Today marks a very unpleasant chapter in Australian history. The fact that David Hicks has seemingly admitted his guilt in providing material assistance to terrorists (with no specific incident cited, of course) is a sad indictment on the whole process of what has happened at Guantanamo Bay. It is reasonable to assume that Hicks was [...]
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- Nielsen – Thump 31 July 2010Today brings about a Nielsen that has the tragics spinning with the Coalition hitting the lead on a two party preferred split of 52/48. The poll came from a sample of 1356, giving us an MoE that maxes out around the 2.7% mark. The primary votes broken down into gender and geography as well as […]Possum Comitatus
- A Lazy Possums Catch Up and Open Thread. 29 July 2010I’ve been a little busy of late (including completely missing yesterday through a bourbon hazed birthday) and have neglected some questions that were asked by you folks in earlier threads – so rather than go back and chase them down when they probably no longer have anyone actually reading them, it might be better if […]Possum Comitatus
- Two Morgans and a Galaxy 29 July 2010Today brings not one, not two, but three new polls on the vote estimates – with a Morgan Phone poll and Galaxy taken Wednesday night and a Morgan face to face taken last weekend. All the results and their respective changes come in like this: We normally get some polls out on the weekend papers during […]Possum Comitatus
- Betting Market Friday 29 July 2010This week in the markets saw a move towards the Coalition of around 2% points of implied probability of victory, with Centrebet and Betfair leading the push. As a result, our all agency aggregate came in on Labor having a 73.6% implied probability of victory and the Coalition sitting on 26.4%. Before we get to the […]Possum Comitatus
- The Australian – getting it wrong again 28 July 2010Part of the government’s stimulus package response to the global financial crisis was the Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program.It consisted of a series of grants to local authorities to build or renew things like community centres, sporting facilities, parks, town halls etc – the usual suspects in community infrastructure. The program consiste […]Possum Comitatus
- Essential Report – Approvals and vote decision 26 July 2010This week’s Essential Report comes in unchanged from last week in all respects, with the primaries running 41/39 to Labor, washing out into a two party preferred of 55/45 the same way. The Greens are on 13 and the broad “Others” are on 7. This comes from a rolling two week sample of 1747, giving […]Possum Comitatus
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