The Australian has published the regular quarterly aggregation from Newspoll, providing large-sample breakdowns for the mainland states and demographic sub-groups compiled from polling conducted from April through to June. This amounts to a sample of 6049 combined from the last four Newspoll surveys.
The results show little change overall on the previous quarter, with all states recording unchanged two-party results except South Australia. This means a 50-50 result in New South Wales, a swing to Labor of around two points compared with the 2019 election; 53-47 to Labor in Victoria, essentially unchanged; 53-47 to the Coalition in Queensland, a swing to Labor of around 5.5%; 53-47 to Labor in Western Australia, a swing of around 8.5%; and 54-46 to Labor in South Australia, compared with 55-45 in the January-March aggregate and 50.7-49.3 at the 2019 election. The striking fact of this stability is that the surges recorded to Labor last time of five points in Queensland and seven points in Western Australia have stuck.
The demographic breakdowns have been similarly placid, the biggest movements being of three points to the Coalition among the 65+ cohort (to 65-35) and the lower-middle income cohort (to 51-49). There is still no gender gap on two-party preferred, but there is now one on prime ministerial approval, with Morrison’s net rating deteriorating by 12% among women to +15% but by only 5% among men to +21%. Morrison has also held up better in New South Wales, where his net rating is down six to +26%, than in Victoria (down 11 to +6%), Queensland (down 15 to +20%) and Western Australia (down 15 to +22%).
The results also include breakdowns by working status for the first time, which find Labor leading 51-49 lead among those working full time, 54-46 lead among those working part-time and 60-40 among an “other” category that accounts for about 15% of the sample, while the Coalition leads 61-39 among the retired.
New broadside in Jordie’s war against the filthy Nats:
https://youtu.be/glgCA9WmqkI
Sydney Dickhead:
– https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/coronavirus-vaccine-rollout-sydney-man-gets-full-doses-of-astrazeneca-and-pfizer/news-story/fb79c9d6f8d233309f8da221eca4bc59
Always interesting to see GG complain about posters. Used to have some quite insightful comments 10 years ago. Last few years I haven’t noticed anything other than personal attacks and sniping. Fair enough, 8 years of LibNat govt can do turn a person to the dark side. But seriously his contribution nowadays is no better than the trolls.
Geez, all the lurkers we’ve never heard of are out tonight defending the barbarians. Funny, that. Must be using a VPN, or Torch. Not hard.
A_E,
He’s a brave boy is Jordan.
Some people here have overactive imaginations about the length someone will go to just to… *checks notes* say something they don’t agree with.
What is hard is putting ten years of groundwork into your sock-puppet account by posting 582 comments consisting mostly of thoughtful observations about electoral matters before making your move, as you seem to think Max has done.
Corruption in the government of the NSW colony. Who’d have thought!
Will the jordie water documentary be banned, will they be sued again, teachers threatened.
Barnaby Joyce back as National’s leader and as DPM is questionable.
Barilaro feels threatened ?
Is Morrison’s honesty inspiring ?
Is there a politician with “the guts” to take on the water barons?
Ultimately a lazy disengaged electorate, Australia wide, is to blame.
Corruption in NSW, who’d have thought!
BBC & FOX NEWS – OUT of CONTROL & ENDANGERING YOUR LIFE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEcdoFQenZM&ab_channel=FerMuBe
BBC and Foxnews spreading fake news on China on daily basis and surprised many on PB are anti-China (but never been in China).
Inside the World Uyghur Congress: The US-backed right-wing regime-change network seeking the ‘fall of China’:
https://thegrayzone.com/2020/03/05/world-uyghur-congress-us-far-right-regime-change-network-fall-china/https://thegrayzone.com/2020/03/05/world-uyghur-congress-us-far-right-regime-change-network-fall-china/
As this investigation establishes, the WUC is not a grassroots movement, but a US government-backed umbrella for several Washington-based outfits that also rely heavily on US funding and direction. Today, it is the main face and voice of a separatist operation dedicated to destabilizing the Xinjiang region of China and ultimately toppling the Chinese government.
While seeking to orchestrate a color revolution with the aim of regime change in Beijing, the WUC and its offshoots have forged ties with the Grey Wolves, a far-right Turkish organization that has been actively engaged in sectarian violence from Syria to East Asia.
None of these links seem to have troubled the WUC’s sponsors in Washington. If anything, they have added to the network’s appeal, consolidating it as one of the most potent political weapons the US wields in its new Cold War against China.
Government-backed BBC lies about China Vloggers:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57780023
“In recent years, the “vloggers” have been increasingly presenting themselves as China-lovers, spreading Communist Party disinformation.”
