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“There does tend to be a bit of a surge in support for leaders during times of national crisis or times of crisis. The Coalition’s chief sponsor? To keep us speaking truth to power, please consider donating to IA today - even a dollar will make a huge difference - or subscribe and receive all the benefits of membership. Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has a higher approval rating than Premier Daniel Andrews. This shows how challenging the conditions are in New Zealand for the Opposition. “I don't think that would have fundamentally changed News Corporation’s stance in that election. Voters in both states endorsed Scott Morrison’s handling of the pandemic, … But Andrews’ supporters and journalists alike have pointed out that in contrast, The Australian wrote a glowing review of Prime Minister Scott Morrison when his approval rating reached 65 percent. Viewers of ABC’s Insiders on Sunday (3 May) were stunned at the spectacle of Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan attacking Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, only to recant and make an apology, of sorts, later the same day. For though it is clear that Morrison would like to see Andrews taken down several notches, he also recognises the importance of the public mood. The Victorian Premier has continued to do his own thing, steadfastly ignoring the jibes and the attacks and just “getting on with it” as his slogan suggests. A Newspoll found a majority of Victorians support Daniel Andrews' handling of the virus outbreak. “Almost like they have an agenda,” wrote another. Even 43% of Coalition voters back Andrews, despite almost 800 dead on his watch. pic.twitter.com/rtBU2WQ4UT, News Corp is misreporting #COVID19Vic success, stating only a third of Victorians back Dan Andrews. Interesting to compare how almost the same figures are reported. While these premiers are hardly favoured by the Morrison Government, however, they are comparatively, at least, let off pretty lightly. The Newspoll also showed Queenslanders back Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s handling of COVID-19, with 68 per cent saying she is doing a good job, a drop from 81 per cent in July. During his tirade – which was quickly exposed as both entirely political and unfounded – Tehan warmed to his subject as the show progressed, accusing Andrews of “jeopardising the national consensus” and declaring, “It’s time that we seriously call Dan Andrews out on this”. At the election, Labor gained seven seats for a total of 47, a majority of two. The ReachTEL poll commissioned by Fairfax Media and showed Mr Guy leads the Premier 50.9 per cent to 49.1 per cent. The election was the first time since 1955 that an incumbent government was removed from office after a single term. We need YOU! ABC journalist Richard Willingham claimed. IA is dedicated to providing fearless, independent journalism, free for all, with no barriers. The reality is that during a crisis, people back the Government so long as it is pro-active. Queensland Premier Anastacia Palaszczuk is also Labor, though admittedly, Liberal-lite in many policy areas. Support for Daniel Andrews plummets as virus surges in Victoria. He told The Feed that News Corp’s characterisation of the Victorian Premier is “dangerous for our democracy.”. Dr Muller said Murdoch has a significant political influence in both Australia and the UK. And it is clear that Tehan, while he may have been instructed by his PM to subtly criticise the Victorian Premier for daring to ignore Morrison’s increasingly desperate stance on getting the kiddies back into class, did overdo things. “So basically they were saying ‘we can't believe despite all the terrible things he's done, he's still so popular’.”. IA punches above its weight. The former SA Premier was, of course, blamed for all manner of problems and catastrophes even – paradoxically, given his policy platform of embracing renewables – for freak storms. Why does Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews seem to hold pride of place as the Morrison Government’s most-detested state premier? Victoria may be under a strict lockdown, but a recent Newspoll has revealed Mr Andrews has held onto a steady approval rating of Andrews approval rating: 62. Well, that’s just unforgivable. Premier Daniel Andrews said the radical stage three restrictions will be enforced from 11.59pm Wednesday night in a desperate bid to take back control of the state's surging coronavirus outbreak. However, a large majority (76%) of Victorians say the Victorian Government should provide compensation to all small businesses in Victoria forced to close by the Victorian Government’s COVID restrictions - only 24% say they should not. So you’d think Premier Daniel Andrews would have a miserable approval rating. The Herald Sun, smelling blood, attempted to get the public rallying around its anti-Dan Andrews message with an open poll. “I think they have seen an opportunity to damage a Labor premier. He noted that Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair flew all the way out from London to Australia’s Hayman Islands in 1995 to visit Murdoch because “he couldn’t confront Murdoch’s power but he had to manage it.”