Australia has it's first female prime minister

Soubasse

Soubasse

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Contratrombone64 said:
I'm over the tit for tat advertising campaign the two majors are vomiting up on free to air T.V. ... must be costing US a fortune in advertising.
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THAT has been driving me up the bloody wall! Particularly when during an ad break - and I'm not exaggerating - EVERY ALTERNATE AD is a political campaign and sometimes, exactly the same one will be shown twice during the same ad bracket - aaaaaaaaarrrrrgh!!!! :scold::scold::banghead:.

I have also noticed that the ALP have clearly bought out the prime time slots, we're yet to see any Liberal ads crop up during the news or current affairs programs, they tend to turn up later after 7:30pm (certainly down in Sth Aust anyway, don't know what it's like in the other states). All I do know either way is that it's time to dive for the mute button.
 
teddy

teddy

Duckmeister
Today is the day I believe. Be interesting to hear the Australian views on this matter.

teddy
 
Montefalco

Montefalco

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Well, it's official. We have retained our first female. I think I'll agree with David's view on this - thoroughly snoreworthy stuff.
 
Soubasse

Soubasse

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I won't comment upon whether I'm pro or anti the ALP getting back in as I've seen forums close over stupid political debates. What I will say is that in my opinion, this whole debacle has made a farce of the democratic voting system.

It seemed clear about a week ago as the postal votes were being counted, that the Liberal party was out in front. But then, due to various means of political argy-bargy(which I'll happily admit are far beyond my scope of understanding and will stay that way), the party with less votes manages to get back in to power. That's how I, and a lot of people are seeing it - our votes didn't really count.

I for one think it's high time that the compulsory vote was abandoned, we are after all (I think) the only country left out of the colonies that still enforces compulsory voting - much good it's done. And before anyone tries to extrapolate my political preferences out of that, in this context it's the mechanics of the system and its outcome that I'm complaining about, not the actual party in power. If the situation was the opposite, I would have said exactly the same thing: "Hang on, the opposition were ahead in the peoples votes, how come the incumbent party got back in?"

As for the other "issue" that's been raised (such as it is) I for one welcome an atheist PM regardless of the party. It's bound to make many a Parliamentary debate quite interesting. Of course, that in itself may well have swayed the votes in the first place, for some people it would have been the old chestnut of good vs. evil ... (all atheists being evil of course ;) )
 
Corno Dolce

Corno Dolce

Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Dear Matt,

Much mess has been made by this and that political chicanery - Democracy is most definitely a messy business, but, look at the alternatives the world has experienced in the 20th century.

Respectfully yours,

CD :tiphat::tiphat::tiphat::tiphat::tiphat:
 
Contratrombone64

Contratrombone64

Admiral of Fugues
Yes, I'm evil at times, but not always!

I agree with you about being "shat off" by voting and then not gaining the outcome desired. However, the Liberal party is a coalition remember, so voting for them by default means you vote for which ever aliance they deem fit to hop into bed with. No different to the Labor party hoping into bed with two of those eejit independents.

Well put, Matt.
 
Soubasse

Soubasse

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Well afaic the Independents have been positively lapping up the attention the past couple of weeks (especially that twonk Katter!) - they've never had it so good really, the media attention and the power to sway the outcome, which they have indeed done.

Corno, don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-Democracy by any stretch of the imagination, far from it (the middle of your three signature quotes comes to mind :) ). I was primarily griping (like I always have!) about the fact that voting is compulsory here, and it has no need to be, particularly in an instance such as this where it appears to have made little difference. What I think it has done however is alert everyone to just how down to the wire it all was, which in many ways would have made it hard for whichever party got in. The "treading on thin ice" factor for the incoming party would be highly prominent I suspect.

To be honest, what's most alarming of all is the amount of time I'm spending talking about politics which is something I swore blind for the past 20 years I would NEVER do ... I must be turning into a right grumpy old git !!
 
Contratrombone64

Contratrombone64

Admiral of Fugues
Matt - love "twonk" and will use it in everyday chat immediately. So much nicer than my normal: fuckwit, which is very rude.

Matt - so long as your a grumpy ol' git with a good set of functioning teeth, then you can survive old age without having to resort to baby food.
 
Soubasse

Soubasse

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:) :) Being the ardent Anglophile that I am, I've always been fond of the various English pejorative epithets such as "twonk", "pillock" and on occasions of extreme provocation but whilst still wishing to remain moderately PG-rated for my kids, "tosser."
In private, kid-less company, anything's likely to come out (like the words that many Scots often use!! :eek: )

(Never mind the baby food either, pass the single-malt, I'll happily live on that for nourishment)
 
JHC

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
I hope not, knickers>knackers>Rollocks so to speak
 
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