http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/nic-christensen-and-tina-tek/ Nic Christensen is currently completing his Masters of Journalism at the University of Technology Sydney. Since beginning his Masters’ degree he has written for a variety of publications including The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. As well as interning at The Punch he works as an associate producer for 2GB Radio and at community radio station 2SER where he is a reporter on national current affairs show “The Wire”. Tina Tek is currently studying a Media and Law degree at Macquarie University. She has a penchant for all forms of media and loves to dabble in her writing skills during her spare time: a great candidate for an intern. Until recently, Tina’s writing skills were mainly limited to writing essays and exams and it was only when The Punch team came along that the public could start to see her posts - though she does maintain a blog at Five Foot Nothing. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +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/what-voters-really-think-of-tony-abbotts-religion/ Religious epithets like the “mad monk” and “captain Catholic” are routinely applied - usually as negatives - to Tony Abbott in coverage of the alternative Prime Minister. So we wanted to find out if they resonated with voters. A Punch poll of 100 voters across Sydney found that Labor and Green voters despise the way Abbott injects religion into his political campaign and policy. On the other hand, Liberal voters respect Abbott as a ‘conviction politician’ who is firm on his beliefs. But critically for the electoral arithmetic the poll also found undecided voters don’t care about religion and politics. You can see some of the responses in the video below, but here’s what else we found. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Nic Christensen and Tina Tek) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/what-voters-really-think-of-tony-abbotts-religion/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/what-voters-really-think-of-tony-abbotts-religion/#item2649 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:00:09 +0000 Nic Christensen and Tina Tek | Author bios | The Punch