Yet another bad poll for Brendan Nelson, this time from Morgan who have combined two weekends’ worth of face-to-face polling after going quiet last week. This has Labor’s two-party lead up to 61-39 from 58.5-41.5 at the previous poll conducted on June 7/8, which was also face-to-face. Labor is up from 48.5 per cent to 52 per cent on the primary vote, with the Coalition down from 36 per cent to 34 per cent.
I have also obtained complete results from the Essential Research poll earlier in the week which showed Labor leading 59-41. Included are demographic breakdowns and attitudinal polling on Kevin Rudd, climate change, the Senate and “Igaunagate”. Turns out the company does its research through an online panel, similar to what ACNielsen were doing during the election campaign.
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So now ‘heading in the right direction’ equates to a ‘Government Confidence Register’. FFS, when will he realise there is SFA correlation between his polling on TPP and Primaries and his bloody heading in the right direction question?
For Frank from an earlier thread.
Frank,
Why bother with Howie? He came over to Sydney a few years ago, carried on like a dork and ending as an asterisk rating on 2SM which, in turn, vanished from the ratings itself. In truth, his audience here really could have fitted into the proverbial phone booth. Not to disparage smaller cities, but he was a joke in the big smoke and I can’t think of a single reason why the same would not apply in Perth.
Then again, I was over there a few years back when an Aussie girl broke the world record in pole vault. The fact that she was an Aussie was basically ignored but THE POLE was manufactured in WA, thereby making it a WA world record and therefore nothing to do with the hated eastern staters. It can be a strange place…
Another bad poll for the Tories. Brendan Nelson must be painfully aware of the Grim Reaper closing in on him. Question is: who will the Reaper be? Allbull? Puppet Costello? Tony Rabbott?
At least Morgan analysis is closer to the mark than shamahamanan (you know who I mean):
“Roy Morgan Qualitative Research shows clearly that while the electorate is concerned about economic issues, it does not see the L-NP as a credible Opposition. If an election were held now, the ALP would be easily returned due to the weak Opposition. ”
While I think this is a little harsh on Labor by implying that a credible opposition would romp it in, it does suggest that the ‘great economic managers’ reputation has slipped from the Libs grasp.
William, your link to the Essential Research poll only leads back to this latest Morgan Poll.
From previous thread.
@Just Me
Malcolm Mackerras predicting in the event of an NT election that there would be a swing to the opposition of 5 seats and more, but not enough to form government.
Named Brennan, Drysdale and Goyder as first to go.
Thanks Gary, now fixed.
Well Brenda is really cutting through.
Who would be Shadow Treasurer under Abbott?
In the NT it all went down after Marshall Perron called it quits in his deal with Shane Stone. Stone thereafter trashed the credibility of the CLP with his overt attitude to Indigenous issues and self interest. The little B used to be my Minster many moons ago.
Kina 9 – How about Luke Hartsuyker? You know – that clown sitting to our left of Joe Hockey.
Abbott reportedly had 6 supporters when he put his hand up for leader after the last election (and I really want to know who these 6 are!). I doubt he will be leader next. And I don’t believe that Malcolm “Look at Me” Turnbull will be the next leader either. The conservative faction in the Libs will never give him a shot willingly so he would need the numbers to do it. He might have come very close last time, but his performance lately (post-budget, his website, paying for research on himself etc.) will have turned a lot of the party room against him. My guess is he wouldn’t have the level of supporters that he once did in the party. My guess is that Mincham will put another useless puppet on the throne…either Hockey or Bishop.
Kina @ 9
Abbott and Costello?
Dave,
A leadership team of Abbott and Costello does seem apt for the Liberal Party at the moment.
The question is who’s on first ?
Perversely, perhaps we should hope the Nationals have a huge victory in Gippsland tomorrow, which would keep Brenda in the big seat until the end of the year, and thus the Liberals sink further into the shit! I’m sure Labor prefers things the way they are at present!
Did I actually read somewhere that Nelson was suggesting he expects the ALP to win Gippsland?
He must be the most pathetic political point scorer this country has seen.
Which state or territory was the last to go Labor (and thus giving Labor every state and territory) and when?
After Malcolm Turnbull’s deranged comments about Dr Henry this morning I definitely don’t want to see him anywhere near the leadership.
