2013 Federal Election: 7 September 2013

[Julia]

Hope it's OK to start a new thread now that we have an election date.

This is a start:

TONY Abbott's Coalition have begun the election campaign slightly ahead of Labor and with the Opposition Leader also the preferred prime minister, according to a poll.

A Seven News/Reachtel poll tonight put the Coalition's two-party preferred vote on 52 per cent compared to 48 per cent for Labor.

In the better PM stakes, Mr Rudd scored 49 per cent and Mr Abbott 51 per cent.

The Coalition were also stronger on the economy 60 per cent to Labor on 40 per cent.

I don't know anything about the methodology employed by Seven News/Reachtel.

The first Newspoll of the campaign will be interesting.

 

[sails]

Re: 2013 Federal Election: 7 August 2013

Hope it's OK to start a new thread now that we have an election date.

This is a start:


I don't know anything about the methodology employed by Seven News/Reachtel.

The first Newspoll of the campaign will be interesting.

Michael Kroger said tonight on Paul Murray Live that Reachtel got the Qld election extremely close - even a few months out. Lets hope they are right this time!

 

[Country Lad]

Re: 2013 Federal Election: 7 August 2013

.................now that we have an election date.

Wrong month in the heading Julia, not on this Wednesday, but in September. I wonder if I can vote at the Birdsville races.

Cheers
Country Lad

 

[wayneL]

Re: 2013 Federal Election: 7 August 2013

Wrong month in the heading Julia, not on this Wednesday, but in September. I wonder if I can vote at the Birdsville races.

Cheers
Country Lad

I just changed the title to Sept.

 

[Tink]

I am glad that the election has finally been set, though not far off what was predicted.
I dont think Rudd had intentions of setting this date but was pressured to do so.


Abbott ahead as Rudd calls Sept 7 election
http://au.news.yahoo.com/election/a/-/article/18350647/abbott-ahead-as-rudd-calls-sept-7-election/

 

[qldfrog]

it is probably too late for the PM.
Had Rudd chosen to ask for "immediate" election when taking power, he probably would have won!
7th of september will give more time for desastrous economic news to pop up, [and for people to realise that the PNG plan will never be applied and so will fail /the invasion carry on] and that is the chance of Tony A. (in my opinion only....) wait and see

 

[dutchie]

Laurie Oakes said Rudd decided election because he missed out as the new Dr. Who.

Everyone laughed but knowing Rudd's narcissism ( he's worse than Shorten) there's probably some truth in it.

Just kidding.

I think.

 

[Calliope]

A NEW WAY!!! You have to give Rudd credit. He can think up many new ways to root the country.

 

[Julia]

Wrong month in the heading Julia, not on this Wednesday, but in September. I wonder if I can vote at the Birdsville races.

Cheers
Country Lad

So terribly sorry, CL. Utter crassness on my part, of course. Even, perhaps, a deliberate attempt to mislead.

Thanks, Wayne, for simply adjusting the title as I knew you or another moderator would, when I woke up to what I'd typed too late to edit it.

View attachment 53685

A NEW WAY!!! You have to give Rudd credit. He can think up many new ways to root the country.

This is pretty funny, isn't it. They've had six years to get it all right, yet apparently we still need a new way.
Remember Julia Gillard's "a good government that has lost its way".

 

[Aussiejeff]

This is pretty funny, isn't it. They've had six years to get it all right, yet apparently we still need a new way.
Remember Julia Gillard's "a [good] crap government that has lost its way".

....never to be found again.

Labor 2013 - R.I.P. (Rudd Is Poison)

 

[dutchie]

The three (G) R's

1. Incompetent Government - get rid of Rudd - a bad government still losing it's way - Good Riddance!
2. Incompetent Government - get rid of Gillard - an even worse government really losing its way - Good Riddance!
3. Incompetent Government - get rid of Rudd - still a woeful government, can't find any way - Good Riddance!!!!!