LOADED Statement = a big fat lie!
India media attacks China using BBC article above:
https://www.opindia.com/2021/07/china-uyghur-disinformation-vloggers-influencers-propagnada/
It is not just the right opposing the CCP`s brutality, here is a left-wing magazine article:
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/china-xinjiang-genocide-denial/
Tom the first and bestsays:
Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 3:34 am
This article has no information or facts, just repeated information on what’s already there (also those who haven’t been to China or Xinjiang).
And use some books to claim that genocide is ‘true’.
Anyone who sells a book is in it for the money.
Anyone who commissions an article hit peace (like BBC did with Andrian Zenz) is in it for the money.
Anyone who attacks another country from the media (especially western countries), is in it for the views who get money.
“The results also include breakdowns by working status for the first time, which find Labor leading 51-49 lead among those working full time, 54-46 lead among those working part-time and 60-40 among an “other” category that accounts for about 15% of the sample”…. This makes perfect sense.
“while the Coalition leads 61-39 among the retired”…. You silly bums, ScuMo wants to give your Super to his mates in the Retail Superfunds, so they can have the high life at your expense, and he is determined to attack the Industry Superfunds that are high performance and are good for your finances… ask me, I am with UniSuper!
Compare the pair in the Murdoch media:
Gladys: You go girl! You got this!
Dan: Dictator Dan! Harumph!
https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/fda-monitoring-rare-condition-in-100-people-with-johnson-johnson-covid-vaccine-116651077973
AZ blood clot …… “low chances of death”…
Now comes JJ turn.
Texas Charges Man Who Waited Six Hours To Vote With Illegal Voting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc1zPR5M65c&ab_channel=MSNBC
It has started.
Israel starts offering a third dose to some people while admitting that some negative tests were counted twice, so the percentage of positive tests is higher than reported in recent weeks.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-s-covid-czar-cases-mistakenly-undercounted-at-airport-1.9993873
What is hard is putting ten years of groundwork into your sock-puppet account by posting 582 comments consisting mostly of thoughtful observations about electoral matters before making your move, as you seem to think Max has done.
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Geez William, I was rather basking in the glory of having achieved sock puppet status after all these years. I really felt I’d arrived. You could have let me enjoy it a little longer!
This one is for dog owners:
https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/07/12/raw-dog-food-poses-major-international-public-health-risk-says-new-research
Did Scott Morrison’s PR department come up with a new change to the national anthem?
‘Vaccine laggards all let us rejoice!’
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-falling-behind-in-securing-pfizer-booster-shots-20210712-p588yb.html
“For it is not a race.”
(“all” removed for syllable reasons, and not all of us are vaccine laggards.)
Yay! Jaeger. 😀
News Corp!
Meanwhile from CPAC…vaccine derangement.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/12/cpac-culture-war-democrats-strategy/
10 years probably earns you cardigan status. 😉
Which newspaper is that C@t? It can’t be News Corp.
How vaccine derangement goes mainstream. Someone should ask Carlson and Ingraham if they’ve had the Covid vaccine.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/11/business/media/vaccines-fox-news-hosts.html
Health warnings as Death Valley scorches in 54.4C heat
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/12/health-warnings-as-death-valley-scorches-in-544c-heat
Confessions @ #560 Tuesday, July 13th, 2021 – 6:45 am
I can only go on this accompanying Tweet:
Politic@l Spinner. Unamused face
@LesStonehouse
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Newscorpse again kicking our useless lazy lying religious RWNJ pm. Good to see this happening a lot lately.. Noticing every newspoll he’s getting less popular. #auspol
I left out the curse words. 🙂
‘Don’t wait’: What you need to know about getting the second AstraZeneca shot earlier
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/12/dont-wait-what-you-need-to-know-about-getting-the-second-astrazeneca-shot-earlier
Thanks Jaeger. This indicates why Bludgers outside Sydney weren’t able to bring forward their vaccine:
I didn’t know there was that caveat.
