Cheers. Am I reading this wrong or are the National Party making a lot of ground in recent elections ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Couscous
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Cheers. Am I reading this wrong or are the National Party making a lot of ground in recent elections ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Couscous
By god you can be an idiot sometimes Member.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Do some reading.
Then come back.
Please.
I mean, you're at 'Tarek will be playing in the State League' levels of ignorance and misunderstanding.
Didn't think you'd reach that peak again, but you're getting there.
Correct. They picked up and extra seat in the Reps this time (from a Lib member) and Barnaby romped home despite getting the sink thrown at him by Windsor and preference deals.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dunster
General consensus is that it's 'true' conservatives returning to the party from former Lib and independent voters.
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Originally Posted by Retro Jet
So you'd rather another Union stooge or former staffer from the private school network taking up a seat?
Agree/disagree with her policy all you want but she's probably the most 'wronged' politician in Australia's history. The fact she is still having a dig says a lot about her.
Calling a double dissolution election and not campaigning on the back of the very reason we were at the polls.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Yes this is a great point and a very valid criticism of the PM and the party at largeQuote:
Originally Posted by PC14
but
the narrative was that he 'did nothing' or 'did poorly' in the actual job of PM (hence why opinion polls were turning against him before calling the election).
I was just asking which parts of the PM job he did were that 'poor' that's all.
Anyway by now the Member is furiously typing his 3rd example of the same point he keeps missing so I better get ready for that.
In happier news though **** Mal Brough.
**** that guy.
So that's your generalisation of Labour n Libs too is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
The media will be rubbing their hands at the prospect of the trash that will be
forthcoming form the things ill-informed mouth.
Don't get me wrong...you get what you vote for and it's simply indicative of
how unevolved a percentage of the population is.
Can't wait for the Pauline lolz thread....should rival the Gypos lolz page (4 years old in 2 days)
numbers in 1/2 the time.
did have to laugh at old mate sammy dastyari inviting pauline down for a halal snack pack, she was absolutely foo ming
Quote:
Originally Posted by Retro Jet
See this is the bit that grates on so many people.
"Oh you voted for herrrrrrrrrr, look how dumb you are".
Ok, so let's talk about all these super smart people. What was their reaction to Penny Wong voting against gay marriage back in the day? Was she labelled a bigot?
What about when Rudd and Gillard both voted against marriage equality? Any 'homophobe' chants get started up on Mt Pious?
What about Plibersek abstaining from a vote at her national conference debating her parties position on boat arrivals? Any shouts of 'racist' from the smarty pants brigade?
Selective outrage, and the levels that get thrown at certain individuals from this group is embarrassing when they themselves seem too stupid to even identify what's happening right under their own noses.
But anyway.
Good pointsQuote:
Originally Posted by plague
What actually got Pauline her reputation was her initial speech in Parliament back years ago.
She asked about government handouts that had gone to an Aboriginal group and the money had disappeared and not ended up going to the programme it was designed to fund
For doing that she was pilloried by the media and both sides of politics as a racist bigot and her questions as to where tax payer money went were swept under the rug when it would appear there is some impropriety going on
No matter what the brainwashed leftist dogs think people like her will always gain traction
Many people feel her way
This country isn't likely to see her type get a majority soon but there is quite a few countries in Europe where the Nationalist Right are not far from gaining power or getting enough of a say in politics to cause issues
(See the note at the bottom in the graph.) My fault: I should have coloured the LNP differently. I lumped the LNP (created in ~2010, replacing the Libs and Nats in Qeeensland) in with the Nationals, which is misleading, as it reduces the Liberal vote and enlarges the Nationals vote.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dunster
Taxes don't fund government spending and the left side of the political spectrum has been extinct since long before you were even born.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
The party that will be most concerned about Hanson is the Coalition as it's their voters she will be stealing.
By next election the Coalition will simply make Hanson's policies their own [like Howard did] and render her and One Nation irrelevant once again.
