The Australian's publication of the latest Newspoll results last Tuesday showing the primary vote now a neck-and-neck battle between Labor and the Coalition parties is not as simple as the media is attempting to make out.
It's not all about what journalists think is sexy copy of the moment - asylum seekers.
The Rudd Government is beginning to wilt in the public's eye for many reasons.
Let me count some of the ways:
- Overall policy response to climate change, particularly its pale and insignificant attempt at an emissions trading scheme
- The total screw-up which inevitably flowed from federal government accepting the racist premise behind the former Howard Government's NT Intervention and continuing with its provisions
- Conroy's obvious determination to censor what information we can access on the Internet
- A lazy, late and environmentally dangerous response to the Timor Sea massive oil spill
- Supporting a manifestly corrupt Afghan Government
- The shocking raid on universal health care that cut the scheduled fee for cataract surgery in half, as well as failure to fix ailing state public hospitals and inadequate dental health programs
- Ditto for broken promise to quarantine the one-off increase in the single pension so state government housing authorities and aged care accommodation providers couldn't take a bite
- Each and every Labor state government for numerous reasons, including perceptions of incompetence and corruption. 02/11/09:Bimonthly reading of New South Wales voting intention and leaders' ratings {May not be your fault Kev, but you're not helping by appearing to support these drongos}
- Peter Garrett and Peter Garrett and Peter Garrett.
At least half of the issues on this list would resonate with those voters under 50 who appear to be the disenchanted according to Newspoll's latest.
The way your going Kev, it's almost as if you're keen to be a one hit wonder.
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