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| Newspoll bounce for Tony Abbott – politics live | Newspoll bounce for Tony Abbott – politics live |
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| 8.41am AEST21:41 | |
| What this poll shows is the voters are now looking at Labor. | |
| Malcolm Turnbull said it on radio before. Now the infrastructure minister Jamie Briggs has said it at the doors of the ministerial entrance. | |
| Let the official government talking point show that the Newspoll confirms voters are looking at Labor’s non-existent agenda. Well, the government is looking at it, in the hope Labor’s non-existent agenda proves a more compelling subject than the government’s completely incoherent agenda. | |
| This is the new test in Australian politics – have you noticed – ‘they are so much worser.’ Pretty compelling stuff, isn’t it? Let’s lean in closer to make sure we don’t miss a moment. | |
| Small business minister Bruce Billson has just told Sky News the Liberal party had a .. | |
| .. moment of introspection .. | |
| but has now walked right by. | |
| Billson means that moment of introspection a few weeks ago when the party had a debate over whether or not the leader, Tony Abbott, should still be the leader. | |
| Introspection. So yesterday. | |
| Updated at 8.48am AEST | |
| 8.34am AEST21:34 | |
| The early morning news cycle is still preoccupied with eyerolls. If you weren’t with me yesterday, or if you’ve failed to check in on any social media platform for the past 24 hours or so, it’s possible you could have missed the foreign minister Julie Bishop rolling her eyes at Joe Hockey yesterday during his condolence speech marking the passing of Malcolm Fraser. | |
| In the event you did miss it, Julie Bishop rolled her eyes at Joe Hockey. The eyeroll seemed to relate to a cut to foreign aid that was there in the morning but not there in the afternoon. Turnbull, during his ABC interview just before, thought the whole incident may be over analysed. (Can you imagine such a thought crime when there is so much head room still left in the proposition that Julie Bishop’s poker face – suddenly – ah .. mazingly – cracked?) Turnbull also imagined that the journalist who set the over-analysis wheels in motion on Monday, The Australian’s Greg Sheridan, might have got his facts wrong. | |
| 8.16am AEST21:16 | |
| Q: Ricky Muir, are you feral? | |
| Senate cross bencher Ricky Muir is live currently on ABC radio. (The prime minister called the senate cross bench feral last week.) | |
| No, Ricky Muir is pretty sure he’s not feral, having reviewed the field evidence. | |
| Ricky Muir: | |
| I don’t think the senate is being feral. I think the senate is trying to view bills on their merits. | |
| Other moving parts from the Muir interview: | |
| 8.02am AEST21:02 | 8.02am AEST21:02 |
| Well good morning everyone and welcome to the resumption of normal political business in the national capital, whatever that may mean. | Well good morning everyone and welcome to the resumption of normal political business in the national capital, whatever that may mean. |
| Republican senator Ted Cruz, who has now declared himself a candidate to be the next president of the United States, has, overnight, dreamed of a nation of courageous conservatives rising up to retake their country. Conservatives of the more timid variety in Australia can dream that this morning’s Newspoll result presages some kind of (positive) rising up on that part of Australian voters. | Republican senator Ted Cruz, who has now declared himself a candidate to be the next president of the United States, has, overnight, dreamed of a nation of courageous conservatives rising up to retake their country. Conservatives of the more timid variety in Australia can dream that this morning’s Newspoll result presages some kind of (positive) rising up on that part of Australian voters. |
| Despite a less than stellar parliamentary week for the Coalition and for the prime minister last week, there’s a bounce in today’s Newspoll. On the primary vote measure, the government has recorded its best result since September. This particular survey is slightly whiplash inducing, given the two party preferred gap between the major parties in the last Newspoll was ten points. Labor was ten points ahead. Now Labor leads the government 51 to 49. As is said periodically by psephologists the world over, go figure. | Despite a less than stellar parliamentary week for the Coalition and for the prime minister last week, there’s a bounce in today’s Newspoll. On the primary vote measure, the government has recorded its best result since September. This particular survey is slightly whiplash inducing, given the two party preferred gap between the major parties in the last Newspoll was ten points. Labor was ten points ahead. Now Labor leads the government 51 to 49. As is said periodically by psephologists the world over, go figure. |
