I'm worried that ALP will get 52% of vote and lose the election.
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Hope the voting virgins get it right.
Poll puts Gillard ahead - but only by four seats
Phillip Coorey
August 18, 2010/the AGE
Labor is clinging to a four-seat majority just three days from the federal election, according to 28,000 voters sampled in the most comprehensive public opinion poll undertaken in Australian politics.
The JWS Research poll, which has been obtained exclusively by Fairfax Media, shows that if the election were held last weekend, Labor would have lost 15 seats and gained six, handing it a net loss of nine seats.
Labor notionally holds 88 seats, meaning it would have been reduced to 79, a majority of four in the 150-seat Parliament. The Coalition would have 68 seats and there would be three independents.
The poll shows Labor losses looming in Queensland, NSW and Western Australia but it stands to gain in Victoria, regional NSW and South Australia.
The poll was conducted on Saturday and Sunday and is the biggest and the most specific of its kind. ...<cont>
No. Fingers crossed. Hope leaking onto the floor.
BTW - you mentioned the libs' Scott Morrison presenting well. I've seen him a couple of times now and I agree.
Hopefully if the libs lose they'll do a clear out of Howard cronies and provide some untainted new faces.
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I think it will be the most interesting election night in a very long time. A variety of outcomes are possible, rather than the usual predictability.
...let Arbib lose his senate spot.
That thing you posted indicates my electorate will go to the libs.
:Coalition to revive identity card
Tim Colebatch
August 20, 2010/the Age
A COALITION government would revive the controversial Howard-era plan for a national access card to identify every individual receiving government benefits, shadow treasurer Joe Hockey has revealed.
On the eve of what Prime Minister Julia Gillard says will be a ''cliffhanger'' federal election, Mr Hockey has told The Age that giving everyone a single identifier for access to health and welfare benefits could lead to ''massive improvements in productivity in health and welfare''.
But instead of everyone having a card, this time the identifier could be in electronic form.
In other developments as Australians prepared to go to the polls tomorrow:
■ Ms Gillard rushed out a new policy in a bid to win the family vote, sweetening her parental leave plan with the additional promise of two weeks' paid leave for new fathers.
■ The Coalition revealed plans to cut a further $1.5 billion from the federal education budget, including programs to help the poorest students succeed at school and enter university. ...