. “It's obvious that he's a Labor premier and News Corp has been campaigning against the Labor Party in Australia at the state and federal levels for decades,” Dr Muller said. On face value, the answer to the question of why Andrews has become the Morrison Government’s main political target is simple: Andrews is Labor, he’s outspoken and he’s popular, with an overall approval rating of 75%. “Daniel Andrews has taken a sledgehammer to the education system…, ...This is a failure of leadership by Dan Andrews, let’s be clear about that.”. Dr Muller said Murdoch was a key player in the downfall of Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the unpopularity of Former Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. “In the end, for Murdoch, it's all about business. Dan Andrews’ popularity in 'freefall' as lockdown measures are reintroduced. Those who like and read, the Murdoch press will go and read it and the rest of the population will probably be as appalled as I am,” he said. 21.06.20. A senior Victorian frontbencher has defended the popularity of the Premier Daniel Andrews after an opinion poll showed Opposition Leader Matthew Guy was the state's preferred premier. The fact that they had 700 new cases, and now it's down to 28 or something,” he said. Onya Dan,” another person chimed in. Alleged Cabinet rapist Porter speaks up, while female victim lies silent, Michelle Pini interviewed by RTV Slovenia on Australia's Google and Facebook code, EDITORIAL: Alleged Cabinet rapist Porter speaks up, while female victim lies silent. These editorials are usually only available to subscribers and may be read online in the IA members-only area. Meanwhile, Adam Creighton, Economics Columnist at The Australian, shared a video over the weekend from controversial far-right media personality Avi Yemini of a man being arrested in Victoria. While a column earlier this month by the publication beckoned the public to “Force Daniel Andrews to bear the costs of the damage he wreaks.”. Not coal. It’s important to note, though, that the Queensland Premier’s approval rating was only 40% when she managed to win the last election. Victoria shows the spike in approval ratings associated with the coronavirus can be easily reversed. Help us sharpen our knuckledusters. He dared to ignore Morrison’s hysteria over the reopening of schools? This editorial was originally published as part of the Independent Australia weekly newsletter. The contrast with Victoria could not be starker. His Government would not be building it. These reasons, however, don’t quite cover the level of antipathy directed at Andrews by the Federal Government. But I suspect that Murdoch was very displeased that neither Shorten nor Turnbull, in a sense, caved into his demands to pay court to him.”. And he thinks that his business will flourish best and conservative governments. The boss of retail giant Myer is the latest business leader to slam under-fire Daniel Andrews over his roadmap out of lockdown as his public popularity as Victorian Premier plummets ina new poll. A Newspoll for The Australian found that 72 per cent of Victorians believe he has handled the crisis well, down from 85 per cent at the end of April. And they're doing all that they can to do it.”. Andrews may not survive his government’s failures. He claims the negative reporting of the Victorian Premier is a continuation of News Corp’s ideological agenda. Case closed. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has hit back at lockdown critics’ claims he has been motivated by political popularity, ... Service NSW has a satisfaction rating of more than 95 per cent, up from NSW’s 66 per cent customer satisfaction before the project. #IStandWithDan pic.twitter.com/STmRHdHYsl. East West Link: Will Victoria and Canberra agree to get the contentious road project built? Frustratingly for his opponents, he also rarely engages. [ Learn more ]. He was a staunch renewable energy advocate. