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I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
Jed! wins again.

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Doctor Spaceman
Jul 6, 2010

"Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

Quasimango posted:

Not sure it's been brought up enough how extremely pathetic it is that the Liberals didn't even run a candidate in a federal seat. Has either major party ever just sat one out before?

Yeah, quite often. Labor regularly doesn't run candidates for byelections in safe liberal seats (eg North Sydney, Bradfield, Mayo, and Higgins).

Quasimango posted:

lol, ABC predicting Labor retain.

Maybe "Go for the Tree Tories" wasn't the best idea!

The internal shitfights can't have helped either.

Fauxbot
Jan 20, 2009

I need more wine.

Endman posted:

I'm actually confused about this Batman thing.

I don't like the ALP or the Vic Greens.

Is there a Socialist party I can like as a contrarian alternative to the mainstream centre/centre-left?

Victorian Socialists will be registered for the upcoming victorian state election, to try and get there leader Stephen Jolly voted in, he's currently a decent councillor over in South Yarra. They're fine.

Anywhere else you're basically foreverially hosed in that regard tho.

sweetroy
May 23, 2011
thats a space bar

man i hate yall
more than anything else, watching the abc coverage reminds me of how much politicians as a group of people are insufferable to listen to

Pinball Jizzard
Jun 23, 2010

starkebn posted:

But will they fit through the tunnels? This has been a problem recently.

I’ve seen similar comments to this one. Does everyone truly believe the train/tunnel width issue was an unknown?

In addition, there’s good reason why trains aren’t built in Australia any more. And it’s not as simple as a cost issue (although it is a factor). Most of your major worldwide control systems players have their own off-shoot or preferred companies that build their trains. The control system employed usually determines who is used to build the trains.

MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005

sweetroy posted:

more than anything else, watching the abc coverage reminds me of how much Annabelle Krabb is insufferable to listen to

Reclines Obesily
Jul 24, 2000



Hey Moona!
Slippery Tilde
xenophon not gettin his seat looks like

CrazyTolradi
Oct 2, 2011

It feels so good to be so bad.....at posting.

Visidan posted:

xenophon not gettin his seat looks like
It's ok, he'll stay on as a party advisor. He won't be salty about it, really, he won't.

sweetroy
May 23, 2011
thats a space bar

man i hate yall
at least antony green is relatably excited about small changes

JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.
Looks like social work is back on the menu boys.

Reclines Obesily
Jul 24, 2000



Hey Moona!
Slippery Tilde
https://twitter.com/callapilla/status/974935765242097664

Metis of the Chat Thread
Aug 1, 2014


Hope the idiots who leaked against Bhathal are happy, because if Ged wins there's no way the Greens will be able to take it off her unless she like murders a dog in the middle of High St or something. There goes their plans of getting their preferred (white, male) candidate in lol.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Wow enjoy your LNP Government South Australia

Reclines Obesily
Jul 24, 2000



Hey Moona!
Slippery Tilde
https://twitter.com/smurray38/status/974803722290081792

Don Dongington
Sep 27, 2005

#ideasboom
College Slice
I'm the 3 months of dumb gently caress snug hot takes by idiot closet conservatives itt.

JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

Don Dongington posted:

I'm the 3 months of dumb gently caress snug hot takes by idiot closet conservatives itt.

:cheers:

MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005

Anidav posted:

Wow enjoy your LNP Government South Australia

They've counted 10%

MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005


He said closet conservatives

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
20% actually honk honk

drunkill
Sep 25, 2007

me @ ur posting
Fallen Rib

Doctor Spaceman posted:

Yeah, quite often. Labor regularly doesn't run candidates for byelections in safe liberal seats (eg North Sydney, Bradfield, Mayo, and Higgins).


The internal shitfights can't have helped either.

They ran in Higgins in 2016, it was Bob katters brother as the candidate, which is effectively not running I guess given it was a Liberal-Greens fight.

Zenithe
Feb 25, 2013

Ask not to whom the Anidavatar belongs; it belongs to thee.

