As reported by The Guardian, the latest fortnightly Essential Research poll finds approval of Scott Morrison’s handling of COVID-19 at 61%, which is off from a high of 72% in June. Approval ratings for state governments in New South Wales as well as Victoria are also trending gently downwards, with both having lost two points in the past fortnight, leaving them at 59% and 47% respectively. The Western Australian government continues to lead the field on 84%, though this too is down two on last time, with due regard to the very small sample size.
The poll also suggests Australians are unsentimental about civil liberties in the face of COVID-19, with 65% favouring closing the border to all foreign travellers and 52% supporting dedicated quarantine facilities for convalescents. Concerning outbreaks at aged care clinics, 42% blamed the providers, 30% the federal goverment and 28% state governments, and 70% believed the situation had been aggravated by long-term under-funding. The poll also gauged support for taxpayers to underwrite new gas infrastructure at 27% for, 27% against and 32% for neither. The poll was conducted from 1068 respondents from Thursday to Sunday; the pollster will publish its full report will be published later today.
UPDATE: Full report here. It should be noted that the 61% approval rating for handling of COVID-19 related to “the government” rather than Scott Morrison.
We also had on Friday one of the occasional Roy Morgan polls on federal voting intention, which finds the Coalition lead out to 54-46 from 51.5-48.5 when the last such poll was published in mid-July. The Coalition is up 2.5% on the primary vote to 46%, with Labor down one to 32.5%, the Greens steady on 11% and One Nation up half a point to 3%. The poll was conducted over the previous two weekends by phone and online interviewing from a sample of 2841.
Taylormade @ #89 Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 – 9:34 am
Oh no! She’s getting Alboitis!!!!
Covid-19 disinformation campaigns shift focus to vaccines
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/covid-19-disinformation-campaigns-shift-focus-to-vaccines/
mundo @ #93 Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 – 9:34 am
It was quite extraordinary. Whenever I mention it I’m aware that it sounds like parochial whinging, but it absolutely happened. The first thing you would hear about a government announcement was the Abbott denunciation of it.
Not aware of it happening before or since, certainly not to that extent anyway.
lizzie @ #86 Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 – 9:30 am
Exactly, that decision is necessitated by the health outcomes the state government wants to achieve.
However, I bet I can guess Buce’s opinion about the increasingly Surveillance State nature of much of the Morrison government’s legislation.
Confessions @ #92 Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 – 9:35 am
Forget the tune, I’m struggling to remember all 14 verses of ‘Morristan, My Morristan’
But I’ll give it a go;
Morristan, My Morristan
How beautiful art thee!
Oh Mor..i..s
Fck it….
Actually, I think Taylormade showed a degree of empathy for Mikakos. I’m proud of him.
With the emphasis on, ‘I think’. 🙂
I hope you all picked up that Morrison is using his curry cooking theme in the same way that Boris Johnson used his drawings of buses – as a distracting unicorn, recommended by Lynton Crosby. Morrison never has an original idea.
lizziesays:
Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 9:42 am
I hope you all picked up that Morrison is using his curry cooking theme in the same way that Boris Johnson used his drawings of buses – as a distracting unicorn, recommended by Lynton Crosby. Morrison never has an original idea.
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Scomos’ Samosas look pretty good.
Spray,
I have a missive from Cud Chewer for you 🙂
‘A word for Spray (you can post this if you want)
Watch the trend in cases of unknown source..
https://www.covid19data.com.au/transmission-sources-states
The trend presently isn’t down and if it does trend down, it may not show for a month.
Two causes for concern:
1. Behaviour – at least in certain cohorts – may have gotten less cautious since June (why aren’t we mandating masks?)
2. Super spreaders (do ya feel lucky? Well do ya… punk?)’
Albo is on the ABC Mundo.
Spray @ #98 Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 – 9:38 am
‘Opposition leader Tony Abbott said today the Prime minister’s announcement…..’
This is how the PMs ‘announcement’ would be reported.
Bucephalus the current carry on highlights just how dishonest the religious right is, nothing more and nothing less.
Fortunately the upper house is a divers lot, only an additional two votes required and the impotent ranting of the religious right will have little effect.
Bucephalus the current carry on highlights just how dishonest the religious right is, nothing more and nothing less.
Fortunately the upper house is a divers lot, only an additional two votes required and the impotent ranting of the religious right will have little effect.
davidwh @ #104 Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 – 9:45 am
I know.
Thanks.
lizzie @ #107 Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 – 9:42 am
All I can ever think of when I read another curry post from Morrison is, no wonder he had an urgent problem to attend to at Engadine Maccas. 😀
Morning all. Congratulations to the NT Labor Gunnar government on its resounding victory, now confirmed at at least 14 seats.
Congratulations also to this group of eminent climate scientists, who have called out Australia’s “chief scientist” (who is actually an engineer with no qualifications or work history in climate science) and directly criticised the falsity that expanding gas production in Australia is a “solution” to climate change. It is merely a bailout of a bankrupt, highly polluting industry.
https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/australia-s-chief-scientist-is-wrong-on-gas-say-leading-experts-20200824-p55oty.html
Lets hope Joel Fitzgibbon and other weaklings who lack commitment to Labor policy on climate change give up supporting the pack of lies that is Scomo’s gas policy.
Someone tell Lizzie I’m off to feed the cows.
Won’t be back for many an hour
My heart is down my head is turning around
I had to leave PB hanging
In Morristown.
Dumb as box of hammers, or deliberately destructive. Don’t they want to beat the virus?
Thanks for the Cud Chewer update C@t, and thanks Cud. No surprise that he continues to adopt a very cautious stance.
