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| Morning mail election extra: hi-vis vests, electric cars and dunce Dutton | Morning mail election extra: hi-vis vests, electric cars and dunce Dutton |
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| Good morning, this is Mike Ticher bringing you a special election edition of the morning mail for Saturday 13 April. Each Saturday, we’ll bring you the best of the week’s campaign coverage. | Good morning, this is Mike Ticher bringing you a special election edition of the morning mail for Saturday 13 April. Each Saturday, we’ll bring you the best of the week’s campaign coverage. |
| The week that was | The week that was |
| After Scott Morrison rushed to see the governor general at an unseemly hour on Thursday morning, the official campaign got off to a frankly tepid start. But by Friday it had settled into the usual pattern of gratuitous insults, climate change denial, awks hi-vis photo opportunities and already very, very familiar talking points. | After Scott Morrison rushed to see the governor general at an unseemly hour on Thursday morning, the official campaign got off to a frankly tepid start. But by Friday it had settled into the usual pattern of gratuitous insults, climate change denial, awks hi-vis photo opportunities and already very, very familiar talking points. |
| The big issue | The big issue |
| It should have been tax, especially after the Coalition pointed to what it said was a $187bn hole in Labor’s calculations, but instead all the early running was made by its claims about Labor’s targets for the introduction of electric vehicles. That was pressed home with false statements in its targeted Facebook ads, which were rejected by Toyota and Hyundai, among others. By Friday Angus Taylor was still calling out Labor for its shameless attack on “the cars Australians love to drive”, so they must think it’s working. | It should have been tax, especially after the Coalition pointed to what it said was a $187bn hole in Labor’s calculations, but instead all the early running was made by its claims about Labor’s targets for the introduction of electric vehicles. That was pressed home with false statements in its targeted Facebook ads, which were rejected by Toyota and Hyundai, among others. By Friday Angus Taylor was still calling out Labor for its shameless attack on “the cars Australians love to drive”, so they must think it’s working. |
| On the ground | On the ground |
| Calla Wahlquist visited the generally well-heeled Melbourne seat of Kooyong, where the treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, is under pressure from the Greens’ Julian Burnside, the former Liberal Oliver Yates and Labor’s Jana Stewart. “If Josh Frydenberg loses Kooyong, then the government has no hope,” says the ABC’s election analyst, Antony Green. Climate change is the burning issue for many Kooyong voters, who turned up in their hundreds for a forum on Thursday night, where Frydenberg was the only candidate not to oppose Adani’s proposed coal project in Queensland. | Calla Wahlquist visited the generally well-heeled Melbourne seat of Kooyong, where the treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, is under pressure from the Greens’ Julian Burnside, the former Liberal Oliver Yates and Labor’s Jana Stewart. “If Josh Frydenberg loses Kooyong, then the government has no hope,” says the ABC’s election analyst, Antony Green. Climate change is the burning issue for many Kooyong voters, who turned up in their hundreds for a forum on Thursday night, where Frydenberg was the only candidate not to oppose Adani’s proposed coal project in Queensland. |
| Good week for … | Good week for … |
| Kristina Keneally. The Labor senator had a lot of fun picking apart the Coalition’s new-found disdain for electric cars, simply by showing pictures of a succession of ministers posing with, and touting the benefits of, those same vehicles. | Kristina Keneally. The Labor senator had a lot of fun picking apart the Coalition’s new-found disdain for electric cars, simply by showing pictures of a succession of ministers posing with, and touting the benefits of, those same vehicles. |
| Bad week for ... | Bad week for ... |
| Peter Dutton, whose claim that his Labor opponent in Dickson, Ali France, was “using her disability as an excuse” not to have moved into the electorate was variously described as “disgusting” (Bill Shorten), “pea-hearted” (Tanya Plibersek), “outrageous” (Jordon Steele-John) and “taken out of context” (Scott Morrison). | Peter Dutton, whose claim that his Labor opponent in Dickson, Ali France, was “using her disability as an excuse” not to have moved into the electorate was variously described as “disgusting” (Bill Shorten), “pea-hearted” (Tanya Plibersek), “outrageous” (Jordon Steele-John) and “taken out of context” (Scott Morrison). |
