Newspoll has come a day early – or six days late, depending on your perspective. Key findings of the survey, which was conducted over the past two days:
• Labor’s two-party lead has blown out to 58-42 from 54-46 at the last Newspoll three weeks ago (although Peter Brent’s “rough calculation” had it at 55-45).
• Fifty-seven per cent believe the stimulus package will be good for the economy, and 48 per cent believe it will make them personally better off. Support is inversely proportional to age.
• Labor is up five points on the primary vote to 48 per cent, with the Coalition’s down three to 36 per cent.
• Kevin Rudd’s approval rating is steady on 63 per cent, and his disapproval up one to 26 per cent.
• Malcolm Turnbull’s approval rating is down one point to 44 per cent, and his disapproval is up seven to 38 per cent.
• Sixty-three per cent believe the government is doing a good job managing the economy, and only 33 per cent believe the Coalition would do better.
Other news:
• The Greens’ parliamentary leader in New South Wales, Lee Rhiannon, has quit her Legislative Council seat and declared her intention to run for the Senate (UPDATE: Not quite – she has “informed the party that when federal elections are called, I’ll resign to stand for Federal Parliament, if I win preselection”). Brian Robins of the Sydney Morning Herald says Rhiannon “appears to be positioning herself to replace the party’s federal leader”. She may have her work cut out: the only time the Greens have won a seat in the state was when Kerry Nettle got in on One Nation preferences in 2001. Generally the problem has been that Labor are too strong in the state for the Greens to get ahead of their third candidate. Two scenarios for success suggest themselves: one involves the Greens gaining at least 5 per cent on the Coalition on the primary vote, which would raise the possibility of a result of three Labor, two Liberal, one Greens; the other is a double dissolution.
• Linda Silmalis of the Daily Telegraph reports the Coalition has been “desperate to find a high-profile candidate to take on Maxine McKew in the Sydney seat of Bennelong”, which it hopes “will be enough for Labor to consider transferring McKew to a safer seat”. It doesn’t sound like they’re having much luck: among those to have knocked back the offer are Kerry Chikarovski, former Opposition Leader and member for the locally situated state seat of Lane Cove, and Andrew Tink, former Shadow Police Minister and recent departee from state politics.
UPDATE: Essential Research has Labor’s lead at 61-39, recording no change from last week. Nothing on the stimulus package (Essential Research advises there will be a “truckload” of such data next week), but includes the usual leadership questions showing Rudd holding up and Turnbull going backwards.
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The Iron Bar Clown doesn’t get many gigs at kid’s parties these days. He’s too scary. He still does the occasional warm up act at kickboxing contests though.
Only 50 posts to go!
Who is “flat out counting past ten”
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Does anybody know how the print version [ not the online] of “The Advertiser” in SA portrayed Xenephon this morning?
Negatively,positively neutrally?
In fact how did they portray the whole thing?
he was offered the Arts but thought better because country and western was classified as one music form.
When dangitt, any good ole boy knows it is two distinct types.
Barnaby in the lower-house and Costello as opposition leader is the premium dream team. Rudd will be sweating at that thought.
Over all negative, the editorial said he should put the Murray Darling is a very important issue, but on this occasion he had to put the national interest above state interest.
2955 “Barnaby in the lower-house and Costello as opposition leader is the premium dream team”.
bree yeh for Labor
Too much like hard work. Costello prefers the hammock and a cushy global economy.
This is how things will hopefully look after the 2013 federal election:
Prime Minister- Peter Costello
Deputy Prime Minister- Barnaby Joyce
Treasurer- Malcolm Turnbull
Minister for Education- Julie Bishop
The interlude music on the live broadcast from the House is pretty bloody awful!
Libs trying to take credit for Greens X’s and fielding ammendments now. Dutton just told Sky if the Libs hadn’t blocked the bill these extras wouldn’t have been gained. Wally!
She’s already failed at this, why give her another go?
I still find it so incredibly amusing how people like Bree have such delusions. The public hate Costello. The sooner Bree realises it, the better, because if it happens, it’s a looooong way to come crashing back down to earth.
NOBODY LIKES COSTELLO!
Except rusted on Liberals that is.
And serfdom in the workplace for your children, eh, “Bree”?
Thank you ShowsOn
The online version is very positive.
But they voted against these amendments!
http://failblog.org/2009/02/07/marriage-fail/
They are in backwards wanker upside down world.
There’s no other explanation for it.
They’re baackkk.
Do we know what time the Reps meets?
Newsradio is broadcasting proceedings from the reps as well
ltep
Why let a few fibs get in the way of a good story
This should be good.
I see the young Libs are getting into those halucinogenics again. Lay off that stuff, please Bree.
Once again, the Tiser showing what an adroit understanding it has of national politics.
The House has started
REMEMBER, the coalition parties can’t handle Friday sittings, so expect them to go bat$hit insane with cardboard cut outs and stuff.
The big question.
Can Joe Hockey hold it all together?
Let the beefo begins!!!!
Rudd putting the knife in straight away with double twist.
Yeah they should be loudly demanding question time!
No penalty rates, that’s why they don’t like it!
Prime Minister- Peter Costello Vs Kevin Rudd
Deputy Prime Minister- Barnaby Joyce vs Julia Gillard
Treasurer- Malcolm Turnbull vs Wayne Swan
Minister for Education- Julie Bishop vs Julia Gillard (would put Sexy Maxy in btw)
Bree – can i start laughing now?
Abbott must’ve been off eating stronganoff, he didn’t realise that Hockey had arranged with Albanese for Rudd and Turnbull to have a spray each on indulgence.
Hockey will love to lick the egg off his fat face with his big fat tongue.
There are NO Greens on Murrindindi Council! There are No Greens in the Victorian Government! All the state and Federal politicians in the area where the bushfires occurred belong either to the Liberal, Labor or National Parties. Why arent they to blame then????? After all it is not the Greens in power but others who have all the fire policies in their hands! Wilson Tuckey just has a hatred for anyone who doesnt want to either dig eveything up or bulldose it flat! Tuckey better not be too cheeky because at the next election Green voters in his electorate will be better informed to preference the Nationals before The Liberals and therefore , Goodbye Wilson! That almost happened last time!
The Finnigans, when Bree gets shot down by even GP, you know she can’t be anything but dead wrong.
she/he/whoever Bree is.
Wayne Swan is the future opposition leader!
Someone in the opposition just called the schools package “a waste of money”
Bree has just removed any lingering doubt that she’s giving us a comedy act.
No, he is the current TREASURER.
‘Someone in the opposition just called the schools package “a waste of money”’
Of course. The coalition doesn’t believe in nation building. They think money should be taken out of education/health/infrastructure. Australia went from one of the highest to one of the lowest ranked OECD countries in these areas under the Howard government.
Gotta strip those pay and conditions off workers. Serfdom in the workplace for your kids is a great idea, hey, “Bree”?
Bronnie does a Tuckey!
I wonder if Turnbull will refer to the Government as the Opposition again today.
Expect a highly indignant, fired up response trying to justify the untenable position they placed themselves in right from the word go.
If Bree is as good as the Brie Cheese. I will give her a good lick
Oh no, it’s Madam Beehive!
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