Has Albo fallen down a disused mine hole ? Is Fitzy ready to strike ?


Newspoll: Federal Labor stuck in a hole in mining states
SIMON BENSON AN HOUR AGO AUGUST 19, 2020

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Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese in Sydney on Tuesday. Labor has a primary vote of 37 per cent in NSW, leading to a 51-49 lead on a two-party-preferred basis. Picture: Bianca De Marchi


Federal Labor has recovered electoral ground in NSW but failed to reverse its decline in the key ­resource states of Queensland and Western Australia amid division within caucus over energy, mining and emissions targets.

Exclusive analysis of Newspoll data averaged over the past three months shows Scott Morrison still commanding an election-winning lead nationally of 51 to 49 on a two-party-preferred basis. The Prime Minister also remains dominant across all mainland states, with record approval ratings of ­between 65 per cent in Victoria and 72 per cent in Queensland.

The state-by-state and demographic breakdown shows the LNP surging ahead almost three points in Queensland to an unassailable lead of 59 to 41, with the Coalition also increasing its margin in WA by almost two points to 56 to 44.

But Labor has reversed its position in NSW, with a primary vote of 37 per cent, leading to a 51-49 lead on a two-party-preferred basis. This represents a three-point gain since the election, which saw the Coalition record 51.78 per cent to 48.22. It has also consolidated its lead in Victoria, helped by Greens preferences, lifting almost three points on a two-party-preferred basis since the election to lead 56-44.

The two parties remain almost deadlocked in South Australia.

The demographic breakdown reveals Labor’s deeper problems with people of faith, which senior party members admitted was a significant issue that Labor had failed to address following last year’s election. Those identifying as Christian favour the Coalition by 52 per cent to 29 per cent, while those identifying as having no ­religion favour Labor 38 per cent to the Coalition’s 33 per cent.

Mr Morrison’s popularity is strongest in Queensland, with a preferred prime minister rating of 64 per cent compared to Labor leader Anthony Albanese on a low of 22 per cent. Even in Victoria, where the Coalition trails by the largest margin, Mr Morrison leads 57 per cent to 27 per cent on this metric. Many female voters have yet to make up their minds about Mr Albanese, with more than a quarter uncommitted.

Mr Albanese’s approval rating is also in negative territory in Queensland and WA.

Support for the Coalition was strongest among male voters, at 44 per cent, compared to 39 per cent of female voters. Labor commanded only 33 per cent of the male vote and 35 per cent of the ­female vote.

Scott Morrison’s popularity is strongest in Queensland, with a preferred prime minister rating of 64 per cent compared to Labor leader Anthony Albanese on a low of 22 per cent.

The Coalition also leads across all income groups, including low-income earners and non-tertiary educated voters, technical and trades, and those with university-level education.

The only age demographic group leaning more towards Labor was the 18 to 34-year-olds — 36 to 33 per cent in favour of the ALP — while the 35-49 age group was split between both parties. The Coalition was heavily weighted to the over 50s and over 65s.

The quarterly analysis reveals an electoral divide between the two biggest states of NSW and Victoria and the heavyweight ­resource states of Queensland and WA. Labor is embroiled in a faction feud over energy policy and emissions targets, which Mr Albanese is struggling to shut down.

It also reflects the influence of the Greens and One Nation.

Labor’s two-party-preferred lead is assisted in Victoria where the Greens have the highest support — 14 per cent.

The Coalition’s two-party-preferred lead in Queensland and WA is boosted by an 11 per cent primary vote for One Nation in the Sunshine State and 8 per cent in the west. The right-wing minor party has failed to get above 1 per cent in the other states.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/newspoll-federal-labor-stuck-in-a-hole-in-mining-states/news-story/61913f930b91f09055bd364239bb8d2a

$5 for Juliar -  ting.

Don't know why juliar seems to be getting so excited about these Newspolls when we saw how "accurate" they were before last year's Federal election plus the next Federal election is still almost 2 years away?  ::)


Bobby. wrote on Aug 19^th, 2020 at 8:14am:

$5 for Juliar -  ting.

Yep, that must be it. Although, if he's getting more than $1.99 per post lately I'd be very surprised.  ;D

The Covid Commo is not amused. Bobby is boring all with his fictional fantasy.

When will Fitzy have a go at Albo now that Shifty old Shorty has been thrown into the damaged goods skiff ?

