The Australian published newspoll results today - no surprises in the results. On which leader the respondents trust with key issues, there wasn't much change. Howard still out in front in security and the economy, Beazley leading the way in Labor's bread and butter issues, health and education.
What really caught me by surprise was how badly Beazley is doing with the economy. Not only does he fail to inspire anywhere near the confidence levels that Howard does, he fails to inspire his own voters in this issue. On no other issue (except for possibly IR - ill check that) do respondents have less confidence in their party's leader than the opposition leader. This is clearly an area that Beazley needs to do some serious work on his policy and approach. The last election was decided on 'who do you trust with interest rates, with the economy', yet Beazley still has a major drama in winning voters over on economic issues.
Labor really seems to be banking on IR being the overwhelmingly decisive issue in the next election. Sure they have been pushing an alternate energy plan, and re-emphasised push on training and education... but those issues don't rate up there with the economy and security.
Keep on ripping up those laws...
2 comments:
This site is one of the best I have ever seen, wish I had one like this.
»
I'm pretty sure my wife made that post... ahh well.
Post a Comment