Showing posts with label statistics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label statistics. Show all posts
Wednesday 18 September 2019
Australian PM Scott 'Liar from the Shire' Morrison caught manipulating and misleading the electorate yet again - this time over the cashless welfare card
"In these trials, we have seen 48% of drug takers using fewer drugs, 41% of drinkers drinking less, and 48% of gamblers gambling less." [Liberal Party of Australia, Our Plan, April 2019]
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Liberal Party are living up to their reputations as a politician and party who rarely speak the truth.
One social media user called Morrison out over his misuse of statistics, as he pushes forward with his plan to control and penalise all wefare recipients by restricting access to Centrelink cash transfer payments (pensions, benefits, allowances etc) by placing these payments on the Indue Limited Cashless Debit Card.
Turns out that hidden in his misuse of statistics is the fact that of those Ceduna and Kununurra cashless debit card trial participants surveyed in 2017 only est. 8 people self-reported a reduction in the use of alcohol.
[https://twitter.com/AusGovSlave/status/1173505356317655041]
The 2017 final trial evaluation report itself notes that there was a risk that participants may only have reported lower alcohol consumption, illicit drug use or gambling because they believed that: a) to claim a reduction in use was the more socially acceptable answer; and/or b) this is what the questioner wanted to hear.
It noted that some existing data sets relied on were for broader areas than the trial sites and could not be reliably narrowed to those sites and, that there was no adequate time series data available to perform robust preTrial and post-Trial comparisons.
The final report also notes that survey did not necessarily gain a statistically representative random sample of the underlying population due to unequal selection probabilities.
Wednesday 21 August 2019
Vast majority of Australians (84%) support new laws to ban political parties and candidates from making “inaccurate and misleading” claims
The Guardian, 18 August 2019:
The vast majority of Australians (84%) support new laws to ban political parties and candidates from making “inaccurate and misleading” claims, according to a new poll for the Australia Institute.
On Sunday the progressive thinktank released a discussion paper canvassing options for truth in political advertising laws, following reports of widespread misinformation in the 2019 election campaign and calls from MPs including independent Zali Steggall and Liberal Jason Falinski for new minimum standards.
The paper noted that truth in advertising laws operate in South Australia, where the Electoral Commission can request material be withdrawn and retracted and financial penalties apply, and New Zealand, where the media industry is self-regulated by an advertising standards body.
It argues that industry bodies including Free TV Australia and the Advertising Standards Bureau could regulate truth in advertising, preventing the Australian Electoral Commission from being drawn into the contentious political process of adjudication.
“Several models for increasing the truthfulness of election campaigns are available to policymakers,” it said. “They are popular and proven to work in other jurisdictions.”
The paper includes results from a Dynata survey of 1,464 people conducted in the last week of July, with a margin of error of 3%, that found 84% of all voters want truth in advertising laws, with support in Labor, the Coalition and Greens all above the 84% level.
Most respondents supported a range of penalties including fines (62%), forcing publications to retract claims (60%) and loss of public funding (54%). Criminal charges were supported by 42% of respondents.
Respondents were unsure who should be the arbiter of truth, with support split between the judicial system (27%), electoral commissions (26%) and industry bodies (21%), with 15% unsure and 7% suggesting a new panel of experts.
The survey also found 90% support for the proposition that newspapers, TV channels and social media networks should run corrections if they publish inaccurate or misleading ads.....
Friday 16 August 2019
Galaxy Poll showed 2 out of 3 people believe religious organisations and individuals should not be allowed to discriminate against those who don’t hold the same views
Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), Media Release 13 August 2019:
Religious Discrimination – What Australia Really Thinks
The results of a Galaxy Poll, commissioned by Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG+) have been released today.
Mr Morrison needs to consider the opinion of the “Quiet Australians” before he forges ahead with a Religious Discrimination Act, Commission or Commissioner.
The issues of religious freedom for some are in reality discrimination for others.
Very few are against religious freedom. But as the Poll shows many are against discrimination. Additionally, Christians in Australia are not persecuted but the legislation is being put in place just as a precaution because marriage equality became a reality in this country in 2017.
Of those who were polled 51% identified as being religious and 49% identified as having no religion.
