Newspoll: 52-48 to Coalition

Little change on three weeks ago in the latest Newspoll, although the Coalition’s headline lead narrows slightly.

Courtesy of The Australian, the latest Newspoll has the Coalition’s two-party lead down to 52-48 from 53-47 three weeks ago, from primary votes of Coalition 43% (down one), Labor 33% (doen one), Greens 11% (up one) and One Nation 4% (steady). Scott Morrison is steady at 68% approval and up two on disapproval to 29%, while Anthony Albanese is respectively steady at 41% and down two to 38%. Morrison’s lead as prime minister has nonetheless widened very slightly, from 59-26 to 60-25. The poll was conducted Wednesday to Saturday from a sample of 1509.

Author: William Bowe

William Bowe is a Perth-based election analyst and occasional teacher of political science. His blog, The Poll Bludger, has existed in one form or another since 2004, and is one of the most heavily trafficked websites on Australian politics.

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  1. It would be ironic if a female lawyer was disciplined because of the relationship she had a client in circumstances where, to my knowledge, no lawyer, male or female, has ever been disciplined for sexual discrimination etc in the workplace

  2. south @ #86 Sunday, August 9th, 2020 – 9:41 pm

    Ahh time for some late night strategy sessions for Albo.

    …

    The ALP should be modeling a path to the lodge very closely off what Abbot did. It was effective and worked.

    … and is a large part of the reason that the standards of federal politics have declined so badly.

  3. “Rex Douglas says:
    Sunday, August 9, 2020 at 9:44 pm
    Labor entrenched on a low 30s primary.
    They have to look for a coalition partner, surely…?”

    With the 2PP system in Australia you don’t need to form a coalition unless, like the Libs and Nats do, your first priority is to save money and so you divide the electorates between the parties of the coalition, rather than spending time and money competing in each electorate.

    At the moment I don’t see such financial incentive between ALP and Greens, also because the Greens wouldn’t be as subservient to the ALP as the Nationals ultimately are to the Liberals, and so an ALP-Greens coalition would be far more unstable.

  4. “Labor has to concede that its days of governing outright are over.”…

    That makes sense in a FPTP voting system, it doesn’t in a 2PP system…. Unless enough Greens are ready to preference the Liberals over the ALP, which would mark the end of the Greens.

