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« Reply #250 on: July 10, 2013, 01:01:59 AM »

Yes, do so.
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« Reply #251 on: July 10, 2013, 07:11:19 AM »

So if the ALP is one of the parties, the other should be the Liberal National Party of Australia. (To keep things simple the Coalition should have merged just as in Queensland, creating a single united party.)

Anyone against? 
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« Reply #252 on: July 10, 2013, 08:05:30 AM »

I think that's the best idea, Swedish Cheese, since there's no need for separate National, Liberal, LNP, and Country Liberal parties this early in the game.
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« Reply #253 on: July 10, 2013, 08:52:40 AM »

Yep sounds good Swedish Cheese; are there any conservatives willing to start up the LNP Caucus then?
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« Reply #254 on: July 10, 2013, 05:08:15 PM »

Yep sounds good Swedish Cheese; are there any conservatives willing to start up the LNP Caucus then?

I will.
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« Reply #255 on: July 10, 2013, 11:50:43 PM »

OK, I'm thinking this is a go, but just backtracking a bit Wink

Two major parties, one left, one right. Name ideas? I'm thinking Reformist Labour Party and Australian Conservative Alliance, but it doesn't particularly matter to me.

Proposed seats:

Left (68)

WA (3)
Brand
Fremantle
Perth

SA (6)
Adelaide
Hindmarsh
Kingston
Makin
Port Adelaide
Wakefield

QLD (Cool
Blair
Capricornia
Griffith
Lilley
Moreton
Oxley
Petrie
Rankin

NSW (23)
Banks
Barton
Blaxland
Charlton
Chifley
Cunningham
Dobell
Eden-Monaro
Fowler
Grayndler
Hunter
Kingsford Smith
McMahon
Newcastle
Page
Parramatta
Reid
Richmond
Shortland
Sydney
Throsby
Watson
Werriwa

ACT (2)
Canberra
Fraser

VIC (21)
Ballarat
Batman
Bendigo
Bruce
Calwell
Chisholm
Corio
Gellibrand
Gorton
Holt
Hotham
Isaacs
Jagajaga
LaTrobe
Lalor
Maribyrnong
McEwen
Melbourne
Melbourne Ports
Scullin
Wills

TAS (4)
Braddon
Denison
Franklin
Lyons

NT (1)
Lingiari

Right (68)

WA (11)
Canning
Cowan
Curtin
Durack
Forrest
Moore
O'Connor
Pearce
Stirling
Swan
Tangney

SA (4)
Barker
Grey
Mayo
Sturt

QLD (20)
Bonner
Bowman
Dawson
Dickson
Fadden
Fairfax
Fisher
Flynn
Forde
Groom
Herbert
Hinkler
Leichhardt
Longman
Maranoa
McPherson
Moncreiff
Ryan
Wide Bay
Wright

NSW (21)
Bennelong
Berowra
Bradfield
Calare
Cook
Cowper
Farrer
Gilmore
Hughes
Hume
Lyne
Macarthur
Mackellar
Mitchell
New England
North Sydney
Parkes
Paterson
Riverina
Warringah
Wentworth

ACT (0)
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VIC (12)
Casey
Flinders
Gippsland
Goldstein
Higgins
Indi
Kooyong
Mallee
McMillan
Menzies
Murray
Wannon

TAS (0)
-

NT (0)
-

'Swing' (Please don't choose these seats, they'll be assigned to the side that ends up governing. (14)

WA (1)
Hasluck

SA (1)
Boothby

QLD (2)
Brisbane
Kennedy

NSW (4)
Macquarie
Greenway
Lindsay
Robertson

ACT (0)
-

VIC (4)
Aston
Corangamite
Deakin
Dunkley

TAS (1)
Bass

NT (1)
Solomon

Both sides will be guaranteed at least these 68 for the set-up election, but after that anything's possible Tongue
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« Reply #256 on: July 11, 2013, 12:27:27 AM »

Isn't that going to mean a whole lot of NPCs?
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« Reply #257 on: July 11, 2013, 01:58:52 AM »

