From the ABC:
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard, backed by factional Labor Party warlords, has made a tilt at Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s leadership. Mr Rudd has told a press conference that earlier this evening Ms Gillard visited him to request a leadership ballot. Mr Rudd says the Labor caucus will vote on the party and Federal Government leadership tomorrow at 9:00am AEST.
Interesting times.
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I think a lot would see though that Katielou. They are mainly committed voters watching.
Bloody brilliant ad for the Greens on “The Pitch” on The Gruen Report.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4jI1atQwp4&feature=player_embedded
Watching Law and Order (Gruen is being recorded) So far they have mentioned the new health care law being passed and the Tea Party.
The Liberal Party appears to have pulled Google advertisements after threats the party breached electoral laws which could lead to a challenge of results in marginal seats.
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More here…
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/threat-drives-libs-election-ad-campaign-down-the-googler-20100811-11z9w.html
Electronic Frontiers Australia Voting Guide.
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How the parties rank on NBN & Internet censorship.
http://www.efa.org.au/ausvotes2010/
The adds keep rolling out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-evCwsJJunQ
Aug 11: Global Warming a KGB plot (oh, and “crap” too!)
http://news.yahoo.com/comics/tom-toles
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Aug 11:
http://news.yahoo.com/comics/jeff-danziger
Aug 10:
http://news.yahoo.com/comics/pat-oliphant
Aug 10: “Oh the history books tell it
They tell it so well
The cavalries charged
The Indians fell
The cavalries charged
The Indians died
Oh the country was young
With God on its side.”
~ Bob Zimmerman
http://news.yahoo.com/comics/ben-sargent
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CBet 9:30 EST ALP $1.38 LNP $3.00
Neilson late this evening.
I think one of the reasons the RW noise machine is putting its pedal to the media metal on Monky’s Stunning come-down from the mountain at Rooty Hill “success” is that they want to supercharge a 52-48 Galaxy( El Rodentinos crunchers of choice) into momentum for Monky. Just a hunch really; punditry by “premonition”.
Paddy @ 1802
Agreed – the Greens should use that ad.
1806
gaffhook
That ad’s an epic fail.
It will offend the swinging voters and it’s not even funny…..
Next please.
The ABC is doing a live outside broadcast in Healesville. (McEwen). The Liberal candidate is a policeman. The ALP’s candidate stood at the last election. He sounds very competent. The Liberal candidate doesn’t know anything about computers/Internet, except sending an email. Fran Bailey has retired. Fran had a big following and the population is growing quickly. These two changes should considerably help the ALP candidate.
1809 paddy I got a laugh. But it won’t swing voters.
RE Faine’sbroadcast-
I won’t be able to listen but let me know how Steve Meacher (Greens) goes.
Meet The CO GOP’s Nominees: Two Newbie, Gaffe-Prone Tea Partiers.
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More here…
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/08/meet-the-co-gops-nominees.php?ref=fpb
Chris B,
Apparently, the Liberals have pretty much conceded McEwan already.
1812 Jen He went quite well. There was a conservative plant in he audience saying all the usual hysterical stuff. But he handled it OK. To me he sounded much better than the Liberal guy. The greens were well represented in the audience. The Liberal was very much under prepared and it showed.
1814 David Gould Not surprising, going by the standard of the candidate. It wouldn’t have helped their image anywhere receiving the radio coverage.
I think the minor parties are going to do much better than previously, because of the social networks. That will flow on in preferences.
The possum has an excellent post up on the rumble at Rooty Hill and how the perps were picked.
It appears Gallaxy did their usual thing re: selecting undecideds, but Sky and News also made a few “invites” to selected persons. 🙂 The young Lib was one of those.
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/08/12/rumble-in-the-rissole/
Abbott v Gillard at Rooty Hill: Galaxy to investigate.
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more here…
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-election/abbott-v-gillard-at-rooty-hill-galaxy-to-investigate-20100812-1206t.html?autostart=1
paddy – I think it may be relevant to inquire how were the people who asked questions chosen?