The Poll shows 63% do not agree that the religious organisations should have the right to discriminate against LGBTIQ people. The same percentage applied when asked if religious organisations should have the right to discriminate against unmarried mothers, divorcees and couples in de facto relationships. (33% identified as Christian)
The Poll also showed that 62% believe religious organisations and individuals should not be discriminated against just because of their faith.
Additionally, the Poll showed that 68% (2 out of 3) people believe, religious organisations and individuals should not be allowed to discriminate against those who don’t hold the same views.
The Poll showed that 48% Christians do not agree with discrimination of LGBTIQ people and others who do not comply with the religious organisations ethos, while 13% do agree with discrimination.
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Monday 12 August 2019
So is there an army of "Quiet Australians" backing the Morrison Coalition Government or is it just another political myth
The Morrison Coalition Government, its ministers, senators and MPs, have been making much of the notion that there is a large mass of citizens who quietly agree with them on every subject they discuss and every policy position they hold.
This survey suggests that rather than there being a large number of head nodders in the community, these so-called 'quiet' Australians may broadly disagree with the Morrison Government on issues involving treatment of vulnerable people and low income households - especially when it comes to the Newstart Allowance level of payment.
http://www.scribd.com/document/421336946/Essential-Report-Australian-survey-8-August-2019
Monday 15 July 2019
Clarence Valley NSW has recorded its highest tourist numbers ever
Clarence Valley Council, media release, 9 July 2019:
Record tourism numbers in the Clarence
THE Clarence Valley has recorded its highest tourist numbers in history, with an estimated 1.3 million visitors coming to the region during 2018.
Tourism Research Australia figures show a 22% increase in international, domestic and day visitors from 2017 to 2018, continuing an impressive increase over the past three years.
Clarence Valley Council destination management officer, Lou Gumb, said the word was getting out that the Clarence Valley region boasted some of the finest scenery, adventure and nature-based experiences that Australia had to offer.
“The Clarence Valley offers a diverse array of quality and unique offerings,” she said.
Key Clarence Valley tourism results for 2018 are:
Domestically, we welcomed 680,000 overnight visitors who stayed 2,355,037 nights.
Internationally, the Clarence Valley received 27,000 visitors who stayed 157,830 nights.
Day visitors to the Clarence Valley totalled 600,000. Council’s economic development manager, Elizabeth Fairweather, said Tourism Research Australia’s figures showed a big turn around after a steady decline in tourism numbers over the past 10 years.
“We hit the lowest point in 2014 when 857,000 visitors were recorded as coming to the area,” she said.
“But here we are at the end of 2018 with a whopping 52 per cent increase on this in a relatively short space of time.
“The graph line is now on a fast incline but this hasn’t happened by accident. We’ve worked incredibly hard to create awareness of the Clarence Valley, support the local industry, encourage nature-based sporting events and overall enhance the region’s nature-based experiences, targeting active families.”
Ms Gumb said there had been a multifaceted approach that included working with the local tourism industry, government bodies including Destination NSW and Tourism Australia, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Crown Lands and the Forestry Corporation.
“We are working to attract visitors and to create an atmosphere that encourages people to stay longer, spend more and return year after year because they have had such a wonderful time in our very special part of the world,” she said.
“You only have to look at our @myclarencevalley on social media to see how many people have already fallen in love with the area and can’t wait to come back. Even those who have not yet visited the Clarence Valley are fast realising the Clarence Valley should be on their to-do list.”
Mayor Jim Simmons said the impressive numbers were charging the region’s economy, generating jobs and driving investment in local communities as tourists chose to visit the Clarence Valley.
“The results speak to the broad appeal of the Clarence Valley region,” he said.
“We really do have something for everyone, with our renowned Clarence canoe and kayak trail, Grafton Jacaranda season, Yuraygir coastal walk, tourist towns including Yamba, Iluka, Brooms Head, Wooli and Ulmarra.
“Visitors are coming for our beaches and rivers, bush adventures, laid-back lifestyle, world-class food, events and just to kick back and relax if that’s all they want to do.”
Want to know more about visiting the Clarence Valley? Head to www.myclarencevalley.com
Release ends
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Monday 13 May 2019
Only 5 more sleeps until federal polling day across Australia & Newspoll still predicts that the Morrison Coalition will lose government
This is the 54th consecutive Newspoll in which Labor leads on a Two Party Preferred (TPP) basis.
