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Abbott and Shorten – first poll : Comments

By Graham Young, published 18/10/2013

The first thing to note is that Abbott may have won a landslide election, but he's not personally rating that well.

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A 1.5% swing to the Liberal Party is hardly a "landslide" win.

The total swing against the ALP was 4.61% yet they polled more first preference votes than the Liberals. (33.38% vs 32.02%).

Adding the results of the Nationals and the Country Liberals increases the total Coalition vote to 36.63% - again, not exactly a landslide.

Look at the disproportionate votes versus seats Queensland results.

Remember that more people voted against Abbott's team than for him and much of the traditional votes for both sides went to minor parties.

Abbott has set the new standard for Opposition performance so should not have any cause for complaint when he starts to break promises of his own.
Posted by wobbles, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 10:53:42 PM
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Abbott and/or the LNP will be there for many years to come whether Mr Graham Young likes it or not. Just suck it up and live with it because there is much more to come with this show.
I think you will see a GST rise, bigger pay packets for polies and senior govt. officials even a national prison system to deal with the rise in crime.
I think all major infrastructure development will be taken out of the hands of local government and I thing penalty rates and ridiculous pay structures like teachers paid holidays while the kids are off school will go. Perhaps getting rid of school holidays like many other forward thinking countries would be a duel answer to pay rate and sliding education outcomes.
Suck it up and wait to see. The show won't be free though.
Posted by chrisgaff1000, Saturday, 26 October 2013 2:00:27 AM
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