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Happy New Year cobbers. Politics In The Land Down Under: Liberal Party of Australia Often referred to as 'the LNP' due to being conjoined to the National Party since the 1940s (and having merged with same in Queensland), the Liberals are liberal only in the 'small government' sense. In every other sense, they're Australia's Conservative Party, nasty, brutal Thatcherites to the very core. The average Liberal politician starts their day with grated kittens on toast while listening to a podcast about the benefits of using the poor and mentally ill as garden mulch. It's not terribly uncommon to find closet Nazis in their ranks (or even a few dumb enough to fall out of the closet). Leader: Peter 'Voldemort' Dutton The National Party The other half of the conjoined twins that make up the LNP. Ostensibly represent farmers but underneath that there's a lot of dog whistling and signalling about White Australia and rich people that a lot of their dimmer voters completely miss. Leader: Australian Labor Party Having steered dangerously close to the right and then into the centre like a high-range drunk driver, the ALP is too scared of their own shadow (and the News Corp/Fairfax lugenpresse) to do anything more than make sternly worded speeches in Parliament and waste public money on poorly-designed or inconsequential horseshit. Meanwhile the national economy needs a good kick in the guts, inflation is killing the millennial industry, plus homelessness, crime, violence, misinformation, untreated mental illness and corruption are all cooking together into a big poo poo stew while Albo shuffles his feet and makes meek noises about housing funds and how he used to live in public housing too. Leader: Anthony 'Albo' Albanese The Greens Bunch of hippy-dippy muesli-munching pie-in-the-sky twatmuffins who, 50% of the time, actively get in their own way and impede technological progress in this country. When they manage to get their poo poo sorted they act largely as a foil for either the ALP or LNP, never managing to take power on their own. Leader: Adam Bandt GrandTheftAutism fucked around with this message at 23:38 on Jan 6, 2024 |
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why do we have an auspol thread when the only politics that matter are victorian?
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Jan 2, 2024 21:24
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Voting progressive no to 2024 to own the libs
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Jan 2, 2024 22:37
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This divisive new thread seeks only to denigrate the silent majority who firmly believe the 2023 thread was fine. Why is Mr GrandTheftAutism and his out of touch government persisting with this thread?!? *MSM reproduces press release in full*
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Jan 2, 2024 23:06
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prediction: albo lies about having called trump to congratulate him, turns into a diplomatic incident that results in the dissolution of AUKUS and we crawl back to france for our $999 billion submarines, to be delivered in 2161.
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Jan 2, 2024 23:07
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Animal Friend posted:why do we have an auspol thread when the only politics that matter are victorian? A Victorian who thinks they are the center of everything?
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Jan 3, 2024 01:25
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its not 2024 until i stop writing 2023 when i do paper work
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Jan 3, 2024 02:07
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Jezza of OZPOS posted:its not 2024 until i stop writing 2023 when i do paper work So 2025?
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Jan 3, 2024 04:13
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Capt.Whorebags posted:This divisive new thread seeks only to denigrate the silent majority who firmly believe the 2023 thread was fine. Why is Ms GrandTheftAutism and her out of touch government persisting with this thread?!? fixed I don't believe there is a silent majority, I see no evidence of any majority at all, I see only a sad group of individuals who are refusing to cope with the changes occurring in our society right under their noses. *MSM quietly buries the above statement*
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Jan 3, 2024 04:21
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I had completely forgotten who the leader of the National's was. They hadn't shown up on my news radar for months. Curse you for reminding me.
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Jan 4, 2024 01:48
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Comstar posted:I had completely forgotten who the leader of the National's was. They hadn't shown up on my news radar for months. Ahaha I genuinely forgot it was beetroot again.
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Jan 4, 2024 02:05
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joyce isn't the leader of the nats, it's still littleproud. there were rumours back in july that joyce was planning a challenge but that didn't go anywhere lol ideally joyce will give up on becoming leader of the nats again and go cause problems in the qld parliament (he reportedly considered this last time he lost the leadership, with ambition to try to become premier)
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Jan 4, 2024 05:12
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lih posted:joyce isn't the leader of the nats, it's still littleproud. there were rumours back in july that joyce was planning a challenge but that didn't go anywhere lol That explains why I forgot!!
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Jan 4, 2024 09:18
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GrandTheftAutism posted:fixed ugh, another woke leftist precious about pronouns (j/k, sorry!)
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Jan 4, 2024 09:32
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Who to vote for things to be not poo poo? tia
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Jan 4, 2024 15:57
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Spudd posted:Who to vote for things to be not poo poo? tia Giant Meteor 2024. Preference Greens second.
