Essential Research: 58-42 to Coalition
This week’s Essential Research poll gives Labor its worst result since the company opened for business in 2008: a primary vote of 29%, down two points on last week, and a two-party preferred deficit of 58-42. The former is particularly alarming for Labor, as Essential typically has Labor’s primary vote a few points higher than the phone pollsters. The Coalition and the Greens are steady on 50% and 11%.
With respect to the economy, 66% allowed that it had performed better than other countries’ over the past few years (although this was down from 70% in August last year), with 15% believing it to be worse (up from 10%). In the event of another global financial crisis, 42% would better trust the Liberal Party to deal with it than Labor, on 25%. Forty-six per cent anticipate the economy will get worse over the next 12 months against 23% who think it will get better (the figures when the question was asked a year ago were 37% worse and 27% better).
Sixty-two per cent believe a politician accused of an offence should stand down from their positions, against 27% who believe they should be allowed to continue. Questions on banking suggest the public to be well to the left of the elites on these matters: 55% would support the establishment of a government-owned bank, 74% forcing banks to charge rates in line with the Reserve Bank, 81% capping chief executive’s salaries, 92% limiting bank fees to the costs of the service and 59% a super profits tax on banks (the numbers opposed were respectively 23%, 16%, 12%, 5% and 21%). Fifty-nine per cent would support a levy on large transactions of currencies, bonds and shares, with 16% opposed.
Categories: Federal Politics 2010-
Andrew Robb on Lateline. Go Emma -Australia’s high debt relative to whom? Robb really struggling with that obvious retort?
by Rossmore on May 8, 2012 at 11:01 pm
“Robb the Knob”
by Last name red wombat on May 8, 2012 at 11:02 pm
Just a heads up here from LiberalHQ re budget:
by Space Kidette on May 8, 2012 at 11:02 pm
2816
Tanks are useful for fighting land battles with non-guerrilla armies. Australia has not done that since the Korean War. There is less and less of this kind of war. They are also useful for crushing protests if you are a brutal regime and Australia better not be getting one of those.
Also Australia is an island and so an Army is not as much use to us as other and so should e less of a focus. We may not even need a standing army to defend us. Our defence should focus on the Navy and the Air Force.
Not all defence spending is good defence spending.
by Tom the first and best on May 8, 2012 at 11:03 pm
Frame that claim from Robb – a budget surplus of $15M under the LNP. Anyone think that is credible?
by Rossmore on May 8, 2012 at 11:03 pm
@TheKouk is tweeting Lateline – which is very good as Alberici gifted airtime for a buisiness hack to whinge. TheKouk corrected his stupid points regarding mining boom, growth and productivity.
And now we have Penny Wong, a class act. Alberici tries to interrupt, but she’s not having it.
And now we have Robb – and it’s trust, “cooking books”, bribed, increasing debt .. eeech
So glad for this tweeting thing, @TheKouk is very good.
(In answer to Robb comparing OS debt) @TheKouk “The last time the US had a debt level as low as Australia’s peak level of 9.6% was 1918 #lateline”
@TheKouk “Mr Robb misunderstands the difference between gross and net debt ”
“10 year govt bond yields at all time low after Budget: a big tick from global investors”
It’s good to have an economist tweeting, whilst Alberici allows bullshit from Robb be freely transmitted.
by David McRae on May 8, 2012 at 11:04 pm
This interview may take a while
by Last name red wombat on May 8, 2012 at 11:04 pm
mailed into peoples bank accounts…….silly old bastard
by Last name red wombat on May 8, 2012 at 11:05 pm
Emma: they VOTED for the $900 cheques! Go on, tellhim… you know you can do it.
by Bushfire Bill on May 8, 2012 at 11:05 pm
Swamprat – oh my god – Tanks were lost in Battle? Really???
No one has yet to build an undestroyable tank and never will. When you run over a mine that will lift a 60 tonne tank and land it on its’ roof – it’s pretty hard to avoid being destroyed. Mine warfare is a bitch.
Conversely they look like pin cushions with fin rounds sticking out of them when shot at from the front by other tanks.