Wonder if the northern Territory election this Saturday, will give us a part indication of how well the coalition are going.  We will see.   :)

Carl D wrote on Aug 19^th, 2020 at 8:27am:

Don't know why juliar seems to be getting so excited about these Newspolls when we saw how "accurate" they were before last year's Federal election plus the next Federal election is still almost 2 years away?  ::) Bobby. wrote on Aug 19th, 2020 at 8:14am: $5 for Juliar -  ting. Yep, that must be it. Although, if he's getting more than $1.99 per post lately I'd be very surprised.  ;D

He admitted it once - or at least Longy did.
We're pretty sure that Juliar is Longy.

$5 per propaganda post -
easy money.

Bobby is raving as he tries to create his silly fantasies. Just boring and childish Robert.

And there is movement in the bushes as the Union and GetUp! funded Göbbels snoops around.

Now Robert THERE is SOMEONE who IS funded.

**snores**  not that I'm saying Labrador is worth much these days, being over-run by fem'nists and wops groups all totally self-interested and prepared to destroy all others and all else to fatten themselves first and foremost, but the incumbent 'prime minister' (why do we have and pay such a beast to merely be a mouth-piece for his party BS? - oh - that's right - because they made the rules to suit themselves!!) is always 'preferred' in the electorate due to Myopia Publicus, a disease of the mind that affects the eyesight and renders the sufferer incapable of seeing the difference between the question and any amorphous prejudice they may possess, and also affects the centre of reasoning such that the sufferer cannot work out much of anything.

Colloquially know as DUH - Differentiation skills UnHinged or Dumbed Up Holes - and currently under investigation by groups of medical academics worldwide, most specifically of the Spin Doctor specialty.  Learned papers which will provide countless doctorates are expected momentarily.

ALP will replace Albanese at the first chance they get.
ScoMo has God on his side.
Albanese has nothing in his pocket.

To be honest this is one of those polls that reflects the poo opposition leader.

Morrison is rubbish at being PM. But Albo is even worse at being opposition leader.

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Aug 20^th, 2020 at 10:44am:

To be honest this is one of those polls that reflects the poo opposition leader. Morrison is rubbish at being PM. But Albo is even worse at being opposition leader.

It also reflects the socialist cash splash from Scotty@Marketing
It's not surprising that people dont mind being paid money to sit at home and watch Netflix
Lets see hoe popular he is once the money runs out

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Aug 20^th, 2020 at 10:44am:

To be honest this is one of those polls that reflects the poo opposition leader. Morrison is rubbish at being PM. But Albo is even worse at being opposition leader.

Too true, unfortunately.

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Aug 20^th, 2020 at 10:44am:

To be honest this is one of those polls that reflects the poo opposition leader. Morrison is rubbish at being PM. But Albo is even worse at being opposition leader.

so whats he doing or not doing thats upset you pet???...what would you do in his place??>..

greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 20^th, 2020 at 11:23am:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Aug 20th, 2020 at 10:44am: To be honest this is one of those polls that reflects the poo opposition leader. Morrison is rubbish at being PM. But Albo is even worse at being opposition leader. Too true, unfortunately.

you are so always ready to be agreeable with disagreeable..

negative nevilles.

cods wrote on Aug 20^th, 2020 at 11:48am:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Aug 20th, 2020 at 10:44am: To be honest this is one of those polls that reflects the poo opposition leader. Morrison is rubbish at being PM. But Albo is even worse at being opposition leader. so whats he doing or not doing thats upset you pet???...what would you do in his place??>..

Hi Cods,
ScoMo makes up policy on the run.
Yesterday:
Vaccine would be mandatory.
2 hours later.
The vaccine would not be mandatory.

He can't handle the pressure so he's making bad decisions.

cods wrote on Aug 20^th, 2020 at 11:48am:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Aug 20th, 2020 at 10:44am: To be honest this is one of those polls that reflects the poo opposition leader. Morrison is rubbish at being PM. But Albo is even worse at being opposition leader. so whats he doing or not doing thats upset you pet???...what would you do in his place??>..

Not taking responsibilityt, dodging questions, you know the usual Marketing bullshitt he does

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Aug 20^th, 2020 at 10:44am:

To be honest this is one of those polls that reflects the poo opposition leader. Morrison is rubbish at being PM. But Albo is even worse at being opposition leader.

"Albo?  I never heard him yet???"

"Oh - that's German..."

"Never heard of that word..."

"Oh, shut up, Upham...buggeren nerd..."

"Is nerd German, too?"

But, despite all the WOKE Socialists' malevolent maligning of our Glorious PM, the Voters adore him.

