Polls suggest election race is tightening

A composite image created on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 of, Australian Opposition Leader Bill Shorten (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) and Prime Minister Scott Morrison (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas)

Australia’s leaders are retreating to their preferred policy patches as a pair of polls suggest the election is tightening.

The Ipsos poll published in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age on Sunday night had Labor ahead 52 48, a one point drop from the result canada goose outlet uk a month earlier.

But The Australian’s Newspoll, also released late goose outlet canada on Sunday, Canada Goose Parka put the figures the same as a week ago, at 51 49 to Labor, albeit with a reduced primary vote.

Liberal campaign spokesman Simon Birmingham said the race was https://www.drachen-spiele.de canada goose outlet shop cheap Canada Goose narrowing as voters started to question Labor’s spending promises.

“When you have an election canada goose coats on sale where the polls are showing just one or two points difference then, of course, anybody could win it,” he told canada goose outlet new york city ABC News Breakfast.

Deputy canada goose outlet online uk Labor leader Tanya Plibersek says the government is canada goose clearance running canada goose outlet online a scare campaign against her party’s policies, but Labor would remain united and focused.

“Polls are interesting but the only one canada goose factory outlet that really counts is the big one on the day,” she told ABC’s Radio National.

The coalition is focusing on helping businesses, including a new plan for a $50 million fund to give manufacturers incentives to invest in more modern technology.

Ultimately, the government’s initial investment is expected to attract $110 million from the manufacturing canada goose outlet black friday industry as it is given canada goose uk black friday out in funding matched grants.

The coalition canada goose outlet uk sale canada goose outlet also wants to reinvigorate the ‘Australian Made’ campaign, to buy canada goose jacket cheap encourage more foreigners to buy products buy canada goose jacket made down under.

Opposition leader Bill Shorten will also start the official canada goose outlet day canada goose outlet in Sydney, likely visiting a hospital as he talks up his party’s commitment of $500 million to upgrade the nation’s emergency departments Canada Goose online and get them more staff.

Labor has released a state by state breakdown of where it will spend the money.

This shows the funding would cover the equivalent of 654 more beds, 1812 doctors or 3714 nurses in NSW, Victoria, South canada goose outlet Australia, Queensland and Western Australia.

The opposition will deliver its full costings on Thursday or Friday.

And shadow treasurer Chris Bowen has fired back, writing to his Liberal counterpart Josh Frydenberg to demand the coalition ask Treasury to publish the cost of giving a tax cut to people earning more than $180,000.

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