Anyone who would use a critically endangered animal, and one he should’ve done more to protect when he was Environment Minister, to score a political point is lower than you can imagine.
So much for being a more progressive, small ‘l’ liberal. At least it’s what you’d expect from someone like Abbot.
Put someone decent in the job please.
Brenda is playing silly buggers. He is positioning himself to say to the media “See I am a terrific leader – Labor could not win Gippsland”.
Will his party believe him?
LTEP
I agree with you.
One thing it does though, is raise my opinion of Henry, what a great thing for him to do.
It makes me realise that he may be just the kind of person required to look into tax etc. Willing to help – not just look after himself.
The News Ltd and the Liberal Party attack on Ken Henry today left a bad taste in my mouth! He is entitled to a holiday, and so doing something to save endangered species is a bad thing?
I agree with Mr Shanahan form The Australian; This poll clearly indicates that Rudd is a one term governement.
The SA election in March 2002 was the last time a conservative government lost power.
So it’s been over 6 years now of all-Labor state/territory governments.
I reckon Costello would be perfect to play Abbott’s deputy. He’s perfect. No-one does Deputy Liberal Leader like Peter Costello. He was so good no-one wanted to move him out of the role. It’s like Kim Beazley as Opposition Leader. No-one could deliver a concession speech like Kim.
Thanks Ben.
I’m a bit of a fan of Northern Hairy-nosed Wombats.
So here is a site for those of you who may not be aware that…”The northern hairy-nosed wombat is classified as critically endangered and is one of the rarest animals in the world.”
http://www.australianfauna.com/northernhairynosedwombat.php
Recently a second colony was established elsewhere, splitting the current estimated total population of 115 animals.
Knowing that Ken Henry is an active wombat fan enhances my respect for him, how the hell did he survive the Howard years?
LTEP @18:
They can’t .. and even if they could they wouldn’t.
Interesting and accurate take (having just watched QT each day) on Joe Hockey.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/annabel-crabb/much-wailing-as-joe-becomes-jonah/2008/06/26/1214472672175.html
What did Turnbull say this morning about Ken Henry?
Julia even impresses Peter Hartcher. Wonders will never cease.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/peter-hartcher/curtin-call-an-excellent-debut/2008/06/26/1214472672972.html
Tim, Malcolm Turnbull criticised Ken Henry for taking a month off to caretake for a colony of Northern Hairy-nosed Wombats. There are only 115 NHNW left and they are listed on some lists as the second most critically endangered animal on Earth. They’re looked after by volunteers, who agree to stay at the park for a month at a time in very basic conditions. The volunteers are most definitely needed to maintain the dingo-fence and to ensure no wombats get stuck in traps. One night in the early 2000’s dingos killed 10% of the NHNW population, which goes to show what an important job it is.
Honestly, I don’t know what point the Shadow Treasurer was trying to score. The fact that Dr Henry has prioritised looking after such a critically endangered animal should be applauded not ridiculed.
Again, I urge those of you who don’t know much about the plight of the northern hairy-nosed wombat to do some casual reading sometime because it really is very sad. Also, think about talking to your local member about the urgent action that is required to ensure the survival of the population.
Also, hope it’s not minded if I post a link to a video on the ABC website about recent efforts to save the wombat:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2008/05/09/2240696.htm
Really off topic but it’s an issue I feel very strongly about.
Is Piers even now becoming a joke with other news ltd. opinion writers? http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/jacktheinsider/index.php/theaustralian/comments/a_dim_light_shines_on_darkest_africa/
PS. read the replies .. priceless
a sample
Jack the Insider
Fri 27 Jun 08 (12:22am) Piers Akerman says Kevin Rudd can solve the problems of Zimbabwe by having a word in the ear of Hu Jintao. It was a silly piece of ratbagery as I’ve every come across. Today, Piers thinks Rudd and FIFA can solve the Zimbabwean crisis. Still think he’s spot on, do you?
sorry if this is in 3 posts im new to this cut/paste malarky
LTEP
“Really off topic but it’s an issue I feel very strongly about.”
Me too.
I attended the 1994 First national Cobference on Wombats at which time there was thought to be only 75 NH-nW animals left.
Establishing a second colony was recommended over 14 years ago, but it has only just happened at a cost of $3 million, which, lets face it, is chicken feed.
And, by the way, the situation of the Southern Hairy-nosed Wombats, although superficially appearing much better, is in fact quite precarious.
