http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/25/pm-a-late-convert-to-carbon-pricing/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/25/pm-a-late-convert-to-carbon-pricing/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 03:17:28 +0000 Richard Farmer http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=237394 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/25/pm-a-late-convert-to-carbon-pricing/feed/ 3 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/08/personality-politics-and-polling-as-gallery-goes-ape-for-rudd/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/08/personality-politics-and-polling-as-gallery-goes-ape-for-rudd/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 02:46:25 +0000 Bernard Keane http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=216439 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/08/personality-politics-and-polling-as-gallery-goes-ape-for-rudd/feed/ 24 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/25/why-would-anyone-be-surprised-about-the-polls/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/25/why-would-anyone-be-surprised-about-the-polls/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:02:19 +0000 Richard Farmer http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=180558 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/25/why-would-anyone-be-surprised-about-the-polls/feed/ 4 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/09/why-opinion-polls-dont-help-us-at-all/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/09/why-opinion-polls-dont-help-us-at-all/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:10:49 +0000 Richard Farmer http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=144712 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/09/why-opinion-polls-dont-help-us-at-all/feed/ 8 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/04/12/poll-problems/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/04/12/poll-problems/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:49:32 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129807 Eva Cox explains why the importance and accuracy of opinion polls is over-rated -- yet, once published, their results can be deeply damaging to society.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/04/12/poll-problems/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/02/westfield-abbott-is-a-chance-as-rudd-runs-out-the-clock-on-reform/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/02/westfield-abbott-is-a-chance-as-rudd-runs-out-the-clock-on-reform/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:21:07 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=120160 Mark Westfield.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/02/westfield-abbott-is-a-chance-as-rudd-runs-out-the-clock-on-reform/feed/ 14 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/11/climate-change-and-polls-journalism-and-responsibility/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/11/climate-change-and-polls-journalism-and-responsibility/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:22:06 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=115794 Irving Saulwick and Denis Muller investiaget.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/11/climate-change-and-polls-journalism-and-responsibility/feed/ 4 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/01/15/abbotts-green-army/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/01/15/abbotts-green-army/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:50:01 +0000 Possum Comitatus http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=109980 Possum Comitatus takes a squiz at the size of the public opinion hurdle he faces on his two chosen policy areas: water planning and the environment.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/01/15/abbotts-green-army/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/12/14/4780/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/12/14/4780/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:19:20 +0000 William Bowe http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/14/essential-research-58-42/ 58-42 for the third successive week, and finds virtually no one in Australia believes anything will be achieved at Copenhagen, reports William Bowe.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/12/14/4780/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/04/as-climate-changes-greens-are-the-new-black/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/04/as-climate-changes-greens-are-the-new-black/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:26:30 +0000 Bernard Keane http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=103332 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/04/as-climate-changes-greens-are-the-new-black/feed/ 154 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/18/global-warming-and-cprs-polling-2/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/18/global-warming-and-cprs-polling-2/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:56:24 +0000 Possum Comitatus http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99407 Possum Comitatus -- especially amongst regional and rural voters.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/18/global-warming-and-cprs-polling-2/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/11/10/newspoll/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/11/10/newspoll/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:00:06 +0000 William Bowe http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98255 last week's rogue Newspoll result, The Oz sent its pollster out into the field again over the weekend for an eagerly anticipated follow-up survey. Too bad they haven't shared the results with the rest of Australia. Gary Morgan is unimpressed. ]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/11/10/newspoll/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/10/what-if-you-were-a-pollster-and-produced-an-outlier/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/10/what-if-you-were-a-pollster-and-produced-an-outlier/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:10:47 +0000 Possum Comitatus http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98165 Possum. In some cases *cough*, pollsters are damned if they do, damned if they don't.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/10/what-if-you-were-a-pollster-and-produced-an-outlier/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/the-newspoll-numbers-the-australian-wont-print/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/the-newspoll-numbers-the-australian-wont-print/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 Andrew Crook http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/the-newspoll-numbers-the-australian-wont-print/ The Australian appears to have decided to not publish the results of an opinion poll on voting intention in the wake of last week's outlier that had Malcolm Turnbull gaining ground on Kevin Rudd.