Politics Super Thread - keep it all in here

[jadtiger]

Terrible day for the future of our country.When i die the world will be in far worse shape than when i was born you can keep on ignoring climate change as much you want but when it needs to be addressed it will cost far more than it would now.
Very shortsighted we are leaving even bigger problems by not acting now.
Scummo and his party have no idea

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Disappointed with the result but that's democracy. Shows how unelectable Shorten was when Abbott could get a gig over him.

 

[TheDaBoss]

that guy who bet 1 mil on labour to win...... must be fuming

 

[GNR4LIFE]

that guy who bet 1 mil on labour to win...... must be fuming

Maybe not. People who bet that much are like most others. Not betting any more than they can afford to lose. Could be like 20 bucks to him.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Great to see Clive Palmer fall on his big fat arse.

 

[upthetigers]

@TheDaBoss I heard sportsbet paid out bets early because it was meant to be a guaranteed win for labor.

 

[Tim Sheens]

I have been worried the last few weeks that my son's future and that of all the other young people in this world, was going to have one more nail driven into it's coffin. Sadly this has occurred on the back of a used car salesman type ad man, assisted by the deep pockets of a mining mogul that is only concerned with himself and gaining advantage through political means. We have been sold a lemon on the back of fear slogans again.

Like most, I have never been a fan of Shorten, but with a strong team behind, we would have been placed to be a leader in trying to halt the severe damage we are inflicting on our home, this planet. It appears that they have won on the back of the old that were sucked in by untruths, just like in the Brexit decision and our young have to live with it.

My only hope is that it is a minority government, with Haines and Stegall forcing some change in the coalition's climate approach.

 

[jadtiger]

I have been worried the last few weeks that my son's future and that of all the other young people in this world, was going to have one more nail driven into it's coffin. Sadly this has occurred on the back of a used car salesman type ad man, assisted by the deep pockets of a mining mogul that is only concerned with himself and gaining advantage through political means. We have been sold a lemon on the back of fear slogans again.

Like most, I have never been a fan of Shorten, but with a strong team behind, we would have been placed to be a leader in trying to halt the severe damage we are inflicting on our home, this planet. It appears that they have won on the back of the old that were sucked in by untruths, just like in the Brexit decision and our young have to live with it.

My only hope is that it is a minority government, with Haines and Stegall forcing some change in the coalition's climate approach.

Agree with all of that,future generations are the ones who pay for the stupidity of our decisions.We still have so many people with the ostrich mentality that if you dont believe there is a problem you dont have one

 

[sheer64]

Was it the Russians or the Chinese. No must of been Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon. Labour went to the poles with a leader who was only marginally more popular than gonorrhea.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

dont believe polling anymore waste of time shows how useless turnbull was he almost destroyed the Libs last time all the votes came back this time and prefetence flowed.
good result

 

[Spud_Murphy]

Great to see Clive Palmer fall on his big fat arse.

Haha he tried very hard didn't he? Trying to set himself up as a Donald Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon type figure ready to make Australia great again! Must've spent millions on that campaign all for nought. Thank God that Aussies, for the most part, are a bit smarter and didn't fall for the clap trap from this particular blowhard.

 

[Harvey]

Was funny watching the coverage. One of the labor reps when questioned about their policies said the policies were great, they were just too complex for the electorate.

That sort of smug attitude cost them. The idea that they know better and should dictate the countries future never go down well.

Some of their policies may have been great, but they did a terrible job of explaining them and selling them.

Many of my mortgage carrying labour voting friends admitted to voting against them, out of fear that the value of their house and their equity would plummet

 

[Spud_Murphy]

Disappointed with the result but that's democracy. Shows how unelectable Shorten was when Abbott could get a gig over him.

Yes, I don't know why Labor persisted with him for all this time. He's not very convincing as a leader and they probably would've won with someone else out in front.

I still remember Shorten being the main instigator behind Rudd's ousting as PM, then he went and did the exact same thing to Gillard a couple of years later. Backstabbed his way to the leadership of the ALP, imo. With that kind of snake in the grass character, thank God he will never be leader of the nation.

 

[Geo]

that guy who bet 1 mil on labour to win...... must be fuming

It's Labor..no U in the Labor Party..

 

[Masterton]

dont believe polling anymore waste of time

I had a friend ask me Saturday morn to put her $20 on the libs for her. She got $5.50. Two hours later they were $7.50. The bookies and polls are no longer good indicators.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

dont believe polling anymore waste of time

I had a friend ask me Saturday morn to put her $20 on the libs for her. She got $5.50. Two hours later they were $7.50. The bookies and polls are no longer good indicators.

Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon is 2 dollar favourite on TAB to win in 2020. Guess that means he’s losing ?

 

[crazycat]

Triple M were not as blatant this year as 3 years ago with "their good friend Tony Abbott". Oh Julia you have no personality, Ok Tony lets find some music you like that our Audience would too, we know you like Janice Jopelyn. So how about Paul Young "love of the common people"... There you go, Tony is like us.

Anyway this year it was just 'Gus' ranting against Labor and how he was tired of his relatives pushing him to vote Labor.

 

[old_man_tiger]

Some of their policies may have been great, but they did a terrible job of explaining them and selling them.

Good point. They were a point of difference on the economy which has been mismanaged for years by both parties. They "dumbed down" some of the long term benefits of systemic change and left themselves vulnerable to the fear campaign. You reap what you sow and they are paying the price for being awful at selling a vision. Shorten doesn't have the credibility or charisma to do justice to bold ideas, and this failure condemns the rest of us to at least another 3 year cycle of negative fear based politics as labor tried the alternative of having a proactive plan and botched it.

 

[Harvey]

@GNR4LIFE they are fake odds.

There are 6 democrats in the market and once they work out who will be their nominee, they will start at $1.60 or less

 

[gallagher]

So who's their next leader? Do they have someone that resembles a human?