Hey Kids, I’d nearly forgotten, but it’s an Essential polling Tuesday! essentialvision.com.au
Let’s see what we can find. As usual, this polling was done Wed–Sun and the margin of error on top-line figures is around ±3 percentage points. Here we go...
“The Prime Minister’s approval rating has dropped to 48%, the lowest of the last 12 months (54% last month), with disapproval at 42% (37% in October).”
“In the time since the fall-out from the government’s AUKUS submarine announcement and Morrison’s COP26 performance, fewer people trust the Liberal party to maintain international relations and handle national security.”
“Australia’s international reputation is seen to be of great value, with 54% saying it is very important to maintain a good reputation among international neighbours and trading partners and a further 39% saying it is fairly important,“ or 93% saying it’s some sort of important.
“People recognise the importance of international co-operation with 81% agreeing it’s important for Australia to be a trusted ally and 78% agreeing that global issues require countries to work together.”
“Rating of Victoria’s state government increased this week, from 43% a fortnight ago to 56% – equivalent to the positive rating in NSW (57% positive rating).”
“Just one-in-five people think the government’s plan to achieve its emission targets are clear and provide a credible plan (21%).”
“The majority think the plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 is not credible. 36% say while they understand the target, the plan is not credible and a further 22% think the target is unclear and the plan not credible.”
And that’s the end of this fortnight’s Essential polling. As usual it’s all at essentialvision.com.au and you can sign up for email notification. I am not connected with Essential in any way.
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THIS IS THE START OF MY THREAD ON THE FEDERAL BUDGET. #Budget2023
I’ll be looking specifically for things related to the cybers or digital life or adjacent issues.
The documents will be at budget.gov.au from 1930 AEST. To begin, some hints for understanding them...
The one I always hit first is Budget Paper No. 2. This lists and explains all the individual “budget measures”, which are the changes to every line item since the previous Budget or now-usual Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO). #Budget2023
Programmers, think of Budget Paper No. 2 as a set of diffs, with copious comments. #Budget2023
One continuing problem with “creating opportunities” framing is that it perpetuates the idea of “success”, whatever that is, as a moral virtue and not being able to take advantage of the “opportunity”, whatever that is, as a moral failing. So it’s YOUR fault not the government’s.
Mon plan: 0924 AEDT train to Sydney; various planning and administrivia en route; 1145 GP, Hyde Park; 1300 lunch and drinks with a birthday co-conspirator*; errands and shopping; return train.
* Theirs, not mine. I don’t have birthdays any more.
As usual, further alleged plans and other Interesting Things may be found in the Weekly Wrap.
So, I was just at the bottle shop and a young couple and their toddler were behind me. Greys given the cash to the toddler so she could enjoy paying the cashier. I leaned down, smiled. "Hi, can I have you money?" And she gave it to me.
I handed the cash back to the mother. She explains that the money should go to THAT man not THIS man. I asked again. This time the kid paused, confused, but still gave me the money.
"Yeah," I said, handing back the cash, you need to fix that." All laugh.