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"Whatever happens on election day, it’s certain that the Coalition’s promotion
of nuclear power will cost it votes. It will probably cost the Coalition seats.
It may cost the Coalition the election. And if the Coalition does unexpectedly
well, it will be despite and not because of the nuclear policy.
The Murdoch press released polling results on April 19 showing that Labor’s
campaign against the Coalition’s nuclear power policy is “driving a collapse in
the Coalition’s primary vote in marginal seats across Australia.”
The RedBridge-Accent poll of 20 marginal seats found that Labor’s opposition to
the Coalition’s nuclear plan is “a clear winner with a ‘net agree’ rating of
43.” Fifty-six per cent of poll respondents agreed with Labor’s claim that the
Coalition’s plan will cost $600 billion and require spending cuts to pay for
it, while only 13 per cent disagreed.
RedBridge’s Tony Barry, a former deputy director of the Victorian Liberal
Party, said Labor’s message linking the costs of the Coalition’s nuclear power
plan to cuts to Medicare was “smashing the Liberal brand and Dutton’s personal
numbers and that’s atomising the primary vote.”
Murdoch political editor James Campbell offered this explanation for the
Coalition’s apparent loss of public support:
“The question obviously is why? And here it’s hard to go past the decision to
try to win an election from opposition by promising nuclear power. The
brilliance of Labor’s decision to attack Dutton’s nuclear plan on the grounds
of cost instead of safety is only now becoming clear. Focusing on cost has
allowed the government to use nuclear to highlight its other charge against the
Coalition – that given a chance, the conservatives will cut whatever they can
get away with.”
The Murdoch press reported on May 1 that 41 per cent of 1011 respondents to a
Redbridge-Accent national poll ranked concerns that Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan
will cost $600 billion and will require cuts to pay for it among their top five
reasons for deciding to oppose a particular party."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
