SteeleRedux
"These are the latest figures from the Lowy Institute poll on Australian attitudes."

It is easy to manipulate the results of a survey that only uses a field of only 1,200 people. (one thousand two hundred only)

Not convinced.

I have only ever had one single contact from one of these survey outfits & going by the questions they asked there was no realistic way to answer them.
what they should be asking is;
Is 70 too old to retire ?
Is a national service overdue ?
Should there be a proper old age pension scheme ?
Should entry to University be merit based ?
Should the DUI limit be at 0.75 ?
Should immigration be handled by the immigration department ?
Should wages be taxed by a flat rate ?
Should negative gearing be curbed ?
Should public service salaries be frozen for the next two terms of Govt. ?
Should non-citizen criminals be deported ?
Should the irrigation of inland Australia be the next Govt project ?
Should the income of a working partner of a pensioner not affect the pension ?
Should survey questions include the above ?
Ask those question, then publish the response just to get a real picture of the electorate rather than just some Uni campus or shopping centre.

Global warming and its co-partner emission controls is a death trap for politicians.
It seems that emission controls cannot be implemented without adding
dramatic costs to everything.
Those advocating "renewable" energy tell us that it is cheaper than
coal and gas fired energy.
It is true it is cheaper but what they avoid talking about is the
cost of making it reliable and capable.
It turns out that you have to build two power systems, each capable
of doing the job. That is where we are heading at present.

The idea that you can do the job by spreading the wind and solar
systems all around the country to take advantage of weather
differences again is only possible by having multiple capacity systems.
On top of that you need a very much enlarged and capable grid.
Theoretically in such a system a group of wind and solar in Nth West
Australia and in Nth Qld might have to supply NSW and Victoria.
Similar combinations would have to be catered for in the system.
Such a grid would be really expensive.

Any party that undertakes such a program is destined to join Malcolm Turnbull.
The opposition proposal is for 50% renewables and 50% fossil fueled.
What they do not tell you is that each has to be able to carry 100% of the load.
If they say they do not each have to be 100% capable then unreliability
is certain to varying degrees depending on how close to 100 % each is capable.

Remember - Morrison helped Turnbull roll About and forgot to warn Abbott.

Oh, another couple of things I forgot: he got stuck into people on part age pensions and fiddled with superannuation as treasurer. So don't get too excited.

On the other hand, as economist Peter Smith writes: “Shorten is like a menacing figure in a dark alley ready to pounce. We can’t be too choosy about who is best placed to fight him off”.