Voters are significantly more worried about the economy, according to today’s Essential Report. And the Coalition has stretched its already big voting intention lead.
Economic management
Labor is still managing to trash its brand
Labor’s reputation on the issues that influence voting intention continues to worsen.
Shanahan: Coalition misses the boat
Kevin Rudd has his hands on the wheel of the boat people issue and he’s aptly steering it to his political power, writes Dennis Shanahan. Will immigration become the new economic management upper hand of Labor?
Crikey Says: Thanks Mr Howard
Kevin Rudd might be talking crap when he purports to explain how neoliberalism plunged us into recession but John Howard shouldn’t even be given airtime. He was a shabby economic manager.
Superstars and no-names in the election campaign
Who has clout? Who courts controversy? Who has a high profile portfolio? Who has a marginal seat? They’re some of the questions Crikey asked Media Monitors to help us answer.
An end to big spending
Will we be seeing any more big spending policies? Probably not. There’s a practical reason for that, writes Christian Kerr.
Who do you trust? Central bankers
The Prime Minister has made a major statement on economic management this morning in an effort to restate the Coalition’s credentials in the wake of yesterday’s interest rate rise, writes Christian Kerr.
Errington: Why is Howard so hopeless at leaders’ debates?
It’s odd that John Howard is so hopeless at leaders’ debates. He is, in theory, an ideal debate contestant. Yet, last night he was nervous, repetitive, and crabby, writes Wayne Errington.
“It’s Time” or “It’s the economy, stupid?”
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: this election is “It’s Time” versus economic management, writes Christian Kerr.
Rates are up – you never had it so good
The Prime Minister and the Treasurer have told us this morning that interest rates simply had to rise because the economy is so good. Nice spin, writes Christian Kerr.
