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Hello and Welcome to the pre-election season. As we head into the final quarter of this weird-rear end Government, the state of play is showing a swing that could make the history books. The man who is taking advantage of this national attitude is Bill Shorten. An opposition leader who has grown up from a checks notes nobody to a copy Corbyn's notes nobody.  A tired but lucky Coalition Government has been in for 2 terms and has switched Prime Minister twice, unlike Labor - to a different person each time. That person is only Prime Minister because they did not teach math at the Queensland Police Academy.  Scott Morrison is a weather vane, his opinions go where the wind go. From opposing a Banking Royal Commission to supporting it, to opposing a National Integrity Commissions to supporting it. Currently this government has no policy on Climate change or Energy and indeed involves a cabinet of economic vandals, coal lobbyists in waiting and failed leadership spillers.  Much like John Howard before him, this government is leaning heavily on national security and the political climate has become so toxic around the issue the end result is a super ministry, both major parties supporting the indefinite detention of maritime arrival refugees and indeed over exaggerated narratives on criminal gangs and African backgrounds. The end result is a government attempting to summon nationalistic furor upon an apathetic and lazy voting populace. Meanwhile it is consumed by factional infighting, branch level civil wars and policy shifts to attempt to win crucial by-elections unsuccessfully such as moving the Israeli Embassy to Jerusalem. The current state of play is a minority government with supply maintained by a rag tag group of small L Liberal independents and Bob Katter; an insane individual. How this ends is predictable. How it started is deplorable. How the government is currently is beyond parody and we are all here to laugh at it. Can this Government survive?  https://www.strawpoll.me/16960540 Anidav fucked around with this message at 06:32 on Dec 4, 2018 |
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I’m gay.
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Dec 2, 2018 11:43
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Anime Dave
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Dec 2, 2018 11:48
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Where’s my Christmas theme you fucker
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Dec 2, 2018 11:49
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I'm gonna main Bill Shorten this season if no one minds.
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Anidav posted:An opposition leader who has grown up from a checks notes nobody to a copy Corbyn's notes nobody. 
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Today I learned there was a move to persuade the State Executive to re-endorse Craig Kelly as Liberal candidate for Hughes in order to avoid a preselection - in other words to deny Liberal Party members in Hughes the opportunity to have their say. I subsequently spoke with several State Executive members to express my strong view that the Party’s democratic processes should operate in the normal way especially after such a long debate in the NSW Liberal Party about the importance of grass roots membership involvement. Shortly after, my media adviser was contacted by The Australian and the Daily Telegraph about these discussions, so rather than wait for their version of events to be published tomorrow, I can state now that I am strongly of the view that the normal democratic process should be allowed to proceed. It has been put to me that Mr Kelly has threatened to go to the cross bench and “bring down the Government”. If indeed he has made that threat, it is not one that should result in a capitulation. Indeed it would be the worst and weakest response to such a threat. It is time for the Liberal Party members in Hughes to have their say about their local member and decide who they want to represent them.
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JBP posted:I'm gonna main Bill Shorten this season if no one minds. We all mind. Moving on, the last page of the last thread had a discussion of Craig Kelly demanding to be given preselection sans vote and it looking like there are no numbers. I wouldn't be surprised if they offered that as an option they could try, then actively sabotaged the numbers so they could go "well, gee, we tried our damndest but those drat moderates!". The plan was probably to have it play out slower so they could make a new set of deals with the cross bench.
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It's cool that this government may last another half year because a bunch of lovely independents know they're doomed too and want to hang on and get paid to do nothing for as long as possible.
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Dec 2, 2018 12:07
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:I’m gay. Call me
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Dec 2, 2018 12:15
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terrible op, terrible country, voted 1
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Dec 2, 2018 12:19
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i don't like bob katter
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Dec 2, 2018 12:21
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My first car was a stick
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bandaid.friend posted:i don't like bob katter 
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Dec 2, 2018 12:27
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But that's not Bob Katter standing with a painting of Queensland tap water in a can?
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Dec 2, 2018 12:30
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no that's robbie katter, the son.
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Dec 2, 2018 12:31
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thatbastardken posted:no that's robbie katter, the son. Ah nevermind, I overlooked that when I realised someone had willingly wasted time on painting a can of XXXX Gold for some reason or another.
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Dec 2, 2018 12:34
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I haven't visited here in a while. Any LNP supporters that regularly post in auspol threads?
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Dec 2, 2018 12:34
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Amethyst could probably be talked into a casual LNP vote if you chat him up right
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Dec 2, 2018 12:37
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I don't like the idea of scrapping the monthly thread.
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Dec 2, 2018 12:39
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Well it was one fellas unilateral action. I'm sure someone will ignore it.
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We need to let the rank and file posters decide on thread frequency, not imposed from the top down by some factional warlord.
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Several monthly microthreads catering to the narrow interests of a few posters is a better system
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https://twitter.com/SeanBradbery/status/1069188476480847873
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Anidav has clearly gone mad with power. Look at the typos! The lovely poll with no joke option! Mad I say!
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Holy poo poo, slam dunk
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Schlesische posted:We all mind. Malcolm Turnbull has spectacularly intervened to block a plan by Prime Minister Scott Morrison to save the career of conservative backbencher Craig Kelly, which has now collapsed after a furious backlash. In a series of tweets on Sunday night, the former prime minister said a growing push to immediately cancel preselections in NSW was a "capitulation" and "weak" response to Mr Kelly's threats to move to the crossbench if he was dumped by Liberal Party members. SickosShorten
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Funny how one of the few female Liberal MPs (Jane Prentice) got dumped in preselection and there was nothing that could be done, but they somehow find a way to save the invaluable Craig loving Kelly
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Jonah Galtberg posted:Amethyst could probably be talked into a casual LNP vote if you chat him up right
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You might get one or two wondering in on election day.
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Even pisscraig was in here spruiking the virtues of Shortenmania last month. Continuing to support the LNP into 2019 should definitely be a disqualifying trait for friendship, babysitting, Christmas dinner invitations, and all other social interaction, and may in fact be an indicator of severe mental illness.
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Brown Paper Bag posted:Funny how one of the few female Liberal MPs (Jane Prentice) got dumped in preselection and there was nothing that could be done, but they somehow find a way to save the invaluable Craig loving Kelly He’s helping to keep up their quota of Sky news appearances.
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SMH posted:Craig Kelly walked into the Engadine Gymnastics Club on Sunday night a man under pressure.
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:We need to let the rank and file posters decide on thread frequency, not imposed from the top down by some factional warlord. Will this captains call bring down the
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Jonah Galtberg posted:Amethyst could probably be talked into a casual LNP vote if you chat him up right (All of your fellow vicsoc/greens voters in the club crack up laughing at this post)
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notice the lack of denial 
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Jonah Galtberg posted:notice the lack of denial stfu you inane poser.
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Now Molan wants Scomo to intervene to save his job too lol
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