 

[Julia]

RN this morning announced that the latest Newspoll, out today, gives 2PP 52 - 48 in favour of the Coalition.
Also said there was a change re some of the other questions. I can't find it on the ABC website or via Newspoll itself. Does anyone have this? Expect it will be published in The Australian tomorrow.

 

[So_Cynical]

Refreshing to see that the Murdoch media has done away with any pretence of impartiality...Today's Sydney Telegraph front page.
~

 

[banco]

Well Murdoch has his investment in Foxtel to protect. He's going to need the money after divorcing gold digger number 3.

 

[noco]

RN this morning announced that the latest Newspoll, out today, gives 2PP 52 - 48 in favour of the Coalition.
Also said there was a change re some of the other questions. I can't find it on the ABC website or via Newspoll itself. Does anyone have this? Expect it will be published in The Australian tomorrow.

Yes Julia, try this link.

www.abc.net.au/votecompass

 

[Calliope]

Refreshing to see that the Murdoch media has done away with any pretence of impartiality...Today's Sydney Telegraph front page.

Never mind, you still have Fairfax and the ABC and the Canberra press gallery on your side.

 

[Julia]

Yes Julia, try this link.

www.abc.net.au/votecompass

Thanks, noco, but that just goes to the ABC's Compass link. What I was looking for was the Newspoll result which comes out early am Monday but is usually only published on Tuesdays in The Australian.
I expect The Australian jealously guards its prerogative to be the first to publish.

Did anyone see 7.30 this evening, specifically Leigh Sales interviewing together Penny Wong and Mathias Corrman?
I hope this isn't setting the tone for the election campaign. She allowed Wong to continually interrupt Corrman, and failed to give Corrman right of reply to some quite outrageous comments by Wong.
Disappointing, in that my impression of Leigh Sales over the last year or so has been that she has been pretty fair and objective. Certainly wasn't on this occasion.

To those who are distraught about the stand taken by the Murdoch media, maybe try to remember that it's a private company which is absolutely entitled to publish whatever it likes.
Rupert Murdoch seems to have decided, along with many, many Australians and people outside of Australia, that the Labor government has set this great country back hugely, and as a result they are pretty obviously going to campaign hard for a change. Ditto other private organisations like 2GB et al.
That's their right. If people don't want to read or hear what they're offering, then they simply won't buy their papers or listen to their radio stations.

It's a whole different situation from the taxpayer funded ABC which is still allowed to get away with outrageously biased presentations in some of its outlets.

 

[Macquack]

To those who are distraught about the stand taken by the Murdoch media, maybe try to remember that it's a private company which is absolutely entitled to publish whatever it likes..

You forgot about Murdoch's former rag "The News of the World". The Brits took a very dim view of Murdoch publishing "what ever he liked".

The best thing that has happened to Murdoch is that the internet has made his newspapers obsolete. I must shed a tear for the old bastard.

 

[Zedd]

Did anyone see 7.30 this evening, specifically Leigh Sales interviewing together Penny Wong and Mathias Corrman?

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2013/s3818711.htm
This the clip? Obviously not getting much coverage here in Manchester...

I hope this isn't setting the tone for the election campaign. She allowed Wong to continually interrupt Corrman, and failed to give Corrman right of reply to some quite outrageous comments by Wong.
Disappointing, in that my impression of Leigh Sales over the last year or so has been that she has been pretty fair and objective. Certainly wasn't on this occasion.

Wong was certainly interrupting regularly but I don't think she was completely out of order, and I don't think Sales handled it all too badly. She tried to steer the interview to a productive course rather than let either member continue dribbling spin.

- - - Updated - - -

You forgot about Murdoch's former rag "The News of the World". The Brits took a very dim view of Murdoch publishing "what ever he liked".

Actually they loved it, just like they prefer The Sun, over any reputable news source...

 

[Julia]

You forgot about Murdoch's former rag "The News of the World". The Brits took a very dim view of Murdoch publishing "what ever he liked".

It's very disingenuous of you to imply that News Ltd in Australia has ever or would ever engage in anything remotely like what happened with the News of the World.
The organisation here is entirely separate. You know that.