I AM POOR, REALLY. I DON'T HAVE THOUSANDS IN MY WALLET SO I MUST BE POOR.
NOT LIKE THOSE DIRTY POORS ON WELFARE THOUGH, THEY JUST WANT HANDOUTS
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I AM POOR, REALLY. I DON'T HAVE THOUSANDS IN MY WALLET SO I MUST BE POOR.
NOT LIKE THOSE DIRTY POORS ON WELFARE THOUGH, THEY JUST WANT HANDOUTS
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Also you'd think the people advocating social and racial discrimination with respect to NT intervention/boat people could figure out fiscal discrimination and implement means testing like they did with uni fees, newstart, medicare etc in the late 1990s.
TONIGHT ON A CURRENT AFFAIR
TONIGHT ON A CURRENT AFFAIR
shanshan310
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In minor party news, Sex Party are far to the right of the Liberal party economically and Wikileaks put the Nationals ahead of the Greens in their prefences. http://onlythesangfroid.wordpress.c...t-and-did-aussexparty-betray-its-base-auspol/
Despite listing no economic policies on their website, the Sex Party have outed themselves as libertarians in the process of explaining why they preferenced One Nation ahead of the Greens and ALP: http://www.sexparty.org.au/news/1629-preference-problems.html
The Wikileaks crap could wind up giving us a coalition run sentate, which is a fucking scary thought, worse than Abbott winning: http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen...iver-the-coalition-control-of-the-senate.html
Despite listing no economic policies on their website, the Sex Party have outed themselves as libertarians in the process of explaining why they preferenced One Nation ahead of the Greens and ALP: http://www.sexparty.org.au/news/1629-preference-problems.html
The Wikileaks crap could wind up giving us a coalition run sentate, which is a fucking scary thought, worse than Abbott winning: http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen...iver-the-coalition-control-of-the-senate.html
I knew Assange was a right wing libertarian numpty for a while now and had my doubts about the Sex Party (especially after the flat chest ban beatup) but I didn't know the later were that far gone.
Now I just need that ballot editor so I can spend an evening looking at the Group Voting Tickets.
Box of Bunnies
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If you're having election problems I feel bad for you son. I got 110 candidates but a viable alternative ain't one.
Actually, I've just had a look through the WA Senate ticket (party list only, removed the individual candidates). I have broken the list up into my reasoned categories.
First off, the Right Wing Fruitloops
The Left Wing Fruitloops
The 'Surely this is just a Troll Party'
The 'How could you betray our trust' category
Christian nutcases
Racists
People who are anti science
The 'Have a Cookie, but not too many you good hearted people' party
The Lesser Evil
The Eviler Evil
The No Idea What You Stand For Category
The inoffensive and maybe just quite reasonable parties
My preferred options:
First off, the Right Wing Fruitloops
The Left Wing Fruitloops
The 'Surely this is just a Troll Party'
The 'How could you betray our trust' category
Christian nutcases
Racists
People who are anti science
The 'Have a Cookie, but not too many you good hearted people' party
The Lesser Evil
The Eviler Evil
The No Idea What You Stand For Category
The inoffensive and maybe just quite reasonable parties
My preferred options:
Awesome, thanks for the heads up.
Had a read through the Animal Justice Parties policeis the other night, they're not too bad, just looking for more humane practices, they're not telling us to be vegan or anything. seem a good bunch
Indeed. I wasn't going to be making up any more categories though but I may just do that now.
The bolded could be the LNP's slogan (heh):
Depresses the hell out of me. Cash handouts to some of the least needy in middle suburbia, meanwhile services and 'community provisions' go to shit.
A great article on how things are not that bad (hopefully won't be news to most here):
Good information for your watercooler and dinner table conversations tonight.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Guess I'll get married and have a bunch of kids now.
shanshan310
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Gotta get that 150k job first.
New life plan: drop out of uni, join the mining industry, get pregnant ASAP.
Also, are any of you chumps 'hanging out with Malcolm'?
