An interesting example of how short the public’s memory is from Essential Media today:
Senate majority
Richardson: Labor turns its attention to the Senate
Labor has been trying hard to avoid the impression of overconfidence, but news at the weekend suggests that it too now regards the government’s fate as a foregone conclusion, writes Charles Richardson.
A curious set of Senate odds
The betting markets continue to move in Labor’s favor, and Andrew Leigh continues to tell us that they’re the most accurate predictor of results. But unnoticed by the media, one bookmaker has introduced an interesting new variant on election betting. Charles Richardson investigates.
Green preferences could swing the Senate
A headline in today’s Age has “Labor-Greens feud verging on war”. That was certainly the message from Greens leader Bob Brown in Friday’s Australian, in an op-ed piece titled “Greens won’t preference the ALP”.
Take care with Senate polls
This morning’s Australian, brings news of another Galaxy poll - commissioned by the same outfit, GetUp!, that paid for last week’s poll on gay marriage. This time it’s about Senate voting intention: GetUp! is backing a campaign to try to deprive the Coalition of its Senate majority at this year’s election.
