A big public kissy-kissy party in the House of Reps after the vote, to rub the electorate’s collective noses in it, probably didn’t do much to help either: TONY Abbott would be handed an overwhelming mandate to abolish the carbon… Read More ›
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Opinion polls: how to get the answer you want
The Sydney Morning Herald is in a state of high excitement today, as a new poll gives it a “two fingers up to deniers” moment (admittedly copied almost verbatim from the UK equivalent, The Guardian here): EUROPEANS believe the dangers of… Read More ›
Labor values closer to Coalition than Greens
In yesterday’s post, “Who will Julia alienate next?“, I should have included Labor voters in the list of past examples, since her alliance with the Greens after the election betrayed her mainly centre-Left base to a bunch of extreme environmental… Read More ›
59-41: Newspoll disaster for Labor
Could we see Labor on sub-40%? Very possibly if they carry on like this. And Tony Abbott now leads Gillard by a clear margin as preferred PM: JULIA Gillard’s personal support has plunged to a new low as Tony Abbott… Read More ›
Labor abandons its core vote
… in favour of an urban green intelligentsia. Summed up by that front-bench schoolyard bully Anthony Albanese, ridiculing the Convoy of No Confidence: “The Convoy of No Consequence outside. The Convoy of No Consequence, Mr Speaker. The Convoy of No… Read More ›
Labor's death spiral
There is no respite for Labor. Julia Gillard has talked of everything except the carbon tax, and her popularity, and that of her government are still at record lows. As I have said before, people have simply switched off to… Read More ›
Few voters taken in by carbon tax bribe
It appears that a few Australians have fallen for the carbon tax propaganda over the last couple of weeks, lifting support for Labor by a couple of points. I guess that was inevitable: a small number of wavering voters were… Read More ›
It gets worse: Labor 39 – Coalition 61
Could it get any worse? Apparently, yes. It’s like watching an aged relative die a slow and painful death. The time has come for Labor backbenchers to put this government out of its misery, show that they still have some… Read More ›
Poll: 60% oppose the carbon [dioxide] tax
In the first poll to be taken after Julia Gillard’s announcement of the carbon [dioxide] tax on Sunday, the message is clear: AUSTRALIANS have given the carbon tax the thumbs down, with 68 per cent saying it will leave them… Read More ›
Labor's support in free-fall
And this is before the carbon tax was announced: LABOR’S support has slumped to a record low, with the Coalition sitting at all-time highs as Tony Abbott extends his lead as preferred prime minister over Julia Gillard. In the two-week… Read More ›