They won't be characterised, just assigned as the left party or the right party.
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« Reply #258 on: July 11, 2013, 07:56:29 AM »

What makes Kennedy a swing district?
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« Reply #259 on: July 11, 2013, 08:19:46 AM »

I wanted a second Queensland seat, and Kennedy (and Leichhardt, for that matter) are most certainly NOT your traditional conservative seats. Unless the ALP absolutely decimates the coalition and or/ has a real protectionist kick, it's probably the first of the swing seats to fall to the right, but it was a necessary number and I think not all that crazy Tongue
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« Reply #260 on: July 11, 2013, 09:31:45 AM »

Aww, I was hoping I could be a Tazzie independence supporter, but since everyone is signing up for the Left I guess that won't be possible Undecided

...but I guess we're not doing the Anzac Commonwealth idea that was mooted earlier?
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« Reply #261 on: July 11, 2013, 11:12:57 AM »

I think Swedish Cheese already called the Division of Solomon before you posted, so maybe that could be moved back into the Right column and replaced in the swing seats by Forde/Longman/La Trobe?
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« Reply #262 on: July 11, 2013, 09:01:08 PM »

I will claim Gilmore.
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« Reply #263 on: July 12, 2013, 04:53:55 AM »

His write-up for Solomon is impossible though Tongue

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« Reply #264 on: July 13, 2013, 11:54:41 AM »

I'll claim Sturt!
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« Reply #265 on: July 13, 2013, 01:39:39 PM »

Now that both parties have 7 members, are we going to elect a speaker?
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« Reply #266 on: July 13, 2013, 04:06:23 PM »

His write-up for Solomon is impossible though Tongue

Do Australian MPs always live in the Division they represent (as in USA) or can they be selected for some completley different place and just get a "home" in that Division (as in the UK) cause if it's the later my character can just represent any rural seat, otherwise I'll just change my bio so that my character moved somewhere in QLD. 
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« Reply #267 on: July 13, 2013, 04:16:40 PM »
« Edited: July 13, 2013, 07:56:08 PM by SoEA Talleyrand »

His write-up for Solomon is impossible though Tongue

Do Australian MPs always live in the Division they represent (as in USA) or can they be selected for some completley different place and just get a "home" in that Division (as in the UK) cause if it's the later my character can just represent any rural seat, otherwise I'll just change my bio so that my character moved somewhere in QLD.  


It's a little bit of both, although it probably leans more to the USA side of things, as most MPs have some sort of personal connection to the Division they represent or at least the area around it. Candidates can be parachuted into other Divisions, but usually these are near to a place they may have resided in in the past (an example would be Campbell Newman, the Premier of Queensland, who ran for the seat of Ashgrove despite actually living in nearby Brisbane Central). Most MPs have a home in their constituency or a neighboring constituency.

I think it would definitely make sense if your character moved to somewhere like rural QLD, WA, or SA after graduating from University. Maranoa (QLD), O'Connor/Durack (WA), and Grey (SA) seem like seats which would fit well.
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« Reply #268 on: July 13, 2013, 07:50:24 PM »

It's a bit like Britain where there's a tradition of having an address in the constituency, even if it's only used (as is often the case) as a base for constituency casework and for election campaigning.
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« Reply #269 on: July 13, 2013, 09:15:39 PM »

For that particular seat as well, a swing seat based on Darwin, you would need to be unequivocally Darwinian Grin
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« Reply #270 on: July 13, 2013, 09:17:12 PM »

I was going to suggest that I be the speaker until after the election, at which point the winning party will elect the new speaker and I'll create a player with one of the parties.

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« Reply #271 on: July 13, 2013, 09:42:10 PM »

Would the Speaker be the presiding officer of the House of Representatives or more of a GM figure? If the latter, it might be slightly unfair to have the winning party elect the position (for obvious reasons).

