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Labor highlights tax cuts in Dunkley campaign, while Liberals go after Albo

Anton Nilsson — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 01:13:19 +0000

Liberal ads in Dunkley tend to focus on small businesses. But a conservative lobby group supporting the party has taken a more aggressive tactic.

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Polling comes in from the cold — but can a new code restore trust in the sloppy electoral numbers game?

William Bowe — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:27:57 +0000

Australian pollsters have signed up to new rules of conduct, but scepticism will linger for quite a while.

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After the nightmare of 2019, who’s the pollster Nine thinks will save the day?

David Hardaker — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 01:50:32 +0000

We take a close look at how The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age hope to repair the damage to poll trust since 2019.

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Why Labor gets to run the trains — or, just how cocked-up are the state Liberal parties?

Guy Rundle — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 02:28:40 +0000

Why are Liberal parties collapsing at the state level almost everywhere, despite having had a lock on federal power for a decade?

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Democracy prevails in a time of social distancing — for now

William Bowe — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 23:26:01 +0000

More than 3 million Queenslanders are soon set to vote in local government and state byelections. How is this supposed to work?

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Polls apart: rumours of Ardern’s demise greatly exaggerated in Australia

William Bowe — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:00:07 +0000

As New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern visits Australian shores, News Corp would like you to think she's lagging back home. The polls say differently.

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The bushfire culture war presents a huge challenge for leaders in marginal seats

William Bowe — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 23:06:43 +0000

These areas are the litmus test of Australian politics. What do they think of the ongoing crisis?

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The polling industry starts its recovery process

William Bowe — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 06:06:42 +0000

The leading name in Australian opinion polling has launched a major methodological overhaul, but will it be enough to silence skeptics?

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It’s about ethics in polling journalism

Dennis Atkins — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 01:15:22 +0000

Australian polling is still reeling from the election, but that doesn't mean you should write off Anthony Albanese's latest Newspoll.

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No better illustration of a ‘Canberra bubble’ than Newspoll silliness

Bernard Keane — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 01:33:46 +0000

Australian polls aren't just unreliable — the majority of voters pay little attention to politics, so claims that sentiment shifts from week to week are impossible to prove.

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