NT Newspoll drip feed
The Weekend Australian reported the Newspoll of 1200 Darwin residents conducted between Tuesday and Thursday last week (although to be accurate, that report did not mention the date of polling). In today’s Australian we find Newspoll also asked questions on people’s perceptions about issues management.
NORTHERN Territory Chief Minister Clare Martin has received another boost in her bid for a second term, with Labor leading the Opposition as the party most voters believe can best handle key issues such as the economy, health and education.
With the parties gearing up for the final week of campaigning ahead of Saturday’s election, an exclusive Newspoll for The Australian has found Labor leads the Country Liberal Party with big margins on six out of seven issues.
But voters are almost evenly split on law and order, one of the dominant issues in a campaign largely focused on drunk Aboriginal itinerants and antisocial behaviour. Labor is favoured by 42per cent of voters on the issue, compared with the CLP’s 40per cent.
Labor has promised to jail “habitual drunks” who refuse treatment, while the CLP has vowed to implement a zero-tolerance approach to anti-social behaviour that includes three-strike mandatory sentencing for property crime.
However, Labor holds a significant lead over the CLP in other key issues, including 51per cent support on education compared with 28per cent for the CLP.
Forty-seven per cent of voters said Labor could best handle the economy, against the CLP’s 36per cent. Labor also leads the CLP by 46per cent to 32per cent on health, and 41per cent to 25per cent on the environment.
I just love reports like this … (not true). Anyone know what the two missing issues were? Perhaps there will be another report in tomorrow’s Australian.
I also “like” the way the journalist (Ashleigh Wilson) fudges why she did not report this story on Saturday.
The results come after a Newspoll published in The Weekend Australian on Saturday found that Ms Martin enjoyed a comfortable lead over Opposition Leader Denis Burke after two weeks of campaigning.
It almost makes you believe there were two separate polls, one after the other. But ask yourself, if there was a second poll, why not ask about and report on voting preference.
Not happy Ashleigh.