judas killrudd is gone

[sprintcyclist]

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard's ratings have gone backwards in an Age/Nielsen post-budget poll showing Labor still trailing the Coalition 44-56 per cent and voters deeply sceptical about the government's Malaysian deal to deter boat arrivals.

In a fillip for the Coalition, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's approval has risen, and he has narrowed Ms Gillard's lead as preferred PM to three points - the closest they have been.

People are split over the budget and its fairness, while nearly six in 10 disapprove of the people-swapping deal with Malaysia and more than eight in 10 say it will make no difference or increase arrivals. Almost seven in 10 who support the agreement believe it won't work.

Labor's primary vote remains at a rock bottom 31 per cent, while the Coalition is steady on 47 per cent in the poll of 1400 taken from Thursday to Saturday. The Greens vote fell two points to 10 per cent. The Coalition two-party lead is the same as last month.

..............Ms Gillard's approval declined two points to a record 43 per cent; her disapproval was up two to 52 per cent, also a record for her. Mr Abbott's approval rose three to 45 per cent; his disapproval was down one to 50 per cent............



..........Former treasurer Peter Costello pronounced Ms Gillard ''dead''. ''The public has made up its mind,'' he told Channel 10. Mr Abbott now had to show ''he can be a statesman-like figure who can manage Australia''............

As the proposed Malaysia solution - in which Australia will swap 800 asylum seekers for 4000 refugees - failed to win public support, the government moved to shore up the deterrent by declaring it will send asylum seekers intercepted at the weekend to a third country.

The first vessel to arrive after the policy announcement - still to be finalised between the two governments - was intercepted near Broome, with 32 asylum seekers and one crew member aboard. ...........

http://www.theage.com.au/national/gilla ... 1eocm.html

[Rainbow Moonlight]

Howard would tell you it makes sense to make unpopular decisions early in your term- now wonder Abbott wants an election.. Don't think he will be getting one courtesy of the Independents or Greens.

By the time election time rolls around we will have seen Labor in action and be in a position to see the effects of the decisions Gillard has made- that is when people will really judge her and Labor.

[Jovial Monk]

Some interesting thoughts here:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/o ... 6056280110

[Jovial Monk]

Ross Gittins on the budget/media/economists/populist Libs etc:
http://www.smh.com.au/business/gillards ... 1eo3n.html

[Rainbow Moonlight]

Couple of good links- thanks Monk- worth reading.

[sprintcyclist]

NATIONAL Broadband Network chief Michael Quigley has admitted making more incorrect claims about his past as one of the top executives of French telecommunications giant Alcatel, which was involved in widespread corruption across the globe.

In 2009, when Mr Quigley was appointed to the $1.8 million-a-year job of running Australia's biggest infrastructure project, the federal government was unaware that Alcatel was then the subject of a five-year US government investigation.

After this fact was revealed by The Australian late last month, Mr Quigley wrote in an opinion piece that he had not told the government of the corruption investigation at Alcatel because the investigation had been resolved and was "ancient history".

At the first public hearing of the joint parliamentary committee into the $36 billion NBN yesterday, chaired by independent Rob Oakeshott, Mr Quigley admitted his claims about the investigation were incorrect - after he was presented with publicly available Alcatel documents that disproved them.........

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/in ... 6057092055



just one of the fuckups the left have introduced.

why is gillards polling through the floor ?
EVERYTHING she has touched has turned to shite