The Australian reports that Labor’s lead in this fortnight’s Newspoll is down slightly from 57-43 to 56-44. Kevin Rudd is down three points as preferred leader to 65 per cent while Brendan Nelson is up two to 14 per cent.
The latest weekly Essential Research survey shows no change in Labor’s long-standing 58-42 lead. Also featured is a national-level question on state voting intention which suggests collective primary vote support for the state Labor governments is 7 per cent lower than for federal Labor (40 per cent compared with 47 per cent), although Coalition support is only 3 per cent higher (38 per cent compared with 35 per cent). Further questions involve federal Labor’s performance on various individual issues, and attitudes to the balance of power in the Senate.
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#394 Harry
Agree !
Shananhanahan should pick up on that great narrative – “Cunning Kevin and the 6 states and 2 territories”
Kerry O’Brien had a big smirk on his face on the cross back to him.
401 and I loved the “yes there has been some criticism about a lack of a narrative… thanks Paul…”
Was wondering , th Lord Mayor of Brisbane is th Liberal Party’s most senior elected official in ‘oz’ , who is th Liberal Party’s second most senior elected official in ‘oz’
No Ron he is not a Liberal anymore just your common garden variety Pineapple Party member since the Clive Palmer buyout there are no major Liberal posts anywhere of note.
I seriously doubt that people who oppose fuelwatch have ever owned a car or stopped to buy some petrol in their lives. For goodness sakes, show some imagination.
The price of fuel can vary as much as 25 cents a litre on any given day. You are basically playing two-up every time you stop to put petrol in the car. With fuelwatch, you won’t even have to check the prices on the net. The fact that prices will be displayed will create greater cosistency and competition among retailers.
Grocery Watch is a completely different ball game. However, I am sure that in the future customers will be able to instantly and efficiently obtain prices on the net as if you are walking down the supermarket isles yourself. At least we will all know that the idea originated from the Rudd government, and we will all know forever, opposed by the most useless opposition led by Brenda Nelson of all time.
I hate that word “narrative”.
LOL – Thanks Mr Rudd for Fuelwatch your the best!!! I love all the Labor hacks who talk like Kevin Rudd is the tsar looking out for his people from Moscow.
There is afterall a reason they called the show “Hollowmen”.
Mmm, what’s this I see in the water? A fishing line. Nah, I think I’ll give that one a miss.
Ahhh poor ESJ, doesn’t realise that the recent Hollowmen episodes were written under one J. Howard lol
I was able to catch the back half of QT today. I started watching when Tanner was answering a question, and it was so noticeable that Gillard and Bishop were having serious words at each other across the chamber.
There was Julia shaking her head with a great big gorgeous smile on her face. Julie B looked so frustrated LOL I thought she was about to have some kind of inner body experience.
If fuelwatch is not introduced the fuel companies should be stopped from obtaining or accessing the prices of other sellers in the market
has th new Q’ld ‘Liberal Party’ that was to be formed with some MP’s (subsequent to new Pineapple Party’s formation) seen lite of day Steve (can not find much news of it)
You believe what you need to believe Dario if it makes you feel better.
LOL GB,
Give me some more of those vintage GB quotes to support GB arguments.
Instead of “I think therefore I am” we have “I posted before therefore I am correct ” in your case.
dave
#412
“If fuelwatch is not introduced the fuel companies should be stopped from obtaining or accessing the prices of other sellers in the market”
Believe its a privately owned site , where Retailers freely provide there prices , not sure it can be closed , of course they do it to massage prices against consumers and not to give consumers th lowest price
One of great advantages of FuelWatch is rerquirement to posts prices 24 hours in advance , and I do not accept arguments FuelWatch in WA or anywhere does not depress prices , to me its commonsense it would
So any Stats that allege otherwise my reaction is you can make figures give any answer you like , but you can not beat is peoples sense of what is realistic and what is a bullsh.t figures report conclusion So am all for FuelWatch whatever its imperfections if any
qanda is raising some curlies re zion and its nuke arsenal
quiet enlightening
The WA site is run by the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection, which is a State Govt site, while fuelwatch.com.au is a private site and is NOT affiliated to the WA scheme.
sorry rest of post went into space
i was going to say that this show is going from strength to strength and if anything is an example of what auntie should be promoting-open and frank discussion
411 Centre – Bishop is not coping well with opposition. She and Hockey I think are the one’s struggling with it the most.
All this Yank flag waving is too much for this old aussie sheila to stomach,
at least our Kev writes his own speeches, boring maybe, but what you see is what you get, straight from the horses mouth, and that’ll do me.
Those ‘effin’ nausiating loud mouth posing egotistical limelight whore septics with their Hollywood style bullshit extravaganzas make me wanna puke. full of piss and wind the lot of ‘em.
“while fuelwatch.com.au is a private site and is NOT affiliated to the WA scheme”
That is site would think can not be closed by Govt action as its for petrol retailers ‘benefit’
Absolutely Vera !
vera @ 421. Perhaps you could have a word with Bushfire Bil?
421 vera – I wish you wouldn’t pull your punches and say what you really think. Well put though.
Grog @ 420,They’re all struggling with it. Perhaps Julie Bishop and Joe Hockey (lordy, how it must gall him that his supposed friend, whom he described as being unready to by PM, is) do struggle the most, but I’d be betting Peter Costello must be writhing in unfulfilled narcissitic angst.