Good morning Dawn Patrollers
The Australian says that Anthony Albanese would take the nation’s top job and deliver a majority government of 78 seats to Labor if the statewide swings against the Coalition in this week’s Newspoll analysis were replicated at the next election.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/newspoll-albanese-has-a-clear-view-of-victory/news-story/22dc2adfbdaefbdae2a0f50a8d3cdd27
According to Phil Coorey, the federal ALP will go to the next election vowing not to unravel Scott Morrison’s income levy reductions if it forms government.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/labor-to-leave-stage-three-tax-cuts-untouched-20210712-p588xt
The failure to implement a parliamentary code of conduct has made Australia’s regulation of federal politicians’ conduct the weakest among comparable nations, research has found. Unlike the United Kingdom and Canada, Australia lacks any enforceable code governing the behaviour of MPs, and unlike New Zealand, it has no system to regulate the ethics of ministerial staffers, writes Christopher Knaus.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/12/regulations-governing-conduct-of-australias-federal-mps-are-weakest-of-comparable-nations-study-finds
As has been the pattern with the Morrison government’s rorting of federal grants for electoral purposes, it turns out the “#carporkrorts” scandal is even worse than it first appeared, says Michael Pascoe.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2021/07/13/carporks-carparkrorts/
Paul Bongiorno reckons we are seeing is a dramatic subversion of the preferred political narrative on how to handle the pandemic not only from the state Berejiklian Coalition government, but also from her federal counterparts. He says that with Scott Morrison we see a craven form hiding behind the khaki uniform of Lieutenant-General John Frewen. Ouch!
https://thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2021/07/13/sydney-outbreak-vaccines-morrison/
We have seen Morrison’s best, and it wasn’t much, writes Jack Waterford. This is a long, withering and excoriating assessment of Morrisom. Another ouch!
https://johnmenadue.com/we-have-seen-morrisons-best-and-it-wasnt-much/
The AFR tells us that the federal government is willing to co-fund with the state increased cash-flow payments for businesses on the condition they do not shed employees.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/crisis-aid-for-nsw-to-be-boosted-20210712-p588ts
Many of those in the know are saying that the risk level is changing dramatically in Sydney’s southwest and the current measures will not be enough to get out of trouble.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/risk-has-changed-dramatically-all-of-south-west-should-consider-shot-20210712-p58901.html
Despite continual claims she acted on “the health advice”, despite her fervid pleas to the NSW public to follow “the health advice”, Gladys Berejiklian has refused to disclose the health advice. However, the NSW Premier has let slip that advice from unnamed business associates of the government has played a part in her handling of the pandemic and the Sydney lockdown. Callum Foote and Michael West investigate.
https://www.michaelwest.com.au/the-business-of-covid-gladys-berejiklian-hides-the-health-advice-as-pandemic-threatens-sydney/
David Crowe writes that as other countries cement deals with Pfizer for the years ahead, Australia is banking on a Novavax order and awaiting advice on what else might be needed.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-falling-behind-in-securing-pfizer-booster-shots-20210712-p588yb.html
The Morrison government has fallen short in all areas of the Covid vaccine rollout, proves Greg Jericho with an array of data.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2021/jul/13/the-morrison-government-has-fallen-short-in-all-areas-of-the-covid-vaccine-rollout
Nick Bonyhady tells us that aged care unions and providers will use a private meeting with the Health Minister and federal coronavirus taskforce commander to warn care for the elderly risks being compromised if nursing home staff are not vaccinated by the time it becomes mandatory.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/bosses-unions-issue-joint-warning-to-hunt-on-aged-care-rollout-20210711-p588o9.html
Melissa Cunningham reports that top infectious diseases experts say more infectious versions of COVID-19 will continue to “punch holes in every deficiency” of the country’s pandemic response.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/national-approach-to-delta-variant-desperately-needed-warn-experts-20210712-p588ym.html
The Sydney outbreak is a demonstration of the need for Australia’s political leaders to do more again to protect businesses and households from the impact of an indefinite lockdown, writes Jennifer Hewett
https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/vaccine-confusion-has-gone-viral-along-with-delta-20210712-p5890r
Unions are saying the only way for Sydney to avoid a protracted lockdown is to provide income support to casual workers choosing between forgoing a wage or going to work while potentially infectious.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/13/income-support-for-casual-workers-essential-to-avoid-extended-sydney-lockdown-unions-say
Daniel Hurst writes that Scott Morrison and federal health minister Greg Hunt have not denied claims that they failed to press Australia’s case for more vaccine doses directly with Pfizer’s global chief, after revelations that Kevin Rudd spoke to the pharmaceutical company chief last month.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/12/morrison-government-silent-on-contact-with-pfizer-global-chief-after-kevin-rudd-intervenes-in-vaccine-talks
Victoria is on high alert as health authorities listed new COVID-19 exposure sites after two removalists from Sydney visited Melbourne while infectious and two members of a family in the city’s north-west tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from NSW.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/victoria-on-high-alert-after-infectious-sydney-removalist-travelled-through-victoria-20210712-p588tr.html
Josh Butler tells us that young Sydneysiders are using ‘secret’ website links to access Pfizer vaccines, as frustrations grow over their inability to easily access jabs and only vague timelines on when they can expect them.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2021/07/12/sydney-pfizer-website-vaccine/
Public health professor, Simon Chapman explains how shocking ads can pay off.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/public-health-is-not-a-popularity-contest-shocking-ads-can-pay-off-20210712-p588ye.html
The government’s confronting new ad may finally get people to take action against COVID but could have unintended consequences, writes Karen Ferry. She says the shock tactic COVID ad isn’t accurate but ads aren’t about truth, they’re about motivation
https://www.smh.com.au/national/shock-tactic-covid-ad-isn-t-accurate-but-ads-aren-t-about-truth-they-re-about-motivation-20210712-p588w0.html
The Conversation tells us why Australia’s new “Arm yourself” vaccination campaign is another wasted opportunity.
