(CPOD) Jun. 17, 2004 – A former singer may have an effect in the upcoming election in Australia, according to a Newspoll published in the Sunday Telegraph. 39 per cent of respondents believe the inclusion of Peter Garret as a candidate would be good for the opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP), while 17 per cent disagree.
(CPOD) Jun. 17, 2004 – A former singer may have an effect in the upcoming election in Australia, according to a Newspoll published in the Sunday Telegraph. 39 per cent of respondents believe the inclusion of Peter Garret as a candidate would be good for the opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP), while 17 per cent disagree.
Garrett was the lead singer in rock group Midnight Oil, and has been active in environmentalist causes, and as president of the Australian Conservation Foundation. Garret has accepted to become the ALP’s nominee in the Kingsford-Smith constituency.
Mark Latham became the new ALP leader in December 2003. Prime minister John Howard is expected to call a federal vote before October 2004.
Polling Data
With Peter Garret standing as a candidate for the federal Labor party in Kingsford-Smith, do you think this would be good, bad or would it make no difference to the Labor party?
Good | 39% |
Bad | 17% |
No difference | 27% |
Don’t know | 15% |
Source: Newspoll / The Sunday Telegraph
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 700 Australian voters, conducted on Jun. 9 and Jun. 10, 2004, No margin of error was provided.
