Hasluck? You must be near me, I'm in seat of Pearce (live in Perth Hills). That's one of the most marginal seats, hope you thought about who you voted for!
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Hasluck? You must be near me, I'm in seat of Pearce (live in Perth Hills). That's one of the most marginal seats, hope you thought about who you voted for!
bigger breakdown here (updated hourly): http://www.roymorgan.com/findings/5170-morgan-federal-election-exit-polls-201309070155
shanshan310
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Haha, apparently my local school had massive queues at 8-9 because people wanted to get in early. I showed up at 3 and it was totally empty.
toddhunter
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I was there at 8 and the line was out the gate :|
I respect that, but you have to see how that throws out the extrapolation.
Antiwhippy
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Yeah, I came in at 1:30 and there was barely any queue.
toddhunter
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Sky news bringing the funny from Rudd headquarters.
Rudd showing no Labor branding and they are basically predicting that the party is going to burn that shit down by the end of the night.
Could be some fun.
Rudd showing no Labor branding and they are basically predicting that the party is going to burn that shit down by the end of the night.
Could be some fun.
Originally yeah, been in Melbourne for nearly ten years. Still, Hobart is 'home'.
roosters93
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Some instagrams of election day
Wish I could vote at Old Parliament House.
Also one I saw on facebook from in my electorate
Should've gone there. Went to the one at a school in my street instead. No food or nothing.
Wish I could vote at Old Parliament House.
Also one I saw on facebook from in my electorate
Should've gone there. Went to the one at a school in my street instead. No food or nothing.
Elaugaufein
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What is wrong with my state ? We may actually get a PUP in as a Senator at this rate. Maybe even one in the house of Reps.
Kenshin001
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Good riddance Rudd, I never liked the man and could not understand the adoration he gets.
Not an Abbott supporter but must say, as someone who doesn't live in Australia at present, the idea of Abbott in power gives me a great feeling of schadenfreude.
Not an Abbott supporter but must say, as someone who doesn't live in Australia at present, the idea of Abbott in power gives me a great feeling of schadenfreude.
TheDrowningMan
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It is a victory for morons everywhere.
Elaugaufein
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He unseated Howard (literally). Who'd been in for so long that it didn't look like he was ever going to lose. That'll earn you a lot of adoration from the Labor faithful. Admittedly he did it by basically *being* Howard and Howard doing WorkChoices (which was stupid). Not fond of either major party myself, but I consider Labor / Rudd the lesser of two bad choices.
The Labor stuff around the voting booths had the slogan "A New Way", which is a pretty stupid slogan and to most people is the opposite of what they'd vote for.
Also I went in at 10 and didn't have to wait at all, though I didn't go to the Kelvin Grove State College, and instead went to the St Ambrose Church and School just up the road, which had no line.
Also I dismiss this school immedietly because their main sign uses Comic Sans.
Those poor kids.
Also I went in at 10 and didn't have to wait at all, though I didn't go to the Kelvin Grove State College, and instead went to the St Ambrose Church and School just up the road, which had no line.
Also I dismiss this school immedietly because their main sign uses Comic Sans.
Those poor kids.
Rudd really is a terribly unlikable person. So contrived.
Hope Albanese gets the labour leadership.
PhantomZone
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I will be doing cartwheels in an hour's time
Lucian Cat
Kissed a mod for a tag; liked it
People were saying there were sausage sizzles at their voting places. I got diddly squat at mine. Screw the elections I'm hungry!
Ruthless_Barbarian
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That cat looks tasty.
Yeah so that means AusGaf will vote for him at least.
Elaugaufein
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Turnbull is socially left for the LNP. He's certainly not economically left. All in all , he's still to the right of Labor. I don't even vote for Labor. Also he's selling a horrific internet policy as another -1 (do it worse now for slightly cheaper, in order to do it properly soon for a far greater total cost) .
D.Lo
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If only Abbott had won a few more votes last time, we would now be getting rid of him, and it would have crushed the idiot labor powerbrokers who ditched Rudd when he hadn't served their purpose.
Heck, we could have already had a bunch of Lib fuck-ups (like cutting too many jobs and giving blowjobs to big mining) and be about to get over them. All the pure bullshit 'we run the economy better' would be on them when unemployment rises.
Oh well, they won't be in for too long, not enough talent to sustain them. Maybe two terms though, Labor will be in the wilderness for a while.
Heck, we could have already had a bunch of Lib fuck-ups (like cutting too many jobs and giving blowjobs to big mining) and be about to get over them. All the pure bullshit 'we run the economy better' would be on them when unemployment rises.
Oh well, they won't be in for too long, not enough talent to sustain them. Maybe two terms though, Labor will be in the wilderness for a while.
Whiteshirt
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Check out the ABC's 10 things to watch out for on election night
Quite a good list of interesting fights we'll get the results for in a few hours.
The ABC's election results table is up now too. Live results will start coming in soon.
Quite a good list of interesting fights we'll get the results for in a few hours.
The ABC's election results table is up now too. Live results will start coming in soon.
Box of Bunnies
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Sure, a bullet train is a good idea. The point is that they're a party who literally cares only about that and have no position and would not vote on anything not relating to the bullet train.
Like all single issue gimmick parties, they'd be a waste of a seat.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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What time do we start drinking??
Everybody else probably had the same idea.
From my twitters:
Numpties, all of them.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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True, how will we know if gay people will be allowed on the bullet train? No vote!
Box of Bunnies
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10am. You're a bit behind.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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I'll catch up by increasing my drinks per hour ratio. 
Now
You mean you havn't started?
My only consolation is that my electorate (Corio) has pretty much been Labor territory for the last 50 billion years:
(H. Opperman is Hubert Opperman, an Olympic (gold?) medallist)
Yeah, ergo on my above point, my old man worked for Ford for... 35+ years? So staunchly Labor and I think he's voted for them majority of the time (I believe there's one or two times he hasn't, but he defaults toward them). But my mum had a much better upbringing (Dad migrated with his family here when he was 4) and her dad owned a ballroom here in Geelong. So I suspect she more votes for them by default as well, just as Geelong probably always will be a Labor town.
Anyway, I don't think there's really much to discuss to be honest. No good can come from it, and you're not going to convince anyone otherwise, never mind someone who's been voting longer than you've been alive. I'll just take the defeat and move on.
roosters93
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"For voting below the line in the Senate, voters may use a consecutive series in various styles such as: numerals (1 2 3), words (one two three), roman numerals (I II III IV), or ordinal numerals (1st 2nd 3rd). In certain cases, a mixture of numbering sequences can be used, provided that the voter's intention is clear."
Awesome. Something to try next time
toddhunter
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I just hope Gillard and Swan are on it. I'm holding out for some drunken meltdowns.
Bob Hawke and Richo stating Labor deserved to lose. Says it all really.
Bob Hawke and Richo stating Labor deserved to lose. Says it all really.
Hoya Destroyer
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I think people saw Rudd as the guy who saved them from Workchoices.
I never had a prob with the Howard Government, until Workchoices.
Im confident Abbott wont make the same mistake Howard did.
Last election was important for getting the NBN off the ground though. And also that carbon tax thing.
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