How would the election work? Are you flipping a coin and awarding all seats to the winning party or might we have an interesting, slightly drawn out election night with various swings and such? Wink
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« Reply #272 on: July 13, 2013, 11:51:14 PM »

I'll basically be putting an effect of each public action during the election on each seat. So, for example, if you have a policy relating to forestry, it would only have a small effect in Solomon, but a huge effect in Bass.
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« Reply #273 on: July 14, 2013, 06:31:58 AM »

Left (68)

WA (3)
Brand
Fremantle
Perth

SA (6)
Adelaide
Hindmarsh
Kingston
Makin
Port Adelaide
Wakefield

QLD (Cool
Blair
Capricornia
Griffith
Lilley
Moreton
Oxley
Petrie
Rankin

NSW (23)
Banks
Barton - Tom Henry (ALP)
Blaxland
Charlton
Chifley
Cunningham
Dobell
Eden-Monaro
Fowler
Grayndler - Dave Astuzia (ALP)
Hunter
Kingsford Smith - Kevan Jahanshahi (ALP)
McMahon
Newcastle
Page
Parramatta
Reid
Richmond
Shortland
Sydney
Throsby
Watson - Colin Elliott (ALP)
Werriwa

ACT (2)
Canberra
Fraser - Andrew Lawson (ALP)

VIC (21)
Ballarat
Batman
Bendigo
Bruce
Calwell
Chisholm - Willow Wong-Jones (ALP)
Corio
Gellibrand
Gorton
Holt
Hotham
Isaacs
Jagajaga
LaTrobe
Lalor
Maribyrnong
McEwen
Melbourne
Melbourne Ports
Scullin
Wills

TAS (4)
Braddon
Denison
Franklin
Lyons

NT (1)
Lingiari

Right (68)

WA (11)
Canning
Cowan
Curtin - Martin Oakleigh (LNP)
Durack
Forrest
Moore
O'Connor - Francis Jordan (LNP)
Pearce
Stirling
Swan
Tangney

SA (4)
Barker
Grey
Mayo
Sturt - Donald Richards (LNP)

QLD (20)
Bonner
Bowman - Maxine Bartlett (LNP)
Dawson
Dickson
Fadden
Fairfax
Fisher
Flynn
Forde
Groom
Herbert
Hinkler
Leichhardt
Longman
Maranoa - Roger Erenford (LNP)
McPherson
Moncreiff
Ryan
Wide Bay
Wright

NSW (21)
Bennelong
Berowra
Bradfield
Calare
Cook
Cowper
Farrer
Gilmore - Ian Alexander Harlow (LNP)
Hughes
Hume
Lyne
Macarthur
Mackellar
Mitchell
New England
North Sydney - Edward Lloyd (LNP)
Parkes
Paterson
Riverina
Warringah
Wentworth - Matthew Collins (LNP)

ACT (0)
-

VIC (12)
Casey
Flinders
Gippsland
Goldstein
Higgins
Indi
Kooyong
Mallee
McMillan
Menzies
Murray
Wannon

TAS (0)
-

NT (0)
-

'Swing' (Please don't choose these seats, they'll be assigned to the side that ends up governing. (14)

WA (1)
Hasluck

SA (1)
Boothby

QLD (2)
Brisbane
Kennedy

NSW (4)
Macquarie
Greenway
Lindsay
Robertson

ACT (0)
-

VIC (4)
Aston
Corangamite
Deakin
Dunkley

TAS (1)
Bass

NT (1)
Solomon

Hugh, I tried to be a bit helpful and added characters to the divisions they've claimed for themselves. Claimed divisions are bolded.

Andrew still hasn't specified a seat for Gordon Menzies.
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« Reply #274 on: July 14, 2013, 08:37:18 PM »

Get your cards in order, because in a few days we'll start the election! I'll be looking for each party to have one unique policy on every topic, plus a policy on seven areas:

1. The Environment
2. Primary Schools
3. Live Animal Exports
4. Asylum Seekers
5. An infrastructure project
6. Automotive Manufacturing
7. Aged Care

Any further policies are welcome, too. I'll also be asking for a budgetary philosophy, so to speak.

Sometime around about next weekend we'll kick into gear, maybe a bit later if you're struggling to formulate policies. The election will involve the parties making press releases and speeches etc., doing 'interviews', a leader's debate, and various other bits and pieces, including reacting to two news items.
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