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Gillard may win the carbon battle but still lose the war

31 Jul 05:50am

Filed under: Carbon Pricing Scheme, Carbon Tax, Julia Gillard, Labor Party, Politics, Polls

Julia Gillard is taking a short break this week while the Olympics dominates the news cycle, but the return of parliament a fortnight from today looms as a new danger period for her if enough colleagues read the evidence in the same way.

Cartoon: Bill Leak

That evidence now includes a poll published yesterday after a month or so of the new carbon pricing system operating.

Labor’s primary vote rose (a statistically insignificant) two points from 28 per cent to 30 per cent in the survey.

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Ron Vincent says:

01:57pm | 02/08/12

The PM might be taking a short break, but not long enough. Please resign, take your shekels and take a break that will see you disappear into oblivion. One thing for sure is that M/s Gillard has been such a disaster that I doubt we will ever be able to… Read more »
Bob says:

06:04pm | 01/08/12

Ben: You knew Marcus Crassus? I keep getting the feeling that around that time WAS the last time the term was used correctly. QLD Labor WISHES they were only decimated. Read more »

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