Despite voters turning "feral" on the carbon tax, a senior federal Cabinet minister denied reports that Julia Gillard had been ringing colleagues to check on the level of support she has inside the Labor caucus."Numbers are not being counted,'' Trade Minister Craig Emerson told Sky News today.
Support for Ms Gillard and her minority government have slumped to record lows in recent opinion polls.
Dr Emerson said his leader was showing great courage and had the party's support.
"There is an alternative to Julia Gillard - Tony Abbott - and what a tragedy that would be,'' he said.
As the poll spiral downwards continues, Ms Gillard predicted her battle to sell the tax would get even tougher, but she said she was not worried about losing the Labor Party leadership.
"None of that worries me or is something that I need to deal with,'' she said.
"The Labor team is supporting me because they believe that we need to tackle this big challenge.''
Meantime, the so-called faceless men who ousted Kevin Rudd as prime minister are defiantly backing Julia Gillard as leader, despite voters turning "feral" over the carbon tax.
Australian Workers Union boss Paul Howes said yesterday he would "bet my house" on Ms Gillard taking Labor to the next election - a view backed by other factional powerbrokers.
Mr Howes delivered AWU support for the carbon tax, prompting business leaders to accuse him of selling out manufacturing workers.
Another one of the Labor figures who ruthlessly executed Mr Rudd said the independent MPs who struck a deal with the Prime Minister would shift support to Opposition Leader Tony Abbott if she were dumped.
"The moment you remove Julia, you are out of government," the figure said.
A week since details of the tax were launched, Labor MPs reported public panic over its impact on family living costs.
"I have never seen such rage in this country - ever," a senior Labor MP said of the electorate's mood.
Many caucus members contacted yesterday admitted to despondency about Labor's chances at the next election, due in 2013.
An AC Neilsen opinion poll published in Fairfax newspapers showed Labor's primary vote collapsing to just 26 per cent and Ms Gillard falling 11 points behind Mr Abbott as preferred PM.
Former Labor leader Simon Crean is being talked of as a possible replacement for Ms Gillard.
The head of BetStar, Alan Eskander, said that "eight out of 10" transactions on the ALP leadership were for Mr Crean.
The online gambling house suspended betting for him after his odds shortened from $101 to $13 in a week.
The Regional Development Minister invited colleagues to a "one-on-one drop-in information session" in his office last month.
But party powerbrokers dismissed the notion the PM was living on borrowed time.
"It would be a catastrophic mistake to think that changing the leader changes the challenge," one senior Labor figure said.
Another, the member for Melbourne Ports, Michael Danby, said: "The lady's not for the turning and neither is the caucus."
MPs are preparing for a full year of poor polls.
"My view is that we shouldn't be expecting a turnaround to come off the back of the (tax package)," one said.
"The point at which we should look for a turnaround is when we get the thing in (after July 1, 2012)."
heraldsun.com.au 19 Jul 2011
Another lie perpetuated by the government supported mass media, is that the voters went 'feral'.
The masses are aware that they have been blatantly lied to, and have voiced their opinion.
Voicing an opinion is over exaggerated as going 'feral', according to the mass media.
Media outlets are government lap dogs, that support the government policies of the day, printing opinions conducive to government policies.
Another indication that the 'faceless men' are the ones who rule in politics.
These are the people who have 'elected' Gillard into parliament.
The selected few high end business people are the media moguls, law makers, selected politicians, financiers and Freemason members of lodges that are part of the ruling elite.
They have their functions in the official positions, and yet are called to meeting that decide the shape and future direction of the general populous down to how much disposable income they have to spend.
Under no circumstance can the mass media mention their names. Some of these people are high profile members of the community, others not so.
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