Benny Hillbanese and Josephine Biden are a pair of idiots; one can't string two words together, the other can't find his way off stage.........plonkers. ::)

Fuzzy is just like Albo - right off target.

juliar wrote on Aug 20^th, 2020 at 1:21pm:

Fuzzy is just like Albo - right off target.

I guess you have difficulty reading...... ::)

Fuzzy has fuzzy misunderstanding.  Too much time spent at those GetUp! Hillsong Revivalist Indoctrination Conversion to Communism meetings. They bend the mind you know.

juliar wrote on Aug 20^th, 2020 at 3:23pm:

Fuzzy has fuzzy misunderstanding.  Too much time spent at those GetUp! Hillsong Revivalist Indoctrination Conversion to Communism meetings. They bend the mind you know.

Surely its about time you removed that one from your copy and paste repertoire?  ::)

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The Covid Commo has fuzzy misunderstanding.  Too much time spent at those GetUp! Hillsong Revivalist Indoctrination Conversion to Communism meetings. They bend the mind you know.

With Albo fallen down a disused mine shaft and Shifty old Shorty dumped upside down in a faulty goods skiff the ambitious "new Leader" of the crippled Labor Party is flexing his wings and mouthing veiled threats.

Wonder if the Unions and the Greenies and the Chinese who control the Labor Party approve of Fitzy ?



Joel Fitzgibbon warns Labor Party could split over inner-city, regional divide
Daniel McCulloch 12:50pm, Aug 20, 2020 Updated: 12:55pm, Aug 20

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Joel Fitzgibbon has privately urged the ALP to stop pretending it's a "government-in-exile" and has warned the Labor Party could split if it fails to reconcile the views of inner-city progressives and workers in traditional industries. Photo: AAP

Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon has warned the party could eventually split in two unless it can reconcile the views of inner-city and regional voters.

Mr Fitzgibbon has been extremely outspoken since the party lost the last federal election.

The right-faction frontbencher, from coal country in NSW, is a vocal critic of Labor’s climate policies.

Mr Fitzgibbon has accused Labor of sending mixed messages on mining and ostracising working-class people.

In his latest public intervention, Mr Fitzgibbon again challenged Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese to drag the party back to the ‘centre’.

“Labor needs to develop a middle-ground message for a broad and diverse community in order to win government,” he told ABC News on Thursday.

His comments come at an awkward time for the Opposition.

Labor was beginning to gain momentum as it highlighted flaws in the Morrison government’s response to coronavirus outbreaks in aged care.

Now, the uncomfortable internal debate threatens to overshadow the next fortnight’s sitting of federal Parliament.

Speaking to the media outside a NSW nursing home, Mr Albanese was not overly enthusiastic about being dragged back into the climate debate.

However, the Opposition leader said it was not as simple as where people lived.

“It is not an issue of where people live because wherever people live, they’re impacted by climate change,” Mr Albanese told reporters.

He pointed to the National Farmers’ Federation calling for Australia to set a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050: “The same policy that I announced for the Labor Party.”

“The National Farmers’ Federation is in step with Labor’s position,” Mr Albanese said.

Shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers, often touted as a future Labor leader, also dipped into the climate debate during a speech in regional Queensland on Thursday.

Dr Chalmers argued climate change “isn’t some inner-city preoccupation”.

“Climate change is a big part of the story here as well,” he told the Warwick Chamber of Commerce.

“Communities like this one and growers in particular are already among the most affected.

“We need to mitigate risks by ensuring that we continue to proactively work on both adaptation and climate change mitigation strategies.”

Mr Fitzgibbon, a convenor of Labor’s right faction, has recently spoken out against environmental campaigners within the party and encouraged a shift back towards traditional industries.

Some have viewed his latest intervention as inflammatory and potentially destabilising, given his long track record of making waves.

But Labor MP Stephen Jones, a Left faction member who represents a regional seat in the NSW Illawarra region, pointed out the city-country divide was nothing new.

“We’ve been dealing with it since the Whitlam reforms of the late 1960s,” he said.

“We do best when we focus on the issues that unite these groups; income, cost of living, and a plan to bring the whole country forward.”

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2020/08/20/fitzgibbon-labor-divide/

Grappler Racist Filth wrote on Aug 20^th, 2020 at 12:48pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Aug 20th, 2020 at 10:44am: To be honest this is one of those polls that reflects the poo opposition leader. Morrison is rubbish at being PM. But Albo is even worse at being opposition leader. "Albo?  I never heard him yet???" "Oh - that's German..." "Never heard of that word..." "Oh, shut up, Upham...buggeren nerd..." "Is nerd German, too?"

