Talk:Poll finds support for Australian PM

July 2006
Because of a news poll conducted by the same company reporting it, this headline is justified? It seems that the title would be appropriate if there had actually been an elections, but this seems to overstate the facts. The actual question that was polled should be reported, as should the error margins. The headline should not speak for the corpus of the 'Australian people.' Namffohyr 15:28, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

66% to 20% is a fairly convincing margin to say the Australian people have backed Howard- no matter what the poll is. Newspoll is without doubt Australia's most repected polling company so I hardly think the credibility of the poll can be disputed. Anyway in the last election the Australian people did "back" Howard to stay when they voted his govt into power with an increased majority. Ronan.evans 21:52, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Newspoll is NOT the most respected polling company - the Morgan Gallup Poll is. Claims that the mandate the Howard govt got 2 years ago still hold today are dubious, when we have large numbers of voters upset about IR laws, Nuclear waste dumps, Indigenous issues, the War against Terror, Lies (children overboard, meetings with Costello 12 years ago etc), fuel excise etc. The real question is whether the newspoll sample was representative. The headline would be better to say "Poll suggests that majority of Australian people prefer Howard to Costello", as that is precisely what the poll suggests. To further illustrate my point, I'm an Australian, and I'd rather Costello than Howard as PM, as he seems to be a fundamentally honest person, unlike Howard. As such the headline is false. 203.221.158.232 22:04, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

To further illustrate my point, I'm an Australian, and I'd rather Costello than Howard as PM, as he seems to be a fundamentally honest person, unlike Howard. Mate- no one cares what you think. This is a news article- not a left leaning chat room. Focus on the article. By the way- who is honestly still talking about children overboard? Ronan.evans 06:00, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

This article should be renamed: Australian poll backs PM to stay or similar. The current headline is hyberbole. It is not a fact that 100% of Australian people support howard so it is untrue to say say so. —59.167.22.247 07:57, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Stoush?
G'day! Can we keep the slang to the quotes please? --Brian McNeil / talk 16:49, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

The word stoush is now slang? This happened...? Ronan.evans 21:48, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

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edit protected Please add this article to Category:The Australian. Thank you. Green Giant (talk) 12:07, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
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