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Margot Saville has a front row seat for the current Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority inquiry into Star Casino unrolling in Sydney this week, and one thing is certain, “no one; Vaikunta, Grimshaw, his partner, the NSW Premier and the executives at Star could come out of this very well.”

The Keneally government’s re-election hopes have taken yet another blow with the latest Nielsen poll, which replicates the seemingly unbelievable 66-34 Coalition lead indicated by the last published opinion poll from Galaxy, reports William Bowe.

Two months on from the election and Australia still hasn’t made its mind up over who should run the nation, according to the latest Nielsen poll. It’s looking tough for PM Gillard. writes Michelle Grattan

A new Nielsen poll has the Coalition with a 51-49 lead, their first in any poll since the election. Labor’s primary vote is 34% while the Coalition is on 43%, writes William Bowe.

The first Galaxy and Nielsen polls of Julia Gillard are out, but they wont be measuring a proper voting intention, but instead measuring an initial public reaction, explains Possum Comitatus.

The panic about Kevin Rudd’s polling is unnecessary. Yes, the ALP need to work harder at policy and stop with the negative politics, but Tony Abbott is still an unlikely pick for PM, says Mark Bahnisch.

The Nielsen poll is supposed to have sent the government into panic mode, but the poll is wildly out of whack. Just how strong is the swing to the Greens anyway?

The latest Nielsen poll has the two-party preferred vote now split at 50-50, while Rudd’s personal approval has sunk 14 points. So what’s got voters so down? asks Possum Comitatus: Smokes are up.

The latest Nielsen poll has the Rudd government hitting a new low, with the two-party preferred now split at 50-50, while Rudd’s personal approval has collapsed 14 points to 45%.

Ignore the headline figures on polls, says Gerard Henderson: Rudd and the ALP may be winning, but Abbott’s numbers are impressive for an Opposition Leader against a first-term government.

The latest Nielsen poll has Labor’s lead slipping to just 51-49. But it’s not all bad news for the PM: with state premiers in Canberra today to vote on (and against) Rudd’s hospital reforms, the poll reveals the majority of voters actually back the Federal plans.

Possum Comitatus further breaks down today’s Nielsen poll, finding strong, across-the-the-board support for more Federal funding to public hospitals. The Opposition is going to have trouble arguing against this one.

After predicting — and almost begging for — a severe whacking in the opinion polls, Kevin Rudd got off with the lightest of slaps on the wrist.

Possum Comitatus breaks down today’s Nielsen poll results, comparing approval ratings, preferred PM and win expectations by party vote.

The latest Nielsen poll shows the ALP’s lead dropping further — down from to 53-47 from 54-46 — while Kevin Rudd’s approval rating is down three points and his lead as preferred Prime Minister continues to dwindle. William Bowe has the numbers.

Much is being made of the news from today’s Nielsen poll that NSW voters are supporting the Coalition over Labor by 45-39. But be careful of reading too much into such a small sample size, warns Possum Comitatus.

The latest Nielsen poll, the first since Tony Abbott became Liberal leader, has Labor’s two-party lead at 54-46, down from 56-44. Rudd’s approval approval is down six and disapproval up four, while support for the government’s ETS is down 10.

Possum Comitatus looks at a new Nielsen poll on Australians’ belief in religion and paranormal phenomena — and how they correspond to our political convictions.

Australians would prefer to see Joe Hockey as the leader of the Liberal Party over both Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott, according to new Newspoll and Nielsen polls released today. William Bowe has all the numbers.

The Oz’s Newspoll has became the political poll of choice, often encouraging The Oz in its agenda setting. Yet, when last week’s poll indicated a substantial drop in Rudd’s popularity, Newspoll didn’t try to establish if it was an anomaly, writes Richard Farmer.