Roy Morgan has published the first poll of voting intention since the election, though in its typically unpredictable way it makes clear from an accompanying chart that it has continued conducting polling on a weekly basis. The primary votes from the poll are Labor 36%, which compares with 32.6% at the election and 34% in both Morgan’s poll last week and its pre-election poll; Coalition 37%, respectively compared with 35.7%, 37% and 34%; Greens 11%, respectively compared with 12.3%, 12.5% and 13%; One Nation 4%, respectively compared with 5.0%, 3.5% and 4%; and United Australia Party 0.5%, respectively compared with 4.1%, 1% and 1%. The two-party preferred result from the poll is 53-47 in favour of Labor, compared with about 52-48 at the election, 54-46 in last week’s poll and 53-47 in the final pre-election Morgan poll.
The two-party state breakdowns have the Coalition with an unlikely 53.5-46.5 lead in New South Wales, after losing there by 51.4-48.6 at the election; Labor with a scarcely more plausible 60.5-39.5 lead in Victoria, which they won by about 54-46 (here the two-party election count is not quite finalised); 50-50 in Queensland, where the Coalition won 54-46; Labor ahead by 50.5-49.5 in Western Australia, where they won 55-45 at the election; Labor ahead by 60.5-39.5 in South Australia, where they won 54-46; and Labor ahead 63-37 in Tasmania, where they won 54.3-45.7. It should be noted that sample sizes for the small states especially low, and margins of error correspondingly high. The poll was conducted online and by phone last Monday to Sunday from a sample of 1401.
This post is intended as the open thread for general political discussion – if you have something more in-depth to offer on the results of the recent election, you might like to chime in on my new post looking at the Australian National University’s new study of surveys conducted early in the campaign and immediately after the election, or the ongoing discussion of the Senate results.
Yeah Steely because “Aboriginal Protection Boards” and the like worked so well…
zoomstersays:
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 7:54 pm
Post election, the losing party should accept that something they’ve been doing hasn’t resonated with the electorate and sit down and work out where they went wrong.
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Probably makes a difference if you have been in govt for 3 terms.
Why bother. Just refresh and regroup and start again.
Taylormade wrote:
C@tmommasays:
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 7:48 pm
Of course, my favourite part of our lunch was Griff’s story about the unique brain cancer treatment he had a hand in doing the research for. But I’m biased towards that sort of thing.
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There would have been quite a bit of bragging going on I bet.
Not really my cup of tea. But anyway different strokes for different folks .
Yes it was a good time at the lunch Taylor with the burning of the Liberal Troll effigy a highlight 🙂
Thanks to Catmomma for organising and nice to meet all the folks who were there.
Cheers
Taylormade @ #254 Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022 – 6:09 pm
So there was nothing wrong with their approach except they were old and tired.
Keep thinking that way. 😆
Taylormade
I’m absolutely delighted that that seems to have been the Liberals’ decision.
Dutton can change, but only for the worse.
Stephen Koukoulas @TheKouk
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Good news – bigs falls in commodity prices coming through… to be sure from a high base, but this just might be the very early signal that inflation will be peaking in late 2022 and sliding rapidly in 2023.
Bonds rallying too
Aust 10 below 4.0%
Lol Taylormade
“Good news – bigs falls in commodity prices coming through”
Not necessarily all good news that, for Australia.
BT:
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 7:56 pm
[‘I never said Dutton was performing well, if you read my post again.’]
I did albeit judging your critique, clothed objectively, nuanced though unconvincing. With Dutton, we have a man who’s what you see is what you get – no substance, vision whatsoever, a former plod, who most undeservedly has tickets on himself. He’ll never lead this country. Pepys.
Mavis, I just saw your idea of an SEQ PB lunch. OK. Sure. Could be fun!
Let me think about logistics, and I’ll be back with some thoughts later. I think we’re a spread out bunch. In the meantime…ideas are free. 🙂
C@t
Hal Colebatch and Hall Greenland. They sure do name them weird in the inner city.
Mavis,
Sadly, no gossip or scuttlebutt at our (private room) table with the lazy susan in Dixon street.
But that is just because we are still getting to know each other.
