Labor clearly won the campaign and snuffed out any chance that John Howard had of snatching a last minute victory, writes Richard Farmer.
Verdict
The Daily Verdict: Day 37 and no crocodile tears for K07
Every day of this election campaign I faithfully check the front page of the Northern Territory News to gather the information I need to plug in for Crikey’s Daily Verdict so I am, let me tell you, well informed about crocodiles, writes Richard Farmer.
The Daily Verdict: Day 23 and it’s horses not politics
The interest was on horses not interest and just as well for the Government. What media coverage of the election campaign could be fitted in after the really important news was uniformly bad for the Coalition and good for Labor on last night’s television and this morning’s newspapers.
The Daily Verdict: Day 15 & call it a draw
Day 15 of the election campaign was like one of those nil all draws at soccer - boring and hard to get excited about. The scoring for Crikey’s The Daily Verdict had the Coalition and Labor locked together with the lowest rating yet recorded for any day.
The Daily Verdict: Day 8 and Labor is powerwalking
The morning walks of Prime Minister John Howard are something of an anomaly in these days when political parties try to carefully control every word and movement of their leader to make sure that there is no disruption of the chosen message. Yesterday provided Labor with another clear win, writes Richard Farmer.
The Daily Verdict: Day 5 and Liberal HQ take a bow
Yesterday showed all the signs of great planning. Months ago someone started a very clever email campaign on the theme of trade union domination of the Labor Party front bench. I assume, but do not know, that the Liberal Party machine was behind it but they cleverly kept their stamp off it.
The Daily Verdict: Day 2
The Crikey Daily Verdict Indicator shows the second win in a row for the Coalition campaign team. Yesterday’s gap was considerable – nearly six points on our 10 point scale with the Coalition scoring 7.5 points to Labor’s 1.7.
The Daily Verdict
Day One of the campaign and a victory for the Government on our Daily Verdict Indicator. That was as it should have been, writes Richard Farmer.