The last time the Coalition scored a higher TPP than Labor was on election day in 2016.
Primary Vote - Coalition 39 (up 1 point) Labor 37 (up 1 point)
Two Party Preferred (TPP) Vote - Coalition 49 (unchanged) Labor 51(unchanged)
Voter Net
Satisfaction with Leaders - Scott Morrison 0 (up 1 point) Bill Shorten -10 (up 8 points)
Newspoll results 11-12 May 2019, published 13 May 2019 |
If an election was held today then Labor would form government with 77 House of Representatives seats to the Coalition's 68 seats.
Both Pauline Hanson's One Nation and Clive Palmer's United Australia Party would have 0 seats in the Lower House.
Based on preference flows at the June 2016 federal election Antony Green predicts that Labor will gain the electorates of Robertson (NSW), Gilmore (NSW), Flynn (Qld), Ford (Qld) and Capricornia (Qld).
All five of these electorates were held by either the Liberal Party or Liberal-National Party at the 2016 election.
Previous Newspolls
Previous Newspolls
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Sunday 5 May 2019
Thirteen days out from the 2019 Australian federal election and the polls look like this
Newspoll, published 5 May 2019
Primary Vote – Coalition 38 (unchanged) Labor 36 (down 1 point)
Voter Net Satisfaction with Leaders – Morrison -1 (unchanged) Shorten -18
(down 6 points)
This is the 54th consecutive Newspoll in which Labor leads on a Two Party Preferred (TPP) basis.
The last time the Coaltion scored a higher TPP than Labor was on election day in 2016.
Between the 19 June 2017 and the 5 May 2019 Newspoll the Coalition only bested Labor on a Primary Vote basis 11 times out of a total of 42 polls. Only 3 of those higher primary vote scores occurred after Scott Morrison ousted Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister.
IPSOS poll, published 5 May 2019
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Friday 3 May 2019
13 reasons why voting for Liberal or Nationals candidates on 18 May 2019 may not be the best choice you could make
The McKell Institute, April 2019, Fork
in the Road: The impact of the two major parties’ penalty rate policies in the
2019 Federal Election:
Key National Findings
Finding 1: Throughout the three year period of the
forthcoming 46th parliament, workers will collectively receive $2.87
billion less in penalty
rate pay under a re-elected Coalition Government than a Labor Government, when
factoring in each party’s policy preferences.
Finding 2: Nationally, workers in the fast food industry
are expected to receive $303.8 million less in penalty rate pay under a re-elected Coalition Government
than under a Labor Government over the life of the forthcoming parliament.
Finding 3: Nationally, workers in the hospitality industry
are expected to receive $837.15 million less in penalty rate pay under a re-elected Coalition Government
than under a Labor Government over the life of the forthcoming parliament.
Finding 4: Nationally, workers in the retail industry
are expected to receive $1.64 billion less in penalty rate pay under a re-elected Coalition Government
than under a Labor Government over the life of the forthcoming parliament.
Finding
5: Nationally, workers in the pharmacy industry are expected to receive $84.86
million less in penalty
rate pay under a re-elected Coalition Government than under a Labor Government
over the life of the forthcoming parliament.
Finding 6: Over the life of the forthcoming parliament,
workers in Queensland are collectively expected to receive $573.7
million less in penalty
rate pay under a re-elected Coalition Government’s than under a Labor
Government.
Finding 7: Over the life of the forthcoming parliament,
workers in New South Wales are expected to receive $899.26 million less in penalty rate pay under a
re-elected Coalition Government than under a Labor Government.
Finding 8: Over the life of the forthcoming parliament,
workers in the ACT are expected to receive $45.69 million less in penalty rate pay under a
re-elected Coalition Government than under a Labor Government.
Finding 9: Over the life of the forthcoming parliament,
workers in Victoria are expected to receive $750.74 million less in penalty rate pay under a
re-elected Coalition Government than under a Labor Government.
Finding 10: Over the life of the forthcoming parliament,
workers in Tasmania are expected to receive $65.02 million less in penalty rate pay under a
re-elected Coalition Government than under a Labor Government.
Finding 11: Over the life of the forthcoming parliament,
workers in South Australia are expected to receive $209.65 million less in penalty rate pay under a
re-elected Coalition Government than under a Labor Government.