ScoMo is bad, but Shorten/Albanese are worse.
Trump is bad, but Clinton/Biden are worse.

Ahh, Politics.  ;D

You can almost smell the fear rising in Albo's beating heart as Fitzy prepares to takeover the crippled paralyzed wreckage of the Union and Greeny and Chinese controlled Labor Party.

Will Labor split into a Green and a Red "Labor Party" ?  The Greenies are already infiltrating Labor. And the Chinese ?



New Labor vs old Labor: The schism which threatens working-class voters
Dennis Atkins 6:00am, Aug 22, 2020 Updated: 11:18am, Aug 22

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A Labor party split isn't imminent. But there's a rift between city and country. Photo: TND


When Simon Crean appointed Anthony Albanese shadow environment minister almost two decades ago, the New South Wales left-winger used a dramatic prop to show his colleagues he wasn’t a reflexive flag-waver for green causes.

He took a toy chainsaw along to his first shadow cabinet meeting, demonstrating he wasn’t afraid of the tools used by workers in forestry.

It’s worth remembering Albanese’s clear-eyed view of the more aggressive members of the environmental movement in Australia, represented electorally by The Greens.

It illustrates his understanding of the issues splashed across the front page of The Australian with a warning from Labor’s agriculture spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon the ALP could split into two parties.

Fitzgibbon’s doom scenario, which he says wouldn’t happen during his political lifetime, is predicated on Labor’s struggle to reconcile its traditional work-with-your-hands base constituency with socially progressive voters.

And it’s forced a schism.

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Joel Fitzgibbon has been reprimanded by Anthony Albanese after talking out about Labor’s climate stance. Photo: Getty/AAP

The key point Fitzgibbon made in the No Limitations Podcast posted this week was that he was “very fearful about how the Labor Party will manage … (to) juggle these two electoral bases and I do fear that, it won’t be in my time, but the party might end up splitting”.

Given political movements are always in danger of splitting or dissolving, and by Fitzgibbon’s assessment there was no imminent threat to Labor’s stability, it’s remarkable the frontbencher felt it necessary to make the claim.

Fitzgibbon has become a standard-bearer for pro-mining, pro-development policies since he suffered a near-death electoral experience in the contest for his Hunter Valley electorate.

His critique stands on the belief Labor has been pandering to its inner-city, progressive, pro-environment voter base at the expense of the more traditional ALP supporters in the outer suburban areas and the regions.

It’s a tension that’s been apparent to Labor campaigners since the mid to late-1970s, following the trouncing of Gough Whitlam in 1975, and again two years later.

This problem has been highlighted by the trade union movement for the past 40 years, with the most acute analysis coming from a CFMEU-commissioned report into the 2004 electoral defeat under Mark Latham.

The union’s Michael O’Connor, who was threatened with expulsion during that campaign for backing Tasmanian timber workers, presented the Brompton Report which said the ALP’s expected and unambiguous defence of workers jobs and livelihoods had been “progressive, admired and respected” – but noted this was no longer the case.

“What has changed over this period is the people running the Labor Party machine – the apparatchiks, advisers and politicians – are no longer attuned to the basic aspirations of honest working men and women but sing to a completely misguided (and electorally wrong) tune that seeks to appease the unappeasable,” the report said.

Its stinging conclusion was that “a wealthy, inner-city elite” had a barely concealed contempt for workers from the bush and suburbs.

Fitzgibbon’s response to his own brush with defeat and the kind of internal friction identified in the CFMEU report is to hoist the white flag to Coalition climate, energy and mining policies.

He argues Labor has become “almost obsessive” about climate and should not pursue an ambitious and aggressive policy but simply ape the Coalition’s 2030 target which Fitzgibbon says would neutralise the issue.

However, Fitzgibbon’s persistent and inflammatory statements have caused the main target of his critique, the Labor Environment Action Network, to dig in and push for even more “ambitious and courageous” targets – as advanced by the party’s energy spokesman Mark Butler this week.

Fitzgibbon controversial comments also provoke the LNP in Queensland, where Labor was successfully wedged at the last election over coal mining in the regions, with the Adani prospect becoming a totemic issue.

During the next two weeks of Parliament, the Coalition will push for a vote on an election pledge to back a recommissioned coal-fired power station in Collinsville in Central Queensland, hoping to wedge Labor in the Senate.


