election 2010!

agentr31 · **August 21, 2010, 14:25:27**

wow its pretty close!

labour has 70 seats, liberal 71, greens 1, other 3 and in doubt is 5 seats

those 5 seats are gonna make or break this election...

agentr31 · **Reply #1: August 21, 2010, 14:41:34**

wow "petrie" my local electrate

labour 25,750
liberal 24,050

now thats bloody close!

Surferdude · **Reply #2: August 21, 2010, 21:44:55**

Minority Government.
Maybe some of our UK friends can give us some feedback on how that's been working for them.

Dazzler · **Reply #3: August 21, 2010, 21:45:41**

Yes a surprising result..

I thought Labour would shoe it in.. (although not a fan of Gillard)

Can't understand the swing TO labour in Tassie and Vic

If we had gone the other way Libs would be in power...

Shambles · **Reply #4: August 21, 2010, 21:48:08**

Quote from: surferdude on August 21, 2010, 21:44:55

Maybe some of our UK friends can give us some feedback on how that's been working for them.

Hung Parliament there eh?

Well it works fine here. Monkey says, monkey does.

Brew69 · **Reply #5: August 21, 2010, 22:18:40**

No Govt has the right to govern without a majority imo. If i end up having to watch Tony ummm budgie smuggler ummmm Abbott ummmm run this country i may drive my i30 off a tall mountain. The guy can't say 5 words without ummmmmm. 8)

agentr31 · **Reply #6: August 21, 2010, 23:57:26**

LOL on B105 they did an interview with him and got him to talk for 1 minute or something with out saying umm, ahh ect ect... he did pretty well aye

i probably wouldnt subject the i30 to such a harsh punishment!! i mean its not the i30's fault!!!!

i dont see why people hate tony that much... at least he didn't push his way into government like gillard did... what she did was wrong!

Ugly Mongrel · **Reply #7: August 22, 2010, 04:33:03**

During the election campaign, I had my radio modified so that as soon as any election commercials can on , or any politician's name was broadcast, my Cheech & Chong CD would start to play...gee...I've heard a lot of Cheech & Chong these last few weeks.

Surferdude · **Reply #8: August 22, 2010, 04:54:39**

Quote from: Ugly Mongrel on August 22, 2010, 04:33:03

During the election campaign, I had my radio modified so that as soon as any election commercials can on , or any politician's name was broadcast, my Cheech & Chong CD would start to play...gee...I've heard a lot of Cheech & Chong these last few weeks.

I can think of a few ads which i'd like to kill like that. You can probably make a lot of money with a mod like that.

agentr31 · **Reply #9: August 22, 2010, 08:37:26**

LOL stuff the mod i want the cheech & chong CD!!! i love them!

*agent sits down and watches a cheech & chong marathon*

yes... i have a few cheech & chong DVD's!

2i30s · **Reply #10: August 22, 2010, 08:48:32**

up in smoke and nice dreams are my favorites.

agentr31 · **Reply #11: August 22, 2010, 08:58:40**

hahahaha im suprised you know about them *shifey eyes* i mean its not like any of us know about the stuff they are talking about

btw i have a 3 dvd set of theirs! up in smoke, get out of my room and cheech & chongs next movie! FTW

2i30s · **Reply #12: August 22, 2010, 11:01:29**

the good old days.

agentr31 · **Reply #13: August 22, 2010, 11:57:55**

what are you saying? the 1890's were that much fun for you?

2i30s · **Reply #14: August 22, 2010, 12:01:19**

listen here young man.

I'm 43,not 143.

agentr31 · **Reply #15: August 22, 2010, 12:18:28**

hahahah :0

Surferdude · **Reply #16: August 23, 2010, 00:51:22**

^^^
Agent 1 - 2i30s 0

**Reply #17: August 23, 2010, 01:10:49**

Gillard did pretty well here in SA, despite having a fairly incompetant and unpopular Labor state government, that managed to win enough marginals but only had 48% of the 2PP in the March state election. The pundits say its because she grew up in SA.

snowcherry · **Reply #18: August 23, 2010, 03:05:58**

Quote from: agentr31 on August 21, 2010, 23:57:26

i dont see why people hate tony that much...

as a woman i feel a deep revilement for that excuse of a so called leader. many of my female friends feel the same. it's a gut feeling you could say

queensland swung to liberal (and family first) - bloody rednecks

Surferdude · **Reply #19: August 23, 2010, 03:11:01**

Quote from: snowcherry on August 23, 2010, 03:05:58

Quote from: agentr31 on August 21, 2010, 23:57:26

i dont see why people hate tony that much...

as a woman i feel a deep revilement for that excuse of a so called leader. many of my female friends feel the same. it's a gut feeling you could say

queensland swung to liberal (and family first) - bloody rednecks
Yeah but snowcherry, you have to agree Anna hasn't done anyone any favours (nor Luca). I still feel for the poor hospital staff with their unresolved pay issues. I know a couple