  5. Good morning Dawn Patrollers

    Shaun Carney writes that Victoria’s is a cautionary example of what can happen when a government falters at a time when fear nestles in a corner of every mind and drives public policy. He says the Morrison government has been playing a double game with Victoria ever since Victoria’s infection numbers started to head north, offering public support for Andrews while privately backgrounding against him, his ministers and his health team to selected journalists.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/welcome-to-victoria-the-state-of-complaint-20200807-p55jiu.html
    Anna Patty reports that surveys have found that 20% of doctors and nurses have limited access to equipment including surgical masks – findings that come as the number of active infections among health workers jumped to almost 1000 at the weekend.
    https://www.theage.com.au/national/one-in-five-doctors-and-nurses-have-limited-access-to-face-masks-20200809-p55jxx.html
    Ethicist Tim Smartt opines that the Morrison government must consider mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/government-must-consider-mandatory-covid-19-vaccination-20200807-p55jko.html
    Michael Pascoe says that we have outsourced care – paying people the minimum to do what we ourselves are not prepared to do.
    https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/coronavirus/2020/08/10/michael-pascoe-outsourcing-aged-care/
    Amanda Vanstone says that we should stop taking our lead from the US and China.
    https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/we-should-stop-taking-our-lead-from-the-us-and-china-20200807-p55jlo.html
    Charles Edal explains how the US election winner’s China ties will impact Australia.
    https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6870122/red-pill-or-blue-how-the-us-election-winners-china-ties-will-impact-australia/?cs=14232
    John Lard looks at the painful progression from Abbott to Morrison.
    https://theaimn.com/from-abbott-to-morrison-by-god-you-need-patience/
    David Crowe tells us the Adam Bandt is about to push for a $3b boost to aged care and for the royal commission’s terms of reference to be expanded to include the effects of privatisation on service delivery.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/greens-push-for-3-billion-aged-care-funding-boost-20200809-p55k0x.html
    Australia’s politicians have learned that in the era of coronavirus, the future comes at you fast, writes Frank Bongiorno.
    https://theconversation.com/australias-politicians-have-learned-that-in-the-era-of-coronavirus-the-future-comes-at-you-fast-144057
    The AFR tells us that the Morrison government has ordered Australia Post to prioritise the delivery of urgent goods after Christine Holgate said the impact of Victoria’s restrictions on deliveries was like the ‘Suez Canal coming down a drainpipe’.
    https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/medicines-to-be-priority-as-post-curbs-bite-20200809-p55jyu
    The SMH editorial urges people to call on the mental health services available and support each other through this unprecedented period. We need all the patience, kindness and presence of mind we can summon.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/we-need-all-the-patience-kindness-and-presence-of-mind-we-can-summon-20200809-p55k1v.html
    Politicians forced into quarantine can expect to be tested for COVID-19 and have police knock on their doors, under plans to protect federal Parliament from a coronavirus outbreak reports Josh Butler.
    https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2020/08/09/parliament-resumes-vic-politicians-covid-quarantine/
    An adamant Daniel Andrews is rejecting the concerns of Victorian businesses – and the Morrison government – that too many of the state’s restrictions are neither COVID-safe nor business-safe, writes Jennifer Hewett.
    https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/long-way-back-for-an-economy-mowed-down-20200809-p55k0d
    Stephen Bartholomeusz says that a health versus economy trade-off isn’t a solvable equation. He concludes that setting aside the moral questions, sustainable economic growth, even at a pandemic-reduced level, can’t be achieved unless the virus is sustainably contained, whatever the immediate economic cost.
    https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/health-versus-economy-trade-off-isn-t-a-solvable-equation-20200808-p55jvq.html
    It’s time we called out Karen, Jim et al for what they are: dangerously irresponsible individuals, flouting the law in a way that literally threatens our health and safety, writes Michelle Pini.
    https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/jims-mowing-and-karens-bunnings-dangerous-adventures,14175
    Ross Gittins says that the RBA has had to drop its mask of brightness as “extreme uncertainty” descends.
    https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/extreme-uncertainty-causes-rba-s-bright-side-mask-to-slip-20200809-p55jyk.html
    Once again the Auditor-General has exposed the low priority the government gives to issues of public integrity. This time the focus is on the administration of the lobbying code of conduct and the associated register of lobbyists, informs Richard Mulgan.
    https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6855173/lobbyist-code-needs-strengthening-after-scathing-audit-report/?cs=14350
    Dennis Atkins thinks that the COVID border war is defining the Queensland election.
    https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2020/08/08/queensland-border-war/
    The ACCC chairman Rod Sims has suggested that Big Tech giants such as Google and Facebook could be required to pay between 10 per cent and 30 per cent of the cost of journalism at Australian media companies. Max Mason thinks Sims just might have cracked the digital code.
    https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/has-rod-sims-cracked-the-digital-code-20200804-p55i9x
    Issues of freedom of the press and privacy are threatened across the world, but not all hope is lost, writes Leo Rueck.
    https://independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/reclaiming-our-freedoms-from-big-tech-and-government-amid-covid-19,14186
    Less than a year after the NSW government announced plans to fast-track three dam projects, questions are being asked about whose interests they will serve and at what cost. Writes Harriet Alexander.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/500-million-on-bugger-all-mayor-queries-dam-benefit-20200728-p55g8e.html
    Maybe we shouldn’t rush into a hydrogen economy until we know all the risks to our climate say these two scientists.
    https://theconversation.com/dont-rush-into-a-hydrogen-economy-until-we-know-all-the-risks-to-our-climate-140433
    Finance and industry heavyweights are saying investment in health, education, clean energy and urban infrastructure is needed says Mike Foley.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/business-chiefs-urge-pm-to-invest-sustainably-for-covid-19-recovery-20200807-p55jm2.html
    Now organised crime syndicates are using online companies such as Airtasker to traffic drugs and stolen goods around the country, with federal police making busts in Melbourne and Sydney involving on-demand couriers, reports Anthony Galloway.
    https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/drug-traffickers-exploit-innocent-gig-work-couriers-20200809-p55jxm.html
    The investigation into allegations against former justice Dyson Heydon has stalled, with no victims coming forward and police saying it was not their policy to contact them.
    https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/dyson-heydon-police-investigation-stalls-20200805-p55io4
    A commitment by the French designer of the navy’s new $90 billion fleet of submarines to source at least 60 per cent of components from Australian companies is yet to be locked in, more than six months after it was offered amid complaints local industry is being denied work. The selection of the French bid is proving to be a massive mistake IMHO.
    https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/first-90pc-then-60pc-french-still-won-t-commit-to-local-sub-parts-20200809-p55jyo
    The pandemic has seriously disrupted the education of more than 1.7 billion young people around the world. But for already disadvantaged students the loss of learning is potentially devastating writes Peter Adams.
    https://www.smh.com.au/education/australia-needs-to-address-covid-gap-for-disadvantaged-students-20200728-p55g5u.html
    To be charged with 21 offences from one incident surely earns a nomination for “Arsehole of the Week”.
    https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/chaouk-family-member-charged-with-ramming-police-car-and-fleeing-during-curfew-20200809-p55k11.html