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Jan 5, 2024 16:32
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We are stuck in 2023 forever, nuke this thread
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Jan 6, 2024 22:42
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lih posted:joyce isn't the leader of the nats, it's still littleproud. there were rumours back in july that joyce was planning a challenge but that didn't go anywhere lol Fixed the OP. gently caress it's hard to keep up when they keep playing musical leaders. Capt.Whorebags posted:ugh, another woke leftist precious about pronouns and every time you whinge we add five more sets of pronouns :P Spudd posted:Who to vote for things to be not poo poo? tia Definitely not CDP that's for loving sure
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Jan 6, 2024 23:41
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Joyce as Queensland Premier is a nightmare scenario. Please do not say that.
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Jan 7, 2024 07:06
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Eric "Son Of A Nazi" Abetz wants to come back to politicsquote:A former Liberal senator who served 28 years in federal parliament is chasing a political resurgence. No, Eric, you were bumped off the ticket because you're a Nazi in all but name. Tasmania can do without your 'values'.
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Jan 7, 2024 09:57
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Animal Friend posted:why do we have an auspol thread when the only politics that matter are victorian? Sir/Madam/Mx, I'd kindly posit that as WA has not only built new rails lines, but also trains. WA politics are supremely important. Also the hilarious situation where the Nationals lead the coalition here because they have more members.
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Jan 7, 2024 10:14
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Konomex posted:Also the hilarious situation where the Nationals lead the coalition here because they have more members. lol did not know this
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Jan 7, 2024 10:55
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Recoome posted:Voting progressive no to 2024 to own the libs
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Jan 7, 2024 11:26
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Eediot Jedi posted:lol did not know this Same in Qld
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Jan 7, 2024 11:33
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Konomex posted:Sir/Madam/Mx, WA, the state where children die in underfunded hospitals while politicians boast of a $3,000,000,000+ surplus.
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Jan 7, 2024 13:16
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Anidav posted:Same in Qld Is there a way we are meant to be able to distinguish them since they're the same party? It's very vibes based for me. Mp for a gold coast seat? Liberal. Mp for western brisbane seat? Liberal. North brisbane? That's a Nat.
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Jan 7, 2024 13:56
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SecretOfSteel posted:WA, the state where children die in underfunded hospitals and nightmare prisons
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Jan 7, 2024 14:49
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Konomex posted:Sir/Madam/Mx, WA nats and WA libs dont have a coalition nat lead the opposition because of numbers though.
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Jan 7, 2024 15:31
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OP, how long you been sitting on that thread title?
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Jan 7, 2024 17:15
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https://twitter.com/JoeHockey/status/1744078492592197754 I do find it fascinating that we've basically let bulk billing vanish almost overnight without a fuss, let alone a fight.
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freebooter posted:https://twitter.com/JoeHockey/status/1744078492592197754 Bulk billing has been killed by the indexation freeze. It was an easy thing to cut in the budget by not indexing payments. Most taxpayers don’t understand how this works and healthcare isn’t exactly a vote winner when it doesn’t impact you. Why would you bulk bill in the year 2024? No way in hell I’m bulk billing and leaving more than 50% of my potential fee on the table.
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Jan 7, 2024 21:22
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Predator arm meme with doctors on one hand and welfare recipients on the other
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Jan 7, 2024 22:07
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Can we be very poo poo for another year? I have faith!
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freebooter posted:https://twitter.com/JoeHockey/status/1744078492592197754 It's nice that he's still mad about it ten years later.
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freebooter posted:https://twitter.com/JoeHockey/status/1744078492592197754 *angrily puffs on a cigar*
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You mean angry washing machine noises surely?
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Jan 8, 2024 05:55
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Surely nobody seriously thinks the co-payment would have stayed at $5.
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Recoome posted:Bulk billing has been killed by the indexation freeze. It was an easy thing to cut in the budget by not indexing payments. Yeah I'm not arguing doctors should be obliged to pick up the slack, I'm arguing that the government shouldn't have done this and it's amazing we just let them get away with it. Outside the context of GP visits becoming just another thing going up in price during a once-in-a-generation cost of living crisis, I don't think they would have dared.
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Eediot Jedi posted:You mean angry washing machine noises surely? :hockeynomics: e: freebooter posted:Yeah I'm not arguing doctors should be obliged to pick up the slack, I'm arguing that the government shouldn't have done this and it's amazing we just let them get away with it. Outside the context of GP visits becoming just another thing going up in price during a once-in-a-generation cost of living crisis, I don't think they would have dared. Oh absolutely. I do think though that it's not a case of "we let them get away with it" rather the framing is about not indexing rebates etc. which is a stealth cut. It's a real shame that the ALP don't have the spine to do anything about it. I really think they might as well be the LNP at this stage and I do expect Albanese to do his best Shorten impression and small target it for the rest of the government's term. It'll be easy too because only the Greens are making any meaningful noise on issues like housing and the ALP are too focused on a demographic that the LNP already have cornered. Recoome fucked around with this message at 10:23 on Jan 8, 2024 |
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