The Australian reports this fortnight’s Newspoll has Labor’s two-party lead up to 55-45 from 54-46 a fortnight ago. Kevin Rudd’s lead as preferred prime minister is up from 59-25 to 62-22. Graphic here.
Other news:
• The weekly Essential Research survey has Labor’s two-party lead down from 61-39 to 59-41. Also featured are questions on level of interest in the US election and the Rudd government’s performance on various issues, the big surprise of which is a poor rating on health – possibly a spillover from mounting disaffection with various state governments.
• The redistribution of Western Australian federal electoral boundaries has been finalised. Two changes have been made from the proposal unveiled in August. One involves nomenclature: the electorate name of Kalgoorlie has been decomissioned after a history going back to federation, with the originally proposed Kalgoorlie instead to take the name of O’Connor and O’Connor to take on the new name of Durack. The second is substantive: part of the suburb of Tapping has been moved from Moore to Cowan. My back-of-envelope calculation suggests this will boost the Liberal margin in highly marginal Cowan from 1.1 per cent to 1.3 or 1.4. Margins in other electorates remain as calculated by Antony Green.
• The Tasmanian Liberal Party hasn’t wasted any time getting its Senate preselection for the next federal election in order, and the big news is that the Right faction’s Guy Barnett has been demoted from number two in 2004 to the loseable number three. The new number two is Stephen Parry, who was elected from number three in 2004.
• Speaking of Tasmania, the ABC reports that EMRS has conducted one of its semi-regular 1000-sample state polls. No figures on voting intention are provided, but we will presumably be hearing more shortly.
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I don’t think stating the bleeding obvious counts, hombre.
“Leak or no leak the fact is it has and will do bugger all damage to anything.”
Apart from the Government’s promise to bring in a new era of transparency and accountability.
Oh please
Only in Queensland!
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24644885-952,00.html
Anna Bligh should call an election.
Nah, if she waits till late next year, these idiots in the “Pineapple Party” will continue to self destruct and she should go close to getting polling figures in line with the current federal ones.
if you want to have a squiz at the ABC blog on phonegate and Fielding, its overwhelmingly turning the whole matter into a miniscule nothing, i think theres only two blogs in all of them thats supportive of the coalition’s witch hunt.
http://abc.com.au/news/stories/2008/11/13/2418295.htm
How does Fielding say it affects families?
Won’t somebody think of the children???
403 – Dario, couldn’t put it better myself.
Sitting here watching this whole debate about who predicts what, why and how is a reminder to voterland that some pollies are good for port and some are good for lipstick
Turnbull has a l o n g way to go to catch up with the popularity of PM Kevin Rudd.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/web/twitter-turmoil-crashes-rudd-website/2008/11/13/1226318798926.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
“Apart from the Government’s promise to bring in a new era of transparency and accountability.”
itep – the governments promise to bring in a new era of transparency and accountability was referring to the government, not morally bankrupt and dishonest oppositions and pathetic lnp hacks masquerading as journalists behind the dodgy facade of the OO.
Tom.
ltep, the evidence shows that the government has tried to introduce more transparency and accountability – with the opposition attempting to stymie all the measures in the senate.
There is no comparison between this government and the previous one on this front.
My view about this all, is that hte media expect all new governments to struggle and have plenty of cokups and scandals to deal with in the first 18 months or so. Compare the first term of the Hawke and Howard governments to the incumbent. This governement has seen remarkably few cock-ups and no real scandals. Hence this ridiculous phone beat up becomes a huge affair with the pundits.
The rest of Australia doesn’t even notice.
You’re not wrong
scorpio @404
Imagine that happening in the days of Sir Joh. A tanked up Russ Hinze barging down the pavement, knocking over small trees and fruit carts! Don Lane scampering behind him snatching ice-creams off small children and hurling them into the gutter.
Another Qld Nat who would be right at home with the Conservative faction of the GOP.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/13/2418568.htm
Inner Westie @ 416,
It looks as though Stevens is a serial offender and doesn’t like sharing the bill if the other person has more expensive tastes. Doesn’t seem to like his colleagues much either. Seems pretty typical of the Coalition.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/13/2418536.htm
I think he was like that all the time, he owned a number of pubs.
QT only one question old and Julia already taking Malcolm to the cleaners
…..
Go Julia cut him to pieces
#420
Yes, a fresh, imaginative approach from Julia. Good stuff.
Care to share folks?
#423
She reminded the House of the recent phone call between Rudd and Obama, then asked members opposite to imagine the call between Howard and Obama (had Howard won the election), after quoting the entire text of what Howard had said about Obama, terrorism and Al Quaeda etc.
Dario,
Julia ripping into Malcolm about why the @#*($&*(#&$*(#&$*(# the Liberal party doesn’t apologize to Obama about the reckless comment JH made about him when JH was PM
….. that wasn’t all of it, but the best part of it imho 
scorpio @418
The old “mud crap and champagne on a split bill” trick! I reckon Stevens would have been planning his getaway from the moment the posh nosh was served.
