Nielsen: Coalition leads 52-48
Both Kim and I have made the point in recent days that the polls are narrowing for Labor, and that the election is a real contest. Now, news comes in of the latest Nielsen poll which has the Coalition ahead [...]
On Kevin Rudd and gallbladder operations
There’s been some discussion on another thread of Kevin Rudd’s hospitalisation for an operation to remove his gall bladder. I thought I’d remark that I’ve had the same operation – back in 2004 when I was in my early 30s. [...]
Quick admin note
Such threads will from now on be referred to as “Roundtables” to distinguish them from unrestricted Open Threads. Please feel free to suggest that a Roundtable thread go up if any strong thread-drift trends are detected on analysis posts.
Week 2 of the campaign: The week that wasn’t
Please consider this a roundtable to reflect on the second week of the campaign in toto. Specific comments on particular issues in the campaign, or recent developments, should appropriately be placed on posts devoted to those issues.
Cheryl Kernot and “change politics”
I have a post at the ABC’s Drumroll on the implications of Cheryl Kernot’s announcement today that she will be contesting the NSW Senate election as an independent. You can read it here.
CPD post: Armstrong asks who is ‘fair dinkum’ on climate policy
During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next term, [...]
The awfulness of ABC Online’s cross-promotion
This inflammatory story is currently the lead item on ABC online: Experienced industry consultant and project manager Malcolm McKenzie has told Radio National’s Background Briefing program the costs of big telecommunication rollouts always blow out. The claim comes as the [...]
The Wong/Hunt climate change debate
You can watch the interchange between Penny Wong and Greg Hunt on the 7.30 Report last night on climate change policy here. I didn’t find it very edifying.
Galaxy 50-50, Morgan 53-47
Two polls are out today, both taken on Wednesday night. Galaxy and Morgan both show the race narrowing, with Labor losing 2% on the two party preferred and 2.5% respectively. Details are at Possum’s place. There’s also an earlier Morgan, [...]
The Tony Abbott Iron Ladies hit the campaign trail
This is the funniest thing I’ve seen so far this election. Anyone else spotted anything in the election satire stakes worthy of sharing?
OpenRoundtable Election Thread #6
Please keep the general election campaign talk (breaking news etc) on these Election Open Threads, and keep discussions on the other posts focussed on the topic presented by the author.
Recent Comments