The monthly Freshwater Strategy poll for the Financial Review (presently available online in the paper’s subscriber-only digital edition) records no change of consequence on voting intention, with the Coalition maintaining a 51-49 lead on two-party preferred and the major party primary votes unchanged at Labor 30% and the Coalition 40%, although the Greens have gained a point to 14%. Anthony Albanese is down two on approval to 33% and up one on disapproval to 50%, while Peter Dutton is steady on 37% and up two to 41%. Albanese’s lead as preferred prime minister is all but erased, narrowing from 45-39 to 43-42.
The poll also finds 55% believe the world will be less safe with Donald Trump as President, compared with 28% for safer, and that 47% consider Peter Dutton “better placed to engage and negotiate” with Trump, compared with 36% for Anthony Albanese. The poll was conducted Friday to Sunday from a sample of 1046.
Dutton? Who will just bow down to Trump and kiss Trumps feet and allow him to put tariffs in this country? Yeah right, rogue poll. Don’t believe it.
Dutton will not stand up to Trump, he will embrace him even more than Mr. Morrison did!
I’m not sure the people who were polled are looking for someone to “stand up” to Trump. More that they are able to get on with him ok.
Albo’s intransigence re Rudd and his continuing fawning over Biden, probably damages voters’ assessment of his being able to establish a good relationship.
This perception might change if there’s any truth in Peter Hartcher’s story (which will have come directly from Rudd) that all these potentially important people in the Trump administration are keen to talk to Rudd re China. We’ll see about that, although I have my doubts.
Anyway, I doubt that the state of our relationship with the US will be an election-determining issue.
Biden moves, too late….
Washington: US President Joe Biden’s administration has lifted restrictions that had blocked Ukraine from using US-supplied weapons to strike deep into Russian territory, said three sources familiar with the matter, in a significant change to US policy in the Ukraine-Russia conflict.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/biden-lifts-ban-on-ukraine-using-us-arms-to-strike-inside-russia-20241118-p5krcl.html
Too late, just as he was 3 years too late in saying he wouldn’t seek office again
-17 approval levels for Albo, that’s almost shortenite levels.
Coalition is actually down on PV by 1% since October ( 2% since September ) and PPM has not changed. It appears Phil Coorey is being a bit selective. He appears to be comparing the latest figures (November ) to those in June not October for some of his comparison.
I am sure it is simply a oversight !
Cheers and a great day to all.
So Albos telling Shorty and others to do their bye bye my family needs me speeches before Parliament ends for 2024. Journos reading that as Albo going early for the election with February the next scheduled sitting. NOT before Xmas but not before the kids go back to school either perhaps ? The much debated rate cuts trigger seems a way off now so Albo needs a cost of living hail mary policy or three to salvage a minority Government and not the pathetic free busfares tried in qld recently despite Dud Dutton being dud Dutton.
Elmer does one detect a hint of despair in ur post ? What happened?
Despite the attacks on Albanese and Labor
The federal liberal/nats combined primary vote struggles to go into the low-mid 40% and would be disappointing the lib/nats propaganda media units
Qld will not be enough for the federal lib/nats to force Labor into minority
Shorten takes up his new job in February next year. Perhaps this sitting fortnight is his last in Parliament and his last chance therefore to give his final speech. Nothing more than that.
Sometimes we may just dig too deep for reasons ?
Cheers and a great day to all.