Galaxy: 56-44 to Coalition
Galaxy has published its first poll of federal voting intention in two months, and now as then the result reflects the overall polling trend: the Coalition’s two-party lead is at 56-44, compared with 54-46 last time, from primary votes of 49% for the Coalition (up two), 30% for Labor (down four) and 13% for the Greens (up one). Three further questions elicit a general mood of hostility towards the government, only one of which strikes me as being particularly instructive: 52% express support for a no-confidence motion and an early election, against 38% opposed. When Essential Research asked simply about support for a new election in early March, the results were 44% supportive and 46% opposed. The poll was conducted over the past there days from a sample of 1012, with a margin of error of about 3%.
UPDATE: Consolation of a sort for Labor from Essential Research, which at least doesn’t echo Galaxy’s finding of appetite for a new election (support down two since March to 42%, opposition up two to 48%), but their voting intention result has deteriorated yet further. The Coalition now leads 57-43, up from 56-44 last week, although the changes on the primary vote are slight: the Coalition is up one to 50%, with Labor and the Greens steady on 31% and 11%. Other questions find overwhelming support for the government’s aged care reform package (61% against 7% opposed), although 62% concede they know little about them. It was also found that 39% supported agreed with Joe Hockey’s sentiments about Australians receiving too much assistance from the government, with 33% disagreeing.
Categories: Federal Politics 2010-
The Finnigans
“Fibre To The Node one of the biggest mistakes humanity has made
As tony windsor said 18 months ago ,do it right and do it now,fibre to the home lets do it now and do it only once,not abbotts patchwork nightmare.
by Schnappi on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:15 pm
Boinzo
There is a poem in there somewhere. Or maybe a bit of offensive political doggerel.
by Boerwar on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:15 pm
BW, BH, just a little irony to enliven the evening, though believe me that if they think they can be described as WET then all I can say is they are WETting themselves.
by fiona reynolds on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:16 pm
Wile E. Coyote has not conceded yet, either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJJW7EF5aVk
by joe2 on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:17 pm
See all of you later.
I want to concentrate when media watch does SBS trouble. Hadley going off. All those commentators in print. Media Convergence Report. Yet Media Watch choose now to do SBS Afghanistan coverage. Must be a doozy.
by guytaur on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:17 pm
by lizzie on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:18 pm
Paul Keating on 4 corners next week.
by guytaur on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Poroti , that link at 1429 had gmorris@bartondeakin.com.au on someones comment about getting in contact with redneck morris.
by Lord Barry Bonkton on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:19 pm
guytaur
Do you know on what subject he will appear?
by BK on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:20 pm
More International attention we don’t need! Australian billionaire Clive Palmer to build Titanic II
by OzPol Tragic on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:20 pm
Peg you are right, Labor is a dangerous disgrace obviously you, Tony and every thinking Australian will be much better off after 18 years of Abbott rule while Labor disbands and the greens build from 10% to 51%. I’m gonna send in my resign from labor email tomorrow … oh wait …
by WeWantPaul on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:20 pm
BK
Land Rights case.
by guytaur on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:21 pm
guytaur
Love keating ,without him howard the countrys worst treasurer would have been in deep poo.
by Schnappi on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:21 pm
I have precisely 16 minutes in which to prepare myself for the Puff Adder on QandA.
by BK on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:21 pm
I have precisely 16 minutes in which to prepare myself for the Puff Adder on QandA.
by BK on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:21 pm
BK
Mabo and after effects
by guytaur on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:21 pm
Thanks guytaur.
by BK on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:22 pm
Boerwar. Don’t be sore. I don’t mind a bit of diswits it’s just them Libs what give me the sh*ts. I also like some offensive political doggerel. But I don’t get why them Libs even bother at all…
by Boinzo on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:23 pm
BK
Are things still hot for your herpetology?
by Boerwar on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Well no doubt he’ll be on it.
by WeWantPaul on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:24 pm
B
Not sore. No worries. Peace, Bro.
by Boerwar on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:25 pm
WWP. Nah. He’ll be the iceberg…
by Boinzo on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:25 pm
The question is, when he let pairs of all sorts of things get on the Ark, did Noah get it wrong with Clive and Tony?
by Boerwar on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:26 pm
BK
Have restraints been added to your chair, all movable objects out of reach, tv behind a shatter-proof screen?
by Puff, the Magic Dragon. on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:26 pm
How many years did it take to build the first titanic
I didmt know we had a ship yard here with this capability .. is he building that first
by my say on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:26 pm
I am just recording this for posterity, so far PM Gillard is to be killed by:
1. Burning – http://polliepomes.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/tony-abbott-witch-picture.jpg
2. Put in a bag and dump into the sea – Alan Jones
3. To be shot at: ”walking around with targets on their foreheads”. – Tony Abbott
4. To be smashed: “Their baseball bats aren’t there for Anna Bligh, they’re there for this Prime Minister” – Tony Abbott
5. Kick to death – Grahame Morris
6. Not to mention being crucified by the #MSMhacks daily
by The Finnigans on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:26 pm
BK you should read chapter 10 of part i of Paul’s Afterwords to prepare, if you haven’t already. Cried the first time I read, teared a little the second.
by WeWantPaul on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:26 pm
Media Watch should be renamed ,like “The Lies Media Tell To Confuse the Gullible”mainly murdoch untrained sleaze.
by Schnappi on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:26 pm
@WWP/1819
New version of the Ice-burg?
by zoidlord on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:27 pm
BK, please no premature election & rejection
by The Finnigans on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:28 pm
Not sure, but whatever happens it is a tragedy, not a comedy.
by WeWantPaul on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:28 pm
Finns:
Have you done a list for things said about Abbott here?
by Mod Lib on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:28 pm
ML:
“Labor in Disarray!”
