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Sydney Morning Herald
| 10 months ago
Sanghee Liu Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has broken from bi-partisan tradition to urge China to embark on political reforms to match its "remarkable" economic transformation. "As prime minister I would hope for political reform to match China's...
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The Age
| 10 months ago
The federal opposition says Labor's poor polling began as soon as Ms Gillard announced the carbon tax. But speaking to reporters in Sydney on Tuesday, the prime minister said "government is about governing". Advertisement "It's about getting the big...
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The Age
| 10 months ago
Labor frontbencher Craig Emerson, however, says acting on climate change is the right thing to do, and the slump in voter support can be put down to the deadlock over asylum seeker policy...Liberal frontbencher George Brandis said the coalition owed...
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The Courier-Mail
| 10 months ago
THE federal government is standing by its decision to introduce a carbon tax despite a new survey showing fewer than 30 per cent of people support the measure. The Climate Institute, a strong supporter of the carbon tax, found 52 per cent oppose the...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 10 months ago
Despite this, if an election were held today, the coalition would sweep Labor from power with a commanding lead of 56 per cent to 44 per cent on two party-preferred terms. The poll slump comes in the wake of a shower of cash handouts from the...
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The Courier-Mail
| 10 months ago
THE federal opposition has accused Labor of making disgraceful threats to impose curbs on news coverage. Prime Minister Julia Gillard reportedly has cleared the way for a compromise with media executives over government intervention in the press. Ms...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 10 months ago
The latest Newspoll shows federal Labor's primary vote falling below 30 per cent for the first time in three months. The poll, published in The Australian newspaper, shows the Government's primary vote has dropped three points to 28 per cent. The...
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The Age
| 10 months ago
Both major parties lost ground in the latest Newspoll, published in The Australian on Tuesday. Labor's primary vote dropped three percentage points to a near-record-low 28 per cent...Advertisement After preferences, the coalition holds a 10 point...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 10 months ago
Lack of confidence ... the "Climate of the Nation" poll revealed that 61 per cent of people believed that the carbon tax would be bad for the nation. Gillard government's carbon tax is highlighted in a new poll, which also suggests voters have even...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 10 months ago
Coalition to keep its promise to repeal the carbon tax, and doubt that either side would meet the bipartisan target of reducing emissions by 5 per cent by 2020, according to polling released today. An online survey by Ipsos Social Research for the...