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian was on 68 per cent despite her scandal over former partner Daryl Maguire. That was upsetting. Dr Denis Muller is a Senior Research Fellow from the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne. Not fracking. Over the weekend, the hashtag ‘Dan Must Go’ started trending on Twitter. Not since Jay Weatherill, in fact, has a Labor Party premier raised the hackles of the conservative side of politics quite as much as Dan Andrews. A second tranche of Newspoll results finds Daniel Andrews taking a coronavirus-related popularity hit but still doing well in absolute terms, with Gladys Berejiklian also down from earlier peaks. The third Roy Morgan Snap SMS survey on Victoria’s Stage 4 restrictions shows 70% approval of Premier Daniel Andrews. The Victorian government announced Service Victoria in 2015, though it was not established … Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has skated through scandals before, but the quarantine bungle is of an entirely different order. “I think that the polls are very interesting because although Andrews is taking a bit of a hit, it still shows a clear majority behind him,” he told The Feed. Support IA. It never fails to amaze just how idiotic a person can become when under pressure and this is what’s happening to the Labor Premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews. “This trend of opeds being dressed as news reports is getting out of hand,” one Twitter user wrote. But we need your help. - Australia Votes - Federal Election 2019 - Politics - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) https://t.co/UJOxJ7U7vY via @skinnergj. Premiers still have high ratings, but Andrews falls in Victoria. And Andrews, in a first for Australia, has banned fracking and coal seam gas exploration — going as far as enshrining the ban in Victoria’s Constitution. Palaszczuk’s approval rating is the lowest of all the states at only 55% as Queensland heads to an election this year. Independent Australia is a progressive journal focusing on politics, democracy, the environment, Australian history and Australian identity. Victoria may be under a strict lockdown, but a recent Newspoll has revealed Mr Andrews has held onto a steady approval rating of 62 percent throughout the pandemic. ABC journalist Richard Willingham claimed the “botched handling of hotel quarantine has the potential to be the biggest scandal to rock the Andrews Government since he was elected in 2014”. The Victorian Labor government had been returned to office by a big majority in the last election. For too long Andrews has been getting away with utter contempt of his electorate and that, combined with a puzzling high approval rating has revved up […] Nor do they easily explain the gusto of hatred employed by conservative head cheerleader and stalwart anti-Labor megaphone, News Corp. WA Premier Mark McGowan is also Labor, after all. As long as they feel that leaders are you know, focusing on them and try to do what's good for the public as a whole.”. A pet project of former PM Tony Abbott, this doomed road was so loved by the Victorian and Federal Liberal parties, that they even signed a contract to gift developer East West Connect $1.1 billion in compensation, in case an incoming Labor government chose not to build it. Thank you @DanielAndrewsMP for your dedication. Unfortunately for the conservative side, Andrews won anyway, in an election which demonstrated that Victorians were not enamoured by the project, nor of being blackmailed, preferring their hard-earned money to be spent on public transport — as originally promised by the Coalition, who also did not mention the road when it was elected. News Corp has been accused of biased coverage of Premier Daniel Andrews’s handling of Victoria’s COVID-19 outbreak as a new poll shows the majority of Victorians support his leadership. A headline by The Australian reporting the recent poll read: “Voters not ready to slam Andrews for his errors just yet”. Daniel Andrews approval rating has soared on the back of Victoria’s latest easing of restrictions with the Premier almost as popular as he has been since April. Premier Daniel Andrews said his government recognised the profound failures of the current system and was committing to implementing all of the recommendations. And therein, perhaps, it is Weatherill who holds the clue. “#DanMustGo and have a well deserved beer for a job well done. “You might know Stockholm Syndrome refers to when hostages taken by a terrorist start to identify with the terrorists,” he said. “'Dictator Dan' is trying to build a 'COVID Gulag',” a headline from Sky News claimed. 