Looking beyond the election, primary support for Labor is now chronically poor.
Primary: Labor 33 (down 4); Coalition 46 (down 1)
From memory, the Gillard government spent large amounts of time at around 31% primary vote. But the Rudd trend is down, so we could hit 7 Sept with Labor back at 31%.Did Labor's primary get down that far under Julia Gillard? I can't remember.
If it didn't, can't you imagine the gnashing of teeth and blood letting behind the scenes in Labor at present!
Did Labor's primary get down that far under Julia Gillard? I can't remember.
If it didn't, can't you imagine the gnashing of teeth and blood letting behind the scenes in Labor at present!
An Abbott government will take care of that.
Interesting re Abbott and future surpluses, what a fraud I guess Australia will have to get used to that ( Abbott = Fraud) over the next three years.
lection campaigns have become works of fantasy where, to enter the spirit of things, you have to suspend disbelief. And the greatest unreality this time is Tony Abbott's claim the budget can be returned to surplus in the coming decade while taxes go down, not up.
To most people the idea of permanently paying less tax is hugely attractive. And Abbott is promising to abolish the carbon tax and the mining tax, cut the company tax rate by 1.5 percentage points and abandon Labor's plan to end tax concessions for company cars. All this would cost about $28 billion over four years.
So what reason is there to doubt he would deliver a lasting reduction in taxes? Simply his promise to get the budget back to surplus - plus the knowledge government spending is set to grow strongly in the next decade.
* botch (bch)
tr.v. botched, botch·ing, botch·es
1. To ruin through clumsiness.
2. To make or perform clumsily; bungle.
Ross Gittins
Worth a read on the great big taxes Abbott will need.
Why taxes would rise under Abbott
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/why-taxes-would-rise-under-abbott-20130901-2sytp.html#ixzz2djloQQaw
Just a question of by how much now for the Coalition. Labor should be focused on limiting the number of seats they are going to lose otherwise they are going to find it impossible to regain power after 3 years.
You want them back in after three year to trash the place again and start running up more deficits and debt? Goodness,I hope not!
Ross Gittins
Worth a read on the great big taxes Abbott will need.
Why taxes would rise under Abbott
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/why-taxes-would-rise-under-abbott-20130901-2sytp.html#ixzz2djloQQaw
That takes the cake bunyip. However one of his co-conspirators in the untruths and deceit games, Treasurer Chris Bowen, came close when he said the other day;
"You have to campaign as you intend to govern".
The poor fool should have kept that quiet.
That's interesting Judd, it's 2.50 for each first preference vote, is that how it works?In the House of Reps, my first preference will be towards some obscure no-hope party simply to deny either of the majors my $2.50 they get for preference votes.
in the Senate, the same for first (below the line) and then split #2 or #3 for the obscure party, then the majors. I don't like the way the preference deals re applied for above the line voting for the Senate. It's how people are elected when they get less than 2% of the vote.
Just a question of by how much now for the Coalition. Labor should be focused on limiting the number of seats they are going to lose otherwise they are going to find it impossible to regain power after 3 years.
That's interesting Judd, it's 2.50 for each first preference vote, is that how it works?
It's nice to see someone still reads Gittens.lol
It doesn't take a brain surgeon to realise, if you have billions of debt, and you are still running a defecit.
There will be an increase in taxes and a decrease in spending to fix it.
Or you can just keep racking up the problem, sooner or later you have to fix it.
Despite what Kev says, what a waste of a oxygen.
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