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...out-with-malcolm-turnbull-20130804-2r72y.html
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...out-with-malcolm-turnbull-20130804-2r72y.html
It's certainly not inconsistent with the philosophy of Abbott himself though, he doesn't care much for capitalism, he's a full blown Burke-ian conservative. Him and Turnbull are basically from the opposite ends of the Liberal spectrum.
Out of interest - discrimination laws at present mean a person cannot be fired or not hired if they are planning to/likely to/about to/just have had a child.
But it still happens I bet, even if it cannot be proven.
Not saying it happens in the mining industry (I have no idea about the machinations of that).
But you would want to wait until 2015 at least, that's when it's meant to start.
Words are wind, Malcolm. Words are wind.
If you vote below the line don't your votes go where you want them to?
Box of Bunnies
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Secular Party above the line or donkey vote are the only reasonable choices. Most of the options are such granular variations of shit that voting below the line is a waste of time for everyone involved.
i dont want them to go anywhere.
Then just draw a big cock and balls with the words 'fuck asada' on your ballot and be done with it.
At least they're open about their economic policies, unlike the Sex Party who advertise all of their reasonable social policies but hide the unpalatable lunatic economic ideals out of view.
Such as?
(You're right, they are hiding them on their website)
Is it really surprising that a party called the "Sex Party" leads towards hardcore libertarianism? Weren't they founded precisely in response to the internet filter threat? That's why I said I was considering voting for them at the last election and everyone was asking me "but don't you hate the Greens?" for some reason.
What is so good about the Secular Party.
Can it really be assumed? Of course not.
You might be thinking of the Pirate Party?
But as far as I remember, they were founded precisely to combat the internet filter. Plus their name means they aren't afraid of PC. So for me the libertarianism just clicked, surely I'm not the only one?
I think they came much later after the filter was dropped.
Future Party sounds p. baller even if the name's kinda dumb
It is entirely possible for a party to have their social policies and not have libertarian economics. No idea where you'd get the idea that it isn't.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party_Australia
"The proposed Australian Internet Filter and data retention proposals are key issues for the party" Formed in 2009, same year as the Sex Party.
Box of Bunnies
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Huh, they actually look ok.
against hallal logos and want us to be a republic.
also, a lot of their policies are just "we recognise a need for a fix!" but not stating which way their fix leans...
Their policies are fundamentally good intentioned with no dog whistling. Unfortunately they are myopic and impractical. But the heart is in the right place. Hell, even Australian Christian party has some good policies. They just got there by mistake since their world view is fundamentally discriminatory.
Box of Bunnies
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Against implementing a state standard for it, not religious groups doing it themselves. Also we should be a republic.
toddhunter
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It is easy to have good policies when there is no chance of you ever actually having to implement them.
That is what killed the democrats and will probably kill the greens.
That is what killed the democrats and will probably kill the greens.
Why are they all clowns?
Liberal candidate unable to explain Coalition's climate change policy
As a candidate, as a candidate, as a candidate, as a candidate, as a candidate, as a candidate, as a candidate, as a candidate, oh, and as a busineman, I have no idea.
Liberal candidate unable to explain Coalition's climate change policy
As a candidate, as a candidate, as a candidate, as a candidate, as a candidate, as a candidate, as a candidate, as a candidate, oh, and as a busineman, I have no idea.
shanshan310
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Well he's definitely got Tony's stutter and rambling down pat.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Are you saying we shouldn't be a republic?
Welp
FWIW Today's Essential had it at a clean 50:50 and some pretty unsurprising figures on media outlet trust:More like
I would not like us to be one, but obviously that's up to the general population!
we'll just lean even further towards america if we become a republic is my view
and I like Liz. she's cool.
They said they're against a national standard for it, which is fine. Nothing stopping brands from voluntarily signing up to a privately run register of complying producers.
What about Chuck?
I'm not a monarchist, but I have no faith in the electorate deciding on a good alternative. I would much prefer the status quo to a popularly elected president.
shanshan310
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Yeah, i know its weird but i dont mind having the queen as our technical head. The system works alright as is.I would not like us to be one, but obviously that's up to the general population!
we'll just lean even further towards america if we become a republic is my view
and I like Liz. she's cool.
How about just pruning the tree to the GG level? Quentin Bryce is a brilliant example of a dignified head of state.
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