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Welcome to 2005

Welcome to 2005 and our first Springboard Australia Newsletter for the year.

As usual, the Springboard Australia Newsletter will seek to give you a quick update on our key activities. We will continue to keep it brief, factual and relevant as well as providing you with tips, news, events and insight across the range of services we provide and industries we serve.

This year already is gearing up to be another busy year for Springboard Australia. In 2005, we will be building on the work of the past including a range of new projects.

Last year saw us successfully involved in providing media relations, marketing, communications, issues and event management, web design and internet strategy and public affairs across a range of industries.

This year will see us continue to provide services to such industries as medical, pharamaceutical, tourism and hospitality, education, media services, IT, FMCG, wine, government, welfare and support agencies and community associations.

If you require assistance promoting your business or organisation's activities through the media or a public relations campaign, need to deal with and understand government, improve your corporate communications or could benefit from strategic research and analysis of issues confronting your organisation we are here to help. Please send us an email outlining your requirements by clicking here.

One special new feature we have developed for this year is the Springboard Australia Calendar. The Calendar includes the sitting dates for all Australian Parliaments and other key events. If you have an event or know an important date that should be included we welcome your suggestions. Click here to send additions.

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ALP Leadership and Latest Federal Newspoll Trends

 

Latham Experiment Fails as Howard Surges as Preferred PM

In our July 2004 Newsletter we noted that John Howard had begun to hunt down Labor Leader Mark Latham.

As we predicted then, the October 9 Federal election did indeed deliver Prime Minister Howard "the sweetest victory of all" making him only the third Australian Prime Minister to be elected four times.

Mark Latham's total demise came only three months later when he resigned the Labor leadership and from Federal Parliament.

Labor's experiment with the straight-talking, aggressive and maverick Latham failed dismally.

Now the Federal Opposition has returned to the steady and experienced hand of Kim Beazley.

Regardless of Latham's illness, the ALP Caucus seemed to have no choice but to change leader as the latest Newspoll data, published in The Australian, reveals.

The early enthusiam for Latham had rapidly declined from a high of 42% in the preferred Prime Minister stakes in March 2004, just 1% below Howard, to 24% by December 2004. While Howard had surged to 60%.

Similarly, the ALP's two-party preferred vote had tumbled from an election winning landslide of 55% in March 2004 to a crushing defeat level of 47.2% by election day.

Latham's survival was far from assured even if a miraculous cure for his illness had been found.

Below we have graphed Newspolls' historical trends of voters' responses to the question “Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister?” from the July 1987 Federal election to the most recent poll conducted in December 2004.

Kim Beazley's Statement on becoming Labor Leader is available here.

 


 

Two-Party Preferred Federal Voting Intention

As well, continuing the series from previous Springboard Australia Newsletters, below is a graphic reputation of Newpoll results since the 2001 Federal election to the most recent Newspoll released in January 2005.

The graph plots the two-party preferred position of the Coalition Government and the Labor Opposition. It also plots the primary vote of the minor parties.

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NSW Cabinet Reshuffle

Following the resignation of NSW Treasurer Michael Egan, Premier Carr announced a significant reshuffle of his Cabinet.

The new Cabinet and portfolios are as follows:

The Honourable Robert John Carr MP
Premier, Minister for the Arts, and Minister for Citizenship

The Honourable Andrew John Refshauge MP
Deputy Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs

The Honourable John Joseph Della Bosca MLC
Special Minister of State, Minister for Commerce, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Disability Services, Assistant Treasurer and Vice President of the Executive Council

The Honourable Craig John Knowles MP
Minister for Infrastructure and Planning, and Minister for Natural Resources

The Honourable Robert John Debus MP
Attorney General, and Minister for the Environment

The Honourable Patrick Carl Scully MP
Minister for Police, and Minister for Housing

The Honourable Morris Iemma MP
Minister for Health

The Honourable Michael Costa MLC
Minister for Roads, Minister for Economic Reform, Minister for Ports, and Minister for the Hunter

The Honourable John Arthur Watkins MP
Minister for Transport Services

The Honourable Carmel Mary Tebbutt MLC
Minister for Education and Training

The Honourable Frank Ernest Sartor MP
Minister for Energy and Utilities, Minister for Science and Medical Research, Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Cancer), and Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts

The Honourable Reba Paige Meagher MP
Minister for Community Services, and Minister for Youth

The Honourable Sandra Christine Nori MP
Minister for Tourism and Sport and Recreation, and Minister for Women

