Essential Research has opened its account for the year with a poll that include its monthly-or-so leadership ratings, which record only slight changes on the end of last year: Scott Morrison is down a point on approval to 61% and up two on disapproval to 30%, Anthony Albanese is down one to 42% and up four to 33%, and Morrison’s lead as preferred prime minister goes from 50-24 to 51-25.
The survey also posed some semi-regular questions on climate change, finding a striking increase in the view that Australia is doing enough to address it (from 19% a year ago to 35%) and a corresponding decline in the view that not enough is being done (from 62% to 42%), with the “doing too much ” response up two to 10%. Despite this, 58% of respondents believed climate change related to human activity (up two on a year ago) against 32% who considered it part of normal climactic fluctuation (steady).
The other questions in the survey for the most part aren’t particularly political, relating to COVID-19 vaccine uptake and Australia Day. The change to the words of the national anthem finds 54% support and 16% opposition, with 30% on the fence.
In other poll news, The Australian yesterday related that polling conducted by Community Engagement for the CFMEU suggested Labor was in big trouble in the Hunter region seats of Paterson (Liberal up from 32.5% to 42.9%, Labor down from 41.1% to 30%, Greens down from 6.9% to 6.8%, and One Nation down from 14.2% to 6.9%, Nationals on 1.8%) and Shortland (Liberal up from 37.4% to 44.9%, Labor down from 41.1% to 28.3%, Greens down from 8.3% to 6.2%, One Nation on 8% and Nationals on 1.3%). The polls were conducted in November from samples of 955 per electorate. Given the evident interest of the client of putting pressure on the opposition leadership over coal mining, and all the other qualifications that apply to reports of private polling, a degree of caution is advised.
zoomster @ #1946 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 4:40 pm
Provide a quote or apologise for that comment.
Rex
The child care policy could be attractive to inner suburban Liberal women.
https://www.pollbludger.net/2021/01/20/essential-research/comment-page-39/#comment-3546385
I particularly remember this particular speech:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-23/tanya-plibesek-has-not-read-anthony-albanese-whitlam-speech/9902162
It made me suspicious of Albanese. His leadership has confirmed my suspicions. He is, as far as can be told from speeches and actually leadership style, economically to the right of Shorten.
Greensborough Growler says:
Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 4:41 p
….
Like, where is Di Natale, the Leader of the Greens?
The man who was going to have the Greens replace Labor; gone.
Adam Bandt, not sure what his vision is. Did a little bit of Liberal me too with Michael O’Brien and disappeared.
How to use Labor premiers.
Get them to be very progressive. Get them to refer to Murdoch as the platform for conspiracy theories. It’s what’s being said on mainstream US media like NBC.
Point out how Murdoch’s Sky promotes against dealing with a pandemic by doing as Fox does that led to insurrection. Convince the Fairfax and ABC to join the Guardian as the centre and leave Newscorp on its right wing branch as the wood is being sawed off.
Google taxes are not going to save it.
Rex Douglas @ #1949 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 4:43 pm
You call that a policy agenda?
If so, I have a cross-city tunnel you may be interested in. Only used by old lady drivers on Sundays.
frednk @ #1954 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 4:49 pm
No, No, No!
The producers of this series have wiped the 2020 version of this series.
It was all a dream, apparently.
https://www.pollbludger.net/2021/01/20/essential-research/comment-page-39/#comment-3546398
Di Natale retired last year. Adam Bandt is now leader, with Lydia Thorpe replacing di Natale in the Senate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaders_of_the_Australian_Greens
Mexicanbeemer @ #1953 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 4:47 pm
I think you’re right about that.
Player One @ #1957 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 4:52 pm
When you’re trying to win an election on your own without the support of your colleagues there’s only so much you can sell.
Labor is a party. Members of that party can express their views, and do so. The ALP is not a cult. Stop wringing your hands every time someone makes a statement contradictory to the leadership.
Labor has policies and a platform. Any member who does not like it has the opportunity to register their views. If anyone wants to criticise the way the platform and policies are pursued, they can have a say.
