Putin’s Useful Idiot’ For Claiming Russian Threat Is ‘Nato Fiction’: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/diane-abbott-putins-useful-idiot_uk_6a981ef8e4b087cf7f009d4c

    Pentagon caught purging decades of classified docs after generals’ warnings leak: WaPo: https://www.rawstory.com/pentagon-classified-documents/

    Iran accuses US of ‘war crime’ after missile blast kills four people at wedding: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/02/iran-us-missile-blast-wedding

    Norway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable ‘pervert glasses’: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/norway-considers-ban-on-camera-enabled-wearable-pervert-glasses/

    Dutch central bank moves €10 billion in gold out of U.S., Canada, citing “instability”: https://nltimes.nl/2026/09/02/dutch-central-bank-moves-eu10-billion-gold-us-canada-citing-instability

    Climate change past the point of no return, UN says, as worst impacts are now unavoidable: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/unep-climate-paris-global-warming-9.7329305

    Raids on Pattaya sex workers as US ship with 5,000 soldiers arrives in Thailand: https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/iran-war-news-uss-abraham-lincoln-aircraft-carrier-pattaya-red-light-area-prostitution-in-thailand-2984453-2026-09-01

    A quarter of a million UK children live in households where no one has ever worked, the highest level since 2013: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-16098589/A-quarter-million-children-live-households-no-one-worked-highest-level-2013.html

    Elon Musk Named in Bombshell Election Meddling Claim: https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-named-in-bombshell-election-meddling-claim-in-alex-gibney-documentary/

    ‘Republicans f–ked us’: Texas Democrats furious over polling-place closures: https://www.chron.com/news/article/texas-gop-polling-place-closures-22414114.php

    Mitch McConnell’s Vanishing Act Hits Major New Milestone: https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnells-vanishing-act-hits-major-new-milestone/

    House Democrats block constitutional amendment to lock Supreme Court at 9 justices: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-democrats-block-constitutional-amendment-supreme-court-justices-rcna595736

    Trump will stand alone on the 9/11 25th anniversary as the only living president not at Ground Zero in NYC: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-biden-september-11-anniversary-new-york-b3043460.html

    Mike Johnson Goes Full Donald Trump On CNN Reporter Over ‘One Of The Stupidest Questions’: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-johnson-manu-raju-iran-war-question_n_6a97b219e4b0a4525618006d

    Pennsylvania police officer charged in fatal shooting of student who went to wrong house: https://abcnews.com/US/pennsylvania-police-officer-charged-fatal-shooting-student-wrong/story?id=136122728&cid=social_twitter_abcn

  11. Player One says:
    Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 8:16 am

    First Dog nails it again …

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/sep/02/nepal-floods-glacier-collapsed-but-now-is-not-the-time-to-talk-about-climate-change-apparently

    Except that his “Minister for ignoring Climate Change” could be just about any of them.

    Meh. First dog is doing the usual – eating his own vomit with P1 licking the leftovers.

    OTOH, the Albanese governments will be remembered as the first governments to deliver serious climate action.

    Those who do nothing, and I do mean nothing, other than slag Albanese are part of the climate action problem.

  12. Re Revolutionary Quisling @6:51.

    Currently travelling, woman from Melbourne says she’s going to vote PHON. Doesn’t like the fact that her grandkids don’t have xmas carols at their end of year concert.

    If her grand kids go to a public school, of course they don’t have carols. Most kids come from non-religious families. Depending upon where they live, many of her grandkids classmates will be Muslim or Hindu. Of the Christians, there’ll be Protestants, Catholics, Orthodox, possibly Maronites, Assyrians and others. Those who are religious hold to their brand of faith with varying degrees of devotion. If they want Christian hymns, parents can take their kids to the Church of their choice.

    But that’s all logic and logic doesn’t work. Millions of peoples’ news feeds in social media are filling up with this sort of stuff, designed to stoke outrage, all funded by shadowy money.

    So how can we combat it?

  13. Morning all. Thanks for the international roundup HH. Some significant stories this morning.

    Climate change past the point of no return, UN says, as worst impacts are now unavoidable:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/unep-climate-paris-global-warming-9.7329305

    We should care more about this one than we do. Climate related disasters like the Nepal glacier collapse, extreme droughts and more severe cyclones will be with us for the rest of our lives. The challenge is to reach net zero and stop it getting much worse.

  14. Savva 03/09
    Albanese convinced himself that segments of the interview, now folklore and not in a good way, were innocuous or inoffensive. Earth to Albo: your radar malfunctioned. Again
    _______________________
    That’s what happens when you have lived your whole life in the bubble.
    You just have no sense of reality.

