Kevin Rudd needs the WA Labor Party to start being a threat, not a liability, writes Western Warrior.
ACNielsen
Polls hit Turnbull. Hard.
Newspoll, ACNielsen and Galaxy have all reported in today — and they all report a disastrous tale of Malcolm Turnbull’s Utegate adventures last week. Pollbludger rounds up the numbers.
BEST OF THE COMMENTARY
- SHANAHAN: Turnbull living on borrowed political time
- SHEEHAN: Hyena pack hunts in Canberra
- MILNE: Put up and shut up
- GRATTAN: Libs are stuck with Turnbull
Budget causes Rudd honeymoon to end… according to Fairfax
Nielsen never actually demonstrated the political change that Fairfax had projected onto it — it was just poor analysis.
Crikey Says: Why Nielsen poll matters
Today’s Nielsen poll is the first published by The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald since last November. Not good enough.
Political snippets: The News Corp bonkability index
A new height (or should that be depth) was reached this morning on the news.com.au website.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Morgan: ACNielsen’s errors are important … Turnbull and the leadership … Howard’s cheer leaders … ruckus in the tally room …. putting the family first … the 39 who didn’t want Kevin …
Comitatus: Pass the Mogadon, the polls haven’t moved
If we look at a rolling four poll average of Newspoll, ACNielsen, Morgan and Galaxy – the story of the campaign is one of the absence of movement, as it has been for months, writes Possum Comitatus.
Two puzzles in the election betting markets
If the polls are so lop-sided, then why aren’t the betting markets? Monday’s release of the latest AC Nielsen poll highlights an interesting discrepancy between the national polls and the betting markets., writes Simon Jackman.
Morning Market Report
The highlights and lowlights of this morning’s sharemarket activity.
The ACT Labor Grand Senate Plan
If a band of Canberrans have their way, the ACT Senate election could be very interesting indeed. Christian Kerr reports.
Nielsen poll: the seeds of a fight back
Parliament sits this week for perhaps the last time before the election – perhaps. Leadership speculation persists, but as APEC draws closer and closer change seems even less likely, writes Christian Kerr.