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  6. Morning all and thanks BK. How surprising that Scotty is being two-faced over Victoria, saying one thing to the Vic govt in public while undermining it in private. Not!

  7. “steve davis says:
    Sunday, August 9, 2020 at 10:23 pm
    So what is it going to take for the labor PV to rise significantly from 33%?”

    Scenario 1: Accumulated effects of Bushfires, Covid, Unemployment, Recession…. finally waking up enough Voting Morons and making them refractory to the MSM pro-Liberal propaganda.

    Scenario 2: The ALP capitulating to the Murdoch pressure and returning to the bad old days of Hawke-Keating Neoliberalism-light.

    Scenario 2 would be a disgrace, winning in disgrace should bring no joy to anybody…
    Scenario 1 is the way to go.

  9. NonSequitur:

    “Labor cannot win unless it can win seats in QLD”…

    Yes, Queensland is the true focus for Federal Labor. After Anna smashes the state LNP in October, Labor must “recruit” her and the successes of her government into the preparation for the federal campaign.

    After all…. we are all in this together, aren’t we? 🙂

  11. Already largely absent from intense negotiations for a coronavirus stimulus package, President Trump fully distanced himself from the thorny legislative process by leaving Washington on Thursday for a weekend at his private golf resort in New Jersey.

    After talks on Capitol Hill collapsed, Trump assembled some of his dues-paying club members to watch him complete the final step of what has become a familiar routine in his turbulent presidency: signing a legally dubious executive order after failing to reach a deal with Congress.

    The president who pitched himself to voters as the consummate negotiator and ultimate dealmaker has repeatedly found his strategies flummoxed by the complexities and pressures of Washington lawmaking. In response, he has frequently relied on showmanship and pageantry to try to turn negotiating failures into victories.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-dealmaker-congress-coronavirus/2020/08/09/8a5b13c0-da52-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_trumpdeal303pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans

  12. I guess ‘undermining’ contains Scott Morrison’s favourite word ‘mining’, so it is something he also embraces.

    Morrison better be careful, Victorians are extremely parochial and once word gets around about the job Morrison has been doing on their Premier it won’t lead to more popularity for the Liberals, and they are already as popular as a fart in a lift.

  13. phoenixRed:

    I see the Sturgis Rally is in full swing. It is bound to be a super spreader event.

    But Friday, throngs of ralliers parked their bikes and walked shoulder to shoulder along the downtown streets, nary a mask in sight. Police officers stationed at the intersections also were not wearing masks.

    Bruce Labsa, 66, drove from North Carolina last week to be among the first in town. This was the first year he would be able to attend the rally since retiring, and he did not want to miss it. On Friday, he was not wearing a mask, and he said he had no concerns about catching the coronavirus.

    “I don’t know anyone who’s had it,” Labsa said.

    Amy Svoboda, 27, who was working in a women’s apparel shop for bikers called One Sexy Biker Chick, said Friday’s crowd of shoppers had been steady. She said she didn’t know what to expect but was happy to see people turning out.