Finding 12: Over the life of the
forthcoming parliament, workers in Western Australia are expected to
receive $299.52 million less in
penalty rate pay under a re-elected Coalition Government than under a Labor
Government.
Finding 13: Over the life of the forthcoming parliament, workers in
Northern Territory are expected to receive $23.56 million less in penalty rate pay under a
re-elected Coalition Government than under a Labor Government.
Labels:
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Monday 29 April 2019
Only 19 days out from the 2019 federal election and Newspoll results tighten
Only 19 days out from the 2019 federal election and the losing streak is
not yet over for the Morrison Government.
The last time the Coalition were ahead on a Newspoll Two
Party Preferred (TPP) basis was on 2 July 2016 when the Turnbull
Government stood at 50.5 per cent on the day of the 2016 federal election.
Which means the losing streak has now stretched to just under 34 months.
53rd Newpoll results – published 29 April 2019:
Primary Vote – Labor 37 percent (down 2 points) to Liberal-Nationals 38 per
cent (down 1 point), The Greens 9 per cent (unchanged), One Nation 4 per cent
(unchanged).
Two Party Preferred (TPP) - Labor 51 per cent (down 1 point) to Liberal-Nationals Coalition
49 per cent (up 1 point).
Voter Net Satisfaction With Leaders’ Performance – Prime Minister Scott Morrison
-1 point (down 1 point) and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten -12 points (up 2
points).
If a federal election had been held on 29 April 2019 based of the
preference flow in July 2016, then Labor would have won government with a
majority 77 seats (down 5 seats since 16 April poll ) to the Coalition's 68 seats
(up 5 seats since 16 April poll) in the House of Representatives.
According to Antony Green's Swing Calculator the 27-28 April 2019 Newspoll results will see the Nationals retain the Page and Cowper electorates and Labor retain the Richmond electorate.
In other words the
status quo is predicted to remain for another three years – the Nationals
having held Page since 2013 and Cowper since 2001. Labor has held Richmond since
2004.
Tuesday 16 April 2019
No matter how had they dance and prance Scott Morrison & Co just can't turn Newspoll around
Only 32 days out from the 2019 federal election and the losing streak is not yet over for the Morrison Government.
The last time the Coalition were ahead on a Newspoll Two Party
Preferred (TPP) basis was on 2 July 2016 when the Turnbull Government
stood at 50.5 per cent on the day of the 2016 federal election.
Which means the losing streak has now stretched to a little over 33
months.
52nd Newpoll results – published 15 April 2019:
Primary Vote – Labor 39 percent (up 2 points) to Liberal-Nationals 39 per cent
(up 1 point), The Greens 9 per cent (unchanged), One Nation 4 per cent (down 2
points).
Two Party Preferred (TPP) - Labor 52 per cent (unchanged) to Liberal-Nationals Coalition 48
per cent (up 1 point).
Voter Net Satisfaction With Leaders’ Performance – Prime Minister Scott Morrison
1 point (down 1 point) and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten -14 points
(unchanged).
If a federal election had been held on14 April 2019 based of the
preference flow in July 2016, then Labor would have won government with a
majority 82 seats (unchanged since 7 April poll ) to the Coalition's 63 seats
(unchanged since 7 April poll) in the House of Representatives.
According to Antony Green's Swing Calculator the 11-14 April 2019 Newspoll results will see Labor gain the Page electorate and retain the Richmond electorate, with Cowper electorate being retained by the Nationals.
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Monday 8 April 2019
51st losing Newspoll in a row for Australian Liberal-Nationals Coalition Government
The losing
streak is not yet over for the Morrison
Government.
The last time
the Coalition were ahead on a Newspoll Two Party Preferred (TPP) basis
was on 2 July 2016 when the Turnbull Government stood at 50.5 per cent on the
day of the 2016 federal election.
Which means the
losing streak has now stretched to 33 months.
51st Newpoll results
– 7 April 2019:
Primary Vote – Labor 37 percent (down 2
points) to Liberal-Nationals 38 per cent (up 2 points), The Greens 9 per cent
(unchanged), One Nation 6 per cent (down 1 point).
Two Party Preferred
(TPP) - Labor 52
per cent (down 1 point) to Liberal-Nationals Coalition 47 per cent (up 1 point).
