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Fuck you, Rupert.
The election wasn't about either of those things.
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The election wasn't about either of those things.
Ban Puncher
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Have the boats stopped yet?
Yeah, he's a populist wanker and the sooner SA wisen up to him the better.
Box of Bunnies
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The election is about whatever Rupert wants it to be about. The majority of people care about whatever his puppets tell them to care about.
Isn't it more like building a new house, and deciding to just go with the first floor because that's enough for now, and then expanding later when you really need it?
They are only relying on copper for the final run. They are still building a FTTN network.
And hey, you can still pay for the fibre run to your house if you're that desperate.
TriangleOfCorruption
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You know I still don't know how the Palmer United Party got so many votes.
More like building the first floor, then discovering later that you have to rebuild half of it if you want to build a second.
FTTN can be upgraded to FTTP in the future. But it'll be more expensive than if you had just built FTTP in the first place.
bobnowhere
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I know, I can't find out what booths have been counted. If there are still big booths from North or South Canberra he could be in with a shot. If they are from Gungahlin or Tuggers he will likely miss out.
DeSo
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Do it.
nephilimdj
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Fuck you, Rupert.
Irony of all the mothers who would of voted for liberals as labor put them on newstart, will soon be forced to do work for the dole, which is 500 times worse for them.
Doesn't it make more sense to build a two storey house for $500k than a one story for $400k then add the second ten years later for another $300k? 'Do it right the first time' and everything.
Box of Bunnies
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No you see all those elected representatives were actually completely unrepresentative of the people they were legitimately elected to represent because I voted for Kevin Rudd and not Julia Gillard so when one was made leader of the Labor Party over the other it was a complete bait and switch even though we don't vote for the Prime Minister and I don't live in either of their electorates and basically I don't know or care about how our system works and am just going to misrepresent it for my own benefit
toddhunter
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It does make sense. However it kind of breaks down when you start talking about projects in the $50 billion+ range.
At that point, why are we really arguing about what costs more and by how much? Any figure is as stupid and made up as the other.
The Liberals will not change much, so don't stress. They'll do a review, maybe change the name and then it'll be business as usual. They have been in opposition remember, it is their job to look at everything the government is doing and say "nope that is wrong, this is better". That will change when they actually have to do something and Labor will be doing exactly the same thing in reverse soon.
Elaugaufein
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I can't believe my state is looking like electing Clive Palmer to the House of Representatives. His policy document consists mainly of populist ideas implemented by MAGIC , and an understanding of taxation that when rendered down mean the best tax system ever would be only having a 100% GST and no other tax, which the government promptly gives back to you, so you can spend it again, so the government has infinite revenue.
I wonder if I can move to Melbourne.
I wonder if I can move to Melbourne.
I'll be looking into this too. Fuck this state.
Elaugaufein
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You're right that they change tune fast though, about 3 seconds after Abbot's victory speech, Labor was talking about having a good economy.
I'm still not overly hopeful about the NBN, they spent a LOT of time publicly trashing it and they've basically committed themselves to a surplus by the next election, so they'll be slashing and privatizing anything they can.
An entire party having a bitch fight between themselves, having reelections, hung parliaments, then more bitch fighting, then the PM changing again, then half of the others leave along with her, then another election. Yeah, that's pretty fucked up and it hurts business and makes everyone feel unsure and not confident about them. Remember, these idiots and morons you think were fooled voted Rudd in last time by a lot, and then Gilard got in(just). Everyone acts like Australia is just full of right wing nutters.
Today I learned that my mind somehow needs to take a deep breath once every so often. That's some "oh god I'm so high" shit right there. But I'm sober :/
roosters93
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If you really think that's true you have been fooled.
"in the end we had a totally unrepresentative government passing unpopular policies."
One person in 72 changing position makes a whole government unrepresentative? what the fuck is this?
or basically this
The main reason their policies were unpopular was vested interests.
"His party however caused some of the worst moments in Australian political history"
Hahaha
bobnowhere
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I find it quite interesting even with Rupert and various Mining Magnates spending and donating countless money and press, the libs improved there vote by about 1.8%. In total the Greens and Labor lost between 7.5-8.0%. So of the people pissed at the lefter wing parties, 3/4 thought Abbott was shit and voted for someone in the other category. Simplistic, but still telling.
