Labor staring at landslide defeat

[nero_bolt]

• Coalition surges to massive poll lead of 16 points


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•  Tony Abbott has again surged ahead as preferred PM, 

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/coalition-surges-to-massive-poll-lead-of-16-points/story-e6freuy9-1226605870639

JULIA Gillard might have survived another failed coup but it could still be the end of her reign with the Prime Minister's personal popularity crashing to near-record levels.

Newspoll today has Ms Gillard's preferred Prime Minister ranking falling seven points to 35 per cent - a 19-month low and just one point off her worst result ever.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has again surged ahead as preferred PM, rising five points to 43 per cent - leaving an eight-point gap between them.

The polling, run exclusively in The Australian today, has Labor a crushing 20 points behind in the primary vote and 16 points behind in two-party preferred.

Voter dissatisfaction with Ms Gillard has surged eight points to 65 per cent, a level not seen since 2011, and her satisfaction levels fell six points to 26 per cent.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/labor-staring-at-landslide-defeat-newspoll/story-fn59niix-1226605883209

JULIA Gillard's personal standing has crashed to a 19-month low and Tony Abbott is clearly back in front as the nation's preferred prime minister after Labor's "appalling" two weeks of political and policy failure.

Labor's primary vote has slumped five points to a disastrous 30 per cent after a fortnight ending with an aborted leadership spill and mass cabinet resignations, with one in two voters now siding with the Coalition.

The collapse in the Labor vote has completely wiped out the party's recovery in the second half of last year, which was built on the back of the carbon tax compensation, and has entrenched the prospect of a landslide vote against the ALP in the election scheduled for September 14.

After taking into account preference flows, federal Labor's support is eight percentage points below its level at the 2010 election, at 42 per cent - a swing that if replicated in September would remove about 30 Labor MPs and could even put Kevin Rudd's Queensland seat of Griffith at risk.

full pdf poll here

http://resources.news.com.au/files/2013/03/26/1226605/954690-aus-na-file-federal-newspoll.pdf  

[azureline**]

Just been looking for the nasty streak but failed to find it... perhaps my computer doesn't have it on there?

[icyfroth]

The whole current political scene is a such a farce, a casual observer could be excused for thinking it a circus staged to distract the public from deeper issues.

National Debt

Immigration

Unemployment

Rampant Drug Crimes

Teenage Alcoholism

Illegal Weapon Imports

Foreign Investment

etc.

[lakeland27]

 i've noticed women are not that tolerant of women over the years. the men are putting them back in their place now, along with the women who aren't comfortable anywhere else.

i doubt we'll  see another woman PM for a few decades now. once abbott is out Labors next Male PM will doubtless last longer. then we might be able to tackle the big issue of climate change again.

its going to be fun watching abbott flail around trying to implement an IPA policy agenda that nobody but a small minority actually want.. Kaos.

[windrake]

The whole current political scene is a such a farce, a casual observer could be excused for thinking it a circus staged to distract the public from deeper issues.

National Debt

Immigration

Unemployment

Rampant Drug Crimes

Teenage Alcoholism

Illegal Weapon Imports

Foreign Investment

etc.

The national debt is the most crucial fiscal disaster we are all facing but still we have the Lab supporters defending JG at every turn. They should try to see what the future holds for them, why are they so blind to the coming disaster Labor are leaving in their wake.

We will not see the NDIS or Gonski, we will see a reigning in of the mentality of entitlement & cash handouts & listen to them squeal then. Listen to the weasel words of education being used, the children being used, this is after all Labors modus operandi.

More money has not delivered any result in education success but still they try to wedge this policy at every turn.

Just listen to the verballing by Labor at every turn, Emmerson, Gillard & Plibersek are the most guilty of this putrid politic.

We see the likes of that disgraceful Milne saying they will not repeal anything after Labor loses the election. People should start waking up to themselves.

[donnashuggy]

My money is on Kelly O'Dwyer.

[lakeland27]

thats right , the senate will keep abbott's IPA agenda in check 🙂 is milne disgraceful because she's a woman or because the greens seem to be the recipients of lost labor votes rather than tone ?

[lakeland27]

the national debt is not large by any standards except the comics. look at the rest of the planet. ours is manageable because we have an income.its hard to see how the UK is going to survive, hence cameron the one-hit wonder.

[freakiness]

The whole current political scene is a such a farce, a casual observer could be excused for thinking it a circus staged to distract the public from deeper issues.

National Debt

Immigration

Unemployment

Rampant Drug Crimes

Teenage Alcoholism

Illegal Weapon Imports

Foreign Investment

etc.

Considering that every shock jock and opposition member is repeating the circus line at every opportunity it's no surprise to see it repeated here. when we hear things enough we start to repeat and believe.

Immigration. Is it really a huge problem?

Unemployment?  Is it worse than ever or low compared to some times in the past?

Rampant drug crimes?  What's new there.. haven't drugs been causing crimes for years?

Teenage alcoholism? Is there an increasing number of teen alcoholics?  Has it been a problem for years? 

Illegal weapons imports?  what's new?  Is anyone trying to solve the problem?  Did the PM mention something about the Feds helping the states to deal with the issue?

Foreign Investment?  what about it?  Do we need more, less or different rules?  Should the govt review these things from time to time?

It seems when they review anything they are accused of attempting to rabidly change laws.

What ever they do they are demonised.

Every Gillard hiccup is over reported while none of the opposition burps are mentioned.

[lakeland27]

people in general have no idea, they just listen to the favorite megaphones . there is abundant proof the public fail to understand the facts http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-25/carbon-tax-cops-blame-for-hip-pocket-pain3a-survey/4593156

[lakeland27]

''one in 20 people surveyed thought they were paying an extra $100 a week thanks to the carbon tax.

"Tax is a complicated idea to convey. Nobody likes paying it. Their first response is usually negative and when you've got taxes that aren't the... well-understood ones - income tax, corporation tax - you find that the level of awareness of how things work is really low because the designs are quite complex," he said.

Mr Hetherington said perhaps the most startling finding in the poll related to the price of petrol.

"We asked people what's gone up as the result of the carbon tax, and more than half of people said that fuel had gone up when in fact fuel is not subject to the carbon tax," he said.''

its hard to compete with wholesale ignorance .