Labor would win election "held now" comfortably
After four and a half months in which voting intention hardly moved, we've finally got some real action. In the last week we saw expense claims by all sides of politics come under scrutiny following the scandal that brought down former Speaker Bronwyn Bishop. Although Labor (and especially Tony Burke) looks far from spotless in this, the government seems to be taking all the heat.
Not too much else happened in the issue mix except that Australia's men's cricket team was dismissed for a ludicrous 60 runs and soon after that surrendered The Ashes. As there is ample evidence that sporting results can affect electoral outcomes, it stands to reason that extremely bad sporting results that are harmful to national pride might slightly impair government polling. Especially if they undermine this sort of thing:
(More likely, Australia actually started winning at cricket in Nov 2013 mainly because they were playing at home.)