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Ready to export. The Adani Abbot Point coal terminal.

Read on to see how Labor will split into Green and Red.

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2020/08/22/new-labor-vs-old-labor-the-schism-which-threatens-working-class-voters/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Saturday%20News%20-%2020200822

juliar wrote on Aug 20^th, 2020 at 1:21pm:

Fuzzy is just like Albo - right off target.

You do know that Fuzzy is one of the few demented enough to have been agreeing with you ?

Jasin wrote on Aug 21^st, 2020 at 7:15am:

Grappler Racist Filth wrote on Aug 20th, 2020 at 12:48pm: Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Aug 20th, 2020 at 10:44am: To be honest this is one of those polls that reflects the poo opposition leader. Morrison is rubbish at being PM. But Albo is even worse at being opposition leader. "Albo?  I never heard him yet???" "Oh - that's German..." "Never heard of that word..." "Oh, shut up, Upham...buggeren nerd..." "Is nerd German, too?" ScoMo is bad, but Shorten/Albanese are worse. Trump is bad, but Clinton/Biden are worse. Ahh, Politics.  ;D

No SoLow is just very poor useless and lacking in competence he is not is the same category as the Authoritarian criminal destroyer Trump. Trump belongs in prison SoSlow just belongs out of public life.

juliar wrote on Aug 20^th, 2020 at 5:32pm:

The Covid Commo has fuzzy misunderstanding.  Too much time spent at those GetUp! Hillsong Revivalist Indoctrination Conversion to Communism meetings. They bend the mind you know.

Typing this while looking at SoLow at a Hillsong meeting does you little credit.

Never a good idea to undermine yourself.

Carl D wrote on Aug 20^th, 2020 at 3:33pm:

Surely its about time you removed that one from your copy and paste repertoire?  ::)

;D ;D ;D

Quote:

ScoMo cruising to an easy election win

We will see in about 2 years.

Heavens! That one was like throwing a bag into a chook pen and making the chooks fly everywhere to escape the "hawk".

How will Fitzy go up against mighty ScoMo ?

Whereas Albo is pushing ScoMo across the winning line with both hands maybe Fitzy will push with only one hand.

will the Greenies who already control Labor take over Labor ?

It is unbelievable that the Labor goons are still rattling on about the Greenies' Climate Change SCAM when that garbage got them chucked out last time.

Fitzy is all for coal and Adani and all things good. Do the Commo unions approve of Fitzy and are they prepared to chuck Shifty old Shorty head first into the faulty goods skiff ?

Shifty old Shorty is a broken man as he had his heart set on following Gillard and Krudd's example and causing enormous damage to Australia and then retiring on a PM's pension.

"ScoMo cruising to an easy election win"




Scott Morrison is going to lose.

He no longer recognises why he won.

He has lost focus.

He is going to lose.



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Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Yadda Yadda is pushing the ISLAMIC point of view.

Quote:

Yadda Yadda is pushing the ISLAMIC point of view.

juliar juliar = = ideologue      [has no respect for truth]


Likes to try to frighten.

But doesn't know how to do it [properly].

= = weak and ineffectual.

Yadda Yadda is trying to appear inscrutable but his ISLAMIC idealism cannot be disguised. He even mimics the KORAN style in his "posts".

Maybe he will go a step further and print backwards like Arabic.

There is open dizzy rebellion amongst the Labor union brown nosers who have finally very slowly realized the Union and Greeny and Chinese controlled Labor Party will be in OPPOSITION for the next 20 years at least.

Vic Labor is assisting with this with their Branch Stackathons.



Ed Husic ‘mea culpa’: Labor needs to ‘shake things up’ to avoid more election losses
Josh Butler 6:00am, Aug 25, 2020 Updated: 36m ago

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Ed Husic says Labor needs to "shake things up" in new election strategy. Photo: TND

Labor MP Ed Husic has called for the dizzying array of policies his party took to the past two elections to be vastly simplified, saying the kind of complicated tax changes the ALP had previously run on can only be argued from government.

Admitting to a ‘‘backflip’’ of his own – coming after what he said was a period of reflection after stepping down to the backbench last year – Mr Husic said Labor had to ‘‘shake things up’’ to avoid another term in opposition.

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Mr Husic says Labor needs to think hard about its future. Photo: AAP

‘‘We’ve gone to two elections with lots of big, bold policies, probably too many to count,’’ the Member for Chifley told The New Daily.

