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Latest Newspoll: Labor nose-diving again
Apr 5^th, 2011 at 3:53am

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/carbon-plans-take-toll-on-labor-newspoll/story-fn59niix-1226033687740

SUPPORT for Labor has crashed again, collapsing to an eight-year, two-party-preferred low as Julia Gillard fights the Greens on "traditional values" and sticks by a carbon tax.

The latest Newspoll reveals backing for Tony Abbott and the Coalition has risen in the past fortnight, with the Opposition Leader making up ground to again trail Ms Gillard as preferred prime minister by only nine points.

During the past two weeks - as NSW Labor was wiped out at the state election and the Prime Minister targeted Greens' policies as extremist - federal Labor's primary vote fell from 36 per cent to 32 per cent and the Coalition's rose from 40 per cent to 45 per cent.

The Greens' support fell back to its 2010 election level of 12 per cent two weeks ago. The latest Newspoll, conducted exclusively for The Australian last weekend, reveals it has not shifted, despite the Greens picking up their first NSW lower house seat in the state election.

Based on preference flows at the last federal election, the Coalition has a 10-point lead over Labor on a two-party-preferred basis of 55 to 45 per cent. This is the Coalition's biggest lead after preferences and Labor's lowest two-party-preferred vote since April 2003.
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Labor are in trouble big time it seems, and rightly so. The rubbish, propaganda and lies coming out of Juliar's mouth has done her and her Party no good at all. Never has there been such a disgusting Government in Australia as this one is. What with $billions upon $billions wasted and still being wasted, our border security in tatters, and the lies, deceit and incompetence are now the order of the day with this current Labor Government.

Bring on the next election ASAP. Australia can't afford Labor

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Reply #1 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 5:22am

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SUPPORT for Labor has crashed again, collapsing to an eight-year, two-party-preferred low as Julia Gillard fights the Greens on "traditional values" and sticks by a carbon tax.

The carbon tax was announced in the last fortnight ?

buzzanddidj wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2011 at 5:37am:

LABOR has bounced back from its carbon tax shock and record low primary vote, taking support from the Coalition and the Greens after Julia Gillard accused them both of being climate-change extremists.
In the past two weeks, as the government raised income-tax cuts as possible compensation for rising energy prices under a carbon tax, Labor's primary vote jumped six points to 36 per cent and personal support for the Prime Minister lifted from her worst result.

According to the latest Newspoll, which was conducted exclusively for The Australian last weekend, the government's primary vote rose from its record low two weeks ago of 30 per cent to 36 per cent and the Coalition's support slumped from 45 to 40 per cent.

Tony Abbott's personal support crashed along with the Coalition vote and the Leader of the Opposition now has his worst personal ratings since becoming Liberal leader at the end of 2009.

Primary support for the Australian Greens dropped back to 12 per cent, its lowest since the August election last year, while support for "others" rose two points to 12 per cent.

Based on preference flows at the 2010 election,

the ALP now leads the Coalition on a two-party preferred basis of 51 to 49 per cent

- the first time it has been in front on a two-party preferred vote in Newspoll since November last year

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/carbon-plan-gives-labor-bounce-...

Expect a LOT of back and forth swings from this pendulum - all the way through to the late 2013 Federal Election

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longweekend58 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 45675 Gender:	Re: Latest Newspoll: Labor nose-diving again Reply #2 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 7:12am this poll merely confirms that the last poll was an unusual event. The polls are now back to the level they were at before the japanese earthquake and other evens that always give govts a bounce. Labor is in trouble and it is getting worse
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longweekend58 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 45675 Gender:	Re: Latest Newspoll: Labor nose-diving again Reply #3 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 7:16am and more trouble for the Greens who are only polling at 12% which as experience shows actually means they would receive 10% of the vote in an alection - a DROP of 2%
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Reply #4 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 7:18am

The polls are interesting and might reveal that a large slab of over 60s people don't like other over 60s people being called extremists and comparing them to the KKK.

It looks like the great unwashed believe that sign held up behind The Abbott which said Gillard is indeed a bitch. The Abbott's gain in the polls seems to suggest that.

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Maqqa Gold Member Offline 14% - that low?! Posts: 16000	Re: Latest Newspoll: Labor nose-diving again Reply #5 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 7:27am buzzanddidj wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 5:22am: Expect a LOT of back and forth swings from this pendulum - all the way through to the late 2013 Federal Election and expect the ALP to be thrown out of government the same way the NSW ALP was thrown out
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chicken_lipsforme Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 7090 Townsville NQ Gender:	Re: Latest Newspoll: Labor nose-diving again Reply #6 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 7:29am And they can expect to continue that nose dive. The waste and incompetence associated with this Labor government grows by the day.
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Reply #7 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 8:44am

longweekend58 wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 7:12am:

this poll merely confirms that the last poll was an unusual event. The polls are now back to the level they were at before the japanese earthquake and other evens that always give govts a bounce.

Labor is in trouble and it is getting worse

Watch this fool backtrack next week when the polls are reversed,AGAIN. Roll Eyes

Highlighted to rub his face in it,next poll.

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Verge Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6329 Gender:	Re: Latest Newspoll: Labor nose-diving again Reply #8 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 8:44am Im waiting for Buzz to claim this one is a rogue poll since it puts the Coalition in front, and has Abbott at his highest level of support since becoming opposition leader.
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Reply #9 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 8:47am

Verge wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 8:44am:

Im waiting for Buzz to claim this one is a rogue poll since it puts the Coalition in front, and has Abbott at his highest level of support since becoming opposition leader.

Yea Abbott must be great, he trails who the rightards consider the worst PM in Aus history by 9 points,STILL, and that's the best numbers he's ever pulled, WOW, you're on a winner there. Roll Eyes

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progressiveslol Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17029	Re: Latest Newspoll: Labor nose-diving again Reply #10 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 8:48am The last poll needs to be looked at. That was quite an anomaly.
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buzzanddidj Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 14248 Eganstown, via Daylesford, VIC Gender:	Re: Latest Newspoll: Labor nose-diving again Reply #11 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 8:49am longweekend58 wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 7:12am: The polls are now back to the level they were at before the japanese earthquake and other evens that always give govts a bounce. "interesting" head-line ? "Poll Swing to the Australian Government - Earthquake in Japan to Blame"
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Reply #12 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 8:51am

skippy. wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 8:47am:

Verge wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 8:44am:

Im waiting for Buzz to claim this one is a rogue poll since it puts the Coalition in front, and has Abbott at his highest level of support since becoming opposition leader.

Yea Abbott must be great, he trails who the rightards consider the worst PM in Aus history by 9 points,STILL, and that's the best numbers he's ever pulled, WOW, you're on a winner there. Roll Eyes

Whats even sadder is the people would prefer a party with a leader they less like, purely because the others are so bad.

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nichy Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1812 Gender:	Re: Latest Newspoll: Labor nose-diving again Reply #13 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 8:53am No results found for "Poll Swing to the Australian Government - Earthquake in Japan to Blame". So WHERE did you get that headline Buzz
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skippy. Gold Member Offline Posts: 20882 Gender:	Re: Latest Newspoll: Labor nose-diving again Reply #14 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 8:53am Quote: The polls are now back to the level they were at before the japanese earthquake and other evens that always give govts a bounce. I don't know about Australia,but the earthquake gave Japan a bounce.
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