But even he would have to admit that this was not a trajectory that any of us expected, ie a now-extended period of rumbling along at very low numbers without a significant movement in either direction.
Something has to give at some point, just hope it’s in the right direction.
[‘But the menacing remark quickly backfired as Brazilian journalists flooded social media with the very same question.
“President Jair Bolsonaro, why did your wife Michelle receive 89,000 reais from Fabrício Queiroz?” they tweeted in unison at Brazil’s far-right leader.’]
Great to see the Brazilian media closing ranks behind the journo who was threatened by the thug & Trump clone Bolsonaro:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/24/jair-bolsonaro-threat-journalist-backfires-social-media
Been reflecting on the pols.
I know we all believe but:
Murdock wanted to get rid of Turnbull, I think this is well established.
It is now known he poles were out by about 2%.
Was the error; polling error or propitiatory error.
If the propitiatory error is 2%, which way is it leaning now. Does Murdock want to keep Morrison in power.
And yes, the use of the polls against JG was a disgrace.
Spray
The Vic Opp and media are doing their best to prevent the downward trend continuing. 🙁
Craig Ondarchie MP is a Liberal PM, does it really matter what verbiage he sprays. I wonder which religious grouping he belongs to?
Priorities.
Federal government considers lifting ban on importing parrots 25 years after it was introduced
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/25/federal-government-considers-lifting-ban-on-importing-parrots-25-years-after-it-was-introduced
lizzie @ #122 Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 – 9:55 am
So I see Lizzie. But from here it looks like any criticism of Andrews can be refuted with a simple question. “What if the other mob had been in charge?”
If mundo et al continue to carp at Albanese after that speech just then in front of the ALP Caucus, then they are exposed for what they really are. It was the best speech I have heard Albanese give in a very long time.
Thank you, davidwh for alerting me to it.
Bluebottle
Makes me wonder which Liberal donor lobbied for this.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/25/federal-government-considers-lifting-ban-on-importing-parrots-25-years-after-it-was-introduced
frednk @ #123 Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 – 9:58 am
Yep. Another ‘Lame Gay Churchy Loser bastard’:
Telling statistics from President Racial Justice.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/24/trump-convention-ultimate-gaslighting-exercise/?hpid=hp_save-opinions-float-right-4-0_opinion-card-e-right%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans
Happy to be of service C@t. I agree it was a good presentation after a slightly shaky start.
C@t
Oh, THAT sneaky bastard.
You are one of life’s true gentlemen, davidwh. And I really mean that. 🙂
lizzie @ #132 Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 – 10:07 am
Yes, I thought the information was pertinent. 🙂
How can we possibly have confidence in the environment department over international trading of any creatures? Her is one example from 2018.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/11/australia-endangered-parrots-german-zoo-actp
Hinch on 3aw. His Justice Party will be voting for a rolling monthly extension.
C@T,
I’m still allowed to be negative. Albo’s words need to translate into actions. So if I see him making noise everyday until the election I’ll stay mum. But if this burst of energy only lasts this sitting period then the ALP is in trouble.
Latest AP poll has Dotard with a -30 net Disapproval rating, whilst Rasmussen has a +4.
No herding here
https://apnorc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/August-Topline-trump-1.pdf
Things are grim in bricks and mortar retail..
‘Fashion retailer Mosaic Brands has swung to a massive $212 million loss and will close as many as 500 stores across the country after the retailer was ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic.
At its full-year results announced on Tuesday, Mosaic’s chief executive Scott Evans, who operates brands such as Noni B, Rivers, Millers and Katies, told shareholders the company had been “utterly derailed” by the coronavirus pandemic.’
Whilst Stokes is in trouble…
‘Seven West Media’s statutory earnings have tumbled 49 per cent to $129.5 million in the full financial year, hit by a weak advertising market caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Kerry Stokes-controlled broadcasting and publishing company also reported a 14 per cent fall in revenue to $1.2 billion, but managed to reduce its net debt by $143.5 million from its half year results to $398 million. Net loss after tax was $200.1 million, an improvement from last year.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/coronavirus-updates-live-victorian-transmission-drops-daniel-andrews-fights-for-state-of-emergency-20200825-p55oy4.html
The direct link between gov MPs and The Australian.
Andrew Gee, Nationals. Minister for Decentralisation and Regional Education
“The Australian government was repeatedly warned of concerns about ACTP by international wildlife authorities, private breeders and the government MP Warren Entsch.”
The same Warren Entsch who is pushing to allow feral parrot imports. Hmm.
It’s getting tighter.
And if we were paying attention to national polls (which we aren’t but this is posted for shits and giggles):
NBN continues to be a failure “NBN Co agrees to pay up for slow internet, poor service”:
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/nbn-co-agrees-to-pay-up-for-slow-internet-poor-service-552041
“NBN Co has agreed to pay daily rebates on slow, congested and underperforming services, as well as for missed appointments and service faults, in a drastic U-turn.”.
Faster, Cheaper, Quicker….?
alfred venison reckons mundo’s on a roll: go mundo go ! -a.v.
Has every PM always rudely turned his/her back when the Opposition Leader is speaking? Tony Abbott too? Can’t remember.
Pretty sure Howard did. But hard to judge on photos alone if they do it often enough to be considered rude.
Morrison is just using it to washout the images of Albo due to the increase in reflected light 😉
I agree Alfred Venison. Nothing like having mundo boring repetition to liven up the blog..
Simon Katich @ #146 Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 – 8:40 am
Rudd used to do it. Howard routinely did it and possibly Keating also.
Not sure we should put too much weight on those polls.
Waiting for the big guns to come out which I am guessing will be after the RNC.