Having served in Leopard AS1′s I am a big fan of the Leopard 2. M1 was a better by – cheaper and better interoperability.
by Compact Crank on May 8, 2012 at 11:05 pm
back on the mogadon?
by Last name red wombat on May 8, 2012 at 11:05 pm
@TheKouk “Maybe the Budget should have included funding for aiding the economic literacy of the Shadow ministry”
by David McRae on May 8, 2012 at 11:05 pm
And this silly prick, Robb, thinks he’s leadership material?
Back to the looney bin, Andrew. Do us all a favour.
by Bushfire Bill on May 8, 2012 at 11:06 pm
lynchpin,
Yes, i saw that – there is no difference – both are names referring to language translation sites.
Babblefish is a name based on Babel Fish from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, one of my favourite books. I linked to the Yahoo language translation site for Babelfish -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babel_fish_(The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy)#Babel_fish
by Pegasus on May 8, 2012 at 11:08 pm
Robb : benefits for people on low income = bribe
Benefits for the rich = Ehh, ummm, eh ummm…..
by Rossmore on May 8, 2012 at 11:08 pm
Where’s evan. I thought he’d be here telling us what Rudd thought of the budget.
by Gary on May 8, 2012 at 11:08 pm
rummel 2374
http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-missed-it-but-growth-will-accelerate-20120506-1y70a.html
R i g h t ……
by muttleymcgee on May 8, 2012 at 11:08 pm
Good to see the Turnbull loss carry-back policy was adopted in full by the budget.
Turnbull blog from May 2010
http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/blogs/malcolms-blog/henry-tax-review-tax-loss-carryback-recommendation-ignored/
by bluegreen on May 8, 2012 at 11:09 pm
Dio
According to one of the articles I read on the West’s Rose was reported to have killed at least one of Fred’s children and participated in the mutilation of a couple of others not to mention her physical and mental torture of the other children.
In regard to Bathory, it is difficult to find real facts but even taking into acount the fictionalisation of her history over time there would have to be some basis of fact. Reading on SK it is rare to find a female one and those that do don’t usually kill strangers, it is usually families but if they do it is usually for financial reasons. Male SK on the other had usually kill for sexual reasons, rarely financial and not ofter from their own families preferring strangers.
by HaveAchat on May 8, 2012 at 11:10 pm
rummel is hoping for a recession.
by Gary on May 8, 2012 at 11:10 pm
Budget Bottom Line: this is a Budget for those that vote, rather than for those that whinge.
by Bushfire Bill on May 8, 2012 at 11:11 pm
How is that Turnbull’s idea? The Henry Review came up with it.
by Gary on May 8, 2012 at 11:12 pm
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/cardinal-backs-away-from-threat-to-sue-twitter-20120508-1yamk.html
If Pell is that upset he should simply have a shower of toads rain down on her… or doesn’t that work anymore?
by Tom Hawkins on May 8, 2012 at 11:12 pm
budget for people that actually spend
by Last name red wombat on May 8, 2012 at 11:12 pm
Compact
does “interoperability” mean: it’s what the Yanks want?
Why is that important?
by swamprat on May 8, 2012 at 11:12 pm
SK
And this is one of the benefits of any pokies legislation, firstly it stops the pain that families are feeling and secondly almost every dollar not spent in those filthy machines will be spent in the retail sector.
by HaveAchat on May 8, 2012 at 11:13 pm
The Greens & The Oppn said we are not giving the 1% tax cut to small business. So Govt said we give it to the punters, u know it makes sense
by The Finnigans on May 8, 2012 at 11:13 pm
@2853 – you are obviously unaware of the use of tanks in Vietnam. Perhaps you should go and ask some Infantry veterans about whether tanks were wanted in low level/asymetric threat warfare.
Tanks can be highly effective in asymetric warfare – they provide protection, mobility, firepower, communications as well as strategic weight and psychological presence.
The 3% real growth was to catch up after the Hawke/Keating Fiasco of the 1987 Defending Australia White Paper by Dibb that thought we should be focussed on three men and a dog. Jesus Christ ona stick – East Timor almost didn’t happen because the Army had been so gutted by that stupid policy approach.
Can you forecast 15 to 20 years into the future and tell me we will not be required to be in a conventional battlefield, either in Australia or anwhere else?