Aside from the young Liberal, I watched at least 2 females read out questions they could barely articulate and therefore clearly didn’t understand – recall the woman who read out the Liberals broadband policy but said “public enterprise” instead of “private enterprise” and also the woman who waxed on (perhaps she was first) about Abbott being a Rhodes scholar and his values. So who chose those women to speak and who wrote the questions for them?
Whatever. As annoyed as I was last night, I don’t think it will impact the outcome.
NBN to announce huge increase in speed.
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ONE THOUSAND MEGABITS PER SECOND!!!!!
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/nbn-to-announce-huge-increase-in-speed-20100812-1205s.html
1820 Katielou Spot on Katielou. Whereas 1821 will.
Yeah, Chris, I think Labor should push on the NBN policy differences.
Both the SMH and Australian websites are headlining positive stories about Labor’s NBN right now.
I would not be surprised if the ALP have a very hard hitting advertisement for the ONE THOUSAND MEGABITS PER SECOND broadband. (It sounds faster that 1 gigabyte). 🙂 There is now a huge difference between labor and Liberal. The Liberals a firmly cast in the stone age!
This piece of good news form the bottom of the article.
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It only takes one provider to offer unlimited download capacity to change the ball game. Otherwise its a job for the competition a consumer commission. I will be watching closely. 😈
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/nbn-to-announce-huge-increase-in-speed-20100812-1205s.html
Figures from last might’s TV ratings. Via Mark Scott’s twitter feed
Even allowing for the tragics who watched online, it’s hardly a huge number of punters glued to the rumble at rooty. 🙂
LABOR has told taxpayers they will pay no more for a national broadband network able to provide speeds 10 times faster than originally envisaged.
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Wow!
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/taxpayers-to-pay-no-more-for-nbn-with-even-faster-download-speeds-labor/story-fn59niix-1225904313190
thanks Chris- glad he handled it well.
1827 paddy Where’s the Chaser?
1830
Chris B The chaser is the #YWC tag (Yes We Canberra)
Thanks paddy.
Even if it only firms up more of the 65%* that say they would be influenced by the NBN as to how they vote. That could be a huge vote. Any extra votes on top of that are a bonus!!
* According to one poll.
Cyber sphere’s verdict: Abbott.com clueless.
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more here…
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/cyber-spheres-verdict-abbottcom-clueless-20100812-120g1.html
A comment from the ABC site on broadband.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/12/2980752.htm
I’m not surprised the numbers drop off for The Chaser after Gruen. 1.57 for Gruen. 1.34 for The Chaser.
The Chaser has been nobbled. The guys should have been smarter than to come back handcuffed.
Wow!! Firstdog hits it out of the park today. Brilliant. 🙂
http://media.crikey.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/EditorialLarge.jpg
From Whirlpool.
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I have been on the ABC site and Whirlpool. The Liberals are getting a thrashing.
More here..
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1509457&p=12
1836 HarryH I still get a good laugh. That’s what is important.
Whirlpool is basically the Liberals against everyone else.
What would he know.. he isn’t Bill Gates.
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Best laugh yet 😆
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1509457&p=20
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more here..
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1509457&p=21
Jen. The Greens advertisement made on the Gruen Transfer is on the Age site and as gone viral!
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/abc-wont-come-to-the-party-over-gruen-greens-ad-20100812-120sn.html?autostart=1
Last week.
Ch7 News Wed – Advanced leak of bad polling for Labor
Ch7 News Thurs – More detailed leaking of bad polling for Labor
This week:
Betting tightens sharply on Tues for Labor victory.
Ch7 News Wed – No mention of poll
Ch7 News Thurs – Still no mention of poll.
Abbott shoring up safe constituencies all week with his campaign visits.
*cough Morgan*
http://www.roymorgan.com/news/polls/2010/4556/
57.5 to 42.5
No coverage whatsoever.
I do need to thank Channel 7 though for helping me get better odds on the ALP.
1845 asanque I think Morgan lost credibility?
But I will take it anyway!
Even if it’s 5% out it still FN good.
Yep. lol at Ch7 and its stooge Mark Riley.