The Honourable Anthony Bernard Kelly MLC
Minister for Rural Affairs, Minister for Local Government, Minister for Emergency Services, and Minister for Lands

The Honourable David Andrew Campbell MP
Minister for Regional Development, Minister for the Illawarra, and Minister for Small Business

The Honourable Ian Michael Macdonald MLC
Minister for Primary Industries

The Honourable Diane Beamer MP
Minister for Juvenile Justice, Minister for Western Sydney, and Minister Assisting the Minister for Infrastructure and Planning (Planning Administration)

The Honourable John Hatzistergos MLC
Minister for Justice, Minister for Fair Trading and Minister Assisting the Premier on Citizenship

The Honourable Grant Anthony McBride MP
Minister for Gaming and Racing, Minister the Cenrtal Coast

The Honourable Kerry Arthur Hickey MP
Minister for Mineral Resources

The Honourable Joe Tripodi MP
Minister for Housing

New South Wales Government Website

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Victorian Cabinet Reshuffle


Victorian Premier, Steve Bracks, began the New Year announcing a major Cabinet reshuffle. Premier Bracks said the reshuffle was to refocus the State Government's attention on its key priorities.

He said he believed halfway through the second term of government was a good time to strengthen the Cabinet team, ensuring there was a fresh approach in important portfolios on the front bench.

A full list of the new Cabinet is below:

The Honourable Steve Bracks MP
Premier and Multicultural Affairs

The Honourable John Thwaites MP
Deputy Premier, Environment, Water and Victorian Communities

The Honourable Jacinta Allan MP
Education Services, Youth Affairs and Employment

The Honourable Peter Batchelor MP
Transport, Leader Government Business Legislative Assembly

The Honourable Candy Broad MP
Local Government, Housing

The Honourable John Brumby MP
Treasurer, State and Regional Development and Innovation

The Honourable Bob Cameron MP
Agriculture

The Honourable Mary Delahunty MP
Arts and Women's Affairs

The Honourable Sherryl Garbutt MP
Community Services and Children

The Honourable Andre Haermeyer MP
Manufacturing and Export, Small Business and Financial Services

The Honourable Tim Holding MP
Police and Emergency Services, Corrections

The Honourable Rob Hulls MP
Attorney-General, Planning and Industrial Relations

The Honourable Gavin Jennings MP
Aboriginal Affairs and Aged Care

The Honourable Lynne Kosky MP
Education and Training

The Honourable John Lenders MP
Finance, Major Projects, Workcover and the TAC
Leader Government Business Legislative Council

The Honourable Justin Madden MP
Sport and Recreation, and the Commonwealth Games

The Honourable John Pandazopoulos MP
Gaming, Racing and Tourism
Minister Assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs

The Honourable Bronwyn Pike MP
Health

The Honourable Theo Theophanous MP
Energy Industries and Resources

The Honourable Marsha Thomson MP
Consumer Affairs, Information, Communication Technology

Cabinet Secretary: Richard Wynne MP

Victorian Government Website

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West Australian Election

Once again Springboard Australia will be conducting online focus group research in conjunction with the e-journal, Online Opinion, for the West Australian election.

Labor Premier Geoff Gallop has called the State Election for Saturday 26 Feburary 2005.

The 2001 election saw the Gallop-led Labor Party swept to power with 52.9% of the two-party preferred vote securing 32 seats in the 57-seat Legislative Assembly.

Following an electoral redistribution, the Labor Government needs to lose only four seats, a uniform swing of only 1.2%, to lose its absolute majority.

As the most recent Newspoll, published in The Australian, reveals the election will be tightly contested with current polling showing the support for the Government and Opposition split 50-50.

The key areas to watch will be marginal seats in the outer suburbs of Perth and regional centres.

Full details of the West Australian election, including seat and candidate details, focus group research, electoral pendulum, our blog and chat rooms are available on our site www.ozelections.com.

West Australian subscribers wanting to participate in our online focus groups are especially encouraged to fill out the questionnaire on the site by clicking here.

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Asian Tsunami Relief

Springboard Australia supports those organisations assisting the victims of the recent Asian Tsunami.

You are encouraged to donate to one of the relief appeals by clicking here.

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2005 Calendar of Events

The 2005 Springboard Australia Calendar is now available online.

The Calendar includes the sitting dates for all Australian Parliaments and other key events. If you have an event or know an important date that should be included we welcome your suggestions.

The 2005 Springboard Australia Calendar is available here.

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