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Sunday, 30 September 2012 16:31 |
Written by Graham Young
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When it comes to uranium mining, in some ways it is an old argument that hasn't moved on much. On one end are those who are concerned about safety from an industrial and military perspective, and on the other are those who see a dollar to be earned.
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Sunday, 30 September 2012 16:00 |
Written by Graham Young
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The Queensland government intends to ask the people what they think about lifting the state ban on uranium mining, so we decided we'd help them out and posted our weekly poll on just that subject.
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Tuesday, 25 September 2012 13:28 |
Written by Graham Young
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According to Newspoll, since July 22 this year Julia Gillard has staged a remarkable comeback surging from 28 per cent to 36 per cent on first preferences and tying with the Opposition after distribution of preferences. Has Campbell Newman been part of her success?
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Monday, 24 September 2012 21:32 |
Written by Graham Young
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The first Newman budget was supposed to rule a line under the pain and point to the gain. We didn't manage to measure whether it did that, but we did measure the fact that the budget was marginally unpopular and had a measurably negative impact on voting intentions for the government.
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Thursday, 13 September 2012 12:34 |
Written by Graham Young
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Views on the economy are confirmed from the qual as being strongly coloured by someone's voting intentions. The first map is of responses to whether the Queensland economy is strong or not. At the top we have those who believe the economy is strong, and the concepts that they use most frequently have to do with Campbell Newman and the LNP, and not believing them. These people are most likely to be ALP, or Katter voters.
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Saturday, 08 September 2012 11:53 |
Written by Graham Young
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Asking people whether the economy is strong or weak is fraught because what you get is not a measure of how the economy is going, but a measure of how they think it is going. It is a measure of confidence, not reality. And even that is fraught because that confidence will be mediated by what is going on in their life.
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Wednesday, 05 September 2012 06:15 |
Written by Graham Young
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I've just posted a poll on the Queensland economy. It will be used in analysis of the first Queensland LNP budget, to be brought down next week. To participate, click on this link.
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Tuesday, 04 September 2012 15:54 |
Written by Graham Young
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Even if denser cities aren't particularly desirable our respondents seem to think they are inevitable, so let's work out how to live with them. So the qualitative responses are practical more than anything else. While they may support higher density they often come combined with advice as to how to make higher density work better.
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Sunday, 02 September 2012 13:36 |
Written by Graham Young
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If all politics is local there is nothing more local, or political, than a rezoning application in a residential area, particularly if it leads to higher density. Hearing Cr Helen Abrahams early last week arguing against a high rise development in West End I decided it was a subject worth polling.
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