    “We are allowed to make our own choices,” she said, “if we get it, we chose to be here.”

    https://www.firstpost.com/world/we-chose-to-be-here-thousands-defy-coronavirus-to-attend-annual-motorcycle-rally-in-south-dakotas-sturgis-8685501.html

  14. ‘An utter disgrace’: Steve Schmidt slams Trump for his ‘slurring’ self-pitying Bedminster performance

    Republican campaign consultant — and ardent never-Trumper — Steve Schmidt did not think much of Donald Trump’s second press conference at his Bedminster golf course on Saturday, stating the president’s “slurring” performance loaded down with self-pity was an “utter f*cking disgrace.”

    Following the president’s signing of four executive orders before adoring members of his country club, Schmidt went off on a tweetstorm, ending with calling the president “the greatest failure in American History.”

    It was a f*cking travesty. Truly. An utter F*cking disgrace,” before adding, “The President of the United States of America stood behind the Seal of his office framed by American flags and his private club’s membership slurring and raving about his victimization. His titanic self pity was only exceeded by his dishonesty and uncontrolled lying.”

    https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/an-utter-disgrace-steve-schmidt-slams-trump-for-his-slurring-self-pitying-bedminster-performance/

  15. He says the Morrison government has been playing a double game with Victoria ever since Victoria’s infection numbers started to head north, offering public support for Andrews while privately backgrounding against him, his ministers and his health team to selected journalists.

    I reckon it started well before then. Back before the 2nd wave hit there seemed almost a campaign against Andrews as he resisted Scrott the Duplicitous’ call to leap out from under the doona. Other states had similar restrictions but for some reason Victoria was singled out by the media lizards.

  16. The far-right never miss an opportunity to profit from a crisis or turn it around on their opponents. They thrive on the politics of fear. The narrative is already being sold to the masses that it’s all Victoria’s and Dan Andrews’ fault. Something obviously went wrong in Vic and questions need answering but if Labor is not careful this could really run away from them very quickly. It already is.

  17. ‘fess,
    The Sturgis story reminds me about that Evangelical Pastor who went to the New Orleans Mardi Gras and defied reason to walk among the throngs of people and preach to them. He Believed he had god on his side and therefore wouldn’t catch COVID-19. He caught it. He ended up dying from it.

    But what really ground my gears about the whole story was his delusional wife whose final comment for the story was, ‘God must have wanted him to come to Him in Heaven’.

    They have excuses, coming and going, but no common sense.

  18. Confessionssays: Monday, August 10, 2020 at 7:37 am

    phoenixRed:

    I see the Sturgis Rally is in full swing. It is bound to be a super spreader event.

    *****************************************************

    Ignorance can be educated and crazy can be medicated but there’s no cure for total dumbf**k STUPIDITY

  19. Derek Robinson
    ·
    1h
    So according to the ABF commissioner Vic Health handled a similar case to the “Ruby Princess” very well, NSW did not.

  21. It was a f*cking travesty. Truly. An utter F*cking disgrace,” before adding, “The President of the United States of America stood behind the Seal of his office framed by American flags and his private club’s membership slurring and raving about his victimization. His titanic self pity was only exceeded by his dishonesty and uncontrolled lying.”

    It’s like Bill Maher refers to him as: a whiny little bitch.

  22. “But what really ground my gears about the whole story was his delusional wife whose final comment for the story was, ‘God must have wanted him to come to Him in Heaven’.”

    ***

    Uhhg I cannot stand it when people say things like “oh it’s ok it was god’s plan” or whatever. Like ok if you think that fine, you are entitled to that view, but don’t you dare tell someone you think that when they are grieving.

  23. C@t, phoenixRed:

    And can there be more dumbf*ck stupidity than ‘I don’t know anyone who has coronavirus therefore I won’t get it!’?

    Sth Dakota did not have a lockdown and has not mandated people wear masks when leaving their homes. What’s the bet the majority of people arriving into Sturgis have left states with far greater restrictions.

  26. Well-reasoned line of attack against Donald Trump by Joe Biden:

    Joe Biden
    @JoeBiden
    ·
    30m
    Every single eligible American should have the opportunity to vote-by-mail this November. If it’s good enough for Donald Trump — then it’s good enough for you and me.

    And some guy in America has already done this mockup:

    🙂

  27. Affords Patrick the chance to run almost exclusively on government (lack of) transparency which he is doing anyway.

    He is a near permanent fixture in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on disputed FOIs.

  28. C@t:

    Yep, she was elected governor in 2018 and is very Trumpist.

