At least in how polls are presented....
I read in Crikeydotcom:
"Tony Abbott’s week from hell and the continuing fallout from the floods has delivered a boost to Labor, according to today’s Essential Report. In online polling conducted last week and over the weekend, Labor’s primary vote rose 2 points at the expense of the Liberals (our major conservative party) .... The Prime Minister’s personal numbers fell, with her approval rating falling back below 50% to 48%, and her disapproval rating rising 5 points to 41%. However, they remain much healthier than her end-of-year numbers..."
But the major and usually reliable paper I read says:
"The (conservative) Coalition has opened an emphatic 54-46 per cent two-party lead in an Age/Nielsen poll that shows Labor's primary vote and the Prime Minister's popularity sliding. This is the biggest lead the opposition has had over the Gillard government in Nielsen polls and - depending on preference allocation - probably its best result since early 2005. The Coalition's two-party vote is up 3 percentage points since November, with Labor's down 3 points."
Both these articles are dated today.
Even the normally Right-leaning paper, The Australian, says:
I read in Crikeydotcom:
"Tony Abbott’s week from hell and the continuing fallout from the floods has delivered a boost to Labor, according to today’s Essential Report. In online polling conducted last week and over the weekend, Labor’s primary vote rose 2 points at the expense of the Liberals (our major conservative party) .... The Prime Minister’s personal numbers fell, with her approval rating falling back below 50% to 48%, and her disapproval rating rising 5 points to 41%. However, they remain much healthier than her end-of-year numbers..."
But the major and usually reliable paper I read says:
"The (conservative) Coalition has opened an emphatic 54-46 per cent two-party lead in an Age/Nielsen poll that shows Labor's primary vote and the Prime Minister's popularity sliding. This is the biggest lead the opposition has had over the Gillard government in Nielsen polls and - depending on preference allocation - probably its best result since early 2005. The Coalition's two-party vote is up 3 percentage points since November, with Labor's down 3 points."
Both these articles are dated today.
Even the normally Right-leaning paper, The Australian, says:
"Gillard has stared down state leaders to deliver $16.4 billion into the health system in return for absolute transparency about how state governments spend the federal money.... Ms Gillard's first major policy victory as prime minister and follows her promise last year to make 2011 'the year of decision and delivery'."
Meanwhile Abbott has got into a fight with his own deputy and has achieved diddly squat.
Meanwhile Abbott has got into a fight with his own deputy and has achieved diddly squat.
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