What I want to know is where Pauline got her "98% of Australians are against Halal certification". 98% really? I would have genuinely thought it would be at absolute max 50%, with 40% of the rest for it and 10% like me who just don't care slash don't know enough about it to worry or pass genuine judgement on it.
Without 'knowing' for sure I'd say the question went along the lines of:Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
"do you agree with paying more for a particular product just to appease someone else's religious standards all the while knowing that some of that money may or may not end up in the hands of terrorists".
It's all in the phrasing innit?
She means 98% of the people she asks while cooking their fish n chip orderQuote:
Originally Posted by pv4
She calls it 'canvassing the electorate'
http://www.sbs.com.au/comedy/article...tified-sausage
:rof:
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By The Backburner
4 Jul 2016 - 10:05 AM UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO
Shock has raced through the ranks of One Nation this morning following a surprising election victory over the weekend, with leader Pauline Hanson surprising the world by converting to Islam after one bite of a sausage she didn’t realise was halal certified.
Reports suggest Hanson, who had been aggressively campaigning against halal certification, failed to check the certification status of the sausage sizzle at her local polling booth. Unfortunately for Hanson, all it took was one bite of that sweet halal-certified meat and she was immediately converted to a devout and practicing muslim.
“It’s obviously a shock,” one campaign advisor told The Backburner. “I thought we’d run a great campaign based entirely on fear of the other. We were working really well at succeeding by further marginalising Australians who already are regularly at the receiving end of abuse just from practising their religion. For this to happen now - it really messes up a lot of hard work.
"I mean, it seems to be working out fine for her. She was a little confused at first but it was something about that delicious taste of that certified meat that had her studying the Qu’ran later that morning.
“Really, I think it’s helped her. She was a particularly angry and hateful person and she seemed to have found peace and solace in religion. It’s a truly unexpected outcome but I guess we just need to count our blessings on this. It’s terrible for our campaign but we have to ask what’s best for her.
“It’s just a surprise. It’s not like we even believed the crap we were saying! We thought halal certification was essentially like an allergy notice. It’s letting people know that the food has been prepared in a certain way so that they’re able to meet it. Honestly, it didn’t really seem to affect anyone else outside of the people to whom it’s useful. I mean, I know there’s some conspiracy theory stuff but that all seemed pretty whacky. It seemed paying for halal certification was a good business decision because it opened up international markets. Well - at least - this is what I believed before I witnessed Pauline’s sudden transformation.
“Oh well, at least we will have some representation of the Islamic community in the senate. I guess that beats having an unrepentant racist who attempts to demean their very humanity. It’s a good result all-round, I guess.”
Y'all should move to Maitland. We got the Christian Democrats, Rise Up Australia and Citizens Electoral Council all making One Nation present as a more valid option. (Note: I'm a lefty parasite.)
how's that senate paper ffs though, absolutely struggled to get 6 boxes filled there with all the ghoulish monsters on it
I had a screaming child strapped to my chest trying to fill out the senate form, some cranky pensioner old woman next to me getting pissed off that said child was screaming
I think I ended up putting a number 4 in the box for the Illinois Nazi Party
If only there was a 'mandatory euthanasia party'Quote:
Originally Posted by boz-monaut
Got to love how the thing is half a tree wide.Quote:
Originally Posted by q-money
The thing is that big you need both of the ends of it up the walls of your little booth and then have to drag the ****er back and forth to fill out your numbers.
Then they get you to put it in a giant box that holds a grand total of 4 of the ****ers
My election day...
* Half hour queues
* Having wasted paper shoved in your face when you know what you are voting on
* Sausage sizzle, cake stall and coffee truck strategically placed along said queue with no money
* Not enough voting booths and another wait
* 3 people in their 70s trying to find your name, asking for your address again when your wife just got ticked off
* Interminable time to sign and handover both ballots (I did that very job at the same booth in Kevin 07 and no it just gets done cos it always has and is informal if it isn't)
* The struggle to get to the end of the Senate paper to vote for the Sex Party AND now having to number another 5 boxes
* Hitting another sausage sizzle as you leave the hall.
