Australia General Discussion 2.0

[GoTfan]

Why don't Family First cooperate with Fred Nile's lot in NSW?

Because Family First holds some unusual positions for a right wing party. For insance, they want to ses Nauru and Manus Island closed and refugees processed onshore.

[GoTfan]

A poll released today says that 40% of people polled could potentially flip their vote if the coalition doesn't do anything about it by the next election.

The same poll also shows support for a SSM plebiscite has fallen to just 27%.

http://www.news.com.au/national/politics/gay-marriage-could-cost-coalition-government-galaxay-research-poll-shows/news-story/fa7c6e20a170995a56773396fe725601
(Don't read the comments, unless you want to be exposed to all this homophobic garbage)

[GoTfan]

I have a question for everyone.

In, which Labor member do you think is the closest analogue we have to Bernie Sanders? This includes policy, personality, everything.

It's a difficult one. I met with Tanya Plibersek once, and she expressed an admiration for Bernie, but I can't think of anhone else.

[GoTfan]

Meanwhile here in SA, Weatherill is taking banks to task, taxing them to pay for roads, bridges, education, and so on. Good move.

Naturally, the banks are now throwing everything to Marshall and the Coalition. Turnbull and Xenophon are saying this will stagnate the economy.

I used to like Nick. I hate him now.

[GoTfan]

Meanwhile here in SA, Weatherill is taking banks to task, taxing them to pay for roads, bridges, education, and so on. Good move.

Naturally, the banks are now throwing everything to Marshall and the Coalition. Turnbull and Xenophon are saying this will stagnate the economy.

I used to like Nick. I hate him now.

Then, can you answer my years-long astonishment to people liking Xenophon. He seems to be a autoritarian paranoid freek to me.

People thought of him as different. The stunts he pulled made him seem more real. He was the populist defender of the people that was needed during the Howard-Rudd-Gillard-Rudd-Abbott years. Part of the problem I think, is his obsession with his new party. He's more concerned with winning seats than he is putting the right ideas forward. Moreover, he has a certain magnetism about him, kind of like Trump in a way.

People thought of him as someone who'd stick up for the. Someone who'd fight to keep their jobs here. Someone who's populist rhetoric seemed real. I was one of them.

In the chaos a few years ago, he seemed to offer some semblance of stability. People were sick of Liberal and Labor, and he seemed to offer the only alternative to them.

[GoTfan]

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbott-praises-fine-man-cardinal-george-pell-20170629-gx17uk.html

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Pls roll him out of his seat lib party.

Funny, seeing as Pell was charged today.

[GoTfan]

Scott Ludlam resigns from Australian Senate after finding out he has New Zealand citizenship

What a shame. Only man who stood up strong for a public NBN and against domestic surveillance. Beloved for his intense grilling of fellow Senators.

Goodbye Scott. You will be missed.

[GoTfan]

LOL, section 44 of the constitution is just the gift that keeps on giving, first it's the 2 greens, then the lib, now it's One Nation.

It's also one of the stupidest parts of the Constitution.

[GoTfan]

What the f**k is the point of a postal plebescite? For one, it's extremly vulnerable to fraud and tampering, not to mention it requires the taxpayers to fork over $122 million.

This could be over and done with in about 10 minutes, but Turnbull will do anything to placate the far-right nutters.

[GoTfan]

Wait, I thought the Constitution only caught out dah Greenie commies.

[GoTfan]

Katter has just withdrawn confidence and supply; which strikes me as something that seems more important than it actually is - makes the situation that much harder for the government in a tight vote if (when is probably more sensible) Joyce has to leave parliament but they should be able to keep something together for a time since you'd have to think that a Nationals by-election victory is the likely outcome.

It all really is rather silly that dual nationals can't be elected to parliament - especially a place like Australia with a large migrant population...

The Coalition still has McGowan for their supply, but what gets interesting if out of the blue, another LNP member goes.

I've got money on a snap election happening next year.

[GoTfan]

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/theatregoers-at-gay-drama-have-tyres-slashed-in-potential-hate-crime-20170827-gy50al.html

Absolutely disgraceful.

I can go one better https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/more-anti-ssm-posters-surface-in-melbourne-courtesy-of-literal-neo-nazis/

[GoTfan]

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/theatregoers-at-gay-drama-have-tyres-slashed-in-potential-hate-crime-20170827-gy50al.html

Absolutely disgraceful.

I can go one better https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/more-anti-ssm-posters-surface-in-melbourne-courtesy-of-literal-neo-nazis/

same f[inks]ing group that put up those anti-Semite posters in those schools the week before.

Didn't Shorten and Di Natale say this would happen?

[GoTfan]

The plebiscite is over. The people have voted yes with an overwhelming 60%. Less than 40% voted no.

[GoTfan]

Yesterday Turnbull lost newspoll 29. 1 more until Tony Abbott meltdown.

Labor Party member here. Getting popcorn.

[GoTfan]

Yesterday Turnbull lost newspoll 29. 1 more until Tony Abbott meltdown.

Labor Party member here. Getting popcorn.

Soaking wet Liberal who has the misfortune to reside in the Division of Warringah. Ditto.

Well, is it possible he faces a revolt at any point?

[GoTfan]

As if the defeat on the tax cut wasn't enough, now there's this:

http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/comment-abbott-just-gave-the-next-election-away-by-teaming-up-with-hanson/news-story/870b76751168201c9a874163ca8fca8a

[GoTfan]

In Victoria's upper house again. 2 Liberal MLCs bent the voting rules today to vote down the Labor Govt's Fire services overhaul bill. These 2 MLCs have said that they could not vote or be present in the chamber today because of "religious beliefs" have just showed up anyway and voted. Both the government and the crossbench went into uproar over it.

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/labor-s-fire-service-rejig-goes-pear-shaped-after-paired-pair-reappear-20180330-p4z73j.html

As they should. You can't get away with lying like this. I'll bet they only turned up when it became apparent the government would win.

[GoTfan]

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/it-was-my-decision-matthew-guy-defends-breaking-of-pair-deal-20180403-p4z7ia.html

Polling collapse inevitable.

Is this guy trying to be Tunbull Jr. or something?

[GoTfan]

Did anyone hear Hanson call the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games "too Aboriginal"?

[GoTfan]

Did anyone hear Hanson call the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games "too Aboriginal"?

She's gone and done it again.

https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/punjabi/en/article/2018/04/09/international-students-should-have-no-work-rights-pauline-hanson

OMG DA EVUL ASHUNS WILL KILL US ALL!!!!!!!

[GoTfan]

Meanwhile our National Conference has given Bill a new scare campaign on a plate: Save the ABC. How are the idiots on our right so stupid.

How much you wanna bet that Shorten is breaking out the champagne?

[GoTfan]

Did anyone catch Leyonhjelm once again being the piece of s**t he is?

[GoTfan]

And One Nation has preferenced a literal criminal Neo-Nazi.

[GoTfan]

Did anyone see Fraser Anning's speech?