Voter Net Satisfaction
With Leaders’ Performance –
Prime Minister Scott Morrison 2 points and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten -14
points.
If
a federal election had been held on 7 April 2019 based of the preference flow
in July 2016, then Labor would have won government with a majority 82 seats
(down 2 seats since March poll) to the Coalition's 63 seats (up 4 seats since
March poll) in the House of Representatives.
In Page the current odds are Labor $1.64
Coalition $2.05 Greens $31.00, in Richmond
Labor $1.05 Coalition $7.50 Greens $31.00, and in Cowper Independent $1.72 Coalition $1.93 Labor $21.00 Greens $51.00.
UPDATE
According to
Antony Green’s Swing
Calculator Newspoll
results for 4-7 April 2019 mean that the electorates of Page and Richmond will
both have Labor MPs while Cowper will have a Nationals MP after the May federal
election.
The IPSOS
poll of 3-5 April 2019 produces the same results.
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Monday 11 March 2019
State of Play 11 March 2019: as both Australian federal election and New South Wales state election grow near
A Newspoll
survey of 1,610 Australian voted was conducted between Thursday 7 March and
Sunday 10 March 2019.
The Federal Liberal-Nationals
Coalition Government suffered its 50th consecutive loss on a Two-Party
Preferred (TPP) basis since June 2016 in this latest Newspoll.
50th Newpoll results:
Primary Vote – Labor 39 percent (unchanged)
to Liberal-Nationals 36 per cent (down 1 point), The Greens 9 per cent, One
Nation 7 per cent.
Two Party Preferred (TPP) - Labor 53 per cent (unchanged)
to Liberal-Nationals Coalition 46 per cent (down 1point).
Voter Net Satisfaction With Leaders’
Performance –
Prime Minister Scott Morrison -2 points and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten -15
points.
If a federal
election had been held on 10 March 2019 based of the preference flow in July
2016 then Labor would have won government with a majority 86 seats (up 2 seats
since February poll) to the Coalition's 59 seats (down 4 seats since February
poll) in the House of Representatives.
On the basis
of these predictions voting in the NSW
North Coast electorate of Page held by Nationals MP Kevin Hogan may go down
to the wire.
Even the
sports betting is favouring Labor over the Coalition.
Meanwhile in
New South Wales just 12 days out from a the March 2019 state election and The
Guardian is reporting that that:
A new poll indicates
Labor leads the coalition 51% to 49% on a two-party preferred basis with Daley
ahead of Berejiklian as preferred premier.
The UComms/ReachTel
poll, published in the Sun-Herald, also shows the Coalition’s primary vote has
dropped to 28.7% while Labor’s remains steady at 34.1%.
While a YouGov
Galaxy poll conducted for The
Daily Telegraph shows the NSW Nationals are on the cusp of losing
Barwon and Lismore and are also facing battles in the National seats of Upper
Hunter, Tweed, Murray and Coffs Harbour, and Liberal-held Coogee, East Hills,
Penrith and Goulburn.
It is being said that the loss of six
of those ten seats would result in a post-election Berejiklian Government being
a minority government. The last minority NSW government was voted in from 1991-1995. It was a Coalition Government supported by Independents,
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Monday 25 February 2019
Happy 49th to our local member, Nationals MP for Page Kevin Hogan
Happy 49th Newspoll, Kevin John Hogan.
That's forty-nine published Newspoll surveys in a row in which the Coaltion has failed to pull ahead of Labor on a Two-Party Preferred (TPP) basis.
The last time the federal government - of which you have been a member since September 2013 under prime ministers Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison - has been ahead of Labor was on 27 June 2016.
That lasted a full thirty-five five days because by 30 August the gloss had worn off that July federal election win and you could only reach TPP 50 points in the August 2016 Newspoll.
In late September of that year the Coalition lost even that small comfort as Labor began to out poll the Turnbull Government and then the Morrison Government.
If you are wondering why this is happening the answer is easy to find. Turn a few pages of Hansard.
Every government backbencher, yourself included, votes on the floor of Parliament not in the interests of their electorate or that of the nation but in support of the hard-right ideology which dominates the Coalition Cabinet to the exclusion of even basic commonsense.
You have nobody to blame but yourselves.
