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Ben Smee
How Dutton’s election campaign in Dickson went horribly wrong
When Anthony Albanese visited Dickson on the first day of the election campaign, Labor strategists were still not expecting to mount a serious challenge in the Brisbane commuter belt seat, held by Peter Dutton for 24 years.
“I think the logic was to start the campaign on the front foot, in enemy territory, rather than anyone thinking too much that we could win Dickson,” a Labor source says.
Five weeks later on election night, Labor’s Ali France, a three-time challenger in Dickson, became the first person ever to unseat an opposition leader at a federal election.
The trigger for Labor to mount a final blitz in Dickson came from an unlikely source.
On 31 March and 1 April, Climate 200 conducted a poll in Dickson in the hope of positive news about support for community independent candidate Ellie Smith.
The UComms poll found the independent could not win Dickson – her primary vote was about 10%. But the poll also showed Labor was in front in the seat at 51.7% to 48.3%.
Guardian Australia understands that Climate 200 then showed the poll results to Labor – which had not commissioned any previous polling in Dickson, and was unaware the seat was so close – on 4 April. The party quickly conducted its own survey, which showed Dickson as a dead heat.
On 9 April, Labor’s campaign director, Paul Erickson, sent an email to supporters headed: “We’re taking on Dutton in Dickson”. Read this full story:
Jonathan Barrett
Shareholders target Woodside over climate credentials
Climate activists, pension funds and governance groups will try to unseat three directors at Woodside at its annual general meeting in Perth today as opposition intensifies over the oil and gas company’s plans to increase fossil fuel production.
Proxy adviser Glass Lewis, along with US pension giants CalPERS and CALSTRS, are among those recommending shareholders express their opposition to Woodside’s strategy by voting against several resolutions.
Some significant investors, including AustralianSuper and Hesta, declined to comment on their position.
Critics believe Woodside’s strategy is overly reliant on offsets, not aligned with Paris climate agreements, and does not seriously consider emissions produced by those using its gas. Woodside said in a statement:
We consider that Woodside has a major function to play within the power transition. Assessing and approving Woodside’s local weather technique is a key function of the board.
The corporate, headed by Meg O’Neill, has lengthy argued that growing new provide is critical to holding “energy affordable and reliable as Australia transitions to a lower carbon future”.
Votes might be solid for 3 Woodside administrators, together with the previous Shell govt Ann Pickard, who chairs the committee answerable for overseeing local weather danger.
The previous treasurer of Western Australia, Ben Wyatt, and former Anglo American govt Tony O’Neill, are additionally up for re-election. Will van de Pol, chief govt at local weather activist group Market Forces, mentioned:
Woodside has thumbed its nostril at shareholders, responding to final 12 months’s world report rejection of its local weather plan by doubling down on gasoline enlargement that can trigger huge real-world emissions development.
Rafqa Touma
Thanks to Martin Farrer for kicking off the dwell weblog this morning. I’ll be rolling your information updates for the day – let’s go.
From inaccurate (and non-existent) polling to a years-long floor sport by the Labor challenger Ali France, and from nationwide elements to the impression of a neighborhood impartial, our Queensland correspondent Ben Smee unpicks how Peter Dutton grew to become the primary opposition chief to lose his seat.
Learn his article right here:
And speaking of polls, we take a look at how the actually doubtful factor was not a lot getting the margin of Labor’s win right however that each one the surveys have been very comparable.
Rudd criticises Trump’s movie tariff plan as a ‘tax on Bluey’
Kevin Rudd has taken goal on the US proposal to place tariffs on display productions, saying the world doesn’t desire a “tax on Bluey”.
Australia’s ambassador to the US was talking at a Milken Institute occasion in Los Angeles, on a panel concerning the state of contemporary diplomacy.
The dialogue turned to the diplomatic worth of tradition, and Rudd mentioned cultural manufacturers had the “power to capture the public imagination”.