    Since the first days after she was elected governor of South Dakota in 2018, Kristi Noem had been working to ensure that President Trump would come to Mount Rushmore for a fireworks-filled July 4 extravaganza.

    After all, the president had told her in the Oval Office that he aspired to have his image etched on the monument. And last year, a White House aide reached out to the governor’s office with a question, according to a Republican official familiar with the conversation: What’s the process to add additional presidents to Mount Rushmore?

    So last month, when the president arrived in the Black Hills for the star-spangled spectacle he had pined for, Ms. Noem made the most of it.

    Introducing Mr. Trump against the floodlit backdrop of his carved predecessors, the governor played to the president’s craving for adulation by noting that in just three days more than 125,000 people had signed up for only 7,500 seats; she likened him to Theodore Roosevelt, a leader who “braves the dangers of the arena”; and she mimicked the president’s rhetoric by scorning protesters who she said were seeking to discredit the country’s founders.

    In private, the efforts to charm Mr. Trump were more pointed, according to a person familiar with the episode: Ms. Noem greeted him with a four-foot replica of Mount Rushmore that included a fifth presidential likeness: his.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/08/us/politics/kristi-noem-pence-trump.html#click=https://t.co/pTPfdX6b2o

  29. Barney in Tanjung Bunga @ #102 Monday, August 10th, 2020 – 6:24 am

    south @ #86 Sunday, August 9th, 2020 – 9:41 pm

    Ahh time for some late night strategy sessions for Albo.

    …

    The ALP should be modeling a path to the lodge very closely off what Abbot did. It was effective and worked.

    … and is a large part of the reason that the standards of federal politics have declined so badly.

    And why Abbott was turfed by his own party. It might have been an effective strategy from Opposition but carrying it into government exposed the nation to the reality of Abbott.

  31. Monty Python created the best insults. Ms Noem deserves one of their favourites:

    ‘obsequious sycophant and pusillanimous toady’.

  33. C@tmomma @ #129 Monday, August 10th, 2020 – 6:11 am

    Barney in Tanjung Bunga @ #102 Monday, August 10th, 2020 – 6:24 am

    south @ #86 Sunday, August 9th, 2020 – 9:41 pm

    Ahh time for some late night strategy sessions for Albo.

    …

    The ALP should be modeling a path to the lodge very closely off what Abbot did. It was effective and worked.

    … and is a large part of the reason that the standards of federal politics have declined so badly.

    And why Abbott was turfed by his own party. It might have been an effective strategy from Opposition but carrying it into government exposed the nation to the reality of Abbott.

    I don’t agree. Abbott’s decline revolved mainly around his brainfarts.

    Morrison isn’t too much different except he normally considers the marketing angle before saying something.

  35. Barney in Tanjung Bunga @ #133 Monday, August 10th, 2020 – 8:18 am

    C@tmomma @ #129 Monday, August 10th, 2020 – 6:11 am

    Barney in Tanjung Bunga @ #102 Monday, August 10th, 2020 – 6:24 am

    south @ #86 Sunday, August 9th, 2020 – 9:41 pm

    Ahh time for some late night strategy sessions for Albo.

    …

    The ALP should be modeling a path to the lodge very closely off what Abbot did. It was effective and worked.

    … and is a large part of the reason that the standards of federal politics have declined so badly.

    And why Abbott was turfed by his own party. It might have been an effective strategy from Opposition but carrying it into government exposed the nation to the reality of Abbott.

    I don’t agree. Abbott’s decline revolved mainly around his brainfarts.

    Morrison isn’t too much different except he normally considers the marketing angle before saying something.

    Scrooter is also different in that he’s probably going to win 3 or 4 elections on the trot.

  36. C@tmomma @ #129 Monday, August 10th, 2020 – 6:11 am

    And why Abbott was turfed by his own party. It might have been an effective strategy from Opposition but carrying it into government exposed the nation to the reality of Abbott.

    The decline of Abbott started with the horror budget of 2014, most of which broke election promises. He never recovered from that. Knighting Prince Philip was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

  37. Danama Papers @ #136 Monday, August 10th, 2020 – 6:23 am

    C@tmomma @ #129 Monday, August 10th, 2020 – 6:11 am

    And why Abbott was turfed by his own party. It might have been an effective strategy from Opposition but carrying it into government exposed the nation to the reality of Abbott.