It might be uncomfortable or inconvenient but that is how a members’ party should be run.
In the National and Liberal parties, it is all done behind closed doors and traitors get metaphorically shot.
There is no way am I a member of the Labor Right. I am a long time Labor member but getting long in the tooth now and have recently had a couple of health scares including major surgery (thanks Labor for Medicare, without it I would now be a statistic). I long for a Labor government to bring some fairness and balance back into our society. I thought we had it last time only for the lies and dirty tactics of the LNP. I was camped next to a bloke at the time and I was espousing the benefits of having a Labor Gov to which he said that there was no way that he would vote for Labor because they were bringing in a death tax. Wot? I sez, first I’ve heard of that one. Bloody oath he said, it was on the news this morning. How many other average voters would have been taken in by the lies and utter bullshit fed to them by the LNP and through Murdoch and their other crooked cronies. Okay, I’ll go along with Albo, I was pleased when he was chosen as Leader and I think he is a great person and I nice bloke but there’s an old saying about nice blokes coming last. IMHO he hasn’t got the mongrel in him to take on Morrison, Murdoch etc with any gusto. The ideal situation would be for an attack dog to rip into them on Labor’s behalf and clear the way for Albo to take over. Just sayin’.
PuffyTMD
The problems for the Greens is they don’t know what their policy is, as the don’t know what to oppose until Labor state theirs.
PuffyTMD @ #1961 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 4:56 pm
Albo has apparently mislaid that particular postage stamp.
Oh, get knotted, Rex, you utter wimp.
Any chance you get you misrepresent information, even when you’ve been shown to be wrong.
One minute Albo’s your hero, the next he’s a washout, then he’s your hero again – depending on how you can twist it to bash Labor.
Stop with the faux outrage.
Tom TFAB
The rightest right of the ALP is still far left of anything the Libs can come up with.
zoomster resorts to a personal attack – she’s defeated.
Player One says:
Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 4:59 pm
PuffyTMD @ #1961 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 4:56 pm
Labor has policies and a platform.
Albo has apparently mislaid that particular postage stamp.
Links have been provided for you before so you could read it, if reading was part of your skill set.
Sorry, Rex, you made an attack on me….so you lost first.
frednk
Whom or what are these Greens-bodies of which thee speaketh?
Close observer @ #1962 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 4:58 pm
Stream of conscience trolls don’t really impress me.
If you are really a Labor supporter, back them.
Rex, there is only so much rubbish person should be required to take.You really do come across as a very hollow vessel.
frednk @ #1968 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 5:02 pm
So the Liberal Blue Rinse Maven from Bumcrack Mountain is posting again.
She’s admitted she’s a Lib.
No point engaging imho.
PuffyTMD says:
Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 5:02 pm
frednk
Whom or what are these Greens-bodies of which thee speaketh?
As there are only a handful of members that claim to be members of the Greens I suppose that is a fair question. To expect a strong organization and a consistent policy position is a big ask.
Player One,
There is thing called the Inter, hmmm, inter,…what was it again, on the tip of my tongue…
Inernet!!!!
FYI
Start here.
https://www.alp.org.au/policies
frednk @ #1972 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 5:04 pm
I suppose that being a hollow vessel and a vacuum are same same.
https://www.pollbludger.net/2021/01/20/essential-research/comment-page-40/#comment-3546416
I will still preference the ALP ahead of the Liberals and encourage other to do so, however, I am well aware that the positioning of the ALP still matters and that being to the left of the Liberals is not carte blanche to do anything they want, even if it allows overall rightward movement of politics, without criticism from the left. Politics is a complicated beast that does not rewards those who unnecessarily surrender.
Dreaming of captaining the elusive 12th ship in the first fleet landing at Kurnell and establishing the Morrison dynasty in the Shire for ever more.
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsZ8wGGUUAAbyVX?format=jpg&name=small#image.png)
GG
What crap. You are the troll.
G G
I don’t know where you got the impression that I’m out to impress you. I have been following this blog for a long time even though I don’t contribute comments very often. (Only when I have something worthwhile to say not like your good self).