  15. There are two good articles on defence and foreign policy in Pearls and Irritations.

    The first is a review of Hugh White’s new book Hard New World, which looks at the totality of Australian foreign policy, not just AUKUS. AUKUS is a symptom of problems in our Defence establishment, but it goes much further. This is an excellent summary of the book.
    https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/09/hard-new-world-can-australia-survive-americas-decline/

    The second is an article by retired Adm Peter Briggs, on AUKUS and the technical impossibility of it working in time. This is a clear explanation of the technical reasons why AUKUS won’t work. It is a summary of the evidence Briggs gave to the AUKUS inquiry in Canberra this week.
    https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/09/aukus-is-heading-for-the-rocks-why-australia-must-pivot-to-a-sovereign-leu-submarine-fleet/

    I don’t know if ending AUKUS Pillar One (Pillar Two can continue) will help improve Albo’s polling woes. But at this point I can’t see how continuing with AUKUS helps Labor or Australia. Most of the people in favour of AUKUS don’t vote Labor anyway. Albo is taking his delivering Morrison’s thought bubble.

  16. “Norway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable ‘pervert glasses’:”

    ————————————

    Government has no plans to ban smart glasses imports as draft privacy laws unveiled

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-31/attorney-general-says-no-ban-on-smart-glasses-draft-privacy-laws/107097852

    “Ms Rowland acknowledged community concerns about potential harmful use of smart glasses but said the government was not currently planning an import ban, despite calls from the Greens and independents to halt imports for 12 months until privacy laws are strengthened.
    :::
    The devices, worn as eyewear with a small computer embedded in them, have been labelled “pervert glasses” by critics because they can covertly record and live stream interactions.”

  17. Australia’s economy grows by 2.1%, but people’s living standards aren’t keeping pace

    https://theconversation.com/australias-economy-grows-by-2-1-but-peoples-living-standards-arent-keeping-pace-290822

    “Australia’s economy expanded by 0.4% in the June quarter, with spending growth driven by record sales of imported electric vehicles.

    For the year to June, gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.1%, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, slightly stronger than market expectations.

    The bureau noted overall growth remained subdued, with spending growth and business investment only in “pockets” of the economy. But a significant proportion of this demand was met from imports, rather than production in Australia.

    With the economy performing in line with Reserve Bank of Australia forecasts, the national accounts are unlikely to change the outlook for interest rates.

    This represents another disappointing quarter, with the economy only growing at the same pace as the population.

    In eight of the past 20 quarters, the economy has expanded at a slower rate than the population. So net immigration is propping up an economy that would otherwise be flat.”

  18. Phew, that’s goood news for the environment, data centres don’t use water. That’s just propaganda put about by opponents (meaning democrats of course) says scientific expert Howard Lutnick.

    https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6067549-lutnick-ai-data-centers-water/

    If the Democrats can get both houses they should drop hints about investigating Donny and leave it at that to let him slowly simmer and eventually he’ll boil over and really loose what sanity he has left. They should put all their efforts into going after creatures like Hegseth, Lutnick, Carr and all the rest of the slime that surrounds the orange man.

  19. Greg Jericho – Australia’s economy limps along, but the RBA should take a closer look before raising interest rates again

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2026/sep/03/australia-economy-gdp-growth-rba-expected-raise-interest-rates-again

    “As it is, 0.4% growth is pretty crap.

    Sorry, but it is.

    Over the past 30 years, more than two-thirds of the time the economy has grown faster than that. Given the March quarter had just 0.3% growth, it means in the past six months the economy grew just 0.7% – essentially at half-speed.
    :::
    The biggest driver of the economy in March was investment in machinery and equipment (mostly stuff to go in datacentres); in the June quarter, because not as much of that equipment was bought, it was the biggest drag on the economy:
    ::::
    Except pretty much all of that datacentre equipment is imported – so what’s good for investment is “bad” for trade.
    :::
    And no one is going to be building a cafe near a datacentre to capture all the business it will bring in. Much of the “business” of datacentres will occur in other countries, and much of the profits will go there as well.”

  20. re Ven @8:0@

    A tipping point!
    One more term of Albanese government will embed EVs as preferred vehicles.

    The Coalition have to be kept out of office until the transition to renewables, including EVs, is irreversible, because they will reverse it if they can. Will one term do it? It took four Labor terms to embed Medicare.