Wait till I host a gathering at my house (when the renovations are eventually done and any invitees will not immediately be at risk of whatever horrible lung condition black and copious other colours of mold cause).
One of my inspirations is Pablo Neruda, and I wish to emulate his tradition of inviting friends over and cooking for them, while having interesting discussions, with lots of wine available for this who wish to partake, especially the cook.
My word, the Barilaro affair smells more like a bucket of prawns in the sun than a barrel of pork.
A small sample:
Oda Al Tomate
La calle
se llenó de tomates,
mediodia,
verano,
la luz
se parte
en dos
mitades
de tomate,
corre
por las calles
el jugo.
En diciembre
se desata
el tomate,
invade
las cocinas,
entra por los almuerzos,
se sienta
reposado
en los aparadores,
entre los vasos,
las matequilleras,
los saleros azules.
Tiene
luz propia,
majestad benigna.
Debemos, por desgracia,
asesinarlo:
se hunde
el cuchillo
en su pulpa viviente,
es una roja
viscera,
un sol
fresco,
profundo,
inagotable,
lle na las ensaladas
de Chile,
se casa alegremente
con la clara cebolla,
y para celebrarlo
se deja
caer
aceite,
hijo
esencial del olivo,
sobre sus hemisferios entreabiertos,
agrega
la pimienta
su fragancia,
la sal su magnetismo:
son las bodas
del dàa
el perejil
levanta
banderines,
las papas
hierven vigorosamente,
el asado
golpea
con su aroma
en la puerta,
es hora!
vamos!
y sobre
la mesa, en la cintura
del verano,
el tomate,
astro de tierra,
estrella
repetida
y fecunda,
nos muestra
sus circunvoluciones,
sus canales,
la insigne plenitud
y la abundancia
sin hueso,
sin coraza,
sin escamas ni espinas,
nos entrega
el regalo
de su color fogoso
y la totalidad de su frescura.
Pablo Neruda
sprocket:
“With the results confirmed by the commission, the final two-party preferred vote was Labor on 52.13 per cent, compared to the coalition’s 47.87 per cent.”
Final Newspoll before the election, ALP: 53%
The revenge of the Pollsters!!
En Inglis:
Ode to Tomatoes
(translated by Margaret Sayers Peden)
The street
filled with tomatoes
midday,
summer,
light is
halved
like
a
tomato,
its juice
runs
through the streets.
In December,
unabated,
the tomato
invades
the kitchen,
it enters at lunchtime,
takes
its ease
on countertops,
among glasses,
butter dishes,
blue saltcellars.
It sheds
its own light,
benign majesty.
Unfortunately, we must
murder it:
the knife
sinks
into living flesh,
red
viscera,
a cool
sun,
profound,
inexhausible,
populates the salads
of Chile,
happily, it is wed
to the clear onion,
and to celebrate the union
we
pour
oil,
essential
child of the olive,
onto its halved hemispheres,
pepper
adds
its fragrance,
salt, its magnetism;
it is the wedding
of the day,
parsley
hoists
its flag,
potatoes
bubble vigorously,
the aroma
of the roast
knocks
at the door,
it’s time!
come on!
and, on
the table, at the midpoint
of summer,
the tomato,
star of earth,
recurrent
and fertile
star,
displays
its convolutions,
its canals,
its remarkable amplitude
and abundance,
no pit,
no husk,
no leaves or thorns,
the tomato offers
its gift
of fiery color
and cool completeness.
Also, Late Riser, thank you very much for your lovely poetry each morning.
“Douglas and Milko says:
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 8:55 pm”
Interesting, Neruda is also one of my favourite poets. I lived in Chile from 1970 to 1985.
Hall Greenland, reminds me of Queensland NP minister Denver Beanland 😆
“zoomster says:
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 7:54 pm”
Yes, the Liberals are indeed in denial. They just don’t get why Murdoch wasn’t able to save them this time around, and so they seem to believe that the result was some kind of freak event, very unlikely to be repeated, ever again.
Well, if they are happy thinking like that…. be my guest!…. 🙂
Re Boerwar at 5.58 pm
Has Bluey falsely presumed that Senator D. Pocock is either a dog, or a wee part of “a confused mess or mixture” (dictionary definition of dog’s breakfast), worthy of pathetic ridicule?
