the latest poll reflects big labor win, page-9

Of course the consistently labor favouring poll results IMO indicates that a clear majority of the voting public realise the stimulus basically saved this country of much pain that would have resulted had Australia gone into recession. Economists such as Ross Gittins and many business bodies have acknowledged the success of the stimulus in supporting the Australian economy.

The Opposition will pay the electoral price if it continues to play on the debt issue as it basically is a non sustainable argument. It would mean that the Opposition would have accepted more unemployed, and business confidence collapsing had the stimulus measures not been introduced. Further, the coalition said it also would have introduced a stimulus anyway albeit it claimed it would have been less than the Government stimulus.

The latest face to face poll is very significant and shows that views reflecting a differing electorate view may simply be just party partisan rhetoric. Labors 57.5% to Liberal/Nationals 42.5% translates into a wipe-out of the Coalition and when the IR issue begins to become a focal point of the election campaign the Government may surge further ahead.