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My LGA is pretty straightforward - Greens, Labor, Libs & Arts plus some independents that were easy to ignore. We'll end up with a Labor mayor & Greens deputy mayor most likely. My ward last time elected 1 Lib, 1 Lab & 1 Green and I'm expecting the same this time.
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Lmao if Qld is the exception to this because it absolutely is a LGA thing here
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The exit of Fran Kelly was accompanied by some reminicences, other debris and near forgotten horrors. The commentary (meant to be high praise) about her moulding the political discourse was unintentially hilarious. And thanks for the reminder that Christopher Pyne exists. Much painful commentary about Christian Porter being 'hounded out of office'. As to LGA elections. Always check the online declarations. There is often comedy gold. Most of our local independant councillors are members of the National Party and have their campaigns funded. The Mayor (A National who is also a gaping anus ~not in this case a synonym~) has decried the Greens candidate as 'politicising what has always been an apolitical local council'. Our ticket has a Group A and B who upon researching turn out to both be far right happy clappers hoping to get votes because voting for them is the least effort (everyone else is ungrouped). So, yes, do your research. Johnstone, a 43-year-old Wiradjuri man, was handcuffed and shackled when he elbowed a corrective services officer and ran off outside Lismore Base hospital in northern NSW on 15 March 2019. He died from the single bullet wound to his back, despite receiving medical care. The coroner, Teresa O’Sullivan, suspended the inquest after referring a known person to the NSW director of public prosecutions. NSW law prevents publication of submissions made at the inquest about whether to refer the person, and any comment made by the coroner about such a referral. Johnstone had been taken into custody earlier in the day after being denied bail on assault charges. A corrective services officer appeared in court in March on manslaughter charges and was granted bail to reappear in May. ISSUES RAISED Injured in custody, force used, mental health / cognitive impairment.
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Last time I did my research, all the independents were member of the liberal party or property deveopers. So now I just vote Labor (in local, because we have no greens).
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Dec 2, 2021 00:30
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My local election got cancelled because the entire council is under administration.
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Dec 2, 2021 01:14
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Intoluene posted:My local election got cancelled because the entire council is under administration. lol
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Dec 2, 2021 01:45
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I'm currently living in an absolute poo poo hole because the property developer slash candidate I had lined up accomodation with never returned my calls emails or texts. She's also lnp
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Dec 2, 2021 02:10
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Zenithe posted:I'm currently living in an absolute poo poo hole because the property developer slash candidate I had lined up accomodation with never returned my calls emails or texts. She's also lnp also lol
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Dec 2, 2021 02:21
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joyce had them fix his drunken ramblings in the hansard again lol
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Capt.Whorebags posted:My LGA has the usual bunch of anti-fluoridation wackjobs and that strongly aligns with "vaccination sceptics" so at least do some basic research if that's something you're not comfortable with. Yeah I've had people running for LGA who want to abolish the monarchy...
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Animal Friend posted:Yeah I've had people running for LGA who want to abolish the monarchy... So you voted for them, yeah
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Having not kept up with things, what's the difference between NSW and VIC restrictions right now? They both seem to have a similar vaccination rate, so why did the NSW daily case numbers drop so much more than VIC?
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Dec 2, 2021 04:04
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Nationals federal Vice President is a pedo
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Senor Tron posted:Having not kept up with things, what's the difference between NSW and VIC restrictions right now? They both seem to have a similar vaccination rate, so why did the NSW daily case numbers so much more than VIC? It's weird, I feel like it must be something other than restrictions cos I think they're pretty similar. Like it's to do with demographics or geography or something institutional or something
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Cartoon posted:As to LGA elections. Always check the online declarations. There is often comedy gold. Most of our local independant councillors are members of the National Party and have their campaigns funded. The Mayor (A National who is also a gaping anus ~not in this case a synonym~) has decried the Greens candidate as 'politicising what has always been an apolitical local council'. Our ticket has a Group A and B who upon researching turn out to both be far right happy clappers hoping to get votes because voting for them is the least effort (everyone else is ungrouped). So, yes, do your research. How do you access these? ATM I'm basing my vote on the phrasing of independents with "under a Liberal majority" and "under a Labor majority" and the positives and negatives on each statement.
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Amoeba102 posted:The government is planning on banning itself. What are they going to do about the current/past Liberal/Labor members of parliament then? edit: oh my god I didn't realise you'd already made that joke. I'll keep this as a mark of shame
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Muyb this is formal request to ask you to return to discord
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Dec 2, 2021 04:38
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Have a mate running for Council, 2nd on the labor ticket. Should get in. In more depressing news how hosed is the housing market. Nobody seems to care or will do anything about it.
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Dec 2, 2021 04:39
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"Alan Tudge leaves cabinet after former adviser alleges their affair was abusive" hm, shocking
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go_banana posted:In more depressing news how hosed is the housing market. Nobody seems to care or will do anything about it. https://greens.org.au/policies/housing-and-homelessness quote:7. To phase out negative gearing and abolish property-related capital gains tax discounts and exemptions.
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woofbro posted:How do you access these? https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/Elections/Local-government-elections/Local-Government-Elections-2021/Candidates Put in your electorate/location to suit. Tafari Walton was shot by police who were seeking to question him over the stabbing murder of his former partner, 27-year-old Gabriella Thompson. The 22-year-old had been released on parole and bail seven weeks earlier. The inquest, which began in January 2021, heard that Walton had repeatedly yelled at police to shoot him and had lunged towards an officer with a 10cm to 15cm knife in his hand. ISSUES RAISED Injured in custody, force used, mental health / cognitive impairment.