https://theconversation.com/australias-new-vaccination-campaign-is-another-wasted-opportunity-162756
Jenna Price laments the fact that teachers are not the priority list for anything.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-profession-that-s-not-on-the-priority-list-for-anything-20210711-p588qp.html
Reserve Bank Governor, Philip Lowe, has triggered a massive but largely over-simplified debate on the impact of immigration on wages, argues Abul Rizvi.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/immigration-not-to-blame-for-sluggish-wages-growth,15286
Anthony Galloway explains how company directors could be held personally responsible for cyber attacks under new standards being discussed with industry as government research shows cyber crime is costing the Australian economy about $3.5 billion a year.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/real-and-present-danger-government-considers-making-company-directors-personally-liable-for-cyber-attacks-20210712-p588vz.html
Australia has plummeted from international standard bearer to a laggard with its approach to the pandemic but the nation’s beleaguered tourism industry is being told by DAN Tehan that the good times will eventually return.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/hermit-nation-strategy-bites-australia-but-tehan-says-tourists-will-be-back-20210712-p588z4.html
Global export figures show which countries are handling current economic conditions well and those which aren’t. Australia is among the losers, along with Britain and the USA, writes Alan Austin.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/australias-disastrous-trade-decisions-may-take-decades-to-repair,15284
Houses will cost more to build, and construction is set to take longer, industry and financial experts have again warned, as the price of timber in Australia continues to rise. Builders and timber processors warn rising wood prices have not ended despite a cooling international market, with costs unlikely to settle until at least September.
https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/more-pain-for-home-owners-builders-as-timber-prices-climb-higher-20210709-p588ap.html
The government must take responsibility for the Great Barrier Reef and stop looking for someone else to blame, urges Peter Garrett.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/12/the-government-must-take-responsibility-for-the-great-barrier-reef-and-stop-looking-for-someone-else-to-blame
Boris Johnson has warned Britons not to expect life to return to normal when COVID-19 restrictions are lifted next Monday, urging people to keep wearing masks and even stick to working from home.
https://www.afr.com/world/europe/life-won-t-be-normal-when-lockdown-ends-johnson-warns-britain-20210713-p5893e
July 20 will be a big day in Indonesia. It marks the end of more than two weeks of lockdown, and it’s Bloody Tuesday – Idul Adha, the feast of the sacrifice. This year participants may become victims, explains Duncan Graham.
https://johnmenadue.com/fear-god-not-the-pandemic-in-indonesia/
Percy Allan has some ideas on how to deal with China.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/chipping-away-at-the-great-wall-how-to-deal-with-china-20210711-p588ro.html
Cartoon Corner
David Rowe
Matt Golding
David Pope
John Shakespeare
Cathy Wilcox
A gif from Glen Le Lievre
https://twitter.com/i/status/1414488367497023491
John Spooner
Andrew Dyson
From the US
The reduced interval only applies to people in greater Sydney, with the 12-week gap between doses still recommended for anyone outside that region.
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i know few people who had their first shot of Astra Zeneca yesterday and were allowed to bring their 2nd shot to 6 weeks , in northern NSW
It shows how much of a mess Morrison and cronies made
People are being told the wrong information , and may end up paying the price for it, being given vaccine earlier then they should and getting less protected
Rudd on RN
Here’s the article in the Financial Times (UK) referenced by C@t @6:55, tweeted by Kevin Rudd:
https://twitter.com/MrKRudd/status/1414400698314153984/photo/1
Article referenced in News.Com.au here: https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/financial-times-editorial-slams-australias-covid-rollout-and-scott-morrisons-delays/news-story/7108786d775ddc8ffb0ea583d289b315
Coordination between the political and propaganda arms of the RupertVerse evident in this national front page on every gutter tabloid – whilst the US cell, led by Tucker Carlson, is effectively calling those who promote vaccination as ‘traitors’.
