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September 5th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Updated
Record low: Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Voter satisfaction with Prime Minister Julia Gillard has plunged to a new low while the Coalition has opened up a huge 18 per cent lead after preferences in the latest opinion poll.
As the Government searches for a solution to the dilemma thrown up by last week’s High Court decision, Newspoll has Julia Gillard’s personal support hitting a new low of just 23 per cent.
Dissatisfaction with her performance has jumped seven points to 68 per cent, giving the PM a net approval rating of minus 45 per cent.
In another blow to Ms Gillard, her predecessor Kevin Rudd leads her by more than 30 percentage points in the preferred PM stakes.
Fifty-seven per cent of participants would prefer Mr Rudd to lead Labor, with only 24 per cent preferring Ms Gillard.
It is also the sixth Newspoll in a row to show Opposition Leader Tony Abbott as preferred prime minister over Ms Gillard.
Mr Abbott jumped four points to 43 per cent, his highest rating, while Ms Gillard fell four points to 34.
The Coalition is up to 50 per cent in the primary vote while Labor remains stagnant on 27 per cent. After preferences the Coalition leads by 18 points.
Newspoll CEO Martin O’Shannessy says Labor would lose as many as 40 seats if an election was held today.
“That would displace nine ministers [on a uniform swing],” he said.
“Maybe two-thirds [of the 40-seat figure] is more likely but that would still be devastating for Labour, losing 30 seats, taking them down to somewhere around 44 [seats] or less in a 150-seat parliament.”
After Cabinet met last night to discuss how to resurrect Labor’s asylum seeker policy, frontbencher Greg Combet came to Ms Gillard’s defence on the ABC’s QA program.
“People don’t see this when times are tough, but she’s a decent person,” he said.
“She’s a person who does have Labor values, and she’s tough.”
This morning Ms Gillard’s deputy Wayne Swan also backed the leader.
“I don’t think anybody would be surprised with the opinion polls we’ve seen today given the last couple of weeks that we’ve had,” he said.
“Julia Gillard is doing the hard yards. She’s got the long-term national interest to the very forefront of her and the Government’s policy agenda. And we’re going to fight for it.
“Julia Gillard and I didn’t get into politics to shirk the hard decisions.”
Ms Gillard will fly to New Zealand today for talks with regional leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum.
The issue of climate change is expected to dominate the forum’s agenda.
Pacific Island leaders have been outspoken about the prospect of sea level rises, and will use the meeting to push for greater aid contributions from developed countries to help deal with the issue.
But it threatens to be overshadowed by ongoing questions about how to deal with Fiji’s slow move towards democratic elections.
Fiji’s military leader, Frank Bainimarama, will not be at the meeting because the country remains suspended from the forum.
Another key focus of the talks will be economic development, with a particular focus on tourism and energy.
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