The Verdict

Below … Dr Bonham hard at work on the TT Tally Room table. Thanks Julian and the Tasmanian Electoral Commission.

Labor facing massive swing after terrible campaign

THE BARTLETT Labor government is facing a swing in the mid-teens and a virtually certain hung parliament after a farcically bad campaign....

Demolition row

UNLESS EMRS polling has malfunctioned completely (and done so twice in a row) the Bartlett Labor Government is set for a very...

New poll cannot be trusted

THE FEBRUARY 2010 EMRS poll (HERE) is among the most awaited in Tasmanian polling history. Yet the results of this poll serve...

“Internal polling” strikes again

THE LAST EMRS poll in November 2009 was a disastrous one for the Labor government, but in a state with so little...

We’re back, says Bartlett

THE State Government says its $200million pre-Christmas spending has strengthened its popularity and Premier David Bartlett has signalled there is more to...

Labor fails to stop the rot

As previously mentioned (HERE), the August 2009 EMRS poll showed a massive swing away from the Bartlett Labor Government, compared with the...

Councils: a case against compulsory voting

Every two years when Tasmanian council election voting time rolls around, we hear the same complaints: that only about half the voters...

Council: Haigh retains but Freeman gone

Former Lord Mayor John Freeman has been voted off the Hobart City Council. His seat has been taken by Damon Thomas in...

Haigh has overtaken Freeman …