This is Morgan’s normal weekend F2F poll. It over estimates Labor by about 3%.
Last weekend it was 54.5 / 45.5
This weekend it has 57.5 / 42.5
So a 3% swing to Labor.
So Ch7 spit the dummy and don’t even commission Their usual midweek Phone Poll.
LOL
It’s no doubt a rogue poll……But boy it still lifts the heart. 😆
EC says “Neilson late this evening” that will give as more of a picture.
😆 Clarke & Dawe do Hewson. GOLD!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSyh4JMXp7w
Morgans on drugs. 😆
I’d say Morgan and Heather Ewart are on drugs.
Heather, resplendant in her nailed on schoolmarm neck scarve, intoned in her always balanced 7.30 Report segment that both sides internals are being whispered to her that Abbott will win.
1855 HarryH I saw that too. Skeptical. I’ll wait for Neilson.
Just watched another laughable Speers hosted show on Sky.
I’ve said it before and i’ll say it again, Chris Bowen is a HACK. Pure and Simple. He is a really poor performer who is obviously being pushed into a prominent position by the odious NSW Right.
I would hazard a guess he has never gained Labor a single vote in a public appearance. On the flipside, he would have made many shudder and flee.
When, and if, the Libs become electable, it will be dolts like Bowen and Conroy that hurtle Labor into opposition.
Not to say all NSW Right are hacks. I’m quite impressed with Tony Burke.
Aha,
Tom Switzer, Murdoch mouthpiece, was just frothing about the wasteful NBN. Stated that the greatest financial in the world, Rupert’s The Wall Street Journal, regularly editorialises strongly against NBN’s.
I’m positive that the NBN is THE major reason why Rupert has more than normal tried to kill Rudd, Gillard and Labor.
Suck it up Rupe.
Somebody hit the kill switch, there’s an outbreak of democracy on the ABC.
1859 HusseinStWorm Well tell us what happened?
I thought I would see NBN ads on the Footy Show. Only a Liberal ad so far and Collingwood’s been done.
qanda –
whyTF did they let John Elliot on??
he is a pig of a man.
Well EC, where’s the poll?
Just been browsing over the fence.
Much lol’s at the Abbott “i’m not a tech head but….” jokes
very funny
My, how that man can think and reason! A mensh amongst dilettantes.
From “The Wit & Wisdom of Dennis,“Shill” Shanahan”……
“Train whistle is mightier than dog whistle”
*regains composure as immensity of Shill’s insight registers*
Wooo-Hooooooo! Move over Confucius, in OOland your philosophies are mortally imperilled by Citizen Rupert’s broadsheet Attack Chihuahua.
Oops, Neilson tonight, sorry Chris, I made a mistake.
Punt market: steady.
Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition: rooted.
EC a mistake? There’s an oxymoron EC and a mistake. 😈
Republican Party Only Winning Key 2010 Poll In Southern States.
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more here…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/12/republican-party-only-win_n_680556.html
Good article.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/why-hasnt-the-tax-office-gagged-cardinal-pell-20100810-11xgy.html
On how ‘certain religious’ charities, like the tax benefits but not the restrictions.
Just more hypocrisy from Pell.
Hussy,
Religion – Hypocrisy is thy name.
1st Commandment – Thou shalt be a hypocrite.
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Just read that Nielson have delivered their new poll but the papers are holding it back til Sunday. Holding back ALWAYS means a good Labor poll. Early releases ALWAYS means a good Lib poll.
Labor continuing to shorten in betting.
This is all over folks.
You can see it in the faces of the Libs and can see it in the faces of the Labs.
Could be a landslide aka 04 Latham.
Absolutely asanque, a class action along those lines ( no more tax exemptions for superstionists) would be more than welcomed by most Australians who’ve had a gutful of free-loading spiritual pickpockets trying to tell the rest of us what we can or can’t do in our own spaces and homes.
If Big George Pell wants to slag the Greens, that’s ok, but to have that right one has to pay their taxes like the rest of us.
Remeber he signed his letter Cardinal George Pell.
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New thread …
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