UrbanLabyrinth posted:

Ask him about stairs?

IslamoNazi posted:

Look at that face in the background

Amethyst posted:

This needs to colour the rest of the entire campaign

Les Affaires posted:

Les Affaires posted:

IslamoNazi posted:

Look at that face in the background

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It really depends on who is running in my electorate, as i recall in the Stafford by election only 4 candidates. LNP, ALP, GRN and FF. Of those, Greens most closely align with my political views on social rights and ecological responsibility, while we butt heads on nuclear power, i cannot in good concience vote for either of the larger parties for their complicitness in refugee policy. These are federal issues i know, but the Greens have a state view that supports public transport, while the other primary parties are focused on cars.

Family First is an enemy to reason and campaigns against female bodily autonomy and I will not give them the time of day. And so get last on my ballot.

The other two candidates, LNP Bob Anderson, a psychologist, and ALP Anthony Lyndham, an oral maxilliofacial surgeon. Are both doctors, and therefore fairly savvy individuals i hope. GRN Anne Boccabella is a small-business owner and former independent for Mt Cootha. I personally met Anne Boccabella at a rally and argued with her on several points. She tried to convince me I was dreadfully wrong about nuclear power. However I agree with her on privatization being counter productive right now and wish her well and want the Greens to get more funding via electoral votes so I will likely always put them ahead of the ALP on my ballot.
Bob Anderson in my meeting with him on the street seemed young (which normally is in their favor as we need less old stuffy white men in our politics) but came off as feeling like he'd been parachuted into the seat with the departure of Chris Davis without much understanding of the issues i valued, like NBN and religion in state education. I also had a sore run in with the Federal LNP candidate for my electorate telling me i didnt know what i was talking about and tried to dictate my values to me. Atop of that, I dont agree with how Newman has handled the absolute power he wielded in QLD.
I have not personally met Mr Lyndham but by process of elimination I voted GRN, ALP, LNP, FF.
And this will likely be the case at this election, barring the introduction of an independent, who i'll have to research, but will probably vote for provided they're not insane religious crazies because i like the destabilizing effect the independents have had on our stagnant two party system lately.

Considering the swing expected in Ashgrove its highly likely Newman will lose his seat and will not be the LNP leader come February. Assuming this is some sort of race between party leaders is naive and you should really look up your local representatives and what they stand for.

Kommando posted:

So I explained my reasons. As many seem to think its all about a race between the party leader and not the local representatives.

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Queensland Premier Campbell Newman is calling for bi-partisan support for four-year fixed terms of parliament as part of his current election campaign.

Queenslanders will go to the polls on January 31, with Mr Campbell Newman saying an early election was needed to provide certainty to business and the economy.

The LNP leader said four-year fixed terms would "give more certainty to Queensland".

Mr Newman told 612 ABC Brisbane that he hoped opposition leader Annastacia Palaszczuk would support the move.

"I would be delighted to have fixed terms on the table for this election, but sadly it needs bi-partisan support and that has not been forthcoming in previous years," he said.

"If the opposition leader is prepared to get on board we could actually have this put on the table in this campaign. I would be delighted if she said she would support four-year fixed terms."

Mr Newman said he would push for a joint agreement on the idea sooner rather than later.

"We could go through with a joint ticket on that one and then it could be put in place after the election," he said.

Jonah Galtberg posted:

How do you take someone into a courtroom at all without a charge?

Mithranderp posted:

I think he means that the courts will determine whether he's guilty; I thought he was charged with public nuisance.

Kommando posted:

But that will happen after the election, and likely for now he'll be told to stay away from political placard wavers.

Les Affaires posted:

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An unsuccessful Palmer United Party candidate has launched Supreme Court action claiming the Victorian election was invalid.

Maria Rigoni, the PUP candidate for the Northern Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council, has lodged a petition in the Supreme Court alleging the Victorian Electoral Act was breached before November's election.

Ms Rigoni has claimed the Victorian Electoral Commission allowed constituents to vote before election day without signing a pre-poll declaration.

The eight-page petition seeks to have the election declared void in all seats.

A record 1.1 million Victorians cast a pre-poll vote before polling day on November 29.

