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Late on Friday afternoon I had a beer at the Watson's Bay hotel with a young Irish relative who had just arrived in Australia that morning. Our great, great grandfathers were brothers from County Clare.

“Australia needs more people”, I told him, “and given our migrant history we may as well take more Irish, rather than those who come here and milk our generous welfare system.”

Twenty four hours later, St Patrick's Day, I was accused by four young Irish women of 'racially abusing them'. I was dumbfounded and said to the policeman, “Mate, why would I do that? I'm Irish too!”...

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Something extra for those avid fans of Cabpoll...

Here's a follow-up chat with Greens supporter Chris from the inner city seat of Sydney. We discuss likely scenarios pertaining to the Greens holding the Senate balance of power from next July. Other passengers I’ve spoken to reflect the strong result for the Greens in Saturday’s poll when many Labor supporters switched across in protest...

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The final Cabpoll now up at ninemsn, with bonus video!

In a straw poll for the final Cabpoll of the campaign, I canvassed other taxi drivers with the question: 'What are your passengers saying about the election, Labor or Liberal?'

UPDATE: Here's an interview yesterday on 2CC.

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New Cabpoll now up at ninemsn...

Motorists approaching the Anzac Bridge yesterday were greeted by a monster billboard imploring voters to reject Tony Abbott. "He's just too big a risk", it blared, suggesting he's an economic flake.

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Today's Cabpoll...

As the broadband issue finally came to life this week most passengers were supportive of the Government's NBN proposal as compared to the Opposition's alternative solution. It seems to be a question of do we invest less only to spend more later, or spend up now for the best system...

Also here's a recent radio interview on Canberra's 2CC.

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Today's Cabpoll online now...

It has been difficult to find passengers supporting the Government’s re-election without them automatically resorting to anti-Abbott diatribes to justify their position.

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New Cabpoll now up at ninemsn election site...

Approaching the halfway point of the election campaign, the emerging feeling among passengers is annoyance and waning interest after being swamped by personalities, leaks, banality, leaks, denials and more leaks...

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Today I'm travelling back to Sydney after a short break at home. There should be a new Cabpoll now at the ninemsn election site. Have a great weekend.

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In today's Cabpoll report I interview an inner-city Greens supporter, and review Labor's new car scheme.

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New Cabpoll report up today at ninesmsn Election 2010 site.