  21. “Marles has been meeting with his US counterpart, Pete Hegseth. He was asked if he believes president Donald Trump’s ongoing conflict with Iran and the US’s posturing towards other countries had affected Australian’s trust in the two country’s relationship. He said:

    Our alliance with the United States is something that’s been built over decades. It really does transcend governments of the day.

    Our collaboration as two defence forces is really central to providing deterrence and building peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific, which is ultimately what underwrites every Australians’ safety.

    The alliance is as relevant today in a very challenging and difficult world as it has ever been, and it’s profoundly important that we are making sure that it continues to evolve and to grow and to meet the circumstances of the moment. And that’s what we’re doing.:

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/03/anthony-albanese-one-nation-jim-chalmers-labor-liberal-angus-taylor-tobacco-plan-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-6a98aa528f08a39acbb0ef83#block-6a98aa528f08a39acbb0ef83

  22. Entropysays:
    Wednesday, September 2, 2026 at 8:32 pm

    Here is Tom Cruise mentioning Melbourne in SF’s favourite movie.

    —————

    Entropy,

    I have no particular problem with your ongoing need to accuse me of being a brilliant genius, with a severe neurodevelopmental disorder, because at least one of those two things is almost certainly true.

    I understand that doing so helps you to better manage your own raging inferiority complex.

    Sometimes others, mostly through ignorance and lack of experience, can be quite precious around mental health issues. Please be a bit careful, so as not to offend those more sensitive.

    Love you.

  23. Taylormadesays:
    Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 8:55 am
    Savva 03/09
    Albanese convinced himself that segments of the interview, now folklore and not in a good way, were innocuous or inoffensive. Earth to Albo: your radar malfunctioned. Again
    _______________________
    That’s what happens when you have lived your whole life in the bubble.
    You just have no sense of reality.

    That’s so funny coming from you TM

  24. Revolutionary Quislingsays:
    Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 6:51 am
    Currently travelling, woman from Melbourne says she’s going to vote PHON. Doesn’t like the fact that her grandkids don’t have xmas carols at their end of year concert

    First the red bins and now carols at schools. I think some people need to stop using their internet to rot their brain and instead use it to look up what the different levels of government are responsible for. I look forward to the ON federal campain when they run on making sure the office fridge is always stocked with tim-tams and making the neighbour trim the creeper thats growing over the fence

  25. Polling seems to have settled into a new normal in recent months, with Labor in the high 20s, the Coalition and One Nation both in the low-mid 20s, the Greens in the low teens, and everyone else mopping up the remaining 15% or so. It’s probably a bit of a fool’s errand trying o work out what the 2PP might be from all of that, though smarter people than me seem to have Labor at around 51/49.

    The ongoing decline on the Two-Party primary vote share will mean preferences will be more important than ever in 2028, and perhaps equally important is where the parties’ votes actually fall. Intuitively, it seems likely to assume that One Nation’s strength is in the rural and regional areas, along with a few whiter outer suburban electorates, while Labor (and a rag bag of indies) seems likely dominate city seats. Quite where that leaves the Coalition is anyone’s guess.

    Of course, polling right now, while useful in creating talking points for people like us who like to frequent polling blogs, doesn’t really tell us that much. Mid-term polling is really asking people the question “what do you think of the government?”, which is one reason why governments routinely poll at their worst at this stage of the political cycle. By early 2028, though the question flips to “who do you want to run the country for the next three years?”. This is obviously a very different question, and one where Labor is probably best-placed to capitalise, much as they did in 2025.

  26. @

    davidwhsays:
    Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 9:03 am
    How can you have Christmas without carols

    Without much trouble if the Boxing Day Test at the MCG involves Australia v England, with a green pitch, Australia sending in the Poms and a full house.

  27. Current smokers have already worked out their supply methods.

    Someone currently paying $2 for a pack of smokes isn’t going to go back to legal sources because they’re now $2.50.

    On the other hand, new users WILL be attracted to start smoking if prices are lowered.

    I heard somewhere – and need to look for the sources! – that countries which cut the excise saw a rise in smoking. The UK, apparently, kept the excise high and focussed on education and enforcement, and their smoking rates have declined.

    My son suggests that police should have the power to ask smokers to show their cigarette packet or a receipt. If you can’t do either, you either pay a fine or supply the police with the details of your point of supply.

    I’m still for the prescription method. You buy your ciggies at the chemist, after a face to face consultation with your doc and a run of tests to determine your health status. (Again, if you’re smoking, the police can ask to see your prescription).