“We can safely say we’ve tried the experiment, and we’re now in totally different waters with the pandemic.

“We can’t afford to be the generation of Labor politicians that couldn’t get it together to win government.”

Chalking up 10 years in Parliament this week, Mr Husic said he has changed his tune on a number of Labor’s recent stances.

Not the policies themselves – negative gearing reform, winding back franking credits – but on how the arguments are prosecuted.

Immediately following the surprise May 2019 election loss, Mr Husic said he still thought the strategy of Labor’s ‘‘100 positive policies’’ was solid.

Now, after spending that intervening period on the backbench (he gave up his spot in Labor’s shadow ministry to make room for Kristina Keneally), he has a different view.

‘‘Check the times we’ve gone from opposition to government. There’s been three pre-conditions to win – a popular leader, a core set of policies we can count on one hand, and a climate that was right for what we were arguing for,’’ Mr Husic said.

‘‘We need to be mindful of that going into the next election, because we probably won’t be able to fund a broad policy agenda, given the way the pandemic has ravaged the economy.”

Mr Husic still wants to see action on franking credits and negative gearing, which he said were ‘‘draining the economy’’, but said Labor might not win an election campaigning on those.

‘‘We tried ‘100 positive policies’, and we get mired in explaining these things when people are focused on the big picture – their health, their jobs,’’ he said.

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Mr Husic said Labor became mired in the 100 positive policies plan under Bill Shorten. Photo: AAP

‘‘On things like franking credits, there’s a lot we can do, but we can’t make it the centrepiece of the campaign strategy.

‘‘You’ve got to be respectful of people and work through it, and the best place to do that is government.’’

He admitted his comments were ‘‘a bit of a backflip’’, in what he called a ‘‘mea culpa’’ following the election loss.

‘‘Pre-pandemic, I didn’t think we should walk away from those policies … but the environment we’re in now, plus learning from history about arguing big tax changes from opposition, we have to think hard about what we focus on,’’ Mr Husic said.

‘‘You’ve got to fight for the things you believe in. But in a crowded space, there’s only so many things you can fight for.’’

Talk of a ‘popular leader’ comes at a time of lagging opinion poll results for Anthony Albanese, and questioning of the party’s direction from the likes of shadow minister Joel Fitzgibbon.

Mr Husic praised the work of both men, but said the pandemic should give Labor pause to think hard about its future.

‘‘The danger for our side is we think we can elbow a vending machine and a Bob Hawke pops out. We think someone with messiah-like ability will just come along,’’ he said.

‘‘Leaders need to work on it. Anthony has been leader only a short amount of time. It took Kevin Rudd a while to build that popularity. It’s a work in progress, but having said that, we need to be mindful of those pre-conditions I outline.’’

Joel Fitzgibbon has privately urged the ALP to stop pretending it's a "government-in-exile".

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Joel Fitzgibbon claims Labor could split in two. Photo: AAP

On the claims of his ‘‘great mate’’ Mr Fitzgibbon that Labor could split in two, riven by efforts to appeal to both inner-city progressives and suburban blue-collar workers, Mr Husic was equivocal.

Read to realize how smelly the decaying Labor Party has become

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2020/08/25/ed-husic-labor-needs-new-plan-to-avoid-more-election-losses/

The Albo schoolboy has got the training wheels on as he is obviously way out of his depth as he pushes ScoMo over the winning line.



Anthony Albanese needs to box clever, not just throw haymakers at Scott Morrison
DENNIS SHANAHAN 6:32AM AUGUST 25, 2020

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Anthony Albanese in Canberra on Monday. Picture: Sean Davey

After months of COVID-induced irrelevance Anthony Albanese and federal Labor sense a chance to at last get some political traction and dim the resurgent aura of Scott Morrison.

In a historic day of parliamentary procedural changes that may herald a leap from 19th to 21st-century representation, it was still the Opposition Leader’s first chance to stand at the dispatch box in the House of Representatives, conveniently a social-distance sword length away from the Prime Minister, and prosecute his case on failures in aged care.

Albanese is right; this is his chance to erode Morrison’s personal standing, which has recovered since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic to record levels and lifted the Coalition to a winning position in the polls.

It’s a legitimate approach from Labor and the public reaction could damage Morrison.

But the danger for Labor is that it will obsessively concentrate on blaming the federal Coalition and avoid criticising state governments — as was the case with the Ruby Princess quarantine fiasco — and miss the point entirely.

