The Age gets the figures it wants.

In todays Age Louise Dodson claims the earth has opened up and swallowed the Coalition as she has always wished. I’m not suggesting the article is wishful thinking but I think it will be interesting to watch developments

The federal Labor Party has won massive support from the electorate and Opposition Leader Mark Latham has a personal approval rating unmatched since Bob Hawke was opposition leader in 1983. If an election was held now, the Coalition’s 20-seat majority would be transformed into a 28-seat win for Labor, according to an ACNielsen AgePoll.

Now that is a big call. Still it gets coverage in one of Australia’s major newspapers so it must have some basis in truth, mustn’t it? Yes, I know, the tag AgePoll might have some bearing but I don’t know. I haven’t read the questions put by ACNielsen and I don’t know what the demoraphics were so I’ll reserve my opinion.