“ALP Dump Another PM!”
“Second ALP PM Knifed – Unprecedented!”
“The Return of Sussex Street!”
“Abbott Labels Government ‘Dysfunctional’!”
“Abbott Calls For Election Now!”
Sure, that’d solve everything. I know what you’re after, but wishing won’t make it so.
I think that, given the choice between hurtling headlong into an immediate election and implementing good policy for another 18 months and then seeing how things are, the ALP are probably going to take the second option.
By then Mining Tax, Carbon Pricing, Tax Cuts and NBN will be firmly entrenched, and by the sound of things policy will be in place to ensure they’re irreversible. That will at least limit the damage Toxic Tony and Calculator Joe can do to the economy.
The downside of it is of course having you on the verge of orgasm for another year and a half. But it’s a small price to pay.
by Aguirre on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:29 pm
Titanic was designed with the latest in technology and what they thought was the utmost of craftsmanship. Using the latest in technology and with a vision of grandiose things in store for it, the Titanic plans were introduced in 1909 and the ship was put into action on May 31st, 1911. Construction was headed by Harland Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland and the Titanic was designed to be a bigger and better version of her little sister called the Britannic.
Titanic construction was funded by American industrialist J.P. Morgan and
by my say on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:29 pm
I did a quick scan through earlier posts to see if there were any comments on what taht noted ALP hater, Bernie Fraser, had to say on 7.30. Didn’t see anything and am wondering why?
Fraser is clearly not in favour of a surplus and pointed out that it had government fiscal policy working in an opposite direction to the RBA if the RBA drops interest rates tomorrow as expected.
He also noted that the HIP and BER gave government spending a bad name.
I part company with him there as I believe both were good programs, appropriate at the time and generally a success. However, they were not defended by the government to the extent they should have been and the name of the BER was so overblown that it invited ridicule.
by bemused on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:29 pm
http://www.titanicuniverse.com/how-long-did-it-take-to-build-the-titanic/1265
by my say on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:29 pm
Finns, at this stage all that’s missing are death by (1) hanging, (2) garotting, (3) axe murder, (4) suffocation, (5) gassing, (5) umberella, and (7) plutonium.
Eighteen months to go? Time yet.
by fiona reynolds on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:30 pm
Tony has been indoctrinated by nasty side, jesuit mindthink perveyors, and will turn Australia into a hell on earth.
by joe2 on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:31 pm
The programs were great, the Abbott slander and media morons gave government spending a bad name without either needing to bother with either a reality check or a fact confirmation, Tony’s pressers were enough, I mean the written release ones, and the three word slogans at the 30 second presser. Obviously he didn’t stop long enough for them to challenge anything, and they got on the bus and started doing jokes about how bad labor was and forgot all about it until they got back and just typed out Tony’s kind notes for them and pressed ‘publish’.
by WeWantPaul on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:31 pm
Bemused. I did shout at the tele while Bernie was talking. Does that count?
by Boinzo on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:32 pm
Boerwar, Finns, Puff and others.
It’s going to be a trying 55 minutes!
by BK on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:32 pm
standing ’round kicking the dirt waiting for a poll are we?
by middle man on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:33 pm
Have you a screen in front of the TV?
Removed heavy, TV smashing potential projectiles from the room?
Should have started on drinks an hour ago.
A bucket?
by imacca on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:34 pm
fiona reynolds,
Perhaps add could die of boredom listening to abbotts daily lies why we have to have an election who is a toxic government that is the envy of th world
by Schnappi on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:34 pm
was it confirmed that Morris did actually say ‘kick to death’? if so… i am speechless… what have we come to…?
by middle man on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:35 pm
Mod, please dont ask me to do the dirty work for you
by The Finnigans on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:35 pm
Wow, if it aint Angelina and Pitt on Q&A with Mirrabella and Reith
by Centre on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:35 pm
Jones setting QandA up for Gillard failed meme.
by guytaur on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:36 pm
Rebella?
by This little black duck on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:36 pm
Transcript of Bernie Fraser on 7.30 tonight:
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2012/s3492320.htm?site=hobart
Bernie Fraser was RBA Governor and Treasury secretary in previous decades but says he is losing hope of seeing the competitive, compassionate yet fair country he fought for in a critique of both sides of politics.
by Pegasus on Apr 30, 2012 at 9:37 pm