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Crikey Blogs | FEDERAL|

BludgerTrack: 56.5-43.5 to Coalition

Two more grim poll results send Labor further south in the latest weekly poll aggregate, writes Poll Bludger’s William Bowe.

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Newspoll quarterly aggregate: January-March

The latest Newspoll quarterly aggregates have Labor down three points in Victoria, two in New South Wales and Western Australia, and one in Queensland and South Australia, writes William Bowe.

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Tips and rumours

Boned ACT Liberal Senator poised to fight back … NT Liberal plotting? … telegrams can be sent from WA, too …

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Labor insider: Barnett’s re-election not entirely certain

The Liberal campaign in WA has been a chaotic mess, with Colin Barnett’s Labor challenger Mark McGowan running well. Think the Liberals will be handily re-elected? Look closer, says former Labor adviser Luke Walladge.

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Senate race: polling shows challenge to Greens power

Even on current polling Labor could retain some control of the Senate with the help of the Greens in the balance of power position, exclusive new polling from Essential Research reveals.

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Deconstructing Tony: Abbott and the manufacture of authenticity

Tony Abbott’s efforts to portray himself as an everyday bloke sit uneasily with his previous attempts to be a conservative intellectual.

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Don’t write Tony Abbott off yet. But if you do …

Tony Abbott only a limited time to turn around his poor personal polling numbers, in order to blitz the election. Is his leadership in trouble?

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Hurricane Sandy didn’t just hit NYC

Crikey readers weigh in on the biggest issues of the day.

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The Liberal history of women in parliament

Crikey readers weigh in on the issues of the day: Liberal women in parliament, Radio National and ranking journalists.

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And they’re not just women, they’re lawyers too

Crikey readers weigh in on the issues of the day.

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Where are the women in the Liberal Party?

As the Coalition mounts a rearguard assault on sexism, should the smaller proportion of conservative women in power raise alarm bells? Political watcher Stephen Luntz reports.

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Crikey Blogs | FEDERAL|

Newspoll: 53-47 to Coalition

Newspoll has Labor up further on a surprisingly strong result a fortnight ago: the Coalition’s two-party preferred lead is down from 54-46 to 53-47, and the primary votes are 35% for Labor (up two), writes William Bowe.

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Abbott’s budget reply: all values, no costings

Crikey media wrap: Last night Tony Abbott gave his budget reply speech, arguing a Coalition government would focus on business and find an additional $50 billion in savings. Just how his government would find these promised savings wasn’t specified.

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Crikey Blogs | FEDERAL|

Labor’s 2nd lowest Newspoll ever

Newspoll has the Coalition’s two-party lead out from 56-44 to 59-41.The two-party figure ranks as the Gillard government’s equal worst result, says William Bowe.

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Crikey Blogs | FEDERAL|

Essential Research: 56-44 to Coalition

This week’s Essential Research shows no real change in voting intention on last week, with the Coalition up a point on the primary vote to 49%, Labor and the Greens steady on 31% and 11%, reports William Bowe.

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Electoral funding figures show Labor’s donations collapse

Labor’s donations advantage vanished at the 2010 election, new data from the Australian Electoral Commission shows.

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Sock puppets are not real people

Crikey readers have their say.

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Newspoll: Gillard consolidates her lead

The latest Newspoll has the Coalition two-party lead at 54-46, down from an aberrant 57-43 a fortnight ago. The Coalition is down four points on the primary vote to 44%, reports William Bowe.

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Crikey Blogs | FEDERAL|

Newspoll: 57-43 to Coalition

The latest Newspoll has Labor recovering three points from their record low primary vote last time, but continuing to languish on 29%, reports William Bowe.

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Labor has neither the brains nor strength to fix its problems

Labor’s leaders would have to be political geniuses to manoeuvre themselves out of the current fix — and they ain’t no geniuses.

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Crikey Blogs | FEDERAL|

Newspoll: disaffection for both parties

Newspoll has the Coalition lead up from 56-44 to 57-43, from primary votes of 27% for Labor (down two), 47% for the Coalition (steady) and a solid 14% for the Greens (up two), reports William Bowe.

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Kroger joins call to ban political donations … it’s prawns, Moet and satire for yachties …

They call him ‘the Pope’, Don Farrell is number six on our list of Political Fixers. Also Michael Yabsley gets the backing of Liberal Party grandee Michael Kroger over banning political donations, it’s prawns, Moet and satire for the yachties at Hamilton and Phil Green’s chance to give back.

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Crikey Blogs | LINKS|

Liberal.org.au publishes calls to violence

There are dangers of a political party publishing comments as if it were a media organisation. On the Liberal Party’s liberal.org.au website, comments inciting violence against the Greens remain, notes Jeremy Sear.

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Reith v Abbott: the early 90s wants its zeal back

The tensions between Tony Abbott and Peter Reith have deep roots in recent Liberal history. The former minister’s eagerness to prevent a return to “the Fraser years”, unencumbered by the party presidency, will be fascinating to watch.

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What will lure people back to political parties?

Until parties empower their members and can convince them they can achieve something positive for society, voters won’t be interested.

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