Day 2 report
Yesterday saw the traditional debate about the debate we have before every election. The Coalition wants one 90 minute debate (this Sunday) and Labor wants three. The Coalition wants it worm-free, while Labor is a friend of the worm. Labor also called for an independent Election Debate Commission.
Labor announced it would release surplus Commonwealth land to help housing affordability. The Coalition had made a similar announcement previously.
Labor committed to building a bypass around Bega.
Sportingbet issued a media statement (no link unfortunately): ‘Since Prime Minister John Howard declared the election race open on Sunday, the majority of punters across Australia have supported the Coalition. Sportingbet Australia has seen “the outsiders”, the Coalition, commanding 73% of the bets placed on the election, by keen punters across the nation. And the odds of a Howard victory have tightened over the weekend from $2.90 into $2.75, while the ALP wobbled out to $1.45 from $1.40.’
The Poll Bludger analysed polling of the youth vote.
Mumble has those all important election links.
Adrian has a gig writing his Cablog at NineMSN under the rubric of Cabpoll.
This morning, the Australian published a Newspoll follow-up from its weekend poll on the issues people rate as important for this election and the party best able to address those issues.