AUSTRALIA – POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

Australian Futures Project launches The Perfect Candidate using Roy Morgan Issues data

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 11-Apr-19

In a first for Australian politics, a digital candidate powered by data insights from real Australians has entered the Federal election race, to shift our national conversation from short-term problems to long-term solutions. Australia is stuck in a cycle of political short-termism and The Perfect Candidate (www.theperfectcandidate.org.au) is an unbiased voice of the people, driven by the most authoritative research ever released on Australians’ concerns. The Perfect Candidate is driven by data not bias and launching their campaign today in Sydney, they aim to empower Australians to hold our politicians to account and to ignite discussion amongst leaders and citizens about our long-term future. Created by the Australian Futures Project, a non-partisan, not-for profit organisation dedicated to ending short-termism in Australia, The Perfect Candidate allows Australians to search and understand key concerns of their local electorate and the whole country. Using data and analysis from Roy Morgan, policy statements on the websites of the political parties and independents and insights from the Australian Futures Project, Australians can compare these concerns to what is being prioritised and talked about by politicians, ultimately holding them to account.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN FUTURES PROJECT

It’s on: PM to call poll today

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Original article by Simon Benson
The Australian – Page: 1 & 5 : 11-Apr-19

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has visited Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove and asked him to dissolve Parliament. Morrison is expected to announced 18 May as the date of the election. Meanwhile, senior Liberal Party sources believe that the Coalition can still win the election, and they are said to have identified at least eight seats that will be crucial to the outcome of the poll. Labor in turn has identified 12 seats that it will target.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION

Labor to have higher tax burden but bigger surpluses, says Bowen

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 10-Apr-19

Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen will use his Budget reply speech on 10 April to argue that the federal government could not deliver on its tax cuts package while retaining a surplus over the next decade. He will state that the government’s projected surpluses in coming years are based on spending cuts elsewhere in the Budget starting in the 2023-24 financial year. Bowen will also note that tax revenue would be higher under a Labor government, but it would still be low compared to other OECD nations and some previous Coalition governments.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT, KPMG AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Tick for Adani but state stalling

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Original article by Jared Owens
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 10-Apr-19

Federal Environment Minister Melissa Price has approved the groundwater management plan for Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal mine. However, the groundwater plan must still be approved by the Queensland government, and state Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch says there are still several "uncertainties" regarding the plan. She has also expressed concern that lobbying by National Party MPs to approve the plan may have constituted political interference, a claim that has been rejected by Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY, ADANI MINING PTY LTD, QUEENSLAND. DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE PROTECTION, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY, QUEENSLAND. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS OFFICE LIMITED, CSIRO, GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Three wasted years since Abbott stopped the boats

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Original article by Judith Sloan
The Australian – Page: 12 : 9-Apr-19

The current federal government had three important achievements under Tony Abbott, but it has arguably achieved little since, at least when it comes to economic reform. The mining tax was abolished under Abbott, as was the carbon pricing scheme, while asylum-seeker boats were stopped. The company tax rate for small business has been cut post-Abbott, but little has happened in the way of industrial relations reform. Meanwhile, regulated immigration "has been open slather".

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIAN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION, CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MARITIME, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. REGISTERED ORGANISATIONS COMMISSION, AUSTRALIA. ROAD SAFETY REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL, MARITIME UNION OF AUSTRALIA

Cancer doctors: Labor plan won’t cure system

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Original article by Rosie Lewis, Sean Parnell
The Australian – Page: 1 & 7 : 9-Apr-19

Reaction to Labor’s $2.3 billion cancer treatment plan has been somewhat mixed. Its announcement has been welcomed by the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Radiologists and the Australian Diagnostic Imaging Association. However, Ben Brady of the Private Cancer Physicians of Australia says his organisation rejects compulsory bulk-billing. Brady, who is also the director of haematology and medical oncology at Cabrini Health in Melbourne, adds that it is somewhat "un-Australian" to focus on just one disease.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGISTS, AUSTRALIAN DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING ASSOCIATION, PRIVATE CANCER PHYSICIANS OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HEALTH, CABRINI HEALTH

ALP marginals at risk of falling to Libs

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Original article by Andrew Clennell
The Australian – Page: 6 : 9-Apr-19

The federal government is widely tipped to lose seats in Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia at the upcoming election. This could potentially be offset by winning several seats in New South Wales, or at the very least retaining the same number of seats. Meanwhile, Labor’s internal polling suggests that it would have lost the NSW seats of Dobell and Lindsay if the election had been held on 6 April. Labor must gain seven lower house seats to secure majority government.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, GETUP LIMITED

Coalition’s Adani split widens

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Original article by Phillip Coorey, Mark Ludlow
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 9-Apr-19

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected suggestions that the federal government is holding back on granting final approvals for Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal mine for political reasons. Some Liberal-National MPs believe that the government is stalling on the issue until after the election to shore up support for the Coalition in inner-city seats where there is strong opposition to the mine. One MP notes that the mine is vital to the Coalition’s prospects of retaining marginal seats in Queensland.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, LIBERAL-NATIONAL PARTY OF QUEENSLAND, ADANI MINING PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY, ONE NATION PARTY

Coalition to fast-track post-election tax cuts

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Original article by Michael Roddan, Rosie Lewis
The Australian – Page: 6 : 9-Apr-19

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the timing of the election will not affect the federal government’s plans to provide tax relief via the low- and middle-income tax offset. He says that if the government wins the election, it will reconvene parliament in June to vote on its tax cuts so they can take effect from the start of the new financial year. A spokesman for the Australian Taxation Office stresses that the tax offset will only be available to taxpayers lodging their 2018-19 tax returns if the legislation is passed by 30 June.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Budget delivers 2.5% swing to the L-NP but ALP still lead on a two party preferred basis: ALP 52.5% cf. L-NP 47.5%

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 9-Apr-19

A face-to-face Roy Morgan Poll shows that the ALP 52.5% (down 2.5% from before the Federal Budget) leads the L-NP 47.5% (up 2.5%) on a two-party preferred basis. The poll, which was conducted on the weekend of 6-7 April with 809 Australian electors, also shows that the ALP’s primary vote has fallen by 1.5% to 35%, while the L-NP’s primary vote has risen 2.5% to 37%. Roy Morgan’s Government Confidence Rating has fallen by 2pts to 99.5 following the Federal Budget. Now 40.5% (down 1%) of electors say ‘Australia is heading in the right direction’ and 41% (up 1%) say ‘Australia is heading in the wrong direction’, and 18.5% (unchanged) can’t say.

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MORGAN POLL, ROY MORGAN LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA