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paralleluniverse
4065 Posts
Who would you vote for? (Note for poll: Greens = left, Labor = center-left, Liberals = center-right.) Poll: Who would you vote for in the Australian General Election? Labor (157) Liberals (123) Greens (109) Other (31) 420 total votes Your vote: Who would you vote for in the Australian General Election? | ||
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valheru
Australia966 Posts
That being said I would vote for Labor because just not Abbott. EDIT: Hey triple sevens. EDIT: Actually no I'll vote Greens 1 but Labor 2 but a Greens vote is pretty much wasted but on the off chance neither of the two big parties get in and someone with a (hopefully existent) spine gets in... | ||
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ManicMarine
Australia409 Posts
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rob.au
1087 Posts
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paralleluniverse
4065 Posts
On January 30 2013 21:40 rob.au wrote: Cracks me up that you vote greens thinking it doesn't matter, it's why we got a carbon tax despite the overwelming majority of Australians voting for parties that were not going to implement one. Mitt Romney's economic adviser Greg Mankiw: http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/a-reading-for-pigou-club_24.html http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/a-reading-for-pigou-club.html http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/a-cartoon-for-pigou-club.html Even right-wing, conservative, American economists agree with a carbon tax. Indeed, anyone who's taken a 1st year microeconomics course would easily understand that carbon is an externality and hence a carbon tax is good policy, | ||
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AssyrianKing
Australia2076 Posts
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BoxingKangaroo
Japan955 Posts
At the same time, it's naiive to think that parties wait for the official announcement before getting into 'campaign mode', as if announcing it later would spare us from electioneering in an election year. At least this way, we are spared all the endless, groundless speculation about when the election will be called. I'm pretty grateful for that. | ||
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Meatex
Australia285 Posts
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paralleluniverse
4065 Posts
On January 30 2013 22:00 Meatex wrote: Anyone btter than current prime minister what with her illegal activities in the past that she has covered up lol There is no evidence of illegal activities. Just wild and baseless rumors. | ||
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Aeropunk
Australia255 Posts
On January 30 2013 21:56 PiPoGevy wrote: They are all bad... That's pretty close to my views on the matter. I'm voting Liberal, because they'll screw up the economy a lot less than a Gillard led Labor will. | ||
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paralleluniverse
4065 Posts
On January 30 2013 22:10 Aeropunk wrote: That's pretty close to my views on the matter. I'm voting Liberal, because they'll screw up the economy a lot less than a Gillard led Labor will. What exactly about the economy is screwed up? Have a look at GDP growth, the unemployment rate and inflation in the US, UK, Europe and Japan. Then look at Australia. | ||
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DropBear
Australia3979 Posts
Totally voting sex party. I don't care who wins so long as there isn't another minority government, one side needs a majority this time. Also lol at how quickly this thread has produced unbridled idiocy. Pretty much sums up Aussie politics | ||
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paralleluniverse
4065 Posts
On January 30 2013 22:19 DropBear wrote: Neither side has any policies bar the other side are idiots. Neither leader is qualified to run things and there aren't any obvious alternatives. Totally voting sex party. I don't care who wins so long as there isn't another minority government, one side needs a majority this time Hell, no. The minority government is the best thing to happen to Australian politics after Rudd was removed. I cannot bring myself to vote for Gillard given that she's a pathological and proven liar and a horrible person. With a minority government, I can vote for the Greens and have Labor policies without voting for Labor and without having Labor in power in it's own right. | ||
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paralleluniverse
4065 Posts
It's long been clear from polling that the electorate doesn't regard the government as good at managing the economy. Why this should be so is a puzzle. As Gillard rightly claimed last week: ''As the global economy still splutters, unlike the rest of the world we have managed our economy so we have low inflation, low interest rates, low unemployment, solid growth, strong public finances and a triple-A rating with a stable outlook from all three of the major ratings agencies.'' Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/why-voters-believe-the-economy-is-in-trouble-20130203-2dsgp.html | ||
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x2fst
1272 Posts
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ShadeR
Australia7535 Posts
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paralleluniverse
4065 Posts
This is ridiculous, probably illegal, and an embarrassment to the country. What other country tows boats of refugees back to their origin? And if the boats are in international waters, what right does the Australian Navy have to tow them? According the the UN, the way that Australia treats refugees is already a disgrace, and inconsistent with international rules. We don't need an even worse and more heartless reputation. | ||
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RowdierBob
Australia12509 Posts
People like to bitch and moan about our politicians but both sides do a decent enough job. As long as they don't meddle too drastically in our business interests, she'll be right mate. Liberal, Labor--it's all pretty much the same. Most of their differences are on values based issues anyway. | ||
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Brett
Australia3819 Posts
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Jisall
United States2054 Posts
Lol. Yet another reason to love the land down under | ||
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