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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Anthony Albanese. Picture: Kym Smith

Morrison and the federal government have real questions to ­answer on aged care generally, and in Victoria specifically, but so does the Victorian Labor government. Slavishly attacking Morrison on particulars and avoiding any criticism of Daniel Andrews — as was the case with targeting Peter Dutton and excusing Gladys Berejiklian over the Ruby Princess — means Labor could miss a substantial hit on Morrison.

Ironically, Morrison and the Victorian Labor Premier are watching each other’s back, not ­directly criticising the other and concentrating on dealing with the here and now rather than looking to apportion blame.

Albanese and Labor want to ­apportion blame here and now, and just to Morrison.

The deaths in NSW aged-care homes, in conjunction with the royal commission into aged care, raised the spectre of an extinction of the elderly in institutional care, which has become even more frightening in Victoria with more than 320 deaths in aged care. The COVID-19 pandemic is a shocking and accelerated confrontation with the reality of the shortcomings of institutional aged care, which have been there for decades.

Albanese, correctly pursuing his role of holding the government to account and pointing to commonwealth responsibilities, is building the argument that aged care has been a Coalition failure for years, that Morrison was unprepared and even warnings from the NSW deaths and royal commission did not prevent Victorian deaths in aged care. It is an argument based on the commonwealth responsibility for regulation and funding of aged care and maintenance of clinical standards.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese during a special Last Post Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial in 2019 in Canberra.

Morrison’s response — and that of Health Minister Greg Hunt — is twofold: One, you can’t protect aged-care homes from a pandemic when there is community transmission — where there is community transmission the virus gets into aged-care homes and kills the most vulnerable.

Two, the responsibilities during a pandemic overlap between federal and state and you can’t simply draw a line between aged care and virus control, hospital admissions, workforce control and training.

Albanese’s claim that Morrison is conflating shopping centres and aged care avoids the argument there is the worst community transmission and highest death toll in Victoria because of a quarantine failure of epic proportions and failures from Victorian health.

Labor scoffs when Morrison rejects Albanese’s “binary” approach to responsibilities but a more subtle way may give Labor more chance of success in dimming the Morrison aura.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/anthony-albanese-needs-to-box-clever-not-just-throw-haymakers-at-scott-morrison/news-story/10efb9128fe7a7c607236719a6ab8f14

And don't the voters have a high opinion of the Albo Schoolboy.


Robert 32 MINUTES AGO
The problem for Albanese as he seeks to pin Morrison with some justification is Andrews in Victoria. Not a battle he can win I think.

Uncle Ho 40 MINUTES AGO
Naieve I may be however my political "nirvana" would be for all them to just focus on turning this mess around even if only for a short period.
Sadly not to be.
It again reinforces why most of Joe Public hold a healthy disregard for our ruling class.

Roger 1 HOUR AGO
Wow! The stunning thing about this report is that it does not make one mention of the abundantly obvious fact that in Labor's attack in question time yesterday, every question asked was based on either a lie, a gross misrepresentation of the facts or blatant quoting out of context. The principal offenders were Albanese, whose first question was based on a false assertion and Julie Collins. Without these acts of dishonesty, there would be nothing for the Government to answer.
I have long maintained that the reason that Labor, but Albanese in particular (and before him, Shorten) have the temerity to tell such lies is because the media say nothing about it and don't hold him to account. Yes, Dennis flags the dishonesty of Albanese's disregard of the huge significance of Andrews' massive failings but says nothing about the wider dishonesty.

fred 1 HOUR AGO
93% of aged care facilities virus free    labor beating a useless drum new leader needed after the govt win 2022 election  scrap the old Rudd/Gillard era pollies labor needs NEW blood 😇

John 1 HOUR AGO
Albanese and clever should never be used in the same sentence.


paule 1 HOUR AGO
"Albanese is right; this is his chance to erode Morrison’s personal standing,...".

Only trouble for Albanese is that attacking the prime minister's personal standing is his first plan, second plan, third plan..........no other plan -
he has nothing else but to play his personal, grubby political point scoring games. The longer he is at it the more the people of Australia see someone who behaves just like a person would if they had spent almost their entire life in a cloistered, sheltered political bubble as Albanese has. His lack of experience outside of that bubble (its actually non existent) means that that is all he has to offer - not much to offer for a bloke who wants to be the next prime minister.


Graham 1 HOUR AGO
Albo does best when he's all care for the environment, the people, the communities etc, but has no responsibility.

