Today is D-Day for interest rates and possibly the government. Unless something extremely strange happens it looks pretty likely that interest rates will be going up. Economists are tipping that interest rates will be raised to a eleven year high of 6.75%. Whether this will any more effect on the polls is anyone’s guess since I think most people have been expecting the raise in interest rates after the release of the inflation figures. Also according to a Galaxy Poll voters don’t blame Howard for the interest rate rise. Of course much to do with economy has to do with global factors and other issues that governments have no control over but then again, if you’re going to take credit for good economic management you have to be prepared for some blowback when you have some less favourable economic news.
Another Newspoll has come out with the government clawing back a point in the two party preferred to be trailing 53-47. The Coalition would want to be seeing a little more movement in this stage of the game if they want to have any chance of re-election. I suppose at least it’s going in a positive direction. I won’t make my usual glib cliche of how things could turn out to be closer than most people expect or that maybe this is a sign that the Coalition is turning it around because the last Liberal Party check bounced. Sorry fellas, I only do the job when the money is in my bank account.
Rudd suffers a hand injury due to too much hand shaking. I wonder if this is similar to the injury Brad gets when he’s home alone for an extended period of time? Don’t worry Brad, your secret is safe with me.
Hockey has put his money where his mouth is, claiming that he’ll quit whatever ministry he’s in if there’s any attempts to strength WorkChoices. It’s an interesting strategy but at this point he realises that the chances for election victory is probably not great so he doesn’t have much to lose in any case. Poor Hockey, he’ll have no more chances to sign load-bearing pillars in Centrelink centres and acknowledging the good work of the people there as he did for some reason in the newish Nundah Centrelink. Does he do that everywhere by the way? I just think it’s tacky really… but I digress.
In Senate preference news Family First will preference Pauline Hanson after the Coalition in Queensland. The Democrats are up in arms, ostensibly due to moral and ethic reasons but it probably has more to do with the fact that they are facing a wipeout this time around and this deal makes it even less likely they’ll win a seat in Queensland. You have to feel sorry for Andrew Bartlett, one of those unlucky political losers of life.
Another journalist has come out and supported what Steve Price has said about Garrett’s backflip. Apparently Charles Wooley was talking to Garrett in September before the election and, to quote from the article:
“I certainly believe that Australians should be patriotic about our special landscape and its biota, its plants and its animals and that what is happening in Tasmania and to some extent in the forests of Gippsland is appalling,” said Mr Wooley.
“Peter Garrett agreed, he intimated that ‘What we say in Opposition might not be what happens in government.”’
Garrett has denied it and I’d normally be disinclined to believe it but Garrett’s such a political dope that I wouldn’t be surprised if he actually said it. I just hope Labor doesn’t give him a ministry, he’d be a disaster.
Hope everyone has fun with their Melbourne Cup related events today, I know I’ll be enjoying myself. And if you win some money, maybe you should donate it to the Liberal Party… they could use your help right now, they’re having a rough trot.
Think of someone other than yourself and help those in need.
God bless.
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