Day 4 report
Yesterday: Howard won and lost the debate about the debate. While there will only be one debate this Sunday night (the win), Channel 9 will broadcast the debate with a worm (the loss). There is speculation that Labor will release its tax policy immediately prior to the debate.
Labor issued a policy statement on tackling poverty. Labor also announced that it would use an independent panel rather than the Charter of Budget Honesty mechanism to verify its election costings.
As far as I could tell, there were no policy announcements on the Coalition’s website for yesterday.
Today: Two national polls are out today, a Galaxy (53-47: DT, CM, Hun and Tiser) and ACNielsen (54-46: SMH and Age). While both point to a comfortable Labor win they suggest a lift in Howard’s stocks.
A Newspoll in northern Tasmania predicted that both Bass and and Braddon would be won by Labor, but at 51-49 Braddon would be a very close contest.