    The decline of Abbott started with the horror budget of 2014, most of which broke election promises. He never recovered from that. Knighting Prince Philip was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

    Yep, and that!

  38. Firefox @ #116 Monday, August 10th, 2020 – 7:41 am

    The far-right never miss an opportunity to profit from a crisis or turn it around on their opponents. They thrive on the politics of fear. The narrative is already being sold to the masses that it’s all Victoria’s and Dan Andrews’ fault. Something obviously went wrong in Vic and questions need answering but if Labor is not careful this could really run away from them very quickly. It already is.

    Not confined to the far-right. Slightly right never misses an opportunity.

  39. Barney in Tanjung Bunga @ #135 Monday, August 10th, 2020 – 8:25 am

    Danama Papers @ #136 Monday, August 10th, 2020 – 6:23 am

    C@tmomma @ #129 Monday, August 10th, 2020 – 6:11 am

    And why Abbott was turfed by his own party. It might have been an effective strategy from Opposition but carrying it into government exposed the nation to the reality of Abbott.

    The decline of Abbott started with the horror budget of 2014, most of which broke election promises. He never recovered from that. Knighting Prince Philip was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

    Yep, and that!

    And yet, his party keep winning.

  40. “The ALP should be modeling a path to the lodge very closely off what Abbot did. It was effective and worked.”

    The Abbott strategy worked because a large section of the mainstream media was actively campaigning for him and his party. While I believe that Labor should attack more than it has been doing, full-on Abbott, including the lies, isn’t an option for Labor.

    EDIT: two successful attacks by Labor come to mind:
    – Your rights at work
    – “Mediscare”

  41. Speaking of lawyers behaving badly.

    “The police investigation into sexual harassment allegations against former High Court judge Dyson Heydon has stalled with no victims coming forward and police saying it was not their policy to contact them.

    The Australian Financial Review has been told ACT Policing has not requested any information from the High Court about the allegations and has not made contact with several women who spoke out in the media”.

    https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/dyson-heydon-police-investigation-stalls-20200805-p55io4

  42. DP and Barney,
    Abbott was Trump before there was Trump. His modus operandi was to push extreme changes, such as reintroducing Knights and Dames, and the 2014 Horror Budget, then massage the electorate to accept it. Along with his minions in the Murdoch and Stokes media. Luckily for us the existence of social media circumvented that plan. What worries me these days though is that the Authoritarian Populist Right has figured out how to manipulate social media into a brainwashing tool. Though facebook, Twitter and YouTube have finally been dragged, kicking and screaming, into some semblance of fact-checking and action.

  43. “The police investigation into sexual harassment allegations against former High Court judge Dyson Heydon has stalled with no victims coming forward and police saying it was not their policy to contact them.

    I thought when this story first broke there were multiple Heydon victims? Are they all terrified of career retribution if they come forward?

  44. Confessions @ #143 Monday, August 10th, 2020 – 8:34 am

    “The police investigation into sexual harassment allegations against former High Court judge Dyson Heydon has stalled with no victims coming forward and police saying it was not their policy to contact them.

    I thought when this story first broke there were multiple Heydon victims? Are they all terrified of career retribution if they come forward?

    I’d say so.

  46. …You don’t get invited to soirees in Bowral, you’re not included in the guest list for NYE drinks on a Partners’ boat, briefs coming your way start to dry up…

  48. Morning all. Thanks BK. I was catching up with this piece in Crikey on the resignation of Age editor Alex Lavelle. The writing really is on the wall for the independence and credibility of the former Fairfax papers. The implications for media balance, with the ABC also being strangled and muzzled, are concerning. As Crikey suggests, the ACTU needs to strategically invest to turn the New Daily into a national newspaper.
    https://www.crikey.com.au/2020/08/07/alex-lavelle-age-editor/

  49. Steve777 @ #138 Monday, August 10th, 2020 – 8:30 am

    “The ALP should be modeling a path to the lodge very closely off what Abbot did. It was effective and worked.”

    The Abbott strategy worked because a large section of the mainstream media was actively campaigning for him and his party. While I believe that Labor should attack more than it has been doing, full-on Abbott, including the lies, isn’t an option for Labor.

    Labor’s better than that.
    Winning is so vulgar.

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