A major opinion polling company used by GetUp!, Greenpeace, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and some political candidates is co-owned by union heavyweights the CFMMEU and the ACTU, an ABC investigation has discovered.Its polls have appeared across the front pages of national newspapers
Polls by uComms have received widespread media coverage in the past 12 months, including a recent front-page splash commissioned by The Sydney Morning Herald predicting a Labor win in the New South Wales state election.Gladys Berejiklian's Coalition government was re-elected in a majority government a fortnight after the poll was published.
The CFMMEU and the ACTU declined interview requests, but in statement, a spokesperson for the ACTU dismissed concerns about the union's ownership of uComms.
Fantastic piece of journalism, Way to go!
InolongerwatchtheABC
Bombshell. Thanks for bringing this to the surface. Shows the depth of corruption on the socialist side of politics.. LiberalAus The_Nationals PMOnAir AlanJones AuConservatives
How about a similar report on NewsPol? Or the IPA’s influence on govt policy over the last six years, given the high number of their demands which have been met?
I haven't been polled by them but a friend of mine has and he said they do more than ask questions, they seek to influence. He was not aware of their union affiliations but was left uneasy enough about the calls to question what was happening.
....and Newspoll is part owned by NewsLimited. Nothing to see here, all polls are bullshit, and are dependant on who it is commissioned by.
Yes flood but we knew who owns newspoll from the get go!!! Surely this is hiding the main players at best
Why do Unions need to own companies (electioneering instruments) as such? Members monies would be better spent investing in industries/companies which employ people?
Thanks ABC ABC for a worthy investigation piece that was easy to read and full of interesting information 👏
Wow. Check the others while you're into such deep revelations. auspol
Why do we keep defending you? The most widely heralded poll in this country is owned by Rupert Murdoch. The very guy who trashes global democracy on a daily basis and is calling for you to be defunded and sold off. Seriously. Your false balance crap is insane.
This is news to whom 🤔 ... any update on who owns NewsPoll 🤔 auspol
Even when presented with the smoking gun, labor wanker struggle to keep a straight face and say 'SO'. Unfu%ing believable
and who owned Newspoll when it was the political polling authority on abcnews every week during the Gillard Government? .. looks like symmetry
And?
My type of poll. What party is more useless?
Wait, people complain Newspoll is biased, should not be trusted and uComms is better so Fairfax utilises uComms. Result is wrong, Newspoll is more correct, ABC reports on this fact and people are angry of ABC bias? This is probably the fairest reporting on the ABC for some time.
debbie_prest Best story I’ve read in years from the Still not worth 2 billion, sorry.
'Polling' is more about influencing public opinion than informing it. Much depends on how you ask the question and allow the answer
Who owns the ABC and their woeful propaganda is a better question.
So it’s a Labor run group?
Ok. I'll go further on the strength of a whim, I would like to declare that that polling company's results show a significant bias against unions and the ALP... What we might very loosely term a null hypothesis. Disprove. Anyone? Evidence please?
TheirABC with a negative story towards unions and labor poll results 🤔 It must be worse than we know! ScottMorrisonMP don’t pack your bags just yet. Looks like the keys to The Losge are staying in your pocket 😊
Corrupt to the core.
What an unbelievably biased article by and repeated on radio! How about an article on who owns all the various poll companies to show some balanced reporting. Auspol
Did you get long term political poll results for all the polling companies? Run a statistical analysis and report significant differences? Don't suggest you're necessarily biased, but I'd expect you to declare evidence if it's easily obtained. 2 can play that game 😉
Lol so fake momentum is the new way to 'change the rules' and win an election? Look how well it worked out for NSW Labor 🤣
BREAKING: **** Newspoll owned by far right wing company Newscorp ****
What does it matter if the polling is accurate? The owners are irrelevant. I still pay attention to Newscorp even though it’s owned by fascists. abcnews
So. Bloody. What? Ps. Who owns Newspoll? Also, who owns the ABC?
Big fkn deal,who are you's trying to discredit,and who ask you' to investigate this.
And...?