"Any reasonable person would question whether over 30 per cent of the population can't attend one of 1780 polling centres on election day," Ms Rigoni told Fairfax Media.

astupiddvdcase posted:

One of my university lecturers/tutors once said "both parties agree on 90 percent of bills together" something like that.
Im not sure if the statistic is true but im probably voting liberal for NSW state elections cause Labor seems to have no vision or plan (or maybe they just suck at communicating it) and don't have any plans for infrastructure especially in the west.

astupiddvdcase posted:

However i when it came to the last federal election i think i voted for the greens lol

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Scrote,

Sydney woke up to the Fairfax headlines this morning ‘Foley gay-marriage stance may hurt Labor in Newtown’— pointing to the new NSW Labor leader’s opposition to marriage equality in our state.

Foley may claim to be a member of the Labor left, but his leadership is moving Labor further towards the right. In 2013 Foley voted against ending marriage discrimination and on economic issues he has endorsed the Baird government’s reckless privatisation agenda.

Right now the big risk is that Foley is going to get away with claiming that a vote for Labor is a vote for a progressive NSW Government. It’s not.

That’s why we’ve come up with a plan - we’ve designed 22 Greens ads to put on the back of highly-visible phone booths all over Newtown and Balmain. They highlight exactly what the Greens stand for - clean politics, stronger communities and a fairer NSW.

Quantum Mechanic posted:

Labor absolutely do suck at communicating it, but for reference, one more term of the NSW Liberal Party is going to lose us a) the entire TAFE system, and b) the entire electricity grid. Western Sydney (a region of which I am a resident) is going to be hosed over by another term of the Liberals. We can't afford to lose TAFE, and selling off the grid is going to result in a massive increase in power prices.

astupiddvdcase posted:

im probably voting liberal for NSW state elections cause Labor seems to have no vision or plan (or maybe they just suck at communicating it) and don't have any plans for infrastructure especially in the west.

astupiddvdcase posted:

Major development of Parramatta historical precinct and finally making use of all those old sandstone buildings like old TKS along the river foreshore and the prisons is gonna be neat and was always a bit of a waste.

Freudian Slip posted:

I have to point out that the old kings school was being developed under Labor as an arts precinct but the liberals put the Kibosh on that. As for the development of North Parramatta around the old prison, there are a tonne of heritage listed buildings there with huge significance. The women's factory in North Parramatta was where most of the women convicts coming to New South Wales were imprisoned and "rehabilitated". It's what the world heritage listed Tasmanian one is based on. These are some of the oldest buildings in Australia. Under the Liberals they are going to hosed up by development (and probably by Labor as well TBH).

Its not just these beautiful old buildings, but the North Parramatta redevelopment plan includes literally building over the top of Parramatta pools - they are getting rid of the loving pools.

QM is absolutely right about Phil, he is a good man - far too good for politics.

kingcom posted:

So I don't know anything about NSW, could you maybe give a little explanation on whats going on there since it sounds dire. Will 2 terms give them time to finish constructing the death star?

astupiddvdcase posted:

Doubt greens will ever get into power and do what they want to do and i dont know what pabor wants to do at all.

astupiddvdcase posted:

i dont know which political party wants what development i assume a lot of it is just from developers and such

Quantum Mechanic posted:

Baird has two major pieces of legislation in the cooker right now:

1. "Smart and Skilled." SaS will put ALL public tertiary education and vocational education and training funding in NSW out to private tender. TAFE will be forced to bid against private providers, which will lead to a deterioration of education quality, conditions for teachers and length of courses. We currently have a small amount of education funding for tender, and the third-party providers who exploit it do poo poo like telling students "you don't even have to come to class, and we give you a laptop." Currently social work organisations and peak bodies and a lot of training bodies have blacklisted the majority of third-party providers in the state, and Baird is about to hand them all of our education funding.

2. Sale "99-year lease" of the NSW electricity grid. Standard stuff, sell off a piece of fundamental infrastructure to a private company, allowing them to profit from it with absolutely no fear of competition, since you can't build competing electricity grids. The grid brings in over a billion dollars a year in returns to the state, and we're selling it for less than 20.

The NSW Liberals are also hell-bent on CSG, hate wind and solar power, love casinos, and are currently involved in selling every piece of public housing the state has available to developers.

kingcom posted:

Right so they're burning the state to the ground for the insurance money.

ili posted:

No, that would imply the full value of the assets would be received by the state which could then be used to rebuild the destroyed infrastructure.

They're selling the state and everyone in it to their mates for beer money and a few board seats.

kingcom posted:

I was implying the liberal party members are going to take the money and run.