Politics Super Thread - keep it all in here

[Yossarian]

Australian Governments are no longer selected on policies.
Labor changed Australia to an American Presidential styled election in 2007 and it has remained one ever since.
Scomo v Albo is how it will be decided.

It’s certainly no Beazley v Howard

 

[stryker 69]

It’s certainly no Beazley v Howard

That was a cracker

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Graham Richardson's view on the election. Craig Laundy pushing the LNP barrow. Richardson views should be considered.

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Richo is normally pretty spot on, he was the first Labor bloke to call it at about 6.45pm in 2019 on sky election coverage that Labor were in trouble and going to lose unlike Penny Wong on the ABC who was in denial
Normally has his finger on the pulse,

 

[Pascoes_barber]

 

[stryker 69]

It seems inevitable the ALP will win today.
Is that a good thing for this term of office?
I have doubts.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

I think hung parliament

 

[stryker 69]

Richo is normally pretty spot on, he was the first Labor bloke to call it at about 6.45pm in 2019 on sky election coverage that Labor were in trouble and going to lose unlike Penny Wong on the ABC who was in denial
Normally has his finger on the pulse,

Yes you are right. He calls it straight usually.
Wong was so arrogant and smug that night, I was laughing at her failure, even though Scotty didn’t get my vote.

 

[stryker 69]

I think hung parliament

Hope not.
That helps nothing.

 

[earl]

Then last week we saw a young man believing such diatribe from him on FOX News and others, then go out and slaughter 10 innocent people as a result.

This is your right wing conspiracy theorists in action. Lovely people.

It's not a nice question but have right wing conspiracy theorists taken over as the no 1 terrorist threat to society over fundamentalist Muslim terrorists ?

It's pretty close right. The Christchurch guy and now this kid in America.

It's a real concern.

 

[earl]

Guy thinks renewable energy sources are some emerging trend. Even the major power companies are rapidly transitioning from fossils to renewables.

My understanding is that it's not completely viable yet but it's definitely the way forward and it's a viable option right now.

I'm pretty sure the Treasurer of NSW has done a lot of really good things in relation to renewable energy sources.

It's something that has to happen.

 

[bathursttiger1]

I think hung parliament

I think we should hang the whole lot.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Hope not.
That helps nothing.

I agree would rather Labor or liberal not hung parliament

 

[earl]

Mate, being vaxxed doesn’t stop you from getting it. No one has ever claimed that. It stops you from dying or being on a ventilator

This nonsense that they go on about. Go and read the New York Times article I posted.

The argument is over. Australia did the right thing and killed it.

Lockdowns + high vaccination rates = lives saved and a better economy.

 

[earl]

I think hung parliament

I was thinking maybe Labor gets in but they do it via independents. It'll be interesting.

 

[jadtiger]

It seems inevitable the ALP will win today.
Is that a good thing for this term of office?
I have doubts.

I always look to the long term prospects for our country.labor may not be a great result for our future but the re-election of the LNP is tantamount to a disaster which will only get worse the longer they hold power.They need to be removed and to re-establish their origional values.

 

[jadtiger]

This is your right wing conspiracy theorists in action. Lovely people.

It's not a nice question but have right wing conspiracy theorists taken over as the no 1 terrorist threat to society over fundamentalist Muslim terrorists ?

It's pretty close right. The Christchurch guy and now this kid in America.

It's a real concern.

Many people involved in internal security in mainstream democratic countries like the FBI in the USA and Asio in Australia have come to view extreme right wing organisations as a major danger to democracy.

 

[Pascoes_barber]

It seems inevitable the ALP will win today.
Is that a good thing for this term of office?
I have doubts.

Conversely do you think 3 more years of the current corruption and gross incompetence is a better choice? They have actively made the country worse whilst lining their own pockets and those of their mates.

 

[stryker 69]

Conversely do you think 3 more years of the current corruption and gross incompetence is a better choice? They have actively made the country worse whilst lining their own pockets and those of their mates.

I don’t rate the corruption and incompetence as highly as you do.
Care to elaborate?

 

[pawsandclaws1]

I don’t rate the corruption and incompetence as highly as you do.
Care to elaborate?

Stryker, having a Federal ICAC to investigate corruption should have occurred at the time NSW introduced its ICAC. It has weeded out pollies from both parties. Morrison is scared of investigations that will occur if Labor win power.

 

[Pascoes_barber]

I don’t rate the corruption and incompetence as highly as you do.
Care to elaborate?

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