Or has Bluey trouble counting to 39 (majority in Senate of 76)? As Dr Bonham and others have pointed out, the Albanese government is facing a better Senate than that phrase of disdain implies, principally because of the election of Fatima Payman in WA, together with Pocock in the ACT.
No doubt there will still be many bark-raving mad senators, including the “please explain” racist fraternity from Qld and the billionaire’s stooge from Victoria, plus LNP senators in that category, but even the latter group has diminished in size, while the former won’t recognise their total irrelevance.
If Bluey wants to claim credit for his Reps prowess (outside of Brisbane), consistency and humility require that he recognises the Senate outcome is better than what his derisive prediction implied.
Get used to the progressive potential of the current Senate, because if things go exceptionally well for Albanese in his first term, so that the Senate result from 2019 is reversed in 2025 (i.e. Labor winning 18 and the Coalition 13, which would require a much better Labor Senate vote than in 2022 in order to win 3 senators in NSW, Vic, WA and SA, and 2 each in Qld and Tas, plus the territories), then the only change in Albanese’s second term would be that D. Pocock may not be essential for most legislation.
I’ve made it home, and wish to place on record my enjoyment of the PB luncheon, and thank C@t for her organisation of a terrific event. PB attracts a really interesting group of accomplished people, and I had a beaut time.
Alpo
Wow! So you lived through the most turbulent times.
My association with Chile is surprisingly long. Coming from a politically left-wing family, but also absolutely Catholic, the Pinochet coup on 11/09/1973 sent shockwaves through our little Blue Mountains Catholic community. The Catholic Church was a different beastie then to what it is now, and we were all horrified that a falangist-style coup could succeed in the post war era.
The Parish priest put out a call for any of us who could help refugees from Chile start a new life in Australia.
We supported some women who had committed the great crime of being “English teachers” when Pinochet came to power. They were living in shared accomodation in Bondi Junction, and we befriended them, and I as a 12 year old was entranced both by the “exotic other”, and the politics.
Experiencing the need for these Catholic women to flee Pinochet was a turning pointing my life – politics could kill you.
So, fast forward to 1994; I was by then doing a PhD in radio astronomy, and needed to go to Chile to collect data, at Observatorio La Silla
I set off by myself, getting myself by way of Santiago to La Serana to La Silla . It was a wonderful adventure, and because I was travelling alone, I could use the precious few hours I had in Santiago to explore, rather than sleep.
I fell in love with Chile and Santiago on that trip, and our family interaction with Enrichetta (the English teacher in Bondi Junction who had to flee Chile), had already made sure I was primed to apreciate the amazing culture.
Since 1994, I have lived in Chile for 6 – 9months at time, over many years.
The last time I was there for a few months, we lived in Barrio Lastarria, but often walked to Barrio Brasil, where the coolest bars were.
I was so chuffed to see that the current president of Chile lives in Barrio Brasil.
Taylormade @ #NaN Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022 – 8:05 pm
What an insipid response. And sorry, no bragging, just extraordinary people. But I get that you probably haven’t come across that many in the Liberals.
Steve777says:
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 8:08 pm
Yeah Steely because “Aboriginal Protection Boards” and the like worked so well…
You mean the Aboriginal Protections Boards from over a 100 years ago. God give me strength.
Just go back to your tokenism it is all you know, feel good uselessness, Voice in parliament, Treaty, all the rest of it. The ALP will be in Government for 6 years lets see one area of the Gap that is closed in 6 years time. Particularly in the area of domestic violence.
Note to self remind Steve777 of their being no tangible difference in closing of the Gap in 6 years time.
Thanks everyone! The organising was the easy part. I’m still awestruck. I’ll get over it. 😉
Mavis,
It’s not that hard to organise. Mr Bowe is very helpful with back channel contacts if required. Yes, SE Queensland is diffuse, but so is Sydney and its environs and we manage to make it happen. Because the joy of physically getting to meet people in the flesh makes it all worth it. 🙂
The Indue card wasn’t there to help First Nations people. Its purpose was to punish the unemployed of all races while sending a bit of dosh to Liberal mates. A Twenty-first century equivalent of the workhouse to be extended to all those unemployed needing support and eventually to disability pensioners.