Once the champagne wears off at Lib HQ, I imagine the post mortem will seriously think about Abbott's popularity as leader and why he couldn't deliver a better result against the "worst goverment in the history of all time and stuff." Hockey and Turnbull on one side will already be postitioning themselves and on the other the Labor party will quickly realise Abbott will be vunerable next time around. 3-6 years at most.
Once the champagne wears off at Lib HQ, I imagine the post mortem will seriously think about Abbott's popularity as leader and why he couldn't deliver a better result against the "worst goverment in the history of all time and stuff." Hockey and Turnbull on one side will already be postitioning themselves and on the other the Labor party will quickly realise Abbott will be vunerable next time around. 3-6 years at most.
Fuck you, Rupert.
Fuck this chode!
Do it! Everyone come down here, we're awesome. Although if you do, then more fuckwits will be voted in up north.
We need to do this shit to QLD:
Fucking cuntlers...
The 'animal justice party' is pretending the liberals over the greens in the act....
The greens who are pretty much an animal justice party already, versus the libs who dont give a damn.
And they got 1%... More then enough to give it to the greens.
I knew something was fishy amor them.... probably just John Howard dressed like a hippy.
The 'animal justice party' is pretending the liberals over the greens in the act....
The greens who are pretty much an animal justice party already, versus the libs who dont give a damn.
And they got 1%... More then enough to give it to the greens.
I knew something was fishy amor them.... probably just John Howard dressed like a hippy.
Exactly. You've already got the entire series of Matlock on VHS, why would you want to re-download that show?
Box of Bunnies
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I'm not saying Labor are great. I don't vote Labor. They messed up what was a pretty good thing multiple times over the last few years (with a
I'm just saying that calling them an "unrepresentative government" is wrong when those elected were obviously representative of the people or else they wouldn't have been elected in the first place.
PhantomZone
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EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
It is interesting, and telling of the LNP's negativity campaign working but not necessarily selling Abbot as a PM.
DeSo
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WTF did QLD do, we had the least swing to the LNP, stop it.Do it! Everyone come down here, we're awesome. Although if you do, then more fuckwits will be voted in up north.
We need to do this shit to QLD:
Oh, Palmer.
The guy is a psycho. Don't blame a state for his shit.
Elaugaufein
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You can visit me since we get along so well :-
Eh, we probably would get along okay outside of politics. My family are staunch conservatives and I haven't been disowned yet. So in the spirit of bipartisanship, I return the offer.
Elaugaufein
Member
It looks like we've elected HIM into the House and given him a Senator. I'm pretty sure we need to be held accountable for that.
PirateKing
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How long are we gonna pay for over priced slow as shit Internet?
Honest question, which third world countries have faster Internet than us?
Honest question, which third world countries have faster Internet than us?
Elaugaufein
Member
That's a pretty big most they can do. The price for that last time I checked was $5000 , which is substantially out of the reach of a lot people on the kind of notice the are likely to get.
He'd probably get in anywhere.
That's what I'm going to tell myself.
edit:
Is there a way to get an individual booth breakdown?
DeSo
Banned
You're right, I fucked up for not voting for him, shit.
Elaugaufein
Member
Welp, judging by what happened tonight, I'll go with 3-6 years. If they decide to privatize the NBN by selling it to Telstra or Newscorp: Forever.
Elaugaufein
Member
We're not actually being serious here. I *live* in Queensland and I quite like my family a substantial majority of the time.
Elaugaufein
Member
This might be what we need to get a reasonable reform passed though. The LNP got hurt by the Liberal Democrats getting column A in one of the states. The Greens are in favour. Labor would probably go for it at the moment. The right wing minor parties wouldn't, but this is something that would probably pass the current senate with a bit of negotiation.
reptilescorpio
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Can you get the original Star Wars movies on Netflix? No? Where then?
THATS FUCKING RIGHT
V FUCKING H FUCKING S FUCKING
Fuck the NBN
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