The fortnightly Essential Research poll is one of the more encouraging sets of recent polling numbers for Labor, finding them up three on the primary vote to 32% with the Coalition up one to 34%, the Greens down two to 11%, One Nation down one to 7%, and the undecided component steady at 7%. Labor has its nose back in front on the pollster’s 2PP+ measure, up one to 47% with the Coalition down two to 46% and the remainder undecided. Anthony Albanese also improves on the monthly leadership ratings, up three on approval to 43% and down three on disapproval to 46%, while Peter Dutton is up one on approval to 42% and down one on disapproval 41%.
Also featured are some particularly interesting results on US politics, including a finding that Donald Trump was viewed more favourably in the survey period than he had been after the 2020 election (but before January 6). Trump was viewed favourably by 36% and unfavourably 56%, compared with 20% and 72% in 2020, and 23% felt Australia’s relationship with the United States would improve under Trump compared with 37% who felt it would worsen, the corresponding results last time being 7% and 63%.
A very occasional series of questions on unions suggests they are strongly supported, with 64% rating them important to working people today and 26% rating them unimportant, respectively up four points and two points, and a 63-37 split recorded in favour of them being good for the economy over bad. A third of respondents felt Labor was too close to the unions, another third felt the balance was about right, 10% thought they weren’t close enough, and the remainder weren’t sure. Labor scored higher than the Coalition on a series of questions involving the rights of workers, including a slight edge on the question of “ensuring unions are operating ethically”, with Labor favoured by 27% and the Coalition favoured by 23%. The poll was conducted Wednesday to Sunday from a sample of 1137.
The weekly Roy Morgan poll has Labor leading 50.5-49.5 on its respondent-allocated two-party measure, and by 51-49 when it applies preference flows from 2022. The primary votes are Labor 30.5% (down one), Coalition 37.5% (down two), Greens 13% (steady) and One Nation 6.5% (up one-and-a-half). The poll was conducted Monday to Sunday from a sample of 1652.
Lordbain at 7.49pm.
Yes, unfortunately it is.
I loved his post at 5.57pm. He was just about to get into a dissertation and then it fizzled out.
Fair to say the polls are kind of just chugging along for Labor but for the Labor haters here, Dutton and Susssssan have been in Perth for a few days and I doubt whether the majority of the populace (other that the withered breed of West newspaper readers) would know or care.
Apparently Dutton addressed the miners out in Kalgoorlie but there were no rousing cheers for him from what has been reported.
Meanwhile, the poor, misunderstood ex-Labor Senator (remember her at at all?) has been on a mission to visit all electorates in WA. I gather she has an audience of one in Geraldton.
It seems she is now threatening to withhold her vote from Labor in the Senate….for he benefit of ‘her’ WA constituency.
Obviously, Labor has totally misread this woman….A loyal-work-your-way-to-the-top in the name of Labor person at face value, to only just discover “her” WA voters…as an independent.
Some of us have other names for such stuff…..
Alabam
Why is the global Stockmarket meltdown the fault of Kamala Harris?
mb, given BWs less then supportive views on democracies… i suspect your right
All working in the rights favour!
Redbridge nightmare for labor in woke Vic.
Has to be the end of this horrible federal gov’t if they lose seats down there. Where can labor pick up seats? QLD?
Federal labor has to face the voters in Vic before stupid state Labor does. Fuck, I love the way this is all playing out.
Victorians can get ugly at the ballot box when they need to, think of the 1990 Fed election. Love Victoria, go get the bastards.
Victorians get upset, they’ll punish silly Albo.
Oncer!
FUBARsays:
Monday, August 5, 2024 at 7:51 pm
You people focus on the strangest things – most irrelevant to the proceedings.
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Some of us actually care about protecting this countries defence secrets. Obviously Reynolds had a very laissez-faire attitude to it. Which in many ways is far more worrying politically, than her ongoing vendetta against a rape victim she failed to look after properly.
Ya think? Looks like a bubble, squeaks like a bubble, pops like a bubble…
Alabama….
Why don’t you head south with your banjo on your knee?
Stock markets to up and they go down.
The markets in the US are now running scared that Dumb-F#@*ker Trump and his looney crew will now not win and all that cheap money and tax cuts that were going to go to the ultra rich in the US will be in safer hands
That you are clearly a Trump sucker-upper from your most recent comment and those which you deposit here beforehand like cheap after-shave, says it all.
Player one at 5.48pm.
You know most sensible humans have moved on from climate fanaticism. It’s so 2010’s, c’mon, you must feel it on your bones too that the tide is going out on all this. I don’t take shit and lectures from no-one, let alone from 16 year climate fanatics from rich european contries. Neither should world leaders. More coal, more gas, more progress.
