newspoll: rudd leads abbott. federal labor surge

[not_an_eloi]

Newspoll shows Labor and Coalition neck and neck after PM Kevin Rudd flags leadership vote reform
Updated 4 hours 9 minutes ago

 Federal Labor's popularity has risen since Kevin Rudd was reinstated as Prime Minister, according to the latest Newspoll out today.

The Newspoll published in The Australian newspaper has Labor and the Coalition locked in a dead heat with 50 per cent of the vote after preferences.

Labor's primary vote has risen to 38 per cent, while the Coalition's has dropped to 42 per cent.

Mr Rudd continues to lead in the preferred prime minister stakes, with 53 per cent compared to Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's 31.

The poll's margin of error is three percentage points.

The poll's publication comes after Mr Rudd announced he wants to give Labor Party members a say in deciding who leads the ALP.

Mr Rudd said he wanted to change the party's rules to make sure that a serving prime minister could not be cut down during their term in office - as happened to him and to the woman who replaced him, Julia Gillard.

"The mechanisms outlined in the proposed rule change prevent anyone from just wandering in one day or one night and saying "OK sunshine, it's over," Mr Rudd said.

He said the change would mean the leader would be elected jointly, with votes from party members given a 50 per cent weighting and the elected Labor Caucus making up the other 50 per cent.

The proposal, which Mr Rudd says is backed by Cabinet, will be discussed at a meeting of all Caucus members in a fortnight's time.

Mr Abbott has played down the threat Mr Rudd poses to him, but concedes he is very popular.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-09/poll-shows-labor-and-coalition-neck-and-neck/4807446

[lakeland27]

and more to come by the look of it .

[donnashuggy]

is that a ninja emoticon lakeland?

[monman12]

I wonder if the Sisters have considered the ramifications of Rudd's/ALP's  ascendancy when  considered against Gillards  past performance and popularity within the general population ?

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[lakeland27]

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@donnashuggy wrote:

is that a ninja emoticon lakeland?

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   i think its meant to be a robotic lol

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[freakiness]

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@monman12 wrote:

I wonder if the Sisters have considered the ramifications of Rudd's/ALP's  ascendancy when  considered against Gillards  past performance and popularity within the general population ?

nɥºɾ

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Sure proves the old boys sexist club rules.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@monman12 wrote:

I wonder if the Sisters have considered the ramifications of Rudd's/ALP's  ascendancy when  considered against Gillards  past performance and popularity within the general population ?

nɥºɾ

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Sisters?

I don't understand why you resort to this kind of stuff monman? I know you are an intelligent guy so why resort to comments like this?

[the_great_she_elephant]

Sisters?

I don't understand why you resort to this kind of stuff monman? I know you are an intelligent guy so why resort to comments like this?

He spent much of his youth in the armed forces, Martini. Nuff said?

[monman12]

FN: "Sure proves the old boys sexist club rules."   ????????

Whilst that is also true of a matriarchal Board,  I  referred to "the general population" FN, indicating that they prefer Rudd to Gillard  as did the Caucus. Does that make them all "sexist"  or just some here, like the Matriarchs?

TGSE, do you prefer Matriarchs, or Sisters?

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[freakiness]

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@monman12 wrote:

FN: "Sure proves the old boys sexist club rules."   ????????

Whilst that is also true of a matriarchal Board,  I  referred to "the general population" FN, indicating that they prefer Rudd to Gillard  as did the Caucus. Does that make them all "sexist"  or just some here, like the Matriarchs?

TGSE, do you prefer Matriarchs, or Sisters?

nɥºɾ

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My comment was purely based on the recurring sisters/sisterhood digs. There is really no need for any reference to matriachs or sisters.