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At a pre-polling booth for the seat of Wanneroo and other key northern suburbs electorates, Colin Barnett still appeared to have significant support after more than eight years in office.

Despite the state's record debt, Chris and Jeannie Clarke said they would be voting to give Mr Barnett a third term.

"He's run up a bit of a bill," Mr Clarke said.

"But we ran up a bill about 40 years ago when we bought a house and it is paid off now.

"Everybody forgets what the Barnett Government has done in the last couple of terms.

"He's built that magnificent stadium we've got.

"People have got to look at the big picture, not just what is happening today."

Solemn Sloth posted:

Good size rally against the ABCC in Melbourne led by the CFMEU.

Seems like the Sydney one has good numbers too

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

Zenithe posted:

From a separate source:

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He did concede posting a sign on the door saying the store was closed was not in line with company policy and that had been reiterated with the staff member involved.

gently caress sake 7/11 are poo poo. Staff member gets abused by racist gently caress who they have every right to deny entry to, and they can't help themselves.

Synthbuttrange posted:

John Howard heckled after accidentally walking into union protest
Malcolm Turnbull condemns the ‘thuggish harassment’ of one of his predecessors by CFMEU members rallying in Sydney’s CBD

Kafka Syrup posted:

Pauline Hanson 'just a Liberal puppet', One Nation candidate says

Good read all around but...


Liberal voters

Gorilla Salad posted:

7/11 are poo poo and no one should ever work for them given their history. But there are two separate issues here:

1) Racist abusive fuckwit.

2) Employee violating company policy.


Sadly, no matter what their response to the first item, I can't imagine any company ignoring the second.

Shutting the store for an hour and a half? How many customers has the company lost because of that guy doing this? All that

The only reason he still has a job is because everyone is still looking at them.

Zenithe posted:

Is it not too much to ask to not publicly reprimand racially abused people who work for you for pennies in national media?

Gorilla Salad posted:

You could not make this poo poo up. If they did it in a TV/movie you'd mock them for being so over the top ridiculous.

Party Plane Jones posted:

https://twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/839635682763161600

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Outspoken senator Jacqui Lambie wants to know how many Muslims are helping protect Australia's borders.

She's also keen to know if any Muslim employees at the Department of Immigration and Border Protection have the authority to reject Christian refugees from coming to Australia.

Solemn Sloth posted:

That attitude is actually correct, it's just the specifics they apply it to (Colin Barnett and a footy ground) are dumb

adamantium|wang posted:

https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/839944591440670721

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reasurer Scott Morrison has defended his ability to make the Government's economic pitch to voters, saying he is not being sidelined by the Prime Minister. There are concerns inside the Coalition that Mr Morrison's efforts may not be enough to sell the Government's economic policy in the lead-up to the May budget. Government sources said Malcolm Turnbull planned to make a series of keynote speeches over coming weeks to try to form a stronger economic message, but Mr Morrison said that did not mean he was being sidelined. "The Prime Minster is always the chief economic spokesperson for the Government, always has been, always should be," he told the ABC.

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7.30 also understands there will be a Cabinet reshuffle after the budget. Attorney-General George Brandis will move on by June, if not to London as High Commissioner then to another prominent position. Senator Brandis will likely be replaced by Social Services Minister Christian Porter or Employment Minister Michaelia Cash, and his position as Government Leader in the Senate would go to Finance Minister Mathias Cormann.

Joyce eyeing portfolio switch

It is understood Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is eyeing a switch to the infrastructure portfolio which would see Nationals deputy Fiona Nash taking on agriculture. The deputy Senate leadership would likely go to Cabinet ministers Mitch Fifield or Simon Birmingham, with the job of Manager of Government Business in the Senate to go to either Scott Ryan or James McGrath — both Turnbull loyalists. Once the budget is bedded down, ministers will be asked to prosecute the Government agenda with greater vigour. Energy policy and schools funding are among issues that remain unresolved — both were to be thrashed out by the Prime Minister and premiers at the Council of Australian Government (COAG) meeting, scheduled for April 21. But 7.30 understands the COAG meeting has been postponed until June.

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One Nation like 'a dictatorship'

Ms Dodd said her own leader was not being straight with the voters or the candidates. "Don't be so dishonest, don't pretend that you are about something and then go and do deals with the Liberals unless you are going to be upfront and tell your candidates before they join that you are just a Liberal puppet," she said. "It makes me feel as though I have been lied to. [It] makes me feel that the party I have joined is dishonest and their only answer to any criticism is, you are disendorsed, suck it up or leave and you are not working as team. It's very hard to work as a team when you are working in a dictatorship."

Ms Dodd's stance adds to the growing dissent in the party over the preference deal with the Liberal Party. The party's candidate for Kalamunda resigned over the deal last week and another candidate was disendorsed after speaking out publicly against it.

Sydney Morning Homosexual posted:

A Liberal MLA has been accused of handing out how to vote cards for Pauline Hanson's One Nation as early voters cast their ballots in Esperance in Western Australia's south.

Dr Graham Jacobs, who entered parliament in 2005, has represented the electorate of Eyre since 2008 and is standing for re-election in Saturday's ballot.

At a polling station in Esperance, he was spotted handing out his own party's how to vote cards - but also holding One Nation election material.

A witness at the pre-polling station at the Esperance Courthouse, who did not want to be named, said a number of voters were perplexed when he allegedly tried to hand them the One Nation cards.

Bogan King posted:

MysticalMachineGun posted:

This is going to be a fun weekend

Don Dongington posted:

Nothing in the media yet that I can see, but the Australian Unions facebook page just streamed a presser claiming they've had "bombshell" legal advice that the FWC's ruling on penalty rates could have impacts on nursing, teaching and aged and disability carers.

Not sure how accurate/verifiable this is at this stage, but if the media picks it up in time it could have a substantial effect on the results tomorrow.

MysticalMachineGun posted:

This is going to be a fun weekend

norp posted:

I don't think it will matter for tomorrow, the wa electorate has already switched off.

norp posted:

I don't think it will matter for tomorrow, the wa electorate has already switched off.

rumble in the bunghole posted:

Bill Leak's dead.

rumble in the bunghole posted:

Bill Leak's dead.

Bogan King posted:

Good. Apparent heart attack though so not sure if true as he showed no signs of having a heart.

rumble in the bunghole posted:

Bill Leak's dead.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Somewhere in Canberra, Gillian Triggs crosses out another line in her notebook.