Very simple.
Entropysays:
Monday, August 5, 2024 at 8:04 pm
Some of us actually care about protecting this countries defence secrets. Obviously Reynolds had a very laissez-faire attitude to it.
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When in Rome.
Gillard sending her staffer to National Security Briefings.
You couldn’t get any more laissez-faire than that.
AI rallies… overdone?
Nooooo…
Tricot at 7.58pm.
The WA Senator you refer to is the DEI hire of the 2022 WA Senate election.
Labor is into this. Labor can suck it up.
‘meher baba says:
Monday, August 5, 2024 at 7:53 pm
BW: “Good to see MB and FUBAR are as one in this domain!”
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I have more respect for FUBAR than most posters on PB, but I suspect that he is far closer to your position of not wanting anybody to lift a finger to try to do anything more to promote the cause of reconciliation and a treaty than he is to mine.’
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Bwhahahaha. Good one! I spent the best part of forty years ‘lifting a finger’ in this domain. Still doing some work in the space well past retirement. But… thanks for the laugh. It absolutely confirms for me that you are clueless in this space.
FUBAR is a Duttonite reactionary. Dutton is extremely busy astroturfing those who want NO change except maybe to cut some more funding, to delegitimize some more Indigenous people, and to jail some more of their children. For the good of the nation, of course!
BTW, we CAN’T ‘reconcile’ unless the bases for this are in place: Voice, Makarrata and Treaty. A national treaty IS the ultimate reconciliation. Anything less is just not good enough.
We can and should do all do what we can at the personal, local, regional and state level.
But this will ALL fall short as the latest Closing the Gap Report shows.
I am just waiting for you to feed me a line about Howard’s ‘practical’ reconciliation… you know… the reconciliation you have when you Howard wants to make sure there is no real reconciliation.
Cunning bastard, Howard. He sucked in a lot of people of good will with that little cracker.
Lordbain @ #1416 Monday, August 5th, 2024 – 8:13 pm
Honestly the first thought that came to mind about “AI Rallies” was this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDqHoxVHW_s
The interview ABC 7.30 with the ASIO chief was weird. Have problems in GB because a bunch of right wing nutters and miss information over immigrant being responsible for shooting or something. The first 1/2 of ASIO chief interview mentions ANTIFA and religious groups, right wing nutters hardly get a mention.
I wonder if increasing the threat revel is doing more harm than good, is ASIO trying to cause trouble?
Meh.
Just another Black Tulip Event.
Kirs, now thats a blast from the past…
frednk, thats the same vibe from the press conference today, where the chief made… interesting comments construing anti vaccers with youngsters not benefiting from the economic system.
Not sure ASIO is enjoying causing trouble, but as the defenders of the status quo it shouldnt be too much of a shock they arnt just worried about the right…
Also the Coalition policy in what happens next going forward with Indigenous affairs is pretty much stated as “Audits” which most likely means “Cuts” and “Increased government intervention in how they live their lives”.
Tricot again at 7.58pm.
Did you hear the booing of Albo the other week, in Canberra of all places, or do you only focus on a lack of rousing cheers for Dutts.
Hypocrite Tricot.
Nuclear power plants being turned off and a build being cancelled in France. Same old problem , takes time to turn them off and on. They will not be part of the future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEXQrmgkQrQ
frednk
Dutton and Bandt have been fomenting hate for the best part of a year. There have already been lots of direct consequences of this for Australians.
I have been following some of the social media feeds coming from Israel and from Iran+. Some of them are horrific in terms of the evident ambition to stoke more hatred and more violence.
The sheer amount of race hatred stoked up on social media during the Referendum and since is staggering. I sort of follow some of it to keep a bit of an eye on it. The encouragement to vigilantism is real and constant. Dutton owns part of that.
Finally, the Cooker/MAGA feeds are international. This has already cost lives in Australia with the murder of the Queensland policepersons.
I would be shocked if all those trends are not leading to a need for warning about security risks.
‘Kirsdarke says:
Monday, August 5, 2024 at 8:21 pm
Also the Coalition policy in what happens next going forward with Indigenous affairs is pretty much stated as “Audits” which most likely means “Cuts” and “Increased government intervention in how they live their lives”.’
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Yep. The most corrupt government in history wants to audit Indigenous individuals, communities and organizations. There can be no reconciliation. There can be no Voice. There can be no Makarrata. There can be no Treaty.
You got it.
And here goes the BW show again…
Alabama ….
Much as your scintillating posts encourage me to respond to such high quality stirring, I will leave it to others to respond (if they care to) your fly-by contributions here.
