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Plibersek says ‘any improvement is welcome’ in polls

After a very tumultuous six weeks following Labor’s budget, things might be looking a little better for the government now that the contentious capital gains tax and negative gearing bill has been passed (even if there will be further amendments coming after the winter break).

Yes, of course, any improvement is welcome. But we know that we to provide real answers and real change to the pressure that people are feeling.

I’m a half glass full sort of guy, Nat [Barr] and the the electorate’s very restless. People are understandably restless because they’ve seen their incomes decline back to 2011 levels under government … So it’s very volatile.

The first thing you’ve got to do is get the herd moving and the herd is moving. It’s just not going through the the right gate for us at the moment.

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