So enjoy your 49th Kevin because your 50th is likely to be close on its heels.
*Image from Greeting Card Universe
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Newspoll survey of 1,582 respondents on
21-24 February 2019 was released on Monday 25 February:
Primary Vote – Labor 39 percent (unchanged) to Liberal-Nationals
37 per cent (unchanged), The Greens 9 per cent, One Nation 5 per cent.
Two Party Preferred (TPP) - Labor 53 per cent (unchanged) to Liberal-Nationals
Coalition 47 per cent (unchanged)
Voter Net Satisfaction With Leaders’
Performance – Prime Minister
Scott Morrison -6 points and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten -18 points.
If a federal election had been held on 24 February 2019 based of the preference flow in July 2016 then Labor would have won government with a majority 82 seats to the Coalition's 63 seats in the House of Representatives.
Monday 18 February 2019
Guess that big empty bus and other faux election campaign antics weren’t as effective as Scott Morrison had hoped
Channel
9 News, 16
February 2019:
The Morrison Government
is losing support in Queensland in the latest spell of bad news for the Prime
Minister.
The latest YouGov Galaxy
poll shows that the Prime Minister has lost crucial support in the Sunshine
State, often seen as a key election battleground….
The slump comes despite
Mr Morrison visiting farmers devastated by the recent floods, promising to
rebuild the cattle industry…..
There are only four more
sitting days remain until the budget is handed down, and just seven more until
the most likely date when the election will be called.
Galaxy poll
published 16 February 2019:
Queensland Primary
Vote – L/NP 35 (-2) to ALP 34 (unchanged)
Queensland Two-PartyPreferred (TPP) –
L/NP 48% (-2) to ALP 52% (+2)
Tuesday 12 February 2019
What the Australian Parliament might look like after May 2019
The second Newspoll survey of the year polling 1,567
voters was conducted from 7 February to 10 February 2019.
The results
were:
Primary vote – Labor 39 per cent (up 1
point) to Coalition 37 per cent (unchanged).
Two-party preferred vote – Labor 53 (unchanged)
to Coalition 47 per cent (unchanged).
The two-party preferred result represents
a 31 month long losing streak for the Liberal-Nationals Coalition to date.
If a federal election had been held on
10 February 2019 the swing to Labor would have been 2.5 percent.
This would have given Labor 82 seats
in the House of Representatives to the Coalition’s 63 seats (Liberal 38, LNP
16, Nationals 9).
Based on
these percentages then at the May 2019 federal election Labor MP for Ballina Justine Elliot will comfortably retain the seat she has held since
2004, Nationals MP for Page Kevin Hogan
will likely lose the seat he has held since September 2013, it is uncertain if
the Cowper electorate will vote in a
Nationals candidate, Nationals MPs David
Gillespie and Barnaby Joyce will
probably retain their seats which both have held since 2013.
These
percentages would also see the current Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Treasurer Josh
Frydenberg, Minister for Health Greg
Hunt, Minister for Human Services Alan
Tudge and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources David Littleproud probably retaining their seats but as members of
the Opposition benches. With Attorney-General Christian Porter fighting to keep his seat on those same benches
and Minister for Home Affairs Peter
Dutton losing the seat of Dickson which he has held since 2001.
It would seem that most destructive and disruptive Liberal MP for Warringah Tony Abbott is also likely to retain his seat.
It would seem that most destructive and disruptive Liberal MP for Warringah Tony Abbott is also likely to retain his seat.
The overall makeup of the House of Representatives will possibly look like this:
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/newspoll |
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Tuesday 29 January 2019
First Newspoll of 2019 doesn't end Morrison Government's losing streak
SBS News, 29 January 2018:
The coalition's primary
vote has risen in the first Newspoll of 2019, but Labor remains in front.
Support for Scott
Morrison's government increased by two points, according the poll published by
The Australian on Monday night.
The Newspoll shows Labor
ahead in the two-party preferred vote 53-47.
The poll was conducted
between January 24-27 and based on a survey of 1634 voters across Australia.
Graphics on Twitter, 29 January 2019 |
Scott Morrison
remains preferred prime minister at 43 to Shorten’s 36 per cent in this latest
Newspoll.
