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My younger brother just got back from a school trip to Canberra. They met Warren Truss in his office, and he apparently spent half an hour rambling about how the Nationals are the champions of country people and also about how much he hated Gough Whitlam.
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VoteCompass for the Victoria election is up on the ABC website, in case anyone is interested.
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Nov 2, 2014 13:09
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NTRabbit posted:Four candidates for Mayor of the City of Onkaparinga, and the least objectionable one can't spell or punctuate in his candidate statement. Oh, hey there fellow Onkaparinga goon. Yeah, a choice between two former Liberal MPs and two people who can't spell. We do have two Greens running for council though so it's not a total wash.
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Nov 4, 2014 12:44
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Vladimir Poutine posted:Sorry Adelaide goons, Stephen Yarwood just lost by 42 votes to some tory who wants to turn your city into a carpark. drat.  Yarwood happened to be at the pub a bunch of us Greens were having our meeting at last week and he came up and said hello. Seems like a good guy and I haven't heard a bad word about him. It's a shame to see him go.
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Nov 8, 2014 11:01
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Quantum Mechanic posted:What about Simms? I don't think the results have been officially released yet. Fingers crossed.
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Nov 8, 2014 12:10
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Gorilla Salad posted:Politics isn't football. If your party stops representing your interests, you don't 'follow' them like a team having a bad season, hoping for change. You throw them to the loving curb. No, but, you see, ~*~change from within~*~ Seriously though Anidav quit the ALP and join The Greens. I actually got a job through a member of my branch so who knows, you might even be able to fix your unemployment woes too.
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Nov 11, 2014 06:57
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ewe2 posted:He loves to quote Burke like they do, because they all pretend they're 19th century liberals and not 21st century PR hacks for corps. Battlelines is a mess, he tries to own both Whigs and Tories in his description of the Liberals, that speaks volumes. Yeah, for real, I remember reading Battlelines and it seemed like every third page included a quote from Burke. That and he uses the word 'though' in every second sentence IIRC.
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Nov 14, 2014 08:26
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Halo14 posted:Did you read it with his voice in your mind? Awkward pauses and all? It was difficult not to, mostly because Abbott's prose is almost as disjointed and awkward as his manner of speech.
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Nov 14, 2014 11:50
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CrazyTolradi posted:The issue is that the QLD greens are basically extremist anti-vax, anti-GMO and tend to tinfoil conspiracy theories. The best option is clearly "None". How come someone as level-headed as Larissa Waters is their only MP?
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Nov 15, 2014 05:13
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Urcher posted:This has not been my experience in the Queensland Greens. The more I hear about the Queensland Greens being some sort of tinfoil hat wearing crazies the more I think it's just some sort of rumor/exaggeration spread by Labor Right to keep people tied to the ALP.
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Nov 15, 2014 05:56
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Anidav posted:You hear it in Young Labor all the time Can't imagine why.
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Nov 15, 2014 10:57
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Gough Suppressant posted:In a move that should surprise noone with the barest amount of oxygen flow to their brain, Labor has preferenced The DLP, Palmer, Country Alliance and 'Vote 1 Local Jobs' ahead of the Greens in the Western Region for the Victorian Upper House Relevant article from The Guardian on Labor's suicidal impulses when it comes to Greens preferences.
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Nov 16, 2014 07:59
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Can't have those awful Greens win safe Labor seats that are reserved for careerist hacks!
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Nov 16, 2014 08:19
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Anidav posted:The Victorian Labor twitter account has gone crazy and accused The Greens for being in bed with big coal.  
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Nov 16, 2014 13:32
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Can anyone recommend any literature on the NT intervention or give a brief rundown? I feel like it's something I should know more about.
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Nov 18, 2014 11:28
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Senor Tron posted:Does anyone know the statistics on what number of people heavily involved in young Labor/Liberals end up becoming candidates for the parties? 100%, probably.
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Nov 23, 2014 12:40
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Anidav posted:All I want is the means to campaign against Campbell Newman, is that such a crime? This is Queensland we're talking about so, yeah, it probably will be soon.
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Nov 23, 2014 13:31
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I originally joined the Greens just to hand out HTV cards at election day. Now I'm branch secretary, state council delegate, and a member of the constitutional working group. Like Nuclear Spy says, you really sort of have to throw yourself into it because things don't just happen on their own and The Greens are in need of every member/volunteer they can get. Also that .gif needs to be in every OP.
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Nov 23, 2014 13:54
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Sanguine posted:(2GB/News Ltd/Coalition vs ABC/Fairfax/Social Media/Labor-Left/Greens) I've actually heard a Liberal supporters claim that Facebook is 'overrun with left-wing bias'. I don't know either.
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Nov 24, 2014 09:42
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Nuclear Spy posted:I have been given the task of Poll Booth Captain at one of the polling booths for the by-election, which happens the day after the End of Year Christmas Party. It'll mark one year since I met a handful of goons for the first time at Nandos... I'm expecting to see some new goons there too this time I'm a polling booth captain too; have you got many other people on yours? It looks like it might just be me all on my lonesome for the whole day.
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Nov 24, 2014 13:30
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Nuclear Spy posted:No idea, I just got the call up, and that's all I know so far! Adelaide branch did a phone bank tonight so I'm sure they'll fill up before next weekend. Ah, cool, I think some of the branches are 'adopting' booths too, so I might see if my branch is keen to do the same.
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Nov 24, 2014 13:43
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Nuclear Spy posted:They will just end up calculating the number of hours we spend in steam baths. Besides, I'm sure there'll be plenty of content on social media sites that will inconveniently pop up once any of us goons manage to get elected. I'm looking forward to bathgate. 
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Nov 26, 2014 12:32
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Richmond is back in doubt.
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Nov 29, 2014 11:28
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