Comments on: Newspoll: Turnbull 34, Nelson 18

By: Lose the election please

Lose the election please — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 08:36:38 +0000

marky marky… Laming is in front by 94, not 7.

PeterOf Malvern it looks like they’ve completed counting in McEwen. If a recount found a draw (and that’s very unlikely) they’d have to hold a by-election.

Someone here mentioned the Coalition being a shoe-in to win the next election with only 11 seats to regain? Not necessarily true at all. Each election is an election in itself and noone can say with certainty what will happen. Will the Liberal Party be able to present themselves as something electable? Will Labor make any huge stuff ups (think WorkChoices)? I’m perfectly happy in the fact that we’ve gotten rid of this lot of jokers and have at least 3 years without having to worry about what new policy they’ll enact.

By: marky marky

marky marky — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:26:45 +0000

Bailey behind by 7 and Laming in front by 7.

By: marky marky

marky marky — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:10:10 +0000

I think if it is a draw, their will be another election in McEwen.

By: PeterOf Malvern

PeterOf Malvern — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:07:19 +0000

Labor is ahead by 7 votes in McEwan as at 16:10.
What happens if it is a draw?

By: marky marky

marky marky — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:44:30 +0000

Bill you are spot on. Along with people from the Institute of Public Affairs. The Labor Party believes in nothing but economic rationalist tosh, look at New South Wales State Party now selling Electricity, fair dinkum where do these idoits get off, here in Victoria we have done the same and you get knocks on door and phone calls during dinner spruiking competition which is just plain incorrect their is none, because when you adjust the certain offers they generally equal the same costs. The sale is about helping the rich again, whilst in New South Wales Labor will head to a crushing defeat next time, and put simply they will deserve it.

By: Greeensborough Growler

Greeensborough Growler — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:59:00 +0000

Bill,

It was more a reference to the great Catholic takeover of the Libs. Abbott, Pyne, Turnbull, Andrews etc.

By: bill weller

bill weller — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:34:48 +0000

Greeensborough Growler Says:
December 7th, 2007 at 12:18 am

Ron @ 1202,

All the DLP nutters are now in the Liberal party. God bless them!

I would say they are all in the ALP. Wasnt the rightwing SDA a big part of the DLP?

By: Socrates

Socrates — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:15:39 +0000

Poor Kevin Andrews. He has missed out on a Shadow Ministry!

Never mind, he still has an opportunity to regain the public spotlight. The AFR reported that one of the outcomes from yesterday’s Cabinet meeting was that there would be a judicial inquiry into the Dr Haneef affair. Hurray! At last the selfless Mr Andrews will get a chance to put his case in public without being hindered by national security reasons. His actions will be judged by a lawyer, with the evidence out in the open. I bet he’s looking forward to that

Funnily enough, after having been threatened with disbarrment for the crime of defending his client, I suspect Dr Haneef’s lawyer is too.

By: Basil Fawlty

Basil Fawlty — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:52:43 +0000

Mr Squiggle says:
“Doesn’t that make it just 11 seats for Nelson/Bishop to win in 2010?

With the act-of-Howard-removal out of the way, surely there will be some swing back to LNP in previoulsy safe seats like Dawson and Page

I just don’t know how to fill in the time until it happens”

Easy Mr S, just keep practising your self-delusion, that should pass the time!

By: fred

fred — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:35:38 +0000

wysiwyg at #1246
“I’ve been reading about the fires on KI and the man found dead, with smoke blanketing Adelaide and further afield.”

Thanks.
I needed that info.
A couple of hours ago I smelled smoke and went for a drive to see what was causing it. Had me worried.
I live in the Murray a 100 plus kms east of Adelaide and, I’m guessing, about 200 plus north of KI.