The last time
the Coalition were ahead on a Newspoll Two
Party Preferred (TPP) basis was on 2 July 2016 when the Turnbull Government
stood at 50.5 per cent on the day of the 2016 federal election.
That
represents a 30 month long losing streak for the Liberal-Nationals Coalition to date.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/newspoll
While the Coalition's easy dominance of the Newspoll Primary Vote had ended within five months of the last federal election and disappeared completely by 26 August 2018.
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Saturday 12 January 2019
Tweets of the Week
Michael Murray, general manager of Cotton Australia— Des Devlin (@desdevlin38) January 10, 2019
Mr Murray said the decision 18 months ago to drain 2,000 gigalitres of water from the Menindee Lakes was in hindsight “probably a poor decision”.
You fucking think so? #auspol
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Friday 7 December 2018
Scanlon Foundation Survey finds that in contemporary Australia racist values are held by a small minority
The
Guardian, 4 December 2018:
Australia has not lost
faith in immigration. The political narrative has darkened but not the
fundamental view of ourselves as an immigrant nation. Most of us remain
convinced that we are in so many ways better off for newcomers of all races and
creeds who have come in large numbers to our shores.
That is the verdict of
the Scanlon Foundation’s 2018 Mapping Social Cohesion Report published on
Tuesday. The mission of the foundation is to measure how this migrant nation
hangs together. Over the last decade 48,000 of us have been polled to fathom
the panics that sweep this country and the steady underlying views Australians
have of immigration.
“Immigration is a
growing concern,” says the author of the report Professor Andrew Markus of
Monash University. “But for media commentators and some politicians it has
become an obsession. They are in the business of creating heightened concern,
of crisis. But what the survey shows is rather a picture of stability.”
Markus is one of
Australia’s leading authorities on the politics of race. This is the 11th
report he has written for the Scanlon Foundation. Year in year out his reports
show about 80% of us believe immigrants are “generally good” for Australia’s
economy and that ours is a better society for the “new ideas and cultures” that
immigrants bring to this country. Support for multiculturalism in 2018 stands
almost as high as ever at 85%.
“A number of international surveys that look
at Australia, America, Canada, a range of European countries from eastern
Europe to western Europe, and also countries in other parts of the world, have
a consistent finding that on attitudes to immigration and cultural diversity,
Australia is within the top 10% of countries which are open to and welcoming of
immigration,” says Markus…..
BACKGROUND
Each Mapping Social
Cohesion national survey builds on the previous year and informs the
Scanlon-Monash Index (SMI) of Social Cohesion. The surveys have been undertaken
since 2007 where the original survey provided the benchmark against which the
SMI is then measured.
These surveys provide,
for the first time in Australian social research, a series of detailed surveys
on social cohesion, immigration and population issues. A prime objective of the
surveys is to further understanding of the social impact of Australia’s
increasingly diverse immigration program.
Mapping
Social Cohesion The Scanlon Foundation Surveys 2018 [PDF 86 pages], excerpts:
While there are
significant differences by mode of surveying in the level of strong positive
response, as indicated by Figure 35, the balance of opinion remains in large
measure consistent. Thus
with strong positive and positive responses combined, agreement that
multiculturalism has been good for Australia is at 85% RDD, 77% LinA.
Agreement with discrimination based on race or ethnicity in immigration
selection is at 15% RDD, 22% LinA. Larger variation by survey mode is obtained
with reference to some questions on religion: negative attitude (strong negative
and negative combined) to those of the Muslim faith is at 23% RDD, 39% LinA,
agreement with discrimination in immigration selection on the basis of religion
is at 18% RDD, 29% LinA…….
The Scanlon Foundation
surveys are of relevance to a fourth dimension, attitudes within the community.
All populations comprise people with diverse personalities and views ranging,
for example, from the tolerant to the intolerant – from those who celebrate
cultural diversity to those who are comfortable only with what they perceive to
be Australian culture.
As discussed in this
report, the Scanlon Foundation survey findings establish that in contemporary
Australia racist values
are held by a small minority – arguably most clearly indicated by
‘strong agreement’ with discrimination in immigrant selection policy based on
race, ethnicity or religion. Across
the two survey modes, ‘strong agreement’ with such discrimination is indicated
by 7%-11% of the population. [my yellow highlighting]
Labels:
Australian society,
discrimination,
immigration,
racism,
statistics
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