And the same can be said for a lot of other animals in theis country, Mallee Fowl for example.
We really have a disgraceful record, one which should be higher on the political priority list.
That Essential Media poll that Billbowe’s provided has a major flaw in it that overestimates the ALP vote.
If you look at the demographic breakdown, the final age category is 50-65 years of age.
You’ll also notice that the sample size for that cohort has been overweighted. That’s because they seem to be using that group to not only represent the 50-65s, but also as a surrogate for the 66+ demographic that they probably dont have enough online participants of that age to use.
The big problem here is that the Coalitions strongest voting demographic by age is actually the 65+ cohort – it’s the only age cohort where they dominate to any large extent.
The 50-65s are boomers – they’re an entirely different group with completely different voting dynamics.
This poll probably blows out the ALP primary vote by about 2% and the TPP by about 3% from a real rough back of the envelope calculation.
The only way they could get around it is if they are playing with the responses from that 50-65 cohort and and adding a Coalition premium onto the component of it that is supposed to represent the 66+ group. But that would be foolish and is a thing usually done in the US, not here. Either that or they’ve made a printing mistake… but that doesn’t ring true either considering the vote estimates.
Perhaps Turnbull was confused and was thinking of the Northern hairy armpitted feminist of the germanist greerus variety.
I remember reading this article last year about Ken Henry if anyone’s interested -
More than enough dirt under his fingernails
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/more-than-enough-dirt-under-his-fingernails/2007/04/06/1175366473874.html?page=fullpage
He’s the real thing
So thge MSM and their lib mates criticise Rudd for driving the public servants too hard and then criticise Swan for letting one have a holiday. P*ss weak reporting.
Tom.
From Jack the Insider’s blog:
A glimmer of hope from a recent column by Dennis Shanahan. He points to the gap closing in the latest Zimbabwean Newspoll results and his analysis indicates that Mugabe will be voted out.
hehehehehe
You know if this keep up there is going to be some very depressed people over at the Australian.
dartboard @ 6
On the face of it, Brennan, Drysdale and Goyder are certainly up for grabs, however the demographics and politics of the NT is changing. It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that because those seats were historically strong CLP seats, that the last election results were just aberrations, and they will naturally and reliably return to the CLP in due course. They might, or more likely, they are now marginal seats either way.
Brennan is probably the most likely to go, as I think there was a substantial personal vote against Denis Burke last time around. but he is no longer in the picture.
The retirement of conservative independent Loraine Braham from Braitling (which has always been effectively CLP) will almost certainly return that seat to the CLP.
I still think that regaining maybe 3 seats is the best bet for the CLP at the next election. They have no hope of gaining government.
Kina @ 10
In the NT it all went down after Marshall Perron called it quits in his deal with Shane Stone. Stone thereafter trashed the credibility of the CLP with his overt attitude to Indigenous issues and self interest. The little B used to be my Minster many moons ago.
Not to mention his appalling arrogance and grab for power in the statehood debacle. Stone was probably the worst thing to ever happen to the CLP.
Here is another link that is also helping the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat and many other endangered marsupials around the country!!!!!
http://www.esf.org.au/
LTEP@30: Thanks for the info.
“18 LTEP Says: After Malcolm Turnbull’s deranged comments about Dr Henry this morning I definitely don’t want to see him anywhere near the leadership.”
This is a major flaw with Turnbull. He has lots of self confidence but no political nous.
He has tried to undermine the RBA, ACCC and head of Treasury a few times. I believe all people see these as independent non political creatures and most would be aware that they came from the Howard era. The attack is pointless. It does no harm to the government and no political good for Turnbull. He just comes over as being a bit precious.
Leaders don’t snipe over trivia at political or non-political figures, it only shows them as small minded.
The idea of the head of Treasury and endangered wombats would be a positive image maker for Henry. It humanises him.
I believe Bishop was trying to fly her flag for the leadership lately using the Rudd has a chaotic mind biz.
Save me! Save me!
I just read the original Akerman piece (link below). I’ve always thought the man was deranged, but now it’s obvious he’s completely lost it. Mugabe is Rudd’s fault!