    Anyway, I’m sure that are more innovative approaches than simply giving up.

    Chalmers had a good response on RN this morning, pointing out that trying to reduce smoking levels is about more than raising money.

    After all, the end aim is for no excise to be collected from tobacco at all.

  28. Jaeger – The fire’s cause is likely to be a wiring fault. The turbines use water but the generators are made up of lots of wires and those are dry. Generator fires are not unheard of.

  29. Holdenhillbillysays:
    Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 8:14 am
    Coalition unveils plan to slash tobacco tax, legalise and regulate vapes:

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/coalition-unveils-plan-to-slash-tobacco-excise/107109642

    May the coalition of the unwilling, the One Nationers, the sunset Liberals and the historical Nationals maintain their regression.
    The health benefits of the tobacco use eradication just happens to be the most notable health initiative in the short history of white Australia.
    May the coalition of the unwilling continue to encouraging tobacco, promote SMRs, damming dry rivers, buying diesel buses, mining coal, opposing electric cars, threatening superannuation and demonizing both indigenous Australians and immigration for years to come.
    It will keep them confined to a minority for an eon.

  30. Im sorry but the story of tobacco is self righteous back slapping, precipitating into a crisis of an surging organised crime empires, and an enforcement cost rapidly approaching tax revenue.

    An excise cut might need to be on the table. Not 80%, but at least enough to close the differential between the on the ground price difference and the perceived risk of enforcement.

    To put in another way, if a smoker thinks they can save hundreds per week on illegal cigarettes, the enforcement (arrest, charge) risk must also be hundreds per week (and similar maths for the sellers).

    Some excise cut and some additional enforcement, meeting the problem is the middle.

    The left really risk looking stupid and misguided on this issue.

  31. Steve777 at 8.48am.

    “But that’s all logic and logic doesn’t work. Millions of peoples’ news feeds in social media are filling up with this sort of stuff, designed to stoke outrage, all funded by shadowy money.”

    I can’t remember the details and can’t be bothered looking it up but a few years ago there was outrage in WA because schools in the northern suburbs had banned christmas as a sop to moslems. Finally the claim was investigated and found to be a bare faced lie. No schools had banned christmas.

  32. Nicotine infused vaping got me off the ciggies.

    I didn’t use sealed units, as they do today. These are quite expensive as well as very strong in nicotine content. The vapour is very rough and unpleasant. Instead, I added the nicotine myself, saving a fortune (costs went from $25 a day for cigarettes to 25¢ a day for vaping) compared to using either cigarettes or pre-packaged vapes. Then, over a couple of years, I gradually reduced the dose of nicotine to next-to-nothing. Eventually I gave zero nicotine a try, realising the truth of what I had been told: smoking is both addiction and habit… kick the addiction and the habit will follow. It worked. I have been nicotine-free for 6 years now.

    I have no desire to go back to smoking. Vapes may well have saved my life. They have at least made it much more liveable and affordable. I do puff on a nicotine-free vape every now and again, but only “for old times sake”, and out of habit. Old habits die hard, but the vapes I use today have no nicotine and no combustion by-products, the latter being mostly what has killed smokers over the centuries.

    We all have our vices. Some people are addicted to alcohol. Others, to gambling. Even excessive gym workouts are a form of addiction. It’s whatever exercises the dopamine receptors. Smoking (although I was never a particularly heavy smoker) was mine. I found a non-combustion substitute, vaping, that took dosage out of the hands of cigarette companies, reduced the nicotine at my own pace, and kicked the addiction, after 47 years of trying. I call that a win.

  33. zoomstersays:
    Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 9:37 am

    Someone currently paying $2 for a pack of smokes isn’t going to go back to legal sources because they’re now $2.50.

    My son suggests that police should have the power to ask smokers to show their cigarette packet or a receipt. If you can’t do either, you either pay a fine or supply the police with the details of your point of supply.

    ————-

    Your son wants to give the federal police the authority to stop people on the street and demand they provide paperwork under threat of arbitrarily fining them unless they dob in their drug dealer?

    Peter Dutton tried something similar with brown people in Melbourne a few years ago, when he was Chief of the Gestapo, remember?

    Didn’t go down very well, if I remember correctly.

    And where on earth are you sourcing tobacco at $2.50 a pack? Can I have your dealer’s phone number please?

  34. Not satisfied with pretending they like our national anthem, now the right are pretending they like Christmas music too. What comes next? Pretending they enjoy going to the nightmare that is going to the shops four days before Christmas?

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