My moniker is not “Close observer” for nothing. I have noted your arrogance in the past, it’s wasted on me.
frednk @ #1968 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 5:02 pm
Oh, that’s right. You posted a link to Labor’s 2018 platform. Which Labor dumped after their 2019 election loss, and are yet to replace. But wait …
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jan/24/anthony-albanese-signals-possible-return-to-labors-2019-workplace-policies
Soon they may indeed resurrect their entire 2018 platform, in which case you will be proven correct. Sadly, those are the policies that lost Labor the last election.
Honestly, what a shambles 🙁
PuffyTMD @ #1976 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 5:11 pm
Yep, there’s that 2018 policy platform again! Someone should tell Labor its 2021.
Poor P1,
Eternally frustrated that Labor rightly take no notice of anything she or Rex say. 😆
Ur very bucolic today GG.
Maybe u need some qual time with Yabba ?
Close observer @ #1980 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 5:26 pm
I’ve never noticed you before.
Is there any reason I should have?
Perhaps if you added something more than the addled yesterdayisms in your stream of conscience jottings I might re-evaluate.
Lars Von Trier @ #1984 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 5:40 pm
Mate, you’re my Yabba Delegate. Live with it!
Player One says:
Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 5:33 pm
PuffyTMD @ #1976 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 5:11 pm
FYI
Start here.
https://www.alp.org.au/policies
Yep, there’s that 2018 policy platform again! Someone should tell Labor its 2021.
And once again you can’t be bothered following the links provided on the page. For someone who claims to be interested in policy you lack of curiosity is something to behold.
Barney in Tanjung Bunga @ #1983 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 5:37 pm
I don’t think we are being singled out, do you?
frednk @ #1987 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 5:44 pm
I have actually read all the “policies” on that page. Took all of 3 minutes. And I read them slowly.
After that last encounter you scared poor Yabba off gg – I think he thought no one could be as obnoxious as him, then he encountered u!
According to p1, Labor should have rolled out all the policy big battalions during 2020. In the midst of a pandemic. When folk were worried about how they were going to make it through to next week. When there was no oxygen in the room for the punters in voter land to focus on such an opus. Especially those low information, low interest voters in the burbs and regions that matter, BUT giving the government a two year opportunity to war game their next election scare campaign.
That makes sense.
Next.
Player One @ #1988 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 2:45 pm
Actually you guys do provide a good check list.
If a policy agrees with anything you’ve said,
Throw it out!
Andrew_Earlwood @ #1992 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 5:56 pm
The pandemic will not be over before the next election. So when does Labor plan to release their policies? After they lose the election?
Good plan!
P1, as you claim to be interested in policy but seem to lack the skill set to find them.
Here is the 2020 platform that has gone out for members to discuss.
https://www.alp.org.au/media/2200/2020-alp-national-platform-consultation-draft.pdf
And here are the links on the page to specific policy.
https://www.alp.org.au/policies/australian_cdc
https://www.alp.org.au/policies/social_housing_repair
https://www.alp.org.au/policies/rewiring_the_nation
https://www.alp.org.au/policies/made_in_australia
https://www.alp.org.au/policies/women_economic_recovery
The last policy details why labor have introduced the childcare policy, something Rex seems to be against.,
‘ The pandemic will not be over before the next election. So when does Labor plan to release their policies? After they lose the election’
Ummm. … progressively throughout this year?
frednk @ #1995 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 6:01 pm
Do you think Labor will adopt the 2020 draft? When? Perhaps by 2022?
Oh, and I have another postage stamp ready, if you have any more policy details.
Lars Von Trier @ #1991 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 5:51 pm
Typical Lib. You live safely because of the efforts of others.
We used to call that a Union.
Andrew_Earlwood @ #1996 Sunday, January 24th, 2021 – 6:04 pm
Oh, so releasing policy during a pandemic is not so silly after all?
Glad we at least got that sorted.
Next.
P1
The National Conference will be held virtually in March this year, so that’s when the draft will be adopted.