Sally 1 HOUR AGO
Awww..... Keep trying Albo...Someone might be listening....

Brian 1 HOUR AGO
Until Labor makes up it's mind on the matter of Cheap Power using Coal or Very Expensive Power using renewables and Gas it has no chance of dislodging Scott Morrison.   Sooner or later the voting public is going to realise that renewables cannot supply reliable power and if you go renewables you have to have a Gas Powered station sitting idle to cover when the wind does not blow or the sun is not shining.   The capital cost for the Gas station has to be repaid when it is only running probably 25% of the time so surprise surprise the power is very expensive......  You can fool some of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time.  Sooner or later they wake up. Global Warming is slipping further and further down the list of worries of the average voter as they are tiring of the constant deluge of misinformation and outright lies from people like our ABC.


Sandy 1 HOUR AGO
The leadership of the ALP should be Butler, Wong, Dreyfus and Kristina...they would go places then

Wonder what happened in the Northern Territory election.   :)

whiteknight wrote on Aug 25^th, 2020 at 3:15pm:

Wonder what happened in the Northern Territory election.   :)

Hehe... I bet that's upset juliar for sure.  ;D

But, wait until he sees what's going to happen in the WA one next March... I don't need a crystal ball to predict that Labor is going to win it with what will probably be the biggest margin in State election history.

The WA State Liberal Party might not as well even exist these days for all we've seen and heard from them in the past 6 months.

The Covid Commo is excited by not much at all.

The out of touch NT's probably don't realize what a blunder they have made.


NT Labor-independent alliance to 'spell end of Aus gas industry'
20/08/2020

If the Labor Party forms government with an independent alliance at this weekend’s Northern Territory election, it will "spell the end of the gas industry", Keith Pitt says.

“We need the Northern Territory for gas,” he said.

“If the Independents get in, in the NT, they’ve already put on the record no gas for the Territory and that means no jobs.

“That’s the end of the gas industry and that’s no good for Australia.”

The Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia urged Territorians against voting for the NT Labor government this weekend, saying if it holds onto power it will continue to spend money it doesn’t have.

“The Territory Labor government’s done what Labor governments always do, spend more money than they have and don’t develop their economies,” he said.

https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6182703720001



'The CLP is back': Country Liberal's win back five seats in NT election
23/08/2020

The Country Liberal Party (CLP) has claimed back at least five seats in the Northern Territory election on Saturday.

The party was humiliated after the 2016 Labor landslide, leaving with just two seats.

Speaking on Saturday night CLP Leader Lia Finocchiaro was optimistic about her party's future and said the 2020 election would usher in a new era.

Ms Finocchiaro said the region needed the "strong conservative voice" which was provided by her party and spoke about harnessing the "can do territory spirit".

"The CLP is back".

https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6183696549001



Classic Labor incompetence on show.

Labor, CLP clash over record debt ahead of NT election
21/08/2020

With the NT just a day away from an election, the major parties have returned fire over the record $8.2 billion debt the territory currently has.

“The CLP have had four years to get their s**t together and they still cannot tell you the total cost of their spending, what they will cut, who they will sack or what they will sell to pay for it,” Chief Minister Michael Gunner said.

The Country Liberal Party returned fire, describing the government’s Nicole Manison as “the worst performing treasurer” the NT has ever seen.

“For her to come out swinging today against the Country Liberal Party shows just how little a plan they have for the territory’s future,” CLP leader Lia Finocchiaro said.

More than 42 per cent of eligible voters have already cast their ballot at early voting centres.

https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6183048206001

And muddle minded Albo still doesn't know which way is up. He is a Gift from God for ScoMo. Next thing he will start rabbiting on about the Greenies' stupid Climate Change SCAM which got Labor dumped last election.


Federal Labor 'has an ongoing problem'
24/08/2020

The Australian’s Political Editor Dennis Shanahan says federal Labor's "ongoing problem" is its continued focus on the prime minister, whilst making no attempt to criticise the Andrews government in Victoria.

On Monday, Parliament returned in Canberra in historic form as parliamentarians attended sitting for the first time in nearly 70 days in a partially virtual form due to coronavirus concerns.

Following the first day of sitting, Mr Shanahan told Sky News host Peta Credlin "Labor is legitimately asking questions about aged care".

"They're rolling off the back of the aged care royal commission".

However, he said, "the Labor Party still has the ongoing problem that they will not attempt to criticise the Andrews Labor government in Victoria and they just keep concentrating on Scott Morrison".

https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6183964491001