Just aving a laugh folks.
Harry I reckon bushfire bill is a great writer and should apply for the recently vacated position as Editor of the Age.
Say whatever you like about the cigar chomping Bill Clinton. He was good, he was good and he was fantastic. He still looks and sounds like a present day POTUS. Pres. Obama should make him the Secretary of State.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121988803885278541.html?mod=todays_columnists
“apply for the recently vacated position as Editor of the Age.’
Actualy I’d like to take over as Edotor of th ‘oz’ , and bring Shanahanahan under my trainings in both lingo and what makes fact instead of spin , and what makes
blalance instead of imbalnce
People do not mind a story with constructive ctiricism of a party , but object when storys ar regularly slanted making only rusted on uninformed consevatives happy
FINNS
if they mix up th votes at convention , Billy may get nominated again
Amigo ronnie, dont know about you. but why is it that Obama has to be propped by so many strong women in his life.
* His mum
* his grandma
* his wife
* hillary
* nancy pelosi
* his daughters
Poor ESJ… the denial continues…
Amigo , well 3 of those he’s subsequently ridiculed in public & ran th bus over
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Contrast to Kevin07 is so stark , there would not be a major domestic policy of Obama that Kevin07 would support , nor his laissez faire economics , nor his zero support for Kyoto , yet he speaks dazzlingly , and Kevin speaks so blandly , guess we aussies prefer somone fair dinkum rather talking bullsh.t ..even if it sounds inspiring
Just watching BBC on then latest research data on whales. The whales are losing their fat and their blubber is thinning due to CC.
This kinda in line with my own research because I have been telling my wife that I will also lose weight due to CC. So no wonder Kevin07 is so thin as well.
“I have been telling my wife that I will also lose weight due to CC”
rather ingenious argument there , suppose you’ve “explained’ to her what remedial cures there ar to offset this
Amigo, she always said i eat like a whale. so i have now the good science on my side.
Finns what about the Flippers are they shrinking too?
I’m watching the nutters on Fox and they are about to tell me about bill clintons body language, wink wink nudge nudge!
Yuk! they just had on a photo of the Snake Oil salesman
I throw bricks at the TV everytime he appears but the bugger’s so oily they just slide right off!
she’s just so lucky to hav a scientificaly minded husband thinking of her interests
Vera, yes the flipper is me, dolfinn, and i am shrinking too.
i dont mind that much about the oily one but I CANNOT stand the wife. Something about Michelle.
she sorta sneers a lot doesn.t she
well she’s just a lucky lady , held senior job in hospital at $100,000 per year , month after hi State Senatorial electon there she was getting $300,000 a year , can not help good luck , only in th US of A
Whats happened is a sheer accident of history George Bush is probably th worst president in US history , abused institutions , set up Gitmo & proceeded with Iraq war , people genuinely were desperate for a change & get away from his terrible legacy , and luck has it a brilliant orator arrives on scene saying all right things so inspiringly
People understandably just jumped onto th Obama bandwagon offering “change’ , pity is in there eagerness after th terror of bush years otherwise very intelligent people just did not closely examine his history nor his written policys…WHAT is worse HE cunningly snake oil salesman warned th people that his detractors would attack his ‘history’ & ‘policys’ !! (reverse pschology) so the “committed’ simply hav taken no notice of anything adverse (he forwarned them ) Pity Al gore was not running , or genuine other ‘left’ candidate
Spot the flaw in the accuracy of this headline regarding figures from a survey.
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24256474-952,00.html
I meant the flaw in the opening paragrah.
candidateS (any)
The Rudd government has been in 9 months and these figures cover the last two years ie 2006-7. So our friend Craig Johnstone wants to conclude on these figures that “THE Rudd Government’s education revolution has stalled for Queensland school-leavers, as more than a third opt for a job over further study.”
Where do they get these reporters?
yep Gary , there can be no school leavers from year 12 under Rudd till end of this year Both headline and story should hav howards name on it a that what figures frefer to , rather than smearing Rudd falsely , alot of people will read it unknowingly thinking rudd has not succeeded
Listening to Senate , can not undrstand opposition to FuelWatch & criticism of GroceryWatch , because EVEN if currently hav teething problems , they still must be benefit to consumers being even more aware of grocery prices & petrol prices , and making big Food chains at least ‘think’ twice As we go along new schemes can always be fine tuned , rather than saying hav nothing
446 “Where do they get these reporters?”
He’s just another Curious Snail cheer squad leader for the Pineapple Party. Their main brief seems to be to churn out another antiBligh story each day.
Ron,
I think the main benefit of FuelWatch is peace of mind – people wouldn’t have to worry that the next servo down the road might have better prices, as they could have already checked on-line. I don’t see it actually increasing competition – if anything it may lead to greater unformity in prices between service stations. The expert opinion seems divided (some departments, from memory, said it would increase prices) but I don’t think anyone is saying it makes a massive difference.
The Liberals are foolish to oppose it. It isn’t going to be a big deal one way or the other and the Liberals would be well advised to let the public work that out for themselves – as it is, there’ll now be two years of “we tried to help but the Liberals wouldn’t let us”. The Libs should abstain from the vote.
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