Day 21 report
Yesterday, the Coalition released policies on transport in NSW, Vic, and Qld. And a late link from the day before for critical care at Darwin Hospital.
Labor had on its website new policies on making Darwin and Palmerston suburbs safer communities, Low Tax First Home Saver Accounts, Northern Australia and the Gascoyne Irrigation Pipeline Project. The following appears to be new on the site, but it is dated 4 Octovber: Manufacturing Centre In Northern Adelaide. (As an aside, the Labor policy site is getting very large and difficult to navigate - spotting new policy announcements is a challenge).
Senate tickets: The Australian Electoral Commission released the above-the-line Senate voting tickets yesterday. The Poll Bludger and friends are discussing the politics and policy that inform ticket development.
I am assuming that Antony Green has written a Senate Calculator. If he does not release one soon, I will dust off my calculator from the 2004 election. Update: Antony’s Senate calculators are up.
Galaxy: Today, the News stable released the latest poll results from 1010 voters over 2 - 4 November. The headline prediction was 54 to 46 per cent in Labor’s favour. On the primary votes, Labor got 45 per cent and the Coalition 42.
The usual opinion poll graphs are here. You may need to hit the refresh or reload button on your browser to see the latest graphs.
Paul Kelly discussed Howard’s tactical change in the campaign, in the lead up to this week’s decision by the Reserve Bank on interest rates.