BTSayssays:
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 7:52 pm
ParkySP
I’m not sure either but I can assure you I don’t have a particularly rosy view of Dutton’s abilities.
Maybe it’s just that a reasoned and balanced (accurate or otherwise) analysis of the current position provides such a contrast to the things otherwise said on this site about Dutton that are based on long-held views that are at the extreme end of negative, that it has the strange effect of making my post seem ‘rosy’.
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* Dutton actually comes over quite knowledgeable and almost the ‘elder statesman’ these days. No-one need agree with his views to acknowledge this. That’s important for the politically unengaged (as most of the population are, in contrast to Bludgers), perceptions count for a lot.
Me – Sorry that bit is a very rosy take from my perspective which is what drew me to comment. Doing the old routine of ‘don’t need to agree but you must acknowledge…’ doesn’t add any weight. We all have opinions without saying that.
Now I watched Dutton absolutely flounder under some harder questioning on Insiders last week. 4 weeks into the job does not an ‘elder statesman’ make. Equally as much as the 4 weeks as a Prime Minister doesn’t make you a good one.
You’re correct saying that the politically non engaged won’t know or care. The fact is the watch is equally on both him and the PM for how they perform. As leader of the opposition he’s being hardly sighted which he’ll have to get used to. That’s one of the reasons why governments get multiple terms.
Opposition sucks.
Steve777 @ #280 Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022 – 10:04 pm
More than a bit. I thought the cost to administer each card was something in excess of the amount of benefits actually delivered through the card?
So Bruz getting that posting, and Dom trying to hush it up, is probably because Bruz has a future date with an ICAC + other fun and being way away overseas is a great way to hide and delay these sorts of things.
I’m glad it’s not working out for him.
Btw, I still can’t believe that guy was a nationals member. Just nutz.
SteelyDan: “You mean the Aboriginal Protections Boards from over a 100 years ago. ”
Ugh. This ignorance…. it burns. The indigenous people of Queensland were effectively all wards of the state, regardless of their circumstance, until the 70’s aka Whitlam. Fifty years ago. Aboriginal ‘reserves’ were the primary policy under which the gov handled the issue. These ‘laws’ were sequentially dismantled since Whitlam, but lasted until Joh was long gone, not formally dismantled until the 90’s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_reserve
The people who suffered under these injustices are still alive. And suffering.
Jeepers man. Do you know nothing of Australian history?
Happy to see the end of the cashless welfare card, there is no reason this country can’t afford to allow the most disadvantaged people to live in dignity. I hope we break out of what are honestly red herring, identity politics distractions and focus on policy that aims to give everyone equal opportunity and a decent living in any event. This needs to include all people beyond current trendy marginalised groups otherwise it will lead to perpetual division of one kind or another.
C@t:
I can’t believe I forgot about the lunch! My workshop yesterday was moved because the facilitator got Covid so I could’ve made it. I just didn’t have it in my diary.
Totally bummed!
https://www.smh.com.au/technology/delivery-rider-s-family-wins-landmark-payout-after-death-20220622-p5avq8.html
Good to see iCare accepted employment but are the food delivery companies required to pay workers’ compensation premiums? OHS laws should also apply.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and model Jerry Hall are reportedly divorcing
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/rupert-murdoch-jerry-hall-divorce-b2107176.html
“ MPs are looking at whether the foreign affairs watchdog or ethics officials in the Cabinet Office could investigate Boris Johnson’s proposal to give a senior job to his then girlfriend in 2018, after the prime minister refused to deny having done so. Johnson fuelled speculation that he attempted to install Carrie Johnson, now his wife, as his chief of staff when foreign secretary after he declined to comment on the allegations at prime minister’s questions.”
