Behind the Budget's staunchest critic and champ of the wealth lobby Geoff Wilson - a darn good marketing opportunity for the sharemarket savant writes @MichaelPascoe01#auspol#CGT
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Newspoll tonight.
A lot of noise. For what?
Vote intentions have hardly moved. But look at where the movement is. Over the last 6 months, all on the Right and it’s profound.
The budget hysteria tells you everything about who the commentariat is actually talking to. Shares. Investment portfolios. Family trusts. Negative gearing portfolios and super balances into the million.
Most Australians don’t have any of that. They have a mortgage they’re barely servicing. Power bills, food shopping that costs more than it did last month. Rent that’s eating half their pay. A car they need for work and can’t afford to fuel. Aspiration for these people is a word that has a lot of relevance, aspiration to break even at the end of the month.
That’s the financial life of the country. Not the one being screamed by a bunch of folk who frankly have no idea about the beating heart of this country.
Hence, the people screaming about the budget aren’t the people the budget was written for. And Labor’s vote didn’t move. It held.
Meanwhile, the realignment on the Right holds firm. One Nation heading towards a future parliament where they are the opposition - mainly at the complete destruction of the Coalition.
*I would expect RedBridge Accent to report similar numbers shortly.