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/10/the-newspoll-numbers-the-australian-wont-print/feed/ 11 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/10/essential-report-political-approval-and-the-economy/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/10/essential-report-political-approval-and-the-economy/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:45:25 +0000 Possum Comitatus http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98031 59-41, but Rudd's approval rating has taken a hit. The poll also found 75% of Australians believe the Government would have done much more to prevent damage caused by the Timor Sea oil spill if it had happened somewhere like the the Great Barrier Reef.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/10/essential-report-political-approval-and-the-economy/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/mungo-saint-kevin%e2%80%99s-halo-has-finally-slipped/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/mungo-saint-kevin%e2%80%99s-halo-has-finally-slipped/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 Mungo MacCallum http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/mungo-saint-kevin%e2%80%99s-halo-has-finally-slipped/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/mungo-saint-kevin%e2%80%99s-halo-has-finally-slipped/feed/ 3 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/09/asylum-seeker-polling-%E2%80%93-three-pollsters/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/09/asylum-seeker-polling-%E2%80%93-three-pollsters/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:46:08 +0000 Possum Comitatus http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=97839 Possum Comitatus combines today's Newspoll and Nielsen polls on asylum seeker issues with last week's Essential Report. Voters do think Rudd's policies are too soft, but it's not the killer issue for the Coalition that it once was.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/09/asylum-seeker-polling-%E2%80%93-three-pollsters/feed/ 0 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/one-step-ahead-of-the-polls/story-e6frg75x-1225795552934 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/one-step-ahead-of-the-polls/story-e6frg75x-1225795552934#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:27:50 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=97766 Glenn Milne.]]> http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/one-step-ahead-of-the-polls/story-e6frg75x-1225795552934/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2009/11/08/so-you-think-you-can-interpret-polls/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2009/11/08/so-you-think-you-can-interpret-polls/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:09:02 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=97744 conclusion from recent polling is that last week's Newspoll is an outlier, says Tobias Ziegler -- but that hasn't gotten in the way of a media narrative that says Rudd took a hit in the polls, most likely over asylum seekers.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2009/11/08/so-you-think-you-can-interpret-polls/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/06/morgan-adds-outlier-weight-to-newspoll/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/06/morgan-adds-outlier-weight-to-newspoll/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:18:29 +0000 Possum Comitatus http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=97746 61-39 -- a half-point increase to Labor -- making it even more plausible that the apparent drop in the ALP's vote from the latest Newspoll is just an outlier.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/06/morgan-adds-outlier-weight-to-newspoll/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/comitatus-is-rudds-honeymoon-over/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/comitatus-is-rudds-honeymoon-over/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:30:00 +0000 Possum Comitatus http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/comitatus-is-rudds-honeymoon-over/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/comitatus-is-rudds-honeymoon-over/feed/ 10 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/03/outliers-outliers-%E2%80%93-get%E2%80%99em-while-they%E2%80%99re-hot/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/03/outliers-outliers-%E2%80%93-get%E2%80%99em-while-they%E2%80%99re-hot/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:57:19 +0000 Possum Comitatus http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=96737 that much by the asylum seeker issue, or is this just a statistical anomaly? Possum Comitatus investigates.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/11/03/outliers-outliers-%E2%80%93-get%E2%80%99em-while-they%E2%80%99re-hot/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/10/27/could-the-polls-actually-be-undercooked-for-labor/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/10/27/could-the-polls-actually-be-undercooked-for-labor/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:44:18 +0000 Possum Comitatus http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=95474 Possum Comitatus has found a curious anomaly. Is it possible Labor's vote is even higher than the headlines are suggesting? ]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/10/27/could-the-polls-actually-be-undercooked-for-labor/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/10/27/essential-research-59-41-6/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/10/27/essential-research-59-41-6/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:00:55 +0000 William Bowe http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=95339 William Bowe.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/10/27/essential-research-59-41-6/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/10/27/essential-report-best-to-manage-edition/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/10/27/essential-report-best-to-manage-edition/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:55:51 +0000 Possum Comitatus http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=95336 59-41 -- a 1-point gain to the ALP -- and also finds one-third of Australians think the government's emissions trading scheme goes too far in favouring big business.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/10/27/essential-report-best-to-manage-edition/feed/ 0