Please, please, please why don't we spend the dosh for online voting?
Our internet couldn't handle it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
Go do the pre voting in future.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
About 8 years ago I was going away on the day of council election. So had to go vote early as we were leaving at sparrow fart and wouldn't be back for a few days
So I had to do it early.
Located the place via the internet and it was an unused building in the Industrial estate on Hillsborough Rd
Went out and done the deed on a Monday
Rocked up. Parked 3 metres from the door.
Walked in there was one other person voting. Got the name ticked off and done the deed and was out the ****ing door and on my way within 3 mins
No ****ing around at schools or what not and parking 3 blocks away after driving around for 10 mins unable to find a ****ing park
The parasites handing out the how to vote shit are less keen
Since that day I make a point of voting early
I just tell them some Bullshit
Like I working
Like I going overseas
Or some other useful excuse
They don't check up on you
This election i voted a week and a bit before. Was getting blood taken at a pathology joint at Charleston Square
Spotted the ****ers across the road. Blood taken and straight over and done.
This was just opportunistic this time
Do what I did... go interstate. The booth in Hunter Street was basically empty. Same experience as the member. Parked out front, straight in and straight out.
Definitely doing that or pre voting in future.
I early voted Wednesday last week after work at around 4pm. There were a fair few people, more than I expected, doing similar. There were two 70+ elderly couples doing it then too. One of the elderly ladies complained about how busy it was and that she pre-votes to avoid this "hussle & bussle" on the actual election day. The other oldies agreed and frowned at all of us. I then told said lady that she probably should vote during work hours because she probably wasn't doing anything then anyway, where the rest of us in the place all had work uniforms on. Lady was shocked, appalled, said something about "young chaps these days" and I'll probably never see her again, because I hope I actually gave her a pretty good life tip.
the more I listen to them the more I'm convinced that One Nation/Xenophon and Hinch in the senate will be a good thing for the country.
There is a good chance they will vote legislation on its merits and do it in the best interest of the country.
Well I read up on prepolling and it looks like the secret is out - the AEC won't check your excuse and are actually happy for more people to use the flexibility. In fact - 2.5 million voters went prepoll this time, which is why it is of such interest in a close election.
A prepoll in Qld says it sold over 700 sausage sangas at PREPOLL ! So it looks like more will be using it from now on and it won't be as quiet.
dear god the state of some of the gronks telling us they don't want to be oppressed or ridiculed for voting one nation.
same with hanson herself. stand by your hot takes, no matter how wrong they are.
Oh man if you want a laugh and to get a better understanding of her appeal/ridicule go read her policy on both marriage equality and Islam.Quote:
Originally Posted by q-money
(To me) one is a quite measured/reasonable discussion on how it should be treated, the other is a rambling collection of nonsense that seems to be written by a crazy person.
i do giggle at Lib voters looking down their noses at Hanson yet just let Corey Bernardi sit over there spitting hot fire out his ass.
It's ok - Corey is launching his own RWNJ movement because the Libs aren't quite conservative enough for him. But he "isn't quitting the party".
Will be much like the Republican/Tea Party schism over in US except with less NRA.
Wilkie and mcgowan have agreed to support libs on supply and confidence.
Also, Americans and guns. :sigh:
nah man.Quote:
Originally Posted by belchardo
with celebrities leading the charge I'm sure a rational, peaceful solution is just around the corner...............
http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/7...2384ed524139bd
Why the hell is Mischa Barton on Hawks boat ?Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Obviously waiting her turn.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dunster
https://media.giphy.com/media/9EwnzGNjvmIG4/giphy.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by plague
sorry, didint know you were out there cmon in
It's really not nice in Nice...FFS
i mean this RNC has been going one day and its hot fire already.
is it that difficult to find a good speechwriter in a country of 350 odd million?