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• The election was called early owing to disagreements between the Liberals and former Liberal MPs Lara Alexander and John Tucker.
• Tasmania uses the same five electorates for state and federal elections, with seven members to be elected per electorate, up from five previously.
• The YouGov poll gave the Liberals 31%, Labor 27%, the Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN) 20%, the Greens 15% and independents 7%.
• However, the Liberal National Party is likely to win the October Queensland election, so even if Labor takes power in Tasmania, unified Labor government probably won’t last long.

Federal YouGov poll: 69% support tax changes but Albanese’s ratings drop

• A national YouGov poll, conducted February 2–7 from a sample of 1,502, gave Labor a 52–48 lead, unchanged from the mid-January YouGov poll.
• On the changes to the stage three tax cuts, 69% supported the changes while 31% supported the original stage three proposal.

Labor gains in Essential poll

• In a national Essential poll, conducted February 7–11 from a sample of 1,148, Labor led by 50–46 including undecided (48–46 two weeks ago).
• This is Labor’s largest lead in Essential since early October.
• Primary votes were 34% Coalition (steady), 31% Labor (down one), 14% Greens (up one), 7% One Nation (steady), 1% UAP (down one), 9% for all Others (up two) and 5% undecided (steady).

Labor down in a Redbridge poll

• A national Redbridge poll, conducted January 30 to February 7 from a sample of 2,040, gave Labor a 51.2–48.8 lead, a 1.6-point gain for the Coalition since the last Redbridge poll in December.
• Primary votes were 38% Coalition (up three), 33% Labor (steady), 13% Greens (steady) and 16% for all Others (down three).
• Despite the narrow Labor lead on voting intentions, Labor held a 32–28 lead on economic management, which is usually a relative strength for the Coalition.

Morgan and Dunkley byelection polls

• Labor’s lead increased to 53–47 in last week’s Morgan poll that was conducted January 29 to February 4.
• In this week’s Morgan poll, conducted February 5–11 from a sample of 1,699, Labor led by 52–48.
• The federal byelection to replace the deceased Labor MP Peta Murphy will be held on March 2.
• Eight candidates will contest the Dunkley byelection.
• In other byelection news, the South Australian state byelection in Dunstan to replace former Liberal premier Steven Marshall will be held March 23.

US Democrats gain federal House seat at byelection

I covered the United States federal byelection for New York’s third congressional district for The Poll Bludger. Democrats easily gained from the Republicans. I also covered the latest presidential primaries that show both Donald Trump and Joe Biden cruising to their parties’ nominations.
Adrian Beaumont does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

• Cequence Security is proud to announce a new partnership with Vercara , a leading provider of cloud-based services that secure the online experience.
• This collaboration aims to fortify the cybersecurity landscape by pairing Vercara’s network and application protections with Cequence Security's innovative Unified API Protection (UAP) platform .
• Security teams encounter substantial hurdles in safeguarding API applications from cyber-attacks, including the rapid development and deployment of API applications across diverse cloud providers.
• It ensures compliance with security and governance best practices, eliminating unknown and unmitigated API security risks.

• PALM BAY, Fla., Nov. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Reticulate Micro, Inc. ("Reticulate Micro", "Reticulate" or the "Company"), whose mission is to create and curate communications technology and systems management platforms based on proprietary VAST™ technology that addresses the issues of limited data transports, deep fakes, and network fragility, announced the Company was awarded a Project Sanction Order with the Government of India, in cooperation with our indigenous partner Sense Bird Solutions, and domestic partner Kraus Hamdani Aerospace, to support manufacturing and procuring Unmanned Aerial Platform ("UAP") vehicles for India.
• The award represents an initial contract value of approximately $82.5 million with the potential for follow-on agreements.
• "In partnership with Kraus Hamdani Aerospace, Reticulate Micro will work with the Indian Government and Sense Bird Solutions to incorporate our technology into India's next generation, long-distance UAP program, powered by Kraus Hamdani Aerospace, K1000ULE UAS," said Joshua Cryer, Reticulate Micro President and Chief Executive Officer.
• "The Indian UAP program represents a tremendous opportunity for Reticulate Micro to actualize the potential of our technology as an integral part of a headline effort for one of the most advanced militaries in the world.

• Collaboration bolsters Urban-Air Ports' efforts to deploy Next Gen Air One vertiport technology at regional and international airports around the world.
• NACO will further support UAP on airport land-use planning, regional vertiport network business modelling, eVTOL demand simulation and surface transport intermodal connectivity modelling.
• NACO and UAP will also explore special systems for the integration of UAP vertiports to support regulatory pathways for the first use cases: eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) flights to/from airports.
• NACO recognises UAP's pioneering AirOne vertiport technology, industry-leading experience and proprietary technology as pivotal to the success of the wider adoption of vertiports at airports.