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Dec 2, 2021 04:54
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Senor Tron posted:Having not kept up with things, what's the difference between NSW and VIC restrictions right now? They both seem to have a similar vaccination rate, so why did the NSW daily case numbers drop so much more than VIC? Victoria had a lot more active cases when their restrictions eased because the criteria was vax rate not cases. 200 people infect 200 people in one state, 1000 infect 1000 in another.
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Senor Tron posted:Having not kept up with things, what's the difference between NSW and VIC restrictions right now? They both seem to have a similar vaccination rate, so why did the NSW daily case numbers drop so much more than VIC? spaceblancmange posted:Victoria had a lot more active cases when their restrictions eased because the criteria was vax rate not cases. 200 people infect 200 people in one state, 1000 infect 1000 in another. Other theories include the colder, drier climate and the thousands of unvaccinated dickheads marching up and down Bourke street with tiny gallows.
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Dec 2, 2021 05:19
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Need to do something about "Property Developers" too. Every time I hear someone describe themselves as one, I automatically put them in the same basket as sleazy car salesmen.
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Dec 2, 2021 05:22
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Intoluene posted:My local election got cancelled because the entire council is under administration. whittlesea?
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Dec 2, 2021 05:27
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kirbysuperstar posted:"Alan Tudge leaves cabinet after former adviser alleges their affair was abusive" The quote I saw was that he was emotionally abusive and got physical "at least once". Human garbage. Remember when he doxxed somebody in Parliament?
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Animal Friend posted:The quote I saw was that he was emotionally abusive and got physical "at least once". Was that when he doxxed a welfare recipient to a journalist or is he a double doxxer
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Well the VIC upper house has passed the pandemic bill today so I look forward to everyone announcing the end of freedom in our heathen state.
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PalaNIN posted:Well the VIC upper house has passed the pandemic bill today so I look forward to everyone announcing the end of freedom in our heathen state. At least maybe the dickheads will go home now?
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PalaNIN posted:Well the VIC upper house has passed the pandemic bill today so I look forward to everyone announcing the end of freedom in our heathen state. The MPs are struggling to string a sentence together when debating the Crown Casino bill, need some bags to perk things up a bit
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Jezza of OZPOS posted:Lmao if Qld is the exception to this because it absolutely is a LGA thing here Fluoridation is carried out by the local council as they run the infrastructure, and technically they can refuse to fluoridate. However it's a NSW Health Dept directive to fluoridate and there are substantial fines if the council stops, once fluoridation has commenced.
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Dec 2, 2021 06:06
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Senor Tron posted:Having not kept up with things, what's the difference between NSW and VIC restrictions right now? They both seem to have a similar vaccination rate, so why did the NSW daily case numbers drop so much more than VIC? - Melbourne's lockdown fatigue sent our numbers higher in the first place - NSW very heavily targeted LGAs of concern in vaccination blitzes - A higher existing case rate meant that when we reopened schools it got its hooks into kids (most of the clusters ATM are primary schools) - God hates Victoria
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For people in SA - is it a weird feeling to have been COVID-zero for so long and all of a sudden have cases coming in and the government expecting you to be cool with it (even if you know it was inevitable)?
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Silly question re WA politics. So the WA Libs only have 2 seats in state parliament, after the most recent elections. How about Federally? Also, will this anti state Lib sentiment translate to the Federal libs? Will they lose seats in WA? And if so, will it hurt them?
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BrigadierSensible posted:Silly question re WA politics. Even regardless of state politics the Federal Libs seem to have pissed a lot of people off by siding with Palmer against WA. In terms of hurting, the margins will be really tight for Libs in the election, they effectively need to gain ground to stay in government because of seat redistribution
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Dec 2, 2021 06:20
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BrigadierSensible posted:Silly question re WA politics. There are lots of commentators who are sticking to the conventional wisdom that state sentiment does not transfer to federal elections, which to me ignores the fact that the last two years have been more different than any other time in the past 70 years. Purely anecdotal, but all my family are in WA and I don't get the impression they think very kindly of the current federal government and the way it kept sledging Mark over the border closures, and would feel that way irrespective of whatever party Morrison happens to be. I don't think we're going to see anything remotely as dramatic as the state election but I would be surprised if the Liberals don't lose votes to some degree.
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freebooter posted:For people in SA - is it a weird feeling to have been COVID-zero for so long and all of a sudden have cases coming in and the government expecting you to be cool with it (even if you know it was inevitable)? It's pretty loving horrible. I was talking to my immunocompromised neighbor, who is a health care worker. She says the hospital have been rolling out training for advanced life support, losing tons of older anti vax nurses, she's resigned to being in full PPE so she can still work. She thinks the new nurses coming in are hopelessly under experienced. The hospital knows they aren't going to be able to handle it when Covid gets out of hand but they're trying their best to be prepared with what they have. It's just grim and it feels like it didn't have to be this way.
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Stoca Zola posted:It's pretty loving horrible. I was talking to my immunocompromised neighbor, who is a health care worker. She says the hospital have been rolling out training for advanced life support, losing tons of older anti vax nurses, she's resigned to being in full PPE so she can still work. She thinks the new nurses coming in are hopelessly under experienced. The hospital knows they aren't going to be able to handle it when Covid gets out of hand but they're trying their best to be prepared with what they have. It's just grim and it feels like it didn't have to be this way. Yeah even without covid, on any given day you'll see a queue of ambulances waiting outside of EDs to offload patients. I have no idea how they think the medical system is going to cope with covid cases when it already isn't coping without them. Immunocompromised family makes it hit pretty close to home too. They are vaccinated, for what little good it'll actually do for them.
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The Before Times posted:whittlesea? Central Coast NSW
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says it is a "disgraceful slur" for the opposition to suggest he had any role in the Home Affairs Department awarding an almost $80,000 contract to a company run by two of his closest friends.
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