You have no credibility with me at all………………………
Sprocket at 7.58pm.
It’s not her fault, but she’ll be blamed if the U.S. heads into recession. Check Allan Lichtmans keys to the white house.
Looks like pre market is now heading to a deficit of 670 points.
Harris is part of the same team which trainwrecked the U.S.
She’s an idiot.
meher baba says:
Monday, August 5, 2024 at 7:53 pm
And I probably have more to do with Aboriginals and providing them opportunities than almost any poster here.
The current project I am on has won multiple awards for Aboriginal participation and has +30% Aboriginal employment
Lordbain.
When are we going to Pyong Yang together to visit the communist utopia, or is it better sitting in a cosy western country pontificating. Utterly pathetic.
‘FUBAR says:
Monday, August 5, 2024 at 8:31 pm
meher baba says:
Monday, August 5, 2024 at 7:53 pm
And I probably have more to do with Aboriginals and providing them opportunities than almost any poster here.
The current project I am on has won multiple awards for Aboriginal participation and has +30% Aboriginal employment’
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Mining or mining services?
Probably a wise decision.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/05/bangladesh-pm-has-resigned-and-left-country-media-reports-say-sheikh-hasina
BW: I don’t know about your line that we’ll never get anywhere without the full Uluṟu Statement box and dice.
It reminds me of all the people who said we would never see any growth in the renewable energy sector without an emissions trading scheme.
As for Howard’s “practical reconciliation“: I always thought it was eyewash. And I’d appreciate it if you wouldn’t accuse me of supporting something that I have never supported.
Talking about practical reconciliation: I’m sorry to say I was somewhat reminded of it by Albo’s speech at Garma.
Taylormadesays:
Monday, August 5, 2024 at 8:10 pm
Entropysays:
Monday, August 5, 2024 at 8:04 pm
Some of us actually care about protecting this countries defence secrets. Obviously Reynolds had a very laissez-faire attitude to it.
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When in Rome.
Gillard sending her staffer to National Security Briefings.
You couldn’t get any more laissez-faire than that.
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More whataboutism from TM, how predictable.
Dont worry Alabama; im here to spread the good word and shift Australia to become its own communist utopia 🙂
Boerwar says:
Monday, August 5, 2024 at 8:24 pm
frednk
Dutton and Bandt have been fomenting hate for the best part of a year. There have already been lots of direct consequences of this for Australians.
I have been following some of the social media feeds coming from Israel and from Iran+. Some of them are horrific in terms of the evident ambition to stoke more hatred and more violence.
The sheer amount of race hatred stoked up on social media during the Referendum and since is staggering. I sort of follow some of it to keep a bit of an eye on it. The encouragement to vigilantism is real and constant. Dutton owns part of that.
Finally, the Cooker/MAGA feeds are international. This has already cost lives in Australia with the murder of the Queensland policepersons.
I would be shocked if all those trends are not leading to a need for warning about security risks.
My issue is, this was not the message being given by the ASIO chief. If your not being honest about where the threat is coming from, why raise the threat level?
‘meher baba says:
Monday, August 5, 2024 at 8:47 pm
BW: I don’t know about your line that we’ll never get anywhere without the full Uluṟu Statement box and dice.
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I can point to areas where we have, together, made tremendous progress. These don’t get much sunshine but they are massive. We should keep working at that. I will.
There are areas where we are, IMO, going backwards. Try going for a walk in Alice Springs, for example.
IMO, the core problem is that there is no legitimacy in the Alice. It is at the pointy end of colonialism. The police are the expression of colonial power. The school systems are based on alien values. The health system is quite responsive but cannot possibly close a gap that is based on a series of drivers that have nothing at all to do with the health system.
White institutions have little or no legitimacy. Everything done in that space is make shift rather than being fundamental. I could write an essay on how accountability cannot work in that space because there is no agreement at all about what accountability is like.
Yes yes bore, Dutton and Bandt are EXACTLY the same…… Peas in a pod, no difference at all
‘frednk says:
Monday, August 5, 2024 at 8:49 pm
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My issue is, this was not the message being given by the ASIO chief. If your not being honest about where the threat is coming from, why raise the threat level?’
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Good point, IMO.
PageBoi
Their pod is wrecking the joint.
‘meher baba says:
Monday, August 5, 2024 at 8:47 pm
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Talking about practical reconciliation: I’m sorry to say I was somewhat reminded of it by Albo’s speech at Garma.’
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Of course you were and you were, IMO, quite right.
It is all that there is left when Dutton won’t support Voice, Makarrata and Treaty.
