YouGov, which for a while was reporting every three weeks, returns from a break with its first federal poll in seven weeks (though not yet on their website), showing Labor with a 51-49 lead on two-party preferred compared with 50-50 last time. Labor is up one on the primary vote to 31%, with the Coalition steady on 38%, the Greens down one to 13% and One Nation down one to 7%. Anthony Albanese is up one on approval to 42% and down one on disapproval to 52%, while Peter Dutton more than recovers after a slump last time, gaining four on approval to 42% and falling five on disapproval to 46%. Albanese holds a 45-37 lead as preferred prime minister, in from 47-36.
The poll also offers the government the sobering finding that 73% were unable to name a government initiate that had made them financially better off, with only 10% nominating the tax cuts that recently took effect, followed by 7% for energy rebates. It was conducted a little over a week ago, from July 12 to 17, from a sample of 1528.
Albo just doesn’t have IT.
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Well, he should report it to the Help Desk.
LVT….And you wetting yourself along with Rex….pathetic.
Beach volleyball Italy v Spain doing battle. Nice to see the sun shining !
So when will the federal Labor government comment on the ACT Labor party accusing Israel of being an apartheid government?
Albo shouldn’t have punished O’Neil and Giles. He just went for the easy target sacrificial lambs.
Marles, Tanya, Madeleine King and Dreyfus are the ones doing the damage. Shorten is past his used by date as well.
Lordbain says:
Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 3:38 pm
So Henry, how is Labor backing down from the Republic them “persuading voters”?
How is this such a difficult concept for some people… if you back away from a policy, it looks weaker to others, not stronger.
FFS…
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Despite what I said.
Persuading conservative Australians to back a republic is a task for the entire republican movement, not just the Labor Party. That is the point I was trying to make.
Has Labor really backed away from the republic? Albo has said it is not a top priority, because he knows it has no chance of getting up in the foreseeable future. He did not say that he was ditching the policy. FFS indeed. Stop drawing sweeping conclusions from short-term moves.
As for Labor looking stronger or weaker on the republic, that will not by itself persuade conservative Australians one way or the other. They will look first and foremost to their party leaderships, which is why we have to appeal to national pride across the political spectrum.
Labor deserves to be dissed over quite a few things, in particular allowing more fossil fuel expansion, although I’m hopeful that the growth in renewables will eventually make that obsolete.
But dissing Labor over the republic is as fair as blaming Labor for the failure of the Voice referendum.
Careful what you wish for Lordbain. It probably doesn’t occur to you as ‘one of those people’ – a Canberra Greens Political Party member – that you you do actually get your wish of a glorious socialist revolution, the first thing that the Beria’s and Stalin’s that will head such an outfit will do is also deliver on your fear – and put you 6 feet under. That is because you are a mere tool and a fool – and hence unreliable and thus expendable. Just as soon as you enquire of the leadership as to when exactly the party is going to actually start delivering on all its promises and ‘demands’ now it has seized power … oops. So sad.
Tricot I’ve put my money on a date – Albo out by sept 12.
If I’m wrong come along and have a pot shot at me then.
“ Shorten is past his used by date as well.”
What? Integrity actually thinks that Shorten had a ‘useful date’? Could have fooled me. …
“ Tricot I’ve put my money on a date – Albo out by sept 2032.
If I’m wrong come along and have a pot shot at me then.”
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You should employ me as a sub editor, L’arse. You keep making the same typo.
So haff was passed on 1 nov 2023 – yet here we are 9 months later and not one dollar has been spent or approved to be spent on a solitary house.
Holy shit AE, you think an Australian socialist movement will lead to such monsters as the soviets? I think I overestimated my assumption of your intelligence… I won’t make that mistake again 🙂
I think Albo’s political fortunes started to take a hit after the Voice referendum.
It was so obvious at least a month before the referendum that the NO side was going to win.
Albo could have easily done a Nathan Cleary and wedged Dutton by changing the question being asked to just recognise Indigenous and Aboriginal Australians in the constitution.
Everyone at the time was in support of that, the YES side would have won for sure!
Did Murdoch jnr demand the heads of O’Neil and Giles the other night ..?
Lars, don’t you see, the HAFF is just as affective as the NACC… I know if I was Labor I would be running on such big wins! I mean let’s not mention where 3 billion in the HAFF came from…
LVT, what party dumps their leader when they are leading in the polls?
