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Starshark posted:stdh.txt. Why do young Libs and teenage political tragics always have a bullshit story like this? It was simply a movie ticket he was seeking. He’d popped down to the [University of Sydney’s] Student Representative Council, where the woman at the front counter had dismissed his query. He thought she was rude. She probably thought he was an upstart, but Joe was furious. His fees were paying her salary and that meant she was in his service. ‘I would have liked her to be nice to me,’ Joe says, ‘so I thought I should give politics a go.’
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Nibbles! posted:I read way more of that than I should have. You should read all of it, it's good.
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# ? Feb 18, 2017 11:46 |
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Tomorrow’s West Australian has a ReachTEL poll showing the two parties at level pegging on two-party preferred, after the pollster’s two previous results both had Labor leading 52-48. All we have to go on at this stage is the front page image, which says Labor and Liberal are up slightly on the primary vote, but the bigger mover is the Nationals, who are up 2.4%. The implication seems to be that some air has gone out from One Nation, who were on 10.8% in the previous poll. More to follow. UPDATE: After exclusion of the 5.5% undecided, the primary votes are Liberal 35.4% (down 0.6%), Nationals 8.4% (up 2.3%), Labor 35.0% (up 0.1%), Greens 6.0% (down 0.6%), One Nation 11.7% (down 0.1%), others 3.4% (down 1.1%). So I was wrong about One Nation being down – what actually happened is that undecided fell from 8.5% to 5.5%, and The West Australian’s report was citing raw numbers. Based on these figures, the two-party result of 50-50, which is based on respondent-allocated preferences, seems generous to Labor – giving the Liberals 75% of Nationals, 60% of One Nation, 20% of Greens and 50% of others preferences, they have a lead of 51.7-48.3 (51.2-48.8 in the previous poll). A lot depends here on the One Nation preference flow – reducing it to 50% cuts the lead to 50.5-49.5. A related complication here is that One Nation is only running in 35 out of 59 seats, but the option was available to all respondents. Another peculiarity to be noted is the low Greens vote, which has been on a downward descent in ReachTEL’s polling over the past year – something that hasn’t been reflected in Newspoll, which has had the party on 9% in its last two polls. Other findings: Mark McGowan’s lead as preferred premier is 53.1-46.9, down from 55.7-44.3 last time, and the lowest it’s been in the five ReachTEL poll conducted for The West Australian over the past year. The Liberal-One Nation preference deal has 30.8% approval and 54.2% disapproval, and 43.2% say it has made them less likely to vote Liberal, versus 22.5% for more likely. One Nation respondents were asked what made them tick: 27.1% said they disliked the major parties, 2.6% that they liked the candidates, 23.4% that they liked the party’s “overall vision for WA”, 29.2% that they liked “anti-Muslim policies”, 7.3% that they liked anti-privatisation policies, and 10.4% for “other reason”. The poll was conducted Wednesday night from a sample of 1652. Liberals betraying the Nats causes the undecideds to vote for the Nats causing Barnett to win? What the gently caress??????????????????????????????????? Anidav fucked around with this message at 11:56 on Feb 18, 2017 |
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This is a most confusing poll movement ever. Lmao.
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# ? Feb 18, 2017 11:56 |
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gently caress Gareth Ward.
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# ? Feb 18, 2017 11:58 |
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How old is that Young Liberals article? Isn't Alex Hawke a MP these days, and the way they are talking about Fraser as if he was still alive and hadn't split from the Liberals (which he did)
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# ? Feb 18, 2017 12:22 |
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2005. It's sad because i recognise some of the names from parliament. I wish someone would elaborate as to why the NSW division of the Liberal Party is practically a gay club, it sounds like something I would be interested in.
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# ? Feb 18, 2017 12:49 |
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:2005. You wouldn't because anyone's who's in bed with the liberals is going to be a pretty lovely root and an even worse partner.
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# ? Feb 18, 2017 13:23 |
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Men who are out and proud - about their support for Tony Abbott.
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# ? Feb 18, 2017 13:32 |
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I'd be interested in starting a war Starting a nuclear war In the Liberals Liberals Liberals
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# ? Feb 18, 2017 13:38 |
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:You wouldn't because anyone's who's in bed with the liberals is going to be a pretty lovely root and an even worse partner. I'm sure there's a guy out there who would be willing to consider George Christensen as a charity case.
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# ? Feb 18, 2017 13:39 |
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Solemn Sloth posted:I'd be interested in starting a war I want to spend all of everyone's money, can I join?
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# ? Feb 18, 2017 14:06 |
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That young liberals article was amazing - what a pack of zealous, petty and unscrupulous clowns. So if this article is from 12 years ago, what are the chances that a lot of these young libs are important liberals today? That the right-wing takeover that they were worried about has lead to our political environment today.
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Men who are out and proud - about their support for Tony Abbott. I have a distant family member through marriage, who's welsh, who's gay, who's a liberal - and loving loves tony abbott.
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# ? Feb 18, 2017 23:38 |
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I've been kicked out of a class for refusing to stop arguing with a teacher. He was trying to teach us at an all boys school in 1999 that AIDS was a gay only problem (using data from the US from the 1980's). One of my friends also got kicked out for refusing to let it go. I also got kicked out of class once for shooting spitballs, so I guess I'm only a 50% young liberals candidate.