| What do the polls say? | What do the polls say? |
| Three polls published early in the week told pretty much the same story: Labor is in front but not by enough for them to relax. Newspoll had Labor ahead 52% to 48% two-party-preferred, which represented an improvement for the Coalition on the previous month, when the gap was 54%-46%. Ipsos put the Labor lead at six points (53%-47%), while Essential on Tuesday mirrored the Newspoll finding of 52%-48%. | Three polls published early in the week told pretty much the same story: Labor is in front but not by enough for them to relax. Newspoll had Labor ahead 52% to 48% two-party-preferred, which represented an improvement for the Coalition on the previous month, when the gap was 54%-46%. Ipsos put the Labor lead at six points (53%-47%), while Essential on Tuesday mirrored the Newspoll finding of 52%-48%. |
| What we read elsewhere | What we read elsewhere |
| Samantha Maiden at the New Daily discusses why the Liberal party’s negative ad spree on Labor’s “car tax” might just pay off. Shane Wright, the economics editor at the Sydney Morning Herald, says that while Scott Morrison used his opening election pitch to argue that the Australian economy is strong and will get even stronger under the Coalition’s agenda, the budget contained a string of downgrades to key economic indicators. | Samantha Maiden at the New Daily discusses why the Liberal party’s negative ad spree on Labor’s “car tax” might just pay off. Shane Wright, the economics editor at the Sydney Morning Herald, says that while Scott Morrison used his opening election pitch to argue that the Australian economy is strong and will get even stronger under the Coalition’s agenda, the budget contained a string of downgrades to key economic indicators. |
| Peter Hartcher in the Sydney Morning Herald says there’s no genuine enthusiasm for personalities in this election, so voters will have to consider policies. | Peter Hartcher in the Sydney Morning Herald says there’s no genuine enthusiasm for personalities in this election, so voters will have to consider policies. |
| Meme warfare | Meme warfare |
| Social media celebrated the arrival of Captain GetUp, Advance Australia’s slightly baffling superhero, out to battle the evil influence of the progressive campaign group in Warringah and other targeted seats. After only two days of heaping ridicule on the orange apparition, Twitter was ready to reveal the person behind the mask (or at least one of them) and the less-than-glamorous reality of his existence. | Social media celebrated the arrival of Captain GetUp, Advance Australia’s slightly baffling superhero, out to battle the evil influence of the progressive campaign group in Warringah and other targeted seats. After only two days of heaping ridicule on the orange apparition, Twitter was ready to reveal the person behind the mask (or at least one of them) and the less-than-glamorous reality of his existence. |
| #CaptainGetUp has just been spotted, unmasked (presumably carrying his own head in a bag) in Sussex St, Sydney. #auspol pic.twitter.com/z6yhnkKtHQ | #CaptainGetUp has just been spotted, unmasked (presumably carrying his own head in a bag) in Sussex St, Sydney. #auspol pic.twitter.com/z6yhnkKtHQ |
| In case you missed it in the Guardian | In case you missed it in the Guardian |
| Christopher Knaus and Nick Evershed report on pro-Liberal election ads being pushed into Facebook feeds of Australian users. | Christopher Knaus and Nick Evershed report on pro-Liberal election ads being pushed into Facebook feeds of Australian users. |
| Anne Davies asks when is a Liberal candidate a “Modern Liberal”? | Anne Davies asks when is a Liberal candidate a “Modern Liberal”? |
| Naaman Zhou looks ahead to a hectic election weekend of football, Game of Thrones – and politics. | Naaman Zhou looks ahead to a hectic election weekend of football, Game of Thrones – and politics. |
| Ben Raue runs through the key seats to watch and Nick Evershed has created an interactive map of all the electorates and their margins. | |
| They said it | They said it |
| “The so-called settled science is not quite as settled as people say.” | “The so-called settled science is not quite as settled as people say.” |
| ~ Tony Abbott | ~ Tony Abbott |
| “People” like, you know, scientists? | “People” like, you know, scientists? |
| Coming up | Coming up |
| The former One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts is on the Q&A panel on Monday, holding out the promise of more quality climate debate. | The former One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts is on the Q&A panel on Monday, holding out the promise of more quality climate debate. |
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