What are we to make of this? Is Murdoch’s world Balkanising?
Here is the Daily ToiletPaper front page today..
Scott @ #834 Tuesday, July 13th, 2021 – 7:25 am
And as is usually the case it will take a Labor govt to come in and clean up the mess.
Confessions says:
Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 7:43 am
And as is usually the case it will take a Labor govt to come in and clean up the mess.
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Yes , the longer the incompetence of Morrison and his cronies are in office , the bigger the mess for Labor to clean up
The ATO says it is chasing $284 million in JobKeeper overpayments from companies that took advantage of the government’s pandemic wage subsidy
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/ato-jobkeeper-overpayments-2021-7
The turds started to turn but will still be a enemy of Australia until the turd is cooked.
It’s very satisfying watching Krudd accurately and repeatedly kick Scummo (and his little Dog-Who-Won’t-Hunt) to the curb.
Morning all and thanks BK for the roundup.
There is not much media defense of Germ-spreader Gladys and the Health Hazzard in Sydney, nor Scotty From Vaccine Shortages in Canberra.
I thought Laura TIngle and the 7.30 Report interview with the Pfizer Chairman was also telling – an obviously confected false denial of Rudd’s assistance shot down by basic fact checking.
The more journalists check what Morrison says, the more he will be caught out, because he lies a lot. His lying, like his policy, is ad-hoc.
Yesterday I posted that the POC players (3) who missed during penalty shoot out of Euro cup may be racially abused and unfortunately it came true.
The coach sent the youngest player (19 years old) and POC to kick last the last goal. Imagine the pressure he would have been. If he had kicked the goal they will continue with shootout or England loose.
NSW’s Deputy Premier John Barilaro has hinted that new restrictions could be on the table for the parts of Sydney, telling Sky News “we’ve lost control” of the virus.
Mr Barilaro revealed it wouldn’t be possible for the Greater Sydney lockdown to end on Friday night and said , while a curfew wasn’t being considered, more restrictions may be needed for some parts of Sydney.
“We may have to go further or tighten restrictions in some local government areas, we accept that but what does that mean?” he said. “It means making sure there’s less movement of people going into homes, going into construction sites, going into retail.”
Food for thought: https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/199871/download
The UK National Grid Future Energy Scenarios.
Can’t see the point in telling members of the public to “Just Get The Jab”, or to arrange a bring-forward (to use the new lingo) from 12 weeks to 8 weeks (or is it 6 weeks now? Who’d know?) if there’s no jab and no appointments, and no GPs willing to go against what is pretty clearly stated in various Health web sites.
The disconnect between what the NSW Premier and the PM are telling us and Reality is quite stark, so stark that they must realise the disparity, but are insisting on maintaining it anyway.
I read here only today that the “Bring Forward” and “AZ OK for young people” policies only apply in Sydney, not the regions.
I spent over an hour on web sites tediously entering and re-entering my details each time I tried a new strategy. All to no avail: no appointments available, or even permitted.
I next spent 15 minutes waiting on hold and then 5 minutes more on the phone with an exasperated GP clinic receptionist who told me that early 2nd jabs were dangerous, there were no appountments permitted for this purpose, and that my grandson in his 20s was banned from the vaccination rollout due to his age, even as I watched the Premier, live on TV, state precisely to the contrary.
And only today do I find out from someone making a post on a psephology blog (ie. not from anywhere official) that the Premier was misleading me.
There appear to be parallel universes at work here.
In one universe there is plenty of vaccine and anyone can – and should – get it pronto. Just make an appointment with a GP, or tootle down to your local vaccination hub and you’ll be apples.
In the other universe there is little if any vaccine, even for those in the established target groups, no-one has heard of the supposed “New Rules” applying to early 2nd jabs and younger age groups, GPs are booked out, stressed and unavailable, web sites offer no hint that anything has changed and the whole thing is a confusing schemozzle.
It’s almost as if by talking about their new parallel universe, one where there is vaccine aplenty and obliging GPs only too happy to inject us with it, our leaders are trying to convince us by sheer repetition that this universe actually exists.
Victoria records one new case of COVID-19
Victoria has recorded one new COVID-19 case in addition to two others announced late yesterday.
There were 24,470 test results received yesterday, and 14,384 doses of vaccine were administered at state-run sites.
Two people tested positive yesterday after returning from New South Wales on red zone permits.
A third member of the household of four has also tested positive, Premier Daniel Andrews said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-13/victoria-records-one-new-covid-case/100287910