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 00:11 |
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Who cares if it's true or not, either way the guy is a dickhead. The Loon Pond had an amusing aside about Foxtel: quote:The pond is long over Catholic confession - down there with transubstantiation - but after encouraging anyone who'd listen, and many who don't, to have nothing to do with News Corp, the pond now has Foxtel in the house. Murdoch is presiding over dying media, the very elite he pretends to disdain, and all he can offer to people is a discount on broadband for a service no one wants.
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 00:39 |
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I sure am glad we let his influence on the LNP to save his dying business gut the NBN.
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 00:41 |
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Old piece of poo poo; hurry up and die. The reason why left-wing politics gets no airtime and right-wingers are everywhere. The reason why the Overton Window has shifted so much to the right. The reason why now, when people are generally looking for answers outside the establishment, that idiots like Trump and Hanson are seen as the answers, because groups like the Greens who have been there the entire time might as well be background noise. Right-wing economics are gutting the middle class and lowering our standard of living, and then right-wingers are presented as the solution that will fix it. Exposure is everything and the left fight against a stacked deck each and every election.
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 01:19 |
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I am looking forward to the gigantic street party when that poisonous old lich finally does his first and only service to humanity and just loving dies.
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 02:15 |
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aejix posted:I am looking forward to the gigantic street party when that poisonous old lich finally does his first and only service to humanity and just loving dies. Liches don't die they reincarnate as their sons
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 03:08 |
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Anidav posted:Liches don't die they reincarnate as their sons Thank God his sons are completely useless at business, and that Rupert has pissed off or disowned the daughter who is actually a smart business woman.
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 06:11 |
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https://twitter.com/josh_jerga/status/833214163149164544
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 10:37 |
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omg google homo sapiens
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 10:46 |
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:omg google homo sapiens holy poo poo.
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 10:56 |
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:omg google homo sapiens
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 10:59 |
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In case it goes away too soon:
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 11:00 |
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:omg google homo sapiens n o i c e
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 11:02 |
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whatever happened to that brony ASMR meltdown guy from australia?
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 11:13 |
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hakimashou posted:whatever happened to that brony ASMR meltdown guy from australia? ScreamingLlama posted:
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 11:23 |
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quote:
http://www.afr.com/brand/rear-window/aba-anna-bligh-collateral-damage-in-scomos-sasha-grebe-shocker-20170219-gug71f
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 12:35 |
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It's funny seeing people in finance trying to mimic the daily mail writing style.
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 12:46 |
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I love Joe Aston's columns.
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 12:57 |
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hakimashou posted:whatever happened to that brony ASMR meltdown guy from australia? He went to syria to form a group in between Isis and pro-assad forces, but got shot by the kurds.
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ewe2 posted:In case it goes away too soon: Friend's partner is related to Tim Wilson. He called Tim a piece of poo poo, to his face, at a family gathering. He's basically my hero because of this.
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:http://www.afr.com/brand/rear-window/aba-anna-bligh-collateral-damage-in-scomos-sasha-grebe-shocker-20170219-gug71f This shows the widening gulf between the managerial class and the Liberal Party. You couldn't imagine Howard's regime allowing such political idiocy out in public, but worse: they are becoming unsuitable for the revolving door, not for any failures while in office (as Bligh's appointment demonstrates), but their inability to keep their cool and leave their political affiliations at the boardroom door. It also demonstrates Turnbull's powerlessness, that he can't manage his own Treasurer. He might have issues finding a gig after this himself.
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rumble in the bunghole posted:He went to syria to form a group in between Isis and pro-assad forces, but got shot by the kurds. rip
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 21:37 |
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Some more news on the Abortion Reform campaign in Brisbane. There's talk that Tim Nicholls is backing away from his previous committment to a conscience vote after Dickson jumped to PHON. A couple of insiders seem to think that Robinson (who's leading the anti-choice campaign from inside the LNP) might be threatening to also jump to PHON unless LNP binds to an anti-choice vote. And given we know of at least five ALP members who are either definitely or probably going to vote down the legislation if given a conscience vote and that KAP is likely also going to oppose, it looks like the legislation isn't going to get up anymore. In other news, the Human Rights Act for Queensland campaign should be kicking back in in a couple of weeks since that should be back on the Parliament's agenda for debate. A little drier and more technical than the abortion reform stuff, but pretty much essential to prevent any particularly brutal indulgences a PHON/LNP government might bring. Similarly, if anyone's in Peter Wellington's seat of Nicklin, VOLUNTEER (or hell, run as a candidate)! It's basically a coinflip between PHON and LNP now, but we desperately want another independent there. quote:A PUSH to decriminalise abortions in Queensland is in limbo, with the LNP Opposition yet to guarantee MPs will exercise a conscience vote on both pieces of legislation on the issue.
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# ? Feb 19, 2017 22:33 |
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What did my local member do this time? (Local member is Tim Wilson, did not vote for him)
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ATO admits working hours inefficient after staff backlash over request to work nine more minutes There has to be something more to this story.
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