MI, that would be Labor considering the Rudd disaster…
Who’s talking about leadershit change?
The next federal election will be contested between Albo v Dutton
“ Holy shit AE, you think an Australian socialist movement will lead to such monsters as the soviets? I think I overestimated my assumption of your intelligence… I won’t make that mistake again ”
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The problem with ‘you people’ (stuck up over opinionated Canberra Greens Party members) is that you have little grasp of the human condition.
Socialism is a secular cult. Socialist parties are by definition driven by doctrine. These sort of institutions are just like religious ones, but without the fairy sky father malarkey. Experience has shown – at home and abroad – that such cults attract monsters, and that monsters thrive within them. It is inevitable that the outcome of any socialist revolution would be an outfit ending up being run by the monsters. It is a structural fault line in Marxism, just like it is in religious cults. History has shown that one way that monsters ‘get ahead’ in cult like institutions is to triangulate against useful fools – like ‘you people’ once you have served your purpose – and then eliminate them.
Wednesday will be a very important day for Albo. I think that is when the CPI figures will be released.
Watch Labor get the hippy, hippy shakes if they’re still too high.
Oh I see AE; it’s inherent in the socialist system. Luckily capitalism never breeds monsters, nor is capitalism a seculsr religion (praise be the invisible hand of the market)… truly I have to “further” lower my evaluation of your intelligence if your spouting nonsense like that.
Haven’t spent a dinar on the HAFF after 9 months?
Where’s the money$$ gone?
Can see a Kennett-Style The Guilty Party ad in the not too distant future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAnxaYdpsD4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIdTShBKHxw
I’m pretty disillusioned about a republic I must say. Do we really want a presidential system where we give unchecked power to one individual and elections become a personality contest? In recent years the US, Brasil, France and Russia have all had lunatics either in power or dangerously close. The US is more often than not marred by gridlock between different wings of government.
I would rather we maintain the representative parliamentary system with the head of state being a “governor” elected by a vote of the parliament – this would be a largely ceremonial role like the GG, with the power to step in to uphold the constitution or in times of crisis.
So why would we bother changing anything at all? In practice the monarchy does not interfere with our affairs. You’re left with symbolism as the main argument.
Ok, other than Labor what party would be crazy, foolish, and dumb enough to dump their leader whilst leading in the polls?
Liking the Greens to revolutionary socialists is an insane comparison.
Incorrect BT – they have spent money on HAFF, lots and lots of establishment costs you see – but nothing spent on an actual house.
Andrew_Earlwood says:
Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 5:47 pm
“ Holy shit AE, you think an Australian socialist movement will lead to such monsters as the soviets? I think I overestimated my assumption of your intelligence… I won’t make that mistake again ”
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The problem with ‘you people’ (stuck up over opinionated Canberra Greens Party members) is that you have little grasp of the human condition.
Socialism is a secular cult. Socialist parties are by definition driven by doctrine. These sort of institutions are just like religious ones, but without the fairy sky father malarkey. Experience has shown – at home and abroad – that such cults attract monsters, and that monsters thrive within them. It is inevitable that the outcome of any socialist revolution would be an outfit ending up being run by the monsters. It is a structural fault line in Marxism, just like it is in religious cults. History has shown that one way that monsters ‘get ahead’ in cult like institutions is to triangulate against useful fools – like ‘you people’ once you have served your purpose – and then eliminate them.
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This could have been easily written by Rowan Dean, Andrew Bolt or Rita Panahi.
MI, I suspect that madness could infect any party (even my perfect greens). I do think Labor have made strives not to make the same stupid choices relating to leadership that they made during Rudd’s era, but I think those will be tested if the inflation numbers and RBA are less then favourable.
Hazza, there are non-executive republic models. I for one don’t want any executive power, ie able to sack a government, sitting with a single person.
This Govt is better than the crooked Morrison Govt, but it’s still a very weak and untalented Govt that is damaging Australia.
The problem is that a Dutton Govt would destroy the economy and the social fabric.
We’re in a terrible position.
The best outcome is a hung parliament that gives the Teal and Greens serious leverage in both houses as to somewhat protect what decent things still remain.
MI – think of it as return on investment.
Under current management ur heading for some form of minority govt. If you change the captain – maybe you can get a better return like say majority govt?
