http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/euan-robertson/ Euan Robertson is the National Manager of Research & Strategy at the Tourism & Transport Forum. He was previously a senior researcher at the consultancy Auspoll.  At the last federal elections, he worked on major political campaigns including the Climate Institute’s marginal seat strategy. At the 2004 election, he was research manager of the AC Nielson Poll when this was the most accurate of the major political polls. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/in-defence-of-the-pollsters/ I am a huge fan of political truisms. Love them. Let me take you through a few. Red tape is always a bad thing. No matter that a lack of appropriate regulation caused the global financial crisis. Red tape is bad and must be disposed of. On the other hand, frontline services are always a good thing. Regardless of inefficiency or incompetence we simply can’t cut frontline staff. A further example of unambiguous evil in the political realm is “polls”. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Euan Robertson) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/in-defence-of-the-pollsters/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/in-defence-of-the-pollsters/#item3718 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:45:44 +0000 Euan Robertson | Author bios | The Punch