Wrageowrapper posted:

So it apparently seems somewhat likely that Jacquie Lambie will not only retain her senate spot but may also pick up another seat under her party down here in Tassie. I don't want to be one of those people that begrudges the electorate for their decisions but I really begrudge the electorate for their decisions.

Anidav posted:

Get investigated by the afp for shitposting

Doctor Spaceman posted:

https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/738288685230129152

Doctor Spaceman posted:

https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/738288685230129152

Wrageowrapper posted:

So it apparently seems somewhat likely that Jacquie Lambie will not only retain her senate spot but may also pick up another seat under her party down here in Tassie. I don't want to be one of those people that begrudges the electorate for their decisions but I really begrudge the electorate for their decisions.

Anidav posted:

And now for the comments section...

DancingShade posted:

Whoever wins the election will preside over our probable economic collapse because of long term mismanagement and the housing bubble possibly popping.

It's bit of a poison chalice really.

starkebn posted:

no matter how many times both sides say there's no deal, it's the narrative their opponents want so they keep at it. Also, SHY had a shocker of an interview on 2GB and now every numpty conservative is all over it pointing out how the Greens are hopeless.

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:

...what?

Anidav posted:

If Bill Shorten wins, remove negative gearing, bubble pops, Libs use this as an excuse to argue for the return of negative gearing, Libs win government, implement an even shittier version of negative gears, bubble restarts?

Anidav posted:

Isn't Switzerland kinda right wing?

Doctor Spaceman posted:

Minimum income proposals aren't inherently left or right wing.

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

Yeah, but the right's far more likely to hold the view that the pain of being in poverty is the only thing that motivates scroungers and that basic income would see plummeting productivity as bludgers sit on the couch collecting cheques.

NTRabbit posted:

The SA Greens are the ones who let her into the party and stuck her top of the ticket in the first place, they're the ones who have to live with their mistake.

BBJoey posted:

the current US election shows that self-proclaimed liberals are more than happy to take this view of the world

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

the right

freebooter posted:

What the gently caress is with people trying to create internal divisions within the Greens? Wahhh Di Natale is a class traitor, wahhh SHY did a bad interview. Don't worry, the media's going to do enough of a job of demonising Green candidates, they don't need our own help.

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

Senor Tron posted:

Given that the whole reason we are going to a DD is because the Coalition has spent the last three years complaining about the senate not rolling over and doing whatever the government says it's going to be hilarious if we end up with an even more diverse set of senators.

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Background Briefing: International students underpaid, exploited Friday 3 June 2016 7:54AM (view full episode)

Vulnerable workers are an important election issue, with 7-Eleven's exploitation of workers still making headlines. In response, the Minister for Employment, Michaelia Cash, made an election promise last month of an extra $20 million for the Fair Work Ombudsman. But the Ombudsman is struggling to keep up with the under-payment and exploitation of international student workers, among others. At stake is the reputation of our multi-billion dollar higher education industry, which faces reputational damage. Listen to the full report on Background Briefing, Sunday 5 June at 8am, repeated Tuesday 7 June at 9pm.

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Wet and wild conditions are expected along the New South Wales coast this weekend, the Bureau of Meteorology [BoM] has warned.

The BoM issued a gale warning for the coast from Byron Bay in the north to the Illawarra and Batemans Bay on the state's south coast.

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Election 2016: Vietnam Veterans Association slams Scott Morrison's 'war on business' comments By Alexandra Beech Updated about 10 hours ago

The national president of the Vietnam Veterans Association has slammed the Federal Coalition's political references to war as "tasteless in the extreme". Treasurer Scott Morrison has accused the Opposition Leader Bill Shorten of using "tax as bullets" as part of a "war on business". Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull did not back away from the language used. "The reality is that Bill Shorten has declared a war on business and the first casualties are jobs," he said. "The first casualties of Shorten's war on business are Australian jobs."

The comments came as a repatriation ceremony was held in Sydney for Australian soldiers and dependants who were buried in military cemeteries in Malaysia and Singapore during the Vietnam War. Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia president Ken Foster spent time with the soldiers' families at the ceremony in Richmond and said Mr Turnbull had not considered their suffering. "For them to go home tonight and see a comparison of the war that their family members were killed in and have just been brought home from around 50 years later for a political argument, I see that as tasteless in the extreme," he said. "I'd like them, when they're thinking about the sacrifice of veterans and the sacrifice of their families, to please not put it into comparison with some of the damage that's done on the stock exchange or in the business world."

Mr Foster said war and the challenges faced by businesses or politicians were completely different. "With a war situation you go in there literally to destroy the enemy," he said. "I don't believe our political parties should be using a comparison of the way a war is fought to a political argument."