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/piersakerman/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/regime_shames_australia/
bring on turnbull – he stuffed the republic – he’ll certainly stuff the libs even further. I remember going out with a girl at uni whose parents lived near Turnbull. Even these blue bloods could not stand the arrogance of Mal and Luce
OH GAWD! if Esmerelda becomes leader then labor is guaranteed being in government for over twenty years–and thats not healthy.
You know the liberal party is so dysfunctional at the moment it is hard to guess what they will do. I just wish they would get on with it so whatever comes after a Liberal party controlled by right wing nutters happens.
@ 41
and now, in a not very secret squirrel moment, Dave Tollner declares himself as a candidate for Fong Lim.
I see Matty Bonson is advertising a BBQ this weekend as Matthew Bonson MLA, Fong Lim.
I guess that resolves any Chris Natt moves.
I can’t wait to hear from the Murdoch press after this week-end with headlines screaming “Rudd’s Honeymoon is Over”. I think that will be about the fifth time they have called it since Rudd became leader of Labor in December 2006!
That’s a real mess for the ALP up that way: two of their most talented ministers for one winnable seat. If Bonson is going to take Fong Lim, surely it’d make some sense to consider slotting Natt into Fannie Bay or Nhulunbuy, where Clare Martin and Syd Stirling are retiring.
It’ll be interesting to see how Garry Lambert goes, but I suspect he’s screwed unless he runs in Port Darwin, and even then I suspect Sacilotto is probably safe for this election at least.
Drysdale, Brennan and Goyder look pretty likely wins for the CLP, but I would be surprised if they went much further than this this time. Also wouldn’t be too surprised if Warren hung on in Goyder, although the redistribution doesn’t help.
In the interests of balance etc – is there anybody out there – even you, “Glen”?? – prepared to defend or explain Nelson and Turnbull’s actions in associating themselves with the attack on Ken Henry for daring (1) to take a holiday at all and (2) (worse) spending it helping save endangered species rather than skiing or snorting coke or whatever high achievers would be forgiven for doing and (3) mainly of course for having intelligence and integrity
I remember thinking in 1975 the Whitlam govt was doomed when it was clear there was public warfare between them and the professionals in Treasury. Nelson was of course already looking simply so dispensible, but I think Turnbull has just pressed his own flush button with this one.
The Ken Henry story (or non-story) was odd. Henry is entitled to holidays like anyone else. If he had of been taking time off to go to visit relatives would the Liberals have attacked as hard? I doubt it, but it was a “green” cause they just wanted to attempt to discredit Henry a little in the minds of talk back radio listeners.
One of the biggest liablities the Public Service has at the moment is people have not been using their leave up, which in causes planning headaches as everyone wants to take it at once.
although the redistribution doesn’t help.
Indeed, it throws a bit of a spanner in the prediction game, and I admit I am not up to speed with the new changes.
Garry Lambert is an interesting candidate.
Surely these sitting members would better serve their party by staying put and contesting their marginal seats, rather than retreating to safer territory.
Things may not be as grim as they look: all those seats picked up at the last election will no longer contain the personal votes of the former CLP members. And if you look at recent election cycles other states, the opposition parties don’t always rebound strongly from landslide defeats.
Interesting that, as Turnbull and Nelson prepare to go on umpteen weeks holiday, they choose to criticise Henry for doing the same.
And if public servants are such apparent bludgers and shirkers, why was the Opposition defending them against being allegedly overworked just a few short weeks ago?
These clowns – Nelson and turnbull – are just so much of a joke. They’re embarrassing.
BTW. All those “Turnbull will take over and that’ll be a good thing” artists from a few months ago: I told youse he’d show up in his true colors eventually. And he has. We’ve had a few tossers as PM in our history, but none so bad as Turnbull would have been. I think he sees the writing on the wall for his ambitions, too, and this explains a lot of his recent dummy-spitting.
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/wa-liberals-heading-for-annihilation-analyst-20080627-2xzq.html
More bad news for the chair-sniffing Troy Buswell. Political analyst, Edith Cowan University senior lecturer Peter van Onselen, predicts “disaster if not annihilation” for the WA Liberals at the next election. He is commenting on NewsPoll figures for Buswell:
52 % dissatisfaction rating
26 % satisfaction rating
Alexander Downer “certain to announce his resignation next week”. Sydney Morning Herald, 28 June 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/parties-agree-opponents-will-win/2008/06/27/1214472770873.html
Roy’s poll gets a mention in The Oz.
