It is a sorry scenario that Australia’s political agenda and conversation is dominated by a fortnightly survey of 1,500 voters, whose views dictate political reporting to a degree that is totally out of proportion to their number or relevance.
Polling is a relatively new phenomenon in politics and it is inconceivable that a Menzies or a Curtin would have been bound by the vagaries of polls in the decision-making of their wartime cabinets.
Fortnightly polls from …