He gave the instance of the cartoon Bluey, which is about in Brisbane and have become a world success, and added “by the way … I don’t think we want to see a tax on Bluey” – a reference to Donald Trump’s plan so as to add a 100% tariff to foreign-produced movies
Rudd mentioned:
What occurs if we lock down our international locations with aggressive, punitive preparations in opposition to one another’s films? Motion pictures are the way in which through which we type of perceive one another extra.
Albanese pledges to ship surroundings safety company
Sarah Basford Canales
Anthony Albanese has pledged to ship an surroundings safety company that may defend the surroundings whereas additionally standing up for jobs and the mining sector.
In an interview with ABC’s 7.30 final night time, the prime minister mentioned he would sit down with “sensible people” throughout the sectors to find out one other means ahead on the failed surroundings watchdog.
Within the remaining months of the Albanese authorities’s first time period, a proposed federal EPA was dumped amid a significant backlash from Western Australia. The proposed physique would have been capable of make approval and regulatory selections and impose beefed-up penalties with Atmosphere Info Australia to supply information, info and evaluation.
Albanese promised to ship a special mannequin in his second time period as prime minister. Whereas he didn’t provide any particulars concerning the new mannequin, Albanese instructed 7.30:
“We need to make sure that there is more sensible decision making. That’s something that I’m committed to. It’s something as well that conservation groups want to see where a project clearly doesn’t stack up. There should be an easier way to make decisions.”
Requested about whether or not the surroundings minister, Tanya Plibersek, had executed a great job with creating the preliminary mannequin, Albanese deflected guilty the Senate.
“She was dealing with a Senate that was a Senate of blockers, whether it be the Greens or the Coalition, not wanting to look for solutions, looking to play politics.”
Plibersek had struck a deal in writing with each the Greens and the impartial senator David Pocock on supporting the character optimistic laws earlier than Albanese vetoed it hours later in a non-public assembly with Adam Bandt and Sarah Hanson-Younger.
Plibersek is anticipated to be moved out of the surroundings portfolio after the caucus meets on Friday.
Pioneering Australian scientist dies aged 68
Prof Rinaldo Bellomo, a medical science pioneer who has been hailed as “one of the world’s most influential scientific minds”, has died aged 68.
Bellomo accomplished his medical diploma at Monash College after arriving in Australia from Italy in 1980 and served as a professor within the medical school the place his contributions centered on enhancing intensive care – significantly within the administration of acute renal failure, to which he devoted a lot of his life.
In a press release final night time, the college mentioned it acknowledged his passing with “deep sadness and profound respect”, describing him as “a towering figure in Australian and global intensive care medicine, and a cherished member of our academic community”.
It mentioned his “scientific achievements are almost without parallel. Professor Bellomo was named one of the world’s most influential scientific minds for seven consecutive years (2014–2021) by Clarivate Analytics, recognising his prolific contributions to medical science”.
He was, the college famous, essentially the most revealed and most cited medical researcher in Australian historical past.
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Good morning and welcome to our dwell information weblog. I’m Martin Farrer with among the high in a single day tales after which Rafqa Touma might be your information.
Anthony Albanese may need gained an election victory for the ages however his issues aren’t going away. MPs on each side of the factional divide are lobbying furiously for illustration within the prime minister’s new cupboard, we’re reporting this morning, with Victorian MPs demanding that what they contemplate as a bias in direction of the NSW proper faction be corrected. And talking on 7.30 final night time, Albanese pledged to ship an company that may defend the surroundings whereas additionally standing up for jobs and the mining sector. Extra on that – and all of the information on the seats nonetheless too near name, and the Liberals’ management combat – arising.
The educational and medical world is paying tribute to one in all Australia’s biggest ever scientists this morning. Prof Rinaldo Bellomo, of Monash College, thought-about “one of the world’s greatest scientific minds”, has died aged 68 with the college saying in a press release that he was “a towering figure in Australian and global intensive care medicine, and a cherished member of our academic community”. Extra arising.