Tank regiments are like Dinner Suits – you don’t need them very often but when you do, nothing else is acceptable.
by Compact Crank on May 8, 2012 at 11:14 pm
Compact
They were lost more in guerrilla combat, hardly battle, home made bombs and RPGs
by swamprat on May 8, 2012 at 11:14 pm
yes, lets use the reserve bank figures which have been over inflating the grown in the economy since Dec. So much growth they slashed intrest rates by 50 basis points.
by rummel on May 8, 2012 at 11:14 pm
as did GP when his brain exploded on evening a few years ago. I still have a copy of his post so in case he ever makes a run for parliament.
by Tom Hawkins on May 8, 2012 at 11:15 pm
Rummel is a snob
by swamprat on May 8, 2012 at 11:16 pm
What happened to Ali Moore?
by Last name red wombat on May 8, 2012 at 11:16 pm
GetUp Campaign: http://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/foreign-aid/moral-surplus/deliver-a-moral-surplus?t=dXNlcmlkPTQ0MzM0LGVtYWlsaWQ9NzYw
Tim Costello, World Vision: http://worldvision.com.au/Issues/Transforming_Lives___Child_Sponsorship/What_is_this_about_/Before_Budget_night_show_your_support_for_ove.aspx?lpos=HP_Events
by Pegasus on May 8, 2012 at 11:17 pm
2874 – interoperability – strange as it may seem – whether it is a UN Operation, NATO, or Australian led – we operate in Coalitions. Interoperability is critical.
by Compact Crank on May 8, 2012 at 11:17 pm
Gary
2009 budget reply from Turnbull pre-dates the Henry Review
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/turnbull-lauds-tax-carryback-scheme/story-e6frg6n6-1225697639551
by bluegreen on May 8, 2012 at 11:17 pm
Tom the first and best
Well done for getting Complete Crank to go off and play with his toy tanks
leaving the politics to the grown ups
by Tom Hawkins on May 8, 2012 at 11:18 pm
WHY AREN”T WE ALL GETTING FREE MAC PROS?
by ShowsOn on May 8, 2012 at 11:18 pm
A teasing updating version of BISONs is in progress – beauty sleep beckons – more tomorrow – http://thefinnigans.blogspot.com.au/
by The Finnigans on May 8, 2012 at 11:19 pm
2878 – Battle is Battle. Are you saying we should risk more soldiers lives and not use tanks just because it is asymetric warfare?
by Compact Crank on May 8, 2012 at 11:19 pm
Blatant lie.
The Greens wanted the tax cut for small business only and not for big companies.
http://afr.com/p/national/pm_flags_journey_on_company_tax_zrKXh5Pmjq8UuDCNpjGy0K
by Pegasus on May 8, 2012 at 11:22 pm
Perhaps Amanda Shalalala is to blame.
by William Bowe on May 8, 2012 at 11:23 pm
Who exactly is this Amanda Shalalala PBers keep referring to?
by confessions on May 8, 2012 at 11:25 pm
Showson
The govt are investing $280 million into a feasibility study into manufacturing the AussieBook Pro in Adelaide.
by bluegreen on May 8, 2012 at 11:25 pm
Ozymandias
Nicely spotted, I will pay that
by mexicanbeemer on May 8, 2012 at 11:25 pm
Peg
50% support is not support. Its a sell out of the Party you signed on the dotted line.
by rummel on May 8, 2012 at 11:25 pm
Peter Hartcher as per normal:
http://www.smh.com.au/business/federal-budget/gillards-great-big-plea-for-forgiveness-20120508-1yb4e.html
“It is her way of asking the disgrunteld Labor voter to give her government another look.”
“The prime minister is seeking forgiveness for her broken promise on carbon tax, and doing it with money, a sure token of sincerity.”
etc etc BS
by zoidlord on May 8, 2012 at 11:26 pm
If you’re fighting across Europe, but how are they to be transported across the north of Australia during summer?
How are they to be transported to an offshore location?
by muttleymcgee on May 8, 2012 at 11:26 pm
In fact the Greens wanted small business tax cut to 25%
3 October 2011: http://christine-milne.greensmps.org.au/content/media-releases/greens%E2%80%99-small-business-tax-cut-best-option-brown
by Pegasus on May 8, 2012 at 11:27 pm
@Rummel/2895
The same goes for the Nationals? to help form the Coalition with LNP ?
by zoidlord on May 8, 2012 at 11:27 pm