The political party which replaces their leader when they can not lead after 30 newspolls
Is the political party which Peter Dutton is the federal leader of
The federal lib/nats have not been in front in a newspoll for how long now?
The Greens and Labor Rusties know in their hearts that they’re going to the wall come the day of the rope, imo, but I say that’s more reason to indulge their fantasies and delusions.
“ Oh I see AE; it’s inherent in the socialist system. Luckily capitalism never breeds monsters, nor is capitalism a seculsr religion (praise be the invisible hand of the market)… truly I have to “further” lower my evaluation of your intelligence if your spouting nonsense like that.”
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I’m guessing that erecting straw men to knock over is your stock in trade when attempting to rebut something when you don’t have a rational comeback.
The human condition breeds monsters, and monsters certainly thrive in capitalism. Of that, there is no doubt. That doesn’t answer the dishonourable historical rollcall of terrible awful socialist governments where exactly the same outcomes – or worse – have occurred when compared to tycoon capitalism and so-forth.
IMO the the best course is to be healthily skeptical – yet curious and intrigued – about the ideas behind many ideologies- but look to pragmatic outcomes that serve a utilitarian purpose for the common good. That also – paradoxically – means being healthily skeptical of one’s own self and opinions; and of the organisations and institutions that one actually belongs or follows.
LVT, what about Labor waits until Harris is president then switch out whilst there is world wild relief and uphoria
“ This could have been easily written by Rowan Dean, Andrew Bolt or Rita Panahi.”
Except that none of them would have the wit to extend the critique to institutions and cult like ideologies to which they cleave. I do.
Any future PM hopefuls like Chalmers or Burke would only be shooting themselves in the foot by displacing Albo before the election, rather than after. They know that.
There is no benefit to anyone incl the party in changing leaders now
Kirsdarke, call someone a fascist horseshoe flog, that’ll do it.
Andrew_Earlwood says:
Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 6:03 pm
“ This could have been easily written by Rowan Dean, Andrew Bolt or Rita Panahi.”
Except that none of them would have the wit to extend the critique to institutions and cult like ideologies to which they cleave. I do.
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They also probably lack your humility too.
Kirsdarke, no need I see it’s already just happened.
I reckon Max would put Bandt up against the wall given half the chance.
“ They also probably lack your humility too.”
It is a burden to be so humble as I.
CrowdStrike…
This could go down as the world’s most stupid PR exercise ever….
CrowdStrike sent out $US10 Uber Eats gift cards to its team members and partners who worked around the clock over the weekend. So many were being redeemed that Uber flagged the gift cards as fraud because of high usage rates.
“To express our gratitude, your next cup of coffee or late-night snack is on us!,” an email signed by CrowdStrike chief business officer Daniel Bernard reads, as seen by this masthead.
Worlds biggest IT crash caused by rank incompetence compensated with a cup of coffee.
Sceptic… that’s a joke right. Like this is the chasers and there’s a punchline right?
Well, in actually significant world events, the Venezuelan Presidential Election is being held today, with results presumably coming in tomorrow.
Opinion polls have Opposition candidate Edmundo González being way ahead of incumbent Nicolás Maduro, 64-21 in the latest one, but it remains to be seen what happens there.
Does Trump seriously want to lose?
The last time people will ever need to vote? WTF
Trump has a worried look as far as I’m concerned.
I’m switching, you’re allowed, I think Kamala has his measure!
Albo just got roundly booed by the crowd at Bruce Stadium
However, it probably doesn’t help that he is done up like a Pox Doctor’s Clerk in Rabbitoh’s gear.
(Btw Canberra 22 Souths 4 approaching half time)
Stalin, Jin Ping, Ze Dung, Pot, Kim, Il Sung, Il Dong, Jong Un, Ceaucescu Nicolai and Ceaucescu Elena…
… the stars are in my eyes.
“ Stalin, Jin Ping, Ze Dung, Pot, Kim, Il Sung, Il Dong, Jong Un, Ceaucescu Nicolai and Ceaucescu Elena…
… the stars are in my eyes.”
But but but … Henry Ford! George Westinghouse! Thomas Edison!
AE, I would say Hitler, Churchill, every tin pot dictator supported by the yanks during the cold war etc… but good try with your strawman, keep it up 🙂