He really is Teflon. How he can survive so many integrity scandals is truly astounding. Either Keir Starmer is hopeless or the British public (and certainly the Tories) are a deeply forgiving lot. Add Johnson to a dreadful economic situation and the Brits are truly heading down the drain at pace.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/22/carrie-johnson-unsavoury-political-attack-dominic-raab
Starting to feel sorry for the aborigines; the Greens have spent two decades screwing up climate change policy, they seem to have lost interest in that and are now diking around with the Uluru statement of the heart. With the Greens divisive tactics; if the Liberals don’t come out in full support can’t see a referendum getting up.
An end date is mercifully in sight.
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/leigh-sales-faces-her-toughest-and-funniest-interview-yet-with-herself-20220617-p5aujq.html
As she prepares for her final 7.30 on June 30, Sales fields questions from one of the toughest and hardest-working interviewers in the country: herself.
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/leigh-sales-faces-her-toughest-and-funniest-interview-yet-with-herself-20220617-p5aujq.html
First question: How long have you been in love with Tony Abbott ?
First question: How long have you been in love with Tony Abbott ?
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Second question: When you were clearly heard to say “we won” during the ABC federal election night coverage in each of 2013, 2016 and 2019, and “we lost” in 2022, how did you think you’d get away with it? Are you responsible for Fran Kelly and David Speers being clearly heard to say the same on each occasion?
Good morning Dawn Patrollers
The Liberal Party will be left politically adrift if it ignores the demand from voters for integrity in governance, writes Chris Wallace who says that the election shows that Australia is fed up with dirty politics. A good read.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/stop-playing-dirty-why-australian-politics-must-clean-up-its-act-20220622-p5avm6.html
There is currently a greater than usual contest going on within the Liberal Party for control of its identity, writes John Warhurst.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7790512/liberals-must-choose-between-competing-models-for-how-to-move-forward/?cs=14264
The Albanese government has accepted that workers might need to take a real wage cut to prevent higher inflation from getting entrenched, after Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe warned against common pay rises of 4 to 5 per cent.
https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/labor-bows-to-rba-real-wage-cut-20220622-p5avs1
Katherine Murphy reports that The Albanese government could sign up to Joe Biden’s push to limit global methane emissions by 30% from 2020 levels by the end of the decade, as part of efforts to signal Australia has turned a corner on climate ambition.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/23/albanese-government-may-join-us-push-to-cut-global-methane-emissions-by-30
Eryk Bagshaw reports that, in India, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has said he expects a more powerful China to have a stronger say in international affairs, but it has a duty to reassure its neighbours that it is not a risk to their security.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/china-to-have-a-bigger-say-in-world-affairs-but-must-be-transparent-marles-20220622-p5avuo.html
A big, bold policy would be a flat tax of 25 per cent on personal capital income that would be simpler and more equitable than the current hotchpotch of tax breaks should be on Jim Chalmers’ to-do list, writes John Kehoe.
https://www.afr.com/policy/tax-and-super/dual-income-tax-should-be-on-chalmers-radar-20220622-p5avlo
Urgent clarity is needed over dozens of outstanding tax and superannuation measures announced but not enacted by the former Morrison government and Jim Chalmers has been urged to think big on reform plans now Labor is in power, explains Tom McIlroy.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/act-on-zombie-tax-and-super-measures-chalmers-urged-20220622-p5avs5
Now that the ALP has formed a government, we should ask what it can practically do to restore governance in Australia and convince the Australia public of the massive task it, and the public confront, in the face of so many festering problems. This task will not be easy, but a comprehensive narrative will have to be developed and communicated, laying down unequivocally the nation’s problems and their solutions, writes Greg Bailey.
https://johnmenadue.com/what-now-for-government-in-australia/
Alexandra Smith tells us about the growing outrage at the appointment of John Barilaro to that plum job in the US and how the Liberals are shivering.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/liberals-shiver-at-the-ghost-of-metherell-amid-anger-at-barilaro-appointment-20220622-p5avqc.html
Meanwhile, Dominic Perrottet has distanced himself from the scandal, shifting focus towards the senior public servant he said was ultimately responsible, Amy Brown. Under the bus she goes!