The wheels on the bus go round and round.
Tricot at 8.28pm.
Don’t read my posts if all you want to hear is pro-Labor rubbish, or ring up William and demand I be taken off.
If you want pro Labor rubbish, jump onto their website, though reading the rubbish on that would make even the Greens posters vomit.
Next time you want to send a tough post to me, stamp your foot when you press enter. Provides more emphasis.
Where IS my hat?
‘Linda Reynolds says she chose to meet with Brittany Higgins in the room her former staffer had allegedly been raped in a few days earlier because it was the only private space available in her ministerial office suite, a court has heard.
The Western Australian senator said she also was not aware of a potential sexual assault allegation at the time, and didn’t notice any “vibes” or “glances” from Higgins, who she acknowledged was “very upset”.’
https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/aug/05/brittany-higgins-lawyer-outlines-defence-against-linda-reynolds-defamation-claim-ntwnfb
Yep, albo’s instinct is always to go for bipartisanship first, which is why we have
A useless paper tiger NACC
Broken FOI laws and whistleblower protections
Below poverty line dole
Mutual obligations
Over funded private schools
The slow death of primary health care
Continued support for fossil fuel extraction
A trillion dollars pissed up against a wall on pointless AUKUS shenanigans
General sycophancy to the US
One could go on but there are so many bipartisan things that Albo and Dutton agree on in their pod it’s hard to know where to start
If the greens are wrecking the joint, when will weak Albo start trying to fix it? (Any day now!!!!! If it wasn’t for dem nasty greens, housing, healthcare, social cohesion and the environment would all be fixed by daring and visionary ALP policy)
The Bangladesh PM, Sheikh Hasina, has resigned and fled the country to India. Looks like a revolution is underway. Sheikh Hasina had been democratically elected originally but she has become more and more authoritarian recently.
@AusConservation should stop spreading lies and misinformation.
https://www.pollbludger.net/2024/07/31/polls-essential-research-and-roy-morgan-open-thread-7/comment-page-27/#comment-4342638
Hmmm.
VTP&E was a no in 2023. Support from the Aus fed gov since 2022 appeared to be a vanity project, …, certainly the trust us you don’t need details, resourcing, “mo”mentum behind “yes” below “no” way some pigs are more equal than others …, recent media coverage from Garma about nothing on promises list for the 2025 Aus fed election, also makes me think that.
It hasn’t stopped the push or processes for TRC/ Makarata, reparations, be it federal, territory/ state …, or another tent camp outside the parliament of Tasmania.
Whilst the nation might have had Frontier Wars till the 1930s, Tasmania had the Black Wars till about 1830s, at the conclusion of essentially an asymmetric conflict, Robinson going around to get surrender/ buy-in/ agreement, remaining Aboriginals seem to have been moved to Flinders Island in Bass Strait. Diseases or lack of resources did the rest.
May be it was legal/ lawful, after martial law was revoked, moral, just or ethical might be different.
Ultimately, settled, colonised, Frontier War-ed/ conquered. Which seems to have been legal till the post-WW2 tribunals of Neuremburg/ Tokyo.
So now there’s CtG/ benevolent racism/ affirmative (shit lite also likes unreal diversity), cultural leave, dual naming, give backs, native title (HCoA ruled it wasn’t empty, treaty-ed as a whole, …) missing seems to be self-determination, be it within or outside the CWoA.
It’s foundational here, and everywhere else empires left to be sorteds. (I reckon full of shit dropping the White Australia Policy was in part to have Caucasians, blacks, others …, besides accessing cheap labor.)
Anything in federation, dominion, statutes, independence of Australia docs that covers Poms against claims for reparations? [Certainly the Caribbean doesn’t appear to be giving up on sugar plantations related slavery, may be opium, financial services … reparations.]
If the greens are wrecking the joint,…
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There is no if about it.
They have been stoking communalist hatred for three quarters of a year.
They have delayed and/or blocked almost every single major Labor reform.
They do so in cahoots with the Thug… they can’t imagine how bad that looks and is.
They can’t seem to understand that their efforts at blocking and delay and their constant unbridled stunting and criticism, combined with their unbelievably populist bullshit, have fed the 4.4% increase in the polling for the Thug and Pauline.
Weird.
Goodness, VCT is doing weird as well.
Interim Military Government has been announced in Bangladesh. How the international community deals with the situation will be interesting. Also it is not certain that this measure will stem the protests.
Boerwar says:
Monday, August 5, 2024 at 8:45 pm
Civil. In the Kimberly.
Prefer not to disclose my specific employment on here, but if you want Mr Bowe to verify I will send him details.