| Speaking of News (Corp, not poll), as we go live this morning, the communications minister Malcolm Turnbull is on Radio National Breakfast being asked about Rupert Murdoch’s favourite topic, Turnbull’s ambition to overhaul Australia’s media ownership laws. | Speaking of News (Corp, not poll), as we go live this morning, the communications minister Malcolm Turnbull is on Radio National Breakfast being asked about Rupert Murdoch’s favourite topic, Turnbull’s ambition to overhaul Australia’s media ownership laws. |
| Turnbull has recently popped this mildly explosive proposition on Tony Abbott’s desk for further action, or perhaps, inaction, depending on the prevailing winds. (Thanks, Malcolm. No thank you, Tony.) | Turnbull has recently popped this mildly explosive proposition on Tony Abbott’s desk for further action, or perhaps, inaction, depending on the prevailing winds. (Thanks, Malcolm. No thank you, Tony.) |
| Q: The (cross media ownership laws) are done, they are past their use by date. They need to change now, don’t they? | Q: The (cross media ownership laws) are done, they are past their use by date. They need to change now, don’t they? |
| Malcolm Turnbull: | Malcolm Turnbull: |
| I think they do. | I think they do. |
| Q: Are you going to push this? | Q: Are you going to push this? |
| Turnbull: | Turnbull: |
| My views are very clear, everyone knows I think they are out of date. They were designed in a pre-internet era and they relate to a media landscape that doesn’t exist. | My views are very clear, everyone knows I think they are out of date. They were designed in a pre-internet era and they relate to a media landscape that doesn’t exist. |
| The two out of three rule, which for example says you can only control a two out of a newspaper, radio station or television station in the same market, was designed in an era when the only forms of media were newspapers, radio and TV. | The two out of three rule, which for example says you can only control a two out of a newspaper, radio station or television station in the same market, was designed in an era when the only forms of media were newspapers, radio and TV. |
| Well of course that’s completely transformed. | Well of course that’s completely transformed. |
| Rupert Murdoch’s views are also clear: if Turnbull wants media ownership back on the agenda then he needs to look at the anti-siphoning list that reserves much premium sport for free TV. Murdoch would like more premium sport on pay TV, particularly given the competition about to hit Australian shores with the arrival of streaming services like Netflix. | Rupert Murdoch’s views are also clear: if Turnbull wants media ownership back on the agenda then he needs to look at the anti-siphoning list that reserves much premium sport for free TV. Murdoch would like more premium sport on pay TV, particularly given the competition about to hit Australian shores with the arrival of streaming services like Netflix. |
| Turnbull: | Turnbull: |
| We are urged to do this (do over the anti-siphoning list) by the pay TV industry. I absolutely respect and understand their commercial position but it’s important to understand that what they are seeking would not be popular, it would be most unpopular and in any event, it would need to be approved by the Senate. | We are urged to do this (do over the anti-siphoning list) by the pay TV industry. I absolutely respect and understand their commercial position but it’s important to understand that what they are seeking would not be popular, it would be most unpopular and in any event, it would need to be approved by the Senate. |
| Why does anyone imagine that this Senate would be likely to approve changes that would be clearly as unpopular as that. | Why does anyone imagine that this Senate would be likely to approve changes that would be clearly as unpopular as that. |
| Q: You know these changes need to occur. | Q: You know these changes need to occur. |
| Turnbull: | Turnbull: |
| Not to anti-siphoning. | Not to anti-siphoning. |
| Sorry Rupert. Hard times for honest moguls. | Sorry Rupert. Hard times for honest moguls. |
| Time to get loud and proud, the PL comments thread is now open for your business. I’m also available for banter, typo corrections, clarifications, or simple home renovations advice on the Twits. I’m @murpharoo and he’s @mpbowers | Time to get loud and proud, the PL comments thread is now open for your business. I’m also available for banter, typo corrections, clarifications, or simple home renovations advice on the Twits. I’m @murpharoo and he’s @mpbowers |
| Updated at 8.05am AEST | Updated at 8.05am AEST |