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/perrottet-distances-himself-from-barilaro-s-appointment-to-new-york-role-20220622-p5avtr.html
Josh Gordon writes that businesses are struggling to find workers who can afford to live within commuting range – and the problem is only going to get worse, with some taking matters into their own hands. It’s not a pretty picture he paints.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/lack-of-affordable-housing-set-to-cost-australia-25b-a-year-20220621-p5avf2.html
Katina Curtis runs through the changes Albanese has made to the top level of the public service. Unsurprisingly, the unloved Kathryn Campbell has been booted.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/public-service-heads-shuffled-as-albanese-makes-mark-on-bureaucracy-20220622-p5avtn.html
Harley Dennett writes that experts are saying the new-look line-up at the top of the Australian Public Service points to an agenda of reforming the federal bureaucracy.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7791432/albaneses-new-look-public-service-leadership-bolsters-reformers/?cs=14329
Peta Credlin reckons that scorn for our country is Adam Bandt’s specialty.
https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/scorn-for-our-country-is-adam-bandts-specialty/news-story/52c627dca976a821e37ed1b567eeae19
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has released what his long-awaited transition away from stamp duty will look like. Will Perrottet’s land tax bolster a more dynamic housing sector in NSW or result in another boon to vendors before the upcoming election? Callum Foote reports.
https://michaelwest.com.au/perrottets-land-tax-how-does-it-work-and-what-will-it-do/
According to Nick Toscano and Mike Foley, Australia’s power generators will urge state and territory governments against splintering the east coast electricity market by adopting separate schemes to drive investments into projects that shore up the troubled grid.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/power-industry-fires-warning-as-states-splinter-on-landmark-reform-20220622-p5avsf.html
“Chris Bowen has announced reconfiguration of the energy generation system will not ‘commence until 2025’. Can Labor and Australia wait that long?”, asks Keith Mitchelson.
https://johnmenadue.com/keith-mitchelson-how-long-how-long-blues/
While Coalition reheats its climate mess, the Albanese government has locked in Australia’s 43% emissions cut, writes Graham Readfearn.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/23/while-coalition-reheats-its-climate-mess-albanese-government-locks-in-australias-43-emissions-cut
Lisa Wilkinson gas hired a top silk to represent her after the fallout from her Logies speech.
https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/logies-star-lisa-wilkinsons-breakfast-tv-critic-hired-as-her-lawyer-by-lunchtime/news-story/721bab3f1373c77706d4ac393cbcb740
Dana Daniel writes that Health Minister Mark Butler will introduce legislation to deliver the Albanese government’s aged care reforms as early as next month, delivering on its election promise to mandate 24/7 registered nurses by next July. I wish him luck – it ain’t that simple.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/butler-promises-priority-legislation-to-mandate-aged-care-nurses-20220622-p5avmh.html
The EPA is urging the Government to order an independent review of Forestry Corporation NSW, which is facing new allegations after having just been fined for wiping out significant koala habitat, writes James Tremain.
https://independentaustralia.net/environment/environment-display/fines-dont-faze-forestry-corps-lust-for-logging,16486
At his cutting best, John Crace describes a simply awful question time for Boris Johnson yesterday. Of Jacob Rees-Mogg, he says, “Then came the apotheosis of decay. Step forward, Jacob Rees-Mogg. There was a time when the skeleton in the dusty, double-breasted suit fancied his chances. Thought he was either king or king-maker. Now he’s washed up. On the way down. So crap, that he’s no use even to Boris.” It’s a VERY entertaining read!
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/22/boris-johnson-produces-bubbles-of-nonsense-when-quizzed-about-carrie
Sri Lanka’s debt-laden economy has finally collapsed after months of food, fuel and power shortages – and the island nation can no longer buy oil.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/sri-lanka-s-economy-has-completely-collapsed-says-despairing-pm-20220622-p5avvj.html
Britain’s polio-free status could be at risk after routine sewage testing found the virus has returned and is spreading for the first time in nearly 40 years. Rob Harris reports that the UK Health Security Agency declared a national incident yesterday, announcing that several closely related viruses were found in samples taken in London between February and May, with the findings suggesting some spread between household or family members.