39 Responses to Daniel Andrews feeling loss of relevance or perhaps just a lunatic. Back in June, Daniel Andrews enjoyed an approval rating of 75% for his response to the Covid-19 outbreak. We are in the hands of crazies. Support independent journalism Subscribe to IA. Andrews first attracted the ire of his conservative opponents when he burst into power vowing to undo the controversial East West Link. Surely, then, wrath directed at her would be politically expedient? These reasons, however, don’t quite cover the level of antipathy directed at Andrews by the Federal Government. Professor Tiffen said he was “tickled” to see columnists using the phrase ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ to refer to Victorians' relationship with the Premier. Professor Tiffen said Mr Andrews is popular due to the fact that he’s “putting himself on the line” during the pandemic. And I think that's the best and most appropriate way to go.". Keep ‘em honest. TWO THIRDS of Victorians back Andrews. Mr Andrews' personal approval has taken a hammering in recent weeks as the hotel quarantine inquiry has heard damning evidence and hospitality and retail have pushed for an earlier reopening. Support for Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has slumped as his state battles a spike in coronavirus cases, a Newspoll indicates. It’s hard to tell if Tehan’s hissy fit came because he had no answer to host Speers’ questions on the conflicting advice for parents – whether they should listen to state premiers on sending their kids to school, as previously advised by the PM, or to the Federal Government’s insistence that it was all perfectly safe – or, if he just couldn’t hold that vitriol in a second longer. “You might remember Shorten refused to pay court to Murdoch before the 2019 election. The Andrews’ government has been heavily criticised for its handling of the hotel quarantine and contact tracing regime, which is thought to have led to a second wave of COVID-19 in Victoria. But the Premier has not shyed away from his responsibility for Victoria’s coronavirus response, stating “the accountability sits with me, of course it does.”, "I'm the leader of the Government, but in terms of the investigative process, that should be done at arm's length to get us complete clarity — what went on, how did it happen? For it is a team primarily sponsored by fossil fuels. But the latest poll found 70% approve and only 30% disapprove. Fighting this virus is what is most important.”. Please say NO to a 'gas led recovery' > https://t.co/cC2Gq3m3mOhttps://t.co/nExe95rZgw. He was invited to go to New York and said, ‘No, thank you, I won't go’,” Dr Muller said. Once again the federal government is trying to lock in continued use of fossil fuels - gas and coal - and sabotaging potential green energy industries in the process. It takes less a minute to subscribe to IA and costs as little as $5 a month, or $50 a year — a very small sum for quality journalism and many great extras. “So I think that probably the effect of this is not to do particular damage to the News Corp business, but the damage that is being done to the Australian democracy,” he told The Feed. Not fossil fuels. Terry McCrann, a Business Columnist at The Australian, echoed his colleague's sentiments and penned an op-ed calling on Mr Andrews to resign as he’s “unfit to continue as premier”. So much so, that the pushback on social media was surely the thing that led to his half-hearted apology. To keep us speaking truth to power, please consider donating to IA today - even a dollar will make a huge difference - or subscribe and receive all the benefits of membership. A new Roy Morgan survey, published on Thursday, showed Mr Andrews’ approval rating jump 12 per cent to 71 per cent, just four points short of his April approval rating. Instead, he has also committed to pursuing renewable energies. Sleep well - you've done a great job!#IStandWithDanAndrews, #DanMustGo and collect a medal for the sterling job he's done to save his state and the rest of Australia The LNP must be seething with rage https://t.co/RU1la7QwUC. Lift your game, Murdoch. Source: Getty. It thus needed a swing to win five seats to form government. Victorian Premier Dan Andrews has lost support during the state’s recent spike in coronavirus cases. Especially since, on the matter of the National Cabinet and the pandemic, his only consistent message has been that people should follow the advice of state premiers. And he enjoys the highest approval rating of all the states (both Liberal and Labor) at 89%. In June, 65% of the sample gave the Andrews government a positive rating for the pandemic response, and that’s down to 49% this week. Andrews dared to ignore pro-development policies? PLEASE DONATE NOW! Andrews' response? #DanMustGo and have a well deserved beer for a job well done. Onya Dan. Roy Morgan figures published this week showed the Premier's approval ratings dropped to 61 per cent, down 9 per cent on three weeks ago. Just this week, Energy Minister Angus Taylor has unveiled the Morrison Government’s intention to take funding designated for renewable energy development and redirect it into “hydrogen energy projects”, powered by, wait for it ... fossil fuels. #DanMustGo to bed exhausted each night after working so hard to keep Victorians covid-safe and fronting media for hour+ every day to keep us informed.