(This story has Queensland political vaudeville written all over it …)
The managers of Russ’ pubs could never understand why, with good margins and high turnover, they always seemed to be in the red … until they spotted the big fella slurping away in the corner!
The best defense is a good offense
ie attack
Lindsay Tanner reminding all of the House that John Howard didn’t request money through formal channels before commiting to the Iraq war
……
427,428;
you can bet that Malcolm won’t ask any more phonegate questions today
allbull trying to get govt to pass laws re Govt G/- for banks so that fibs can block it in the senate. Tanner says this is within existing exec govt power.
allbull has had several cracks at this so far
fibs bi-partisan approach at work. Not.
Stevens is a cheap-scape 1st class too.
http://news.theage.com.au/national/qld-mp-denies-doing-a-runner-20081113-65wd.html
Bonhomie, eh. How to win friends and influence people 101. Don’t think there are too many friends among this lot.
Another example of why Rudd is so popular.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24645758-12377,00.html
Big Bob
Yeah few cock ups and scandles, apart from
Belinda Neal
Bank Guarantee causing market to crash 5%
Getting Neal Henry to take the fall on RBA governors concern over bank guarantee fiasco
Snobbing our 2nd biggest trade partner by not visiting Japen in first tour
Upsetting chinese premier by raising human rights issue before the olympics
and it is only the first year, but he is definitely doing better than the NSW ALP Government …. so far
Dovif
you are on crack if you think any of what you just mentioned is going to have traction with the electorate
Oh no! Not HUMAN RIGHTS, not those things! They are so annoying!
Am I right that the Opposition has asked Gillard only one question? They’re afraid of her.
fibs as ever full of hate and loathing
must be time for another leaflet drop in the seat of lindsay
Belinda Neal is a loudmouthed nobody – No ministerial scalps yet my boy.
Err right, the bank guarantee caused what? Hmm, maybe the fact that everything else in the world was crashing at the same time had a small amount to do with it.
If you think Ken Henry is taking a fall for anybody, you have rocks in your head.
Japan had way too many other internal political problems to give a rats about a visit from the new PM.
Bringing up human rights with China was a plus politically at home. China didn’t care, they still wanted our resources.
If that’s your list, then I reckon we are 1000% better than the previous two governments first terms still.
434 Dovif
Belinda Neal (Found to have no case to answer).
Bank Guarantee causing market to crash 5% (Most economists in favour)
Getting Neal Henry to take the fall on RBA governors concern over bank guarantee fiasco. (It’s Ken Henry and this is BS).
Snobbing our 2nd biggest trade partner by not visiting Japen in first tour (Opinion and found to be BS).
Upsetting chinese premier by raising human rights issue before the olympics. (So? We still have a great relationship with China).
Julia just hit hockey right between the eyes -
The ABC do definately seem to be going feral with regard anything reported concerning the Rudd Government.
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2008/s2418224.htm
“Lifeline”, spare me!
Dave,
Well, what happened?
hockey made detailed allegations re dean miles oseas trip – very detailed allegations.
Julia said inter alia we live in democracy, allegations need to dealt with by relevant authorities etc – but if member for nth syd, if he has such detailed info etc on the matter he shd take it to the police – failure to do so with reveal just the sort of person he is.
“Upsetting chinese premier by raising human rights issue before the olympics”
- Two-way trade approaching $US50 billion
- More students from China studying in Australia than any other group (70,000 in 2006)
- Negotiations underway for a bilateral free trade agreement
- China seeking direct shareholdings in Australian (and other) resource sectors due to its concern about future resource security and the ever increasing pricing power of exporters
Upset enough to jeopardize all this?
Source: ABC Radio Australia.
Hockey probably conveniently forgot that Rudd had Dean Mighel expelled from the ALP.
It shows just how desperate they are to hang anything on Labor.
Every time they shoot the gun they forget to aim and end up firing blanks.
Since Kevin Rudd had declared war on everything. The Chasers are suing Kevin Rudd for copyright violation.
Kevin Rudd had subsequently declared war on the Chasers, as well as Jelly beans, which are not very good for you.
He also declare war on old man walking. John Howard is no longer allow to walk in Australia with those stupid tracksuits on
By the looks of this LNP crew, they probably run up quite a bill every time they eat out. No wonder they like to try for the fleet footed discount.
http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2008/11/13/15301_local-news.html
I heard that he still does. He now wears the bottom half for the top which hides his head, but has a problem with the other part because his dangly bits are now exposed through the hole for the neck.
Janet isn’t amused.
re mighel
just cos he is union boss=boo,why not the employer reps who were with him as well on the trip.
double standards reign supreme among the fibs
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