The Greens oppose the CPRS not because it is too weak, but because it will point Australia in the wrong direction with little prospect of turning it around in the timeframe within which emissions must peak, says Senator Christine Milne.
Reality check: And the Oz soldiers stoically on
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The gap between the views of the top brass at The Australian and its readers continues to be marked with the paper still searching desperately for the best possible light to shine on the Coalition campaign while Labor is the clear choice of the consumers of those very same stories. The evidence is there for all to see in one of those reader polls on the paper’s website this morning with 64% saying they will vote Labor, 25% for the Coalition and 9% for the Greens. The result is very little different to the last such unscientific attempt to determine what the readers think.
But at least The Oz continues to give serious coverage to the campaign which is more than can be said for the rest of the Murdoch press where if it is not an opinion poll a story does not seem to rate as interesting. And if a paper does not have a poll to give guidance about what people actually think then a round-up of the betting markets will do. My study of the media as part of Crikey’s Realilty Check leads me to believe that Neil Evans of Centrebet, Michael Sullivan of Sportingbet and Gerard Daffy of Lasseters are the three leading political commentators in the country. Certainly their views are given more weight than Laurie Oakes, Michelle Grattan and Glenn Milne when radio stations seek a little guidance on which team is doing best. Over the weekend it was again a very low key coverage of campaign events with perhaps the most significant being 60 Minutes choosing last night to bring global warming into the homes of a large number of Australians. The Labor campaign director could not have asked for more. Sydney Morning Herald
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