It’s been an awfully long time since we last had a good look at the broad state of the political polling like primary votes, satisfaction ratings and their trends rather than the simple headline TPP and Brendan Nelson’s limbo with preferred PM ratings.

So to start off, some music to listen to as we go through the poll roll - the Halo Friendlies doing “Sellout”… quite apt for the poor old Nightwatchman of late. Read more »

The palace, to see the Queen, London, UK; The Queen, aged head of state for Australia despite never having been elected to the position, has today smacked down Kevin Rudd, actual effective head of state (for Australia) after the Australian Prime Minister failed to tilt his head by way of deference. Read more »

In a headline that rivals “Strange Man on Public Transport!” for its sheer obviousness, Opposition is a Tough Business. With new governments come new oppositions which generally struggle to cope with the large decrease in relevance associated with the opposition benches. But after eighteen weeks, most Federal oppositions have at least developed some veneer of political strategy, some understanding of the job required in opposition which the polling starts to reflect. The day to day demand of having a 5 second grab on the great suite of topics that make up the news cycle starts getting complimented with more strategic approaches to the long term business of opposition. Read more »