MysticalMachineGun posted:

They've counted 10%

Perhaps you've forgotten that Death Is Certain?

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Labor in Victoria > The Greens
LNP > Elon Musk

What a country!

Doctor Spaceman
Jul 6, 2010

"Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

drunkill posted:

They ran in Higgins in 2016, it was Bob katters brother as the candidate, which is effectively not running I guess given it was a Liberal-Greens fight.

That was a normal election, I was talking about the byelection in 2009 when O'Dwyer was election after Costello resigned.

Metis of the Chat Thread
Aug 1, 2014


I'm still extremely mad at the Greens for all the things they did to gently caress up here, but I'm not actually that unhappy with Kearney winning. She'll be a good representative, and who knows, maybe she really will bring about ~change from within~.

lmao

JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.
Kearney owns and is light years better than some nothing, home brand suburban anti-Semite.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Ey SA Goons, what the gently caress is happening in Mount Gambier & FLOREY?

2 IND Gains out of nowhere?

JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

Anidav posted:

Ey SA Goons, what the gently caress is happening in Mount Gambier & FLOREY?

2 IND Gains out of nowhere?

Is one of those the mental Hillsong style candidate?

MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005

Anidav posted:

Ey SA Goons, what the gently caress is happening in Mount Gambier & FLOREY?

2 IND Gains out of nowhere?

Florey's not out of nowhere, Frances Bedford is a popular candidate who's retaining

Reclines Obesily
Jul 24, 2000



Hey Moona!
Slippery Tilde
15 years in power, liberals being poo poo and a bunch of indies is probably why SA will be a hung parliament

Aesculus
Mar 22, 2013

The Greens are just going to take this as a lesson that they've shifted too far left and need to double down on responsible sensible centrism and form a government with the LNP to prove how moderate they are.

Doctor Spaceman
Jul 6, 2010

"Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

Anidav posted:

Ey SA Goons, what the gently caress is happening in Mount Gambier & FLOREY?

2 IND Gains out of nowhere?

quote:

Frances Bedford has represented [Florey] since 1997. She was a Labor MP for two decades before becoming an Independent in 2017 after being passed over for party pre-selection.

quote:

Troy Bell gained Mount Gambier for the Liberal Party at the 2014 election, but resigned as Liberal candidate after being charged with fraud offences. He will re-contest as an Independent.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
LNP is probably going to win given that the new Mount Gambier IND is a former LNP and Xenophon is a dickhead. ABC has LNP at 21 with 24 needed to form govt SAB + IND = 23 means they need to reach 22 to be able to form minority govt. Or SAB needs 1 more seat.

GoldStandardConure
Jun 11, 2010

I have to kill fast
and mayflies too slow

Pillbug

:tinsley:

Doctor Spaceman
Jul 6, 2010

"Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."
They aren't the LNP, there are no Nationals in South Australia.

thatbastardken
Apr 23, 2010

A contract signed by a minor is not binding!
qld told federal we need to go hard left, they didn't listen, maybe now they will.

Metis of the Chat Thread
Aug 1, 2014


Aesculus posted:

The Greens are just going to take this as a lesson that they've shifted too far left and need to double down on responsible sensible centrism and form a government with the LNP to prove how moderate they are.

i hate this but you're absolutely riiiight ugh

JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

Aesculus posted:

The Greens are just going to take this as a lesson that they've shifted too far left and need to double down on responsible sensible centrism and form a government with the LNP to prove how moderate they are.

Maybe don't oppose progressive tax policy to protect a bunch of fat boomer leaners should be the lesson.

Doctor Spaceman
Jul 6, 2010

"Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."
Don't whiteant a solid candidate either.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Libs, LNP, doesn't matter it's all the same for me a tory never changes its spots.

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Cpt Soban
Jul 23, 2011
As a resident of Adelaide I can't decide what to do.... Either I cry in my beer now, because 17/20 going lib, or cheer because after 16 years it's 17/20.

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