I smell a rat. Will there be headlines like “Despite Labor’s 61-39 lead they were unable to win Gippsland”.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23935664-12377,00.html
Loved this. another OO bootstrapping campaign.
Start off with a little bit of discussion among Cabinet members, nuances of points of view, that kind of thing. But call it “Splinters Cabinet”… a run down of the OO’s on-line front page:
And, as night follows day, sum it up via an Editorial, predicting gloom, doom and vicious infighting among the Rudd lackies (actually, they all hate him, you see):
You might even be able to write another story claiming the Rudd government is a “oncer”, as apparently someone did at the A-A Leadership meeting in the States (but of course, we didn’t get to find out who it was).
Torches? Pitchforks? Villagers?
After they went after the Rudd Monster last week because his cabinet was in crisis (or was it totally under the thumb of a “control freak”? I lose track sometimes…), the villagers’ blood will be up. Maybe they can burn him at the stake for the second time in a fortnight?
As stories like this go, it’s a pretty weak one, but we did get the concept of a “one term government” in the form of the word “oncer” tacked on. The voters only need “permission” to think the unthinkable, according to Glenn Milne last week. When they receive this permission from Murdoch’s hacks you know and Rudd is O.U.T. in 2010. Or so the theory goes…
BB – Isn’t it good the OO has failed to move public opinion because the vast majority of the public don’t read their BS and of those who do at best 50% would believe anything they write.
well.. someone is on the ball about the NT
http://www.abc.net.au/elections/nt/2009/redistribution.htm
I’ve been laid low with the flu the past week but it’s good to see Kev is still receiving plenty of praise.
“The UN secretary-general has praised the Australian federal government’s commitment to multilateral diplomacy.
“I welcome the renewed and strengthened activism of the Australian government to strengthening multilateralism,” Mr Ban told The Weekend Australian newspaper in his New York office.
He heaped praise on Kevin Rudd, recalling his first meeting with the prime minister in Bali at the climate change summit.
“When Prime Minister Rudd was first inaugurated, the first act he took was signing the Kyoto protocol in Bali in December last year,” Mr Ban said.
“He became a hero at the time. There was overwhelming welcome and applause, and praise for him by the member states.”
Mr Ban has met with Mr Rudd several times in New York and at the NATO summit in Bucharest.
“I am very happy to work with Australia and particularly with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd,” he said.
He also endorsed Mr Rudd’s proposal for an Asia-Pacific union.
http://news.smh.com.au/national/un-praises-rudds-multilateral-approach-20080628-2ybf.html
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dartboard Says:
well.. someone is on the ball about the NT
Antony Green?
Looks like a good analysis. Though I am still not sure that Brennan is notionally Labor, but we shall see before too much longer.
#64…
But, but… I thought Rudd was a foreign policy failure, his office was a shambles, his Asia idea was pure spin, he’d upset the Japanese and kow-towed to the Chinese, plus wrecked the Alliance.
I read somewhere that the public was hankering for a new Opposition leader so they would then have “permission” to vote KRudd and his bunch of Labor Losers out at the 2010 election, so Joe Hocvkey, Peter Costello and Brendan Nelson (or Malcolm Turnbull) would show us all how to run a country properly? You know… solve climate change by doing nothing except taking 5c a litre off petrol, reinstitute alco pop tax loopholes, pay everyone one-off bonuses around election time, cosy up with theYanks again, and call Belinda Neal’s behavior “disgraceful”.
Was I dreaming?
I have no doubt there is robust discussion on Climate Change and the Garnaut Report in Cabinet and the existence of different strongly held views within the Cabinet. If it was Howard’s Cabinet there would be total agreement with what Howard said and little real discussion.
This is probably the most important and politically sensitive issue that Cabinet has to deal with this term. It is no wonder Murdock’s group are digging around early and trying to stir up trouble. After all they don’t really believe in this stuff anyway.
With the polls showing up the Opposition and Rudd’s Gov’t streets ahead, I can see the Murdock papers and their fellow traveling mates the Libs getting more and more vicious in their criticisms. They are becoming more than frustrated and more than desperate – I mean, no one (so far) is taking any notice of them. Stupid voters!!
How does Shanahan know what is going on in Cabinet? Is he hearing little snipets and then making up a story himself? Is it ALL imagination? Or is it the PS?