https://www.theage..au/world/europe/polio-virus-detected-in-london-sewage-national-incident-declared-20220623 com -p5avw2.html
Vladimir Putin’s appearance at his St Petersburg economic forum was intended to be a show of strength. Instead, it neatly laid out every problem his isolated economy is facing, explains Bloomberg’s Clara Ferreira Marques.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/the-weakness-of-putin-s-economic-show-of-force-20220621-p5av8w.html
Arwa Mahdawi is concerned that the Texas Republican party has unveiled a truly frightening official platform that rejects the result of the 2020 election, seeks to make racial discrimination legal and demonises LGBTQ+ people.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/22/get-up-walk-the-dog-my-life-is-mundane-but-because-im-gay-texas-republicans-think-im-abnormal
Rupert Murdoch and actress Jerry Hall are getting a divorce, the New York Times reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/rupert-murdoch-and-jerry-hall-to-divorce-report-20220623-p5avwb.html
Cartoon Corner – and still there are none of the usual offerings in the SMAge
From ScoMo to Albo: how a new cast of characters poses a challenge for cartoonists.
https://theconversation.com/from-scomo-to-albo-how-a-new-cast-of-characters-poses-a-challenge-for-cartoonists-184545
David Rowe
Peter Broelman
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Have we seen the back of Josh Frydenberg ? Not according to SKY NEWS
“Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg could make a return to politics after his Federal Election loss to teal independent Dr Monique Ryan in the Melbourne seat of Kooyong.
The Liberal Party is reportedly planning his comeback but have not decided if he will re-contest his former electorate amid a push-back to spend $2 million in hopes of reclaiming the once safe blue ribbon seat.
Another option for Mr Frydenberg would be challenging the neighbouring seat of Higgins (in Melbourne’s inner south-east), which was won by Labor’s Michelle Ananda-Rajah.
Liberal believes Higgins will be “easier to win” because Labor will have to launch a huge campaign to retain it at the next election.”
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/former-treasurer-josh-frydenberg-could-return-to-federal-politics-after-losing-kooyong-to-independent-monique-ryan/news-story/cadb650ddeb0492c7c6a5b81aa96c9d8.
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I can’t see Joshyboy hanging around for three years to have a tilt at Higgins given the lucrative job offers he has been made already. But I could see the Liberals talking someone into ‘retiring’ and triggering a by-election in Victoria to get him back in the HOR and provide a much more viable alternative LOTO to Mr Potatoe Head in Queensland. Who would be the sacrificial lamb ? Dunno, but it is an interesting thought bubble.
Do we really need Alan Tudge in federal parliament any more?
Those in the Liberal party continue to show they have no political sense or intelligence at all if they think josh Frydenberg would be welcome in any Victorian electorate, after he ran the whole state down and praised NSW for the NSW lib/nats government incompetence of handling the corona virus pandemic
C@tmommasays:
Thursday, June 23, 2022 at 7:27 am
Do we really need Alan Tudge in federal parliament any more?
Yep that is what I am thinking Cat. There are only 8 Liberal held seats in Victoria now so Joshy boys options are thin- Oh wait, Flinders was won by a woman who replaced Greg Hunt on retirement. Nah, Flinders would be too far away from Josh’s favourite cafe latte coffee shop on Toorak Road. Thought bubble goes poof.
Thanks very much BK.
Sales, like many of her “journalistic” ilk think they are the story.
the obvious options to getvictorian liberals to retire would be jason wood in latrobe who has been there since 20004got defeatid in 2010 contributed little to federal politics or russle broadbent at least tudge was a minister dought Frydenberg will winn even Dutton has moore personality charisma they tried mirabella in indi in 2016 after voters rejected her if liberals get desperate neding a so called modderit james stevins could be pushed to quit stuart and bermingham could run but libs nelly lost stuart then after icac there could be the gladys option
Traces of the polio virus have been found during a routine sewage inspection in London, leading the UK Health Security Agency to declare a national incident.
Health officials are now concerned about the community spread of the virus after samples were collected from the Beckton Sewage Treatment Works in London, but have stressed the risk to the public is extremely low.
Several closely-related polio viruses were found in sewage samples taken between February and May. It has continued to evolve and has now been classified as a ‘vaccine-derived’ poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2).
https://news.sky.com/story/traces-of-polio-virus-found-in-london-sewage-as-health-officials-declare-national-incident-12638443