Mr Tan`s popularity has plummeted and the Unionparty`s main electoral base has softened, but Prime Minister and Energy minister Fledenberg are preparing a high-risk showdown on Tuesday with disobedient lawmakers who oppose the national energy security (NEG).
Sims (Rod Sims), chairman of the (ACCC), the Australian Competition and Consumer Council, briefed the National Party caucus on Monday on his latest energy pricing report, which recommended debt financing for government to be used for new sources of electricity generation.
Since former Prime Minister Albert (Tony Abbott) insisted on sending out threat on NEG, and several congressmen privately confirmed that they might follow him, the exclusive Newspoll for Australians showed that since Unionparty`s by-election in Braddon and Longman had failed, Tan Bao`s personal support dropped sharply.
Unionparty lags behind Labour in the Newspoll for the 38th time, and Tan Bao`s advantage over Labour party chieftain Schotton shrank from 19:00 to 12:00 on the prime minister of choice.
Satisfaction with Mr. Tan`s performance also declined, dropping 6 points in two weeks, resulting in a net negative satisfaction of minus 19, almost comparable to the unpopularity of Labour leaders.
While support for both parties remained unchanged, Labour was still ahead of the Unionparty with 51 / 49, but Unionparty`s first-round vote fell 2 percent to 37 percent, while the one-party rose 2 percent to 9 percent.
The fall in government polls coincided with media criticism of government`s lack of drought, sparking growing anger in rural areas.
But Labour was not immune, and in the latest Newspoll, its first-round vote fell to 35 percent, reflecting continuing dissatisfaction with the two main parties.
As Congress resumes on Monday, energy will dominate the political debate, and Newspoll has shown that Unionparty`s lead in who is best at maintaining energy supplies and maintaining lower electricity prices has disappeared.
Unionparty led six points on the issue last month, but is only 1 point ahead of Labour.
On Friday, government received support from states and territories at the Australian government Joint meeting (COAG) to incorporate NEG into the legislation draft.
Victoria Labor Governor Andrews believes it is unnecessary to sign the policy if it does not have the support of the Unionparty caucus.
Frieden Berger insisted that the policy had "strong support" within the party.
It is understood that the National Party party chieftain and Deputy Prime Minister McCormack have supported the ACCC proposal to underwrite a new generation of electricity.
The Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Environment and Energy, the Energy Security Committee, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and the Infrastructure and Project Finance Agency will provide advice on outstanding issues. For example, determine potential investors and where to set underwriting wholesale prices..
The reason is that such a mechanism would give investors and large industrial and commercial users confidence in building low-cost power generation that could include coal or gas.