Cabinet meetings are supposed to be secret. An attack like this is really an attack on our country. I am sure that is no exageration.
Anyway I expect more viciousness from this part of the media as this unfolds. I mean there could be a balance and a series of articles on the infighting of the NSW Liberal Party and other States but I don’t expect to see it!!
Pick holes in this argument. What a joke. Are these reporters for real or 14 years old?
“Dr Nelson today received a louder ovation than Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at a civic reception in Brisbane to welcome home soldiers from Iraq.
However, he played down any thought this could follow on to today’s poll.”
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23936860-5003402,00.html
Rodent was the Army’s pin up boy don’t forget. He loved nothing better than posing in a flack jacket with the boys. So I guess it follows that his daughter Brenda would be well received lol.
What about every poll in the land saying Brendan is as popular as a t..d in a swimming pool?
“It’s certainly very tight and you would expect in an environment where the government is only seven months into the job and in a bit of a honeymoon, the government would do strongly.”
So now its official from the mouth of Brenda – The Honymoon is not over.
Of course in that 7 months Brendan expects the government would have changed the world by now. He is all over the shop.
Brenda has diarrhoea of the mouth and sprays sh*t whenever he opens it.
Careful, Vera, or you may have ASIO knocking down your door for revealing state secrets!
Gary 68
The Courier Mail is really an awful rag. You are right about the intellectual level regarding politics – I think it would be equivalent to about 14 years of age.
But I suppose you could say that about any of the Murdock tabloids.
Does Hunt annoy you like he does me? What a moaner. No alternative policies or ideas, just snipe, snipe, snipe. Here’s his latest “effort”, for want of a better word.
http://news.theage.com.au/national/garrett-whale-of-a-flop-at-irc-meeting-20080628-2yes.html
This really does typify the approach of the Libs at the moment.
Address of Essential Research is 377 Sussex St
Address of ALP is 377 Sussex St
GB 76
Early on I thought he sounded like one of the better Fibs. Have become disenchanted with him.
Geoff
377 – 383 Sussex street is a big multi storey building. There are hundreds of tenants.
I don’t think Sky Noos would be referring to Essential Research data if they thought it was associated with the ALP.
Gary: I can well believe 12 year olds are being employed as News Ltd journalists.
Thanks for making that Essenial Research available William.
One thing that really struck me was that 2/3rds of coalition supporters thought the government was not doing enough on climate change. Only a small minority thought they were doing too much (suggesting that coalition supporters are more keen on action on climate chnage than Labor supporters).
You would have thought, listening to the coailtion in parliament, that their supporters would believe Rudd was doing too much.
Murdoch of course is not silly. By employing low grade and low skilled hacks to run and write for his papers, with little principal and low moral fibre and that can pick up every dog whistle from the master, well thats how he gets the results wanted. He made sure to employ people easily manipulated and with limited intelligence.
We shouldn’t wonder then that the The Australian and the other murdoch papers are probably the worst quality papers in the Asia Pacific region.
Even the Bangkok post often attempts to be honest with their politics and they have a murderous military hacks looking over their shoulder. Yet our local rags endeavor to promote a talentless mob in chaos and to undermine the government, who it must be said are in a different higher league in the talent stakes.
He would have been better off and got better quality at a lower price he he had gone straight to the Young Liberals for his journalists and managers.
The managers of The Australian and has turned the paper into a worthless rag, barely worth the paper it is written on.
I am guessing these journalists are suffering from suddenly becoming irrelevant and that has increased their hatred of the government and Rudd. They have a real government now that wont feed them billions in free advertising gifts.
What makes it worse for them all now is with Howard gone their is no hiding that they are low quality hacks.
Speaking of biased Journos, WA STate ALP Secretary Bill Johnson got stuck into The West Australian at this weekend’s State ALP Conference.
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23937210-2761,00.html
ruawake Says: June 28th, 2008 at 5:12 pm Geoff 377 – 383 Sussex street is a big multi storey building. There are hundreds of tenants.
Hmmm
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck.
I can only say that, in dealing with assorted denizens of that building (and others nearby; and even renting part of one) over more than 25 years, the ALP pulse beats strongly throughout it.
Well done Les and Jenny. Brumby will loose the next state election
There are plenty of results from Essential Research that don’t favour Rudd and Labour.
Here’s one: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23799748-5005961,00.html
Easy to google up more.