One more week and it’s all over bar the counting
A week from now, we’ll be getting the earliest booth figures in from the count in Election Night 2010.
I’m starting to think it’s all over bar the shouting. The Prime Minister’s increasingly relaxed and confident style is central to Labor’s recovery.
Tony Abbott’s campaign has looked strangely static since his campaign launch. It’s not clear where the Opposition Leader goes from here, and the ALP will be hoping for a momentum boost near the finishing line from Monday’s launch.
Acknowledgement of country 'culture wars'
They’re at it again: Members of the Liberal Party have been creating a minor storm about the matter of Indigenous recognition. In statements made to the Adelaide Advertiser yesterday, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott implied that formal recognition of traditional owners [...]
Higgins by-election (and Bradfield by-election)
Tomorrow sees voters in Peter Costello’s old seat of Higgins (and Brendan Nelson’s seat of Bradfield) go to the polls. Labor is not running in either by-election. That seemed like an arguably justifiable decision at the time nominations closed, but [...]
Women in close-combat roles in Australian Army?
We haven’t had a defence-related thread for a while, so it’s worth rounding up some of the more interesting stories. Brendan Nelson, in his extended “I was right about everything” valedictory speech, included the much-debated Super Hornet purchase in the [...]
Turnbull one year on; Emo Man's revenge
Malcolm Turnbull has been opposition leader for one year. That anniversary has been marked, among other things, by an impassioned speech in the Coalition party room by his predecessor, Dr Brendan Nelson. Nelson argued against any compromise on emissions trading [...]
Newspoll: Labor 59-41
… and Malcolm Turnbull is approaching Brendan Nelson territory with the PPM at 66-19 in Kevin Rudd’s favour. Of course, political scientists know leadership isn’t that big a factor (and Turnbull’s inability to patch over the same divisions that plagued [...]
Live by the sword…
Julie Bishop‘s been copping it from unnamed “senior Liberals” for her poor performance as shadow Treasurer, who’ve helpfully implied Malcolm Turnbull shares their worries, and suggested a few names to replace her (Dutton, Robb, Hockey) for good measure. While Bishop [...]
The polls, Malcolm Turnbull and the economy
There’s a Galaxy and a Nielsen poll out this morning, both of which show Labor with a 55-45 lead on 2PP, and Kevin Rudd on better numbers than he enjoyed a year ago – and these are some of the [...]
He's tanned, rested, and ready to lead!
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/nelson.jpg" Newspoll has Labor on 55% 2PP (up 1 point, within the MOE). Kevin Rudd is on 62% (up 3) on the PPM to Malcolm Turnbull’s 22% (down 3). Brendan Nelson peaked at 16%. The Opposition Organ says: But [...]
The perils of celebrity: Julie Bishop, Peter Van Onselen, MUP and plagiarism
One of the minor notes of the political narrative last week was Julie Bishop’s half-hearted fessing up to publishing a book chapter containing numerous instances of plagiarism under her name, though (in a move quite reminiscent of the Howard government’s [...]
Malcolm Turnbull is the new Brendan Nelson
By Mark Bahnisch on July 28, 2009
… with less Emo. The poll that News Limited owns is out. Possum reports: In fact, this whole poll is pretty much identical to Nelson’s last… On the beauty contest that is Preferred Prime Minister, Turnbull’s PPM rating has, for [...]
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