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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Amanda Meade

Financial Review’s numbers game over Albanese falls short as Mercury prints ‘Tassie Shocker’

Andrew Bolt and ‘body language expert’  Dr Louise Mahler felt it was a mistake for Anthony Albanese to appear with six foot eight Labor Hunter candidate Daniel Repacholi
Andrew Bolt and ‘body language expert’ Dr Louise Mahler felt it was a mistake for Anthony Albanese to appear with six foot eight Labor Hunter candidate Daniel Repacholi. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

One thing voters should look out for when navigating election media coverage is the reliability of the polls and focus groups behind the headlines. Always read the fine print. Both the Hobart Mercury and the Australian Financial Review claimed on their front pages this week that Anthony Albanese was largely unknown by voters.

Nine’s financial daily led its Easter weekend newspaper with an exclusive story ‘Better the devil you know’: Undecideds lean towards PM and a feature inside saying Albo “was poorly defined in the minds of participants” and “neither group could identify any of his strengths”.

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