Australian prime minister's popularity slides

Tuesday 03rd June, 04:13 PM JST

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SushiSake3 at 04:38 PM JST - 3rd June

I was started to get worried until I read 'Rudd’s position as preferred prime minister has dropped four percentage points to 66%.'

'51% of Australians believe the ruling Australian Labor Party made an election commitment to lower oil product prices."

Really? Besides lowering gas taxes, that's about as dumb as saying they are going to outlaw daylight.
some14some at 04:49 PM JST - 3rd June

66% approval rating is almost 3 times that of leaders of World's 1st and 2nd largest economies. World news? if yes, that itslef shows how popular he is !
Altria at 04:58 PM JST - 3rd June

Go Kevin, you the man!
rajakumar at 05:36 PM JST - 3rd June

Go, kevin, go. We need more leaderships like yours, which is uniquely mandarin/asia friendly.
super delegate at 06:25 PM JST - 3rd June

But he speaks fluent Mandarin!
illsayit at 06:51 PM JST - 3rd June

well seeing i havent been in vegemiteland for a while, could we have a picture please!
smithinjapan at 09:55 PM JST - 3rd June

Anyone promising to lower gas prices is a fool. Anyone who votes for said fool because they believe said promise... well...
GrouchyGaijin at 10:48 PM JST - 3rd June

Kevin Rudd, can Japan adopt you? Well, borrow you, at least, for a few months, anyway? Dear Gott-in-Himmel, save us from the zombies that "govern" us!
usaexpat at 11:32 PM JST - 3rd June

66% is pretty good I think that might be around where Clinton was at his highest and he was pretty popular. Anyway, as some14some said he is way out ahead of Bush and Fukuda
timorborder at 05:50 AM JST - 4th June

I agree with Sushi, "slides" is definitely a poor choice, 4% does not equate to the end of the world. I think one reason Kev is so popular is that in winning the election, he pushed Australia 40 years into the future (or back to the present) after the dark ages that were the Howard dictatorship, sorry Prime Ministership.
bebert at 06:52 AM JST - 4th June

Why is it that the Anglosphere consistently elects such rogues and losers into leadership positions? Bush, Blair, Rudd, Howard, Clinton, etc. It just makes you want to vomit all hope.
super delegate at 07:06 AM JST - 4th June

As a boy he was once homeless for two days, had to sleep in the car!
RedMeatKoolAid at 02:35 PM JST - 4th June

Is this one of the reasons for the Oz public's disenchantment?

The Sunday Telegraph headline reads:

"Meet Kevin Rudd's $78k 'party-boy' butler"

...Meet “Jeeves”, the man paid $78,000 a year to fold the Prime Minister’s shirts, lay out his suits, carry his luggage and work as his travelling assistant.

The Sunday Telegraph can reveal that John Fisher is Mr Rudd’s butler… To add further embarrassment, Mr Fisher has uploaded 50 photographs on Internet site Facebook from the Prime Minister’s 17-day world tour - which include partying at New York club The Stonewall Inn and attending a Free Tibet rally in London…

Photographs taken in the jewellery, handbag and glove floor at Macy’s department store are captioned “shopping galore!” ...

On Mr Fisher’s Facebook personal profile, Mr Fisher lists his favourite quote as: “Don’t go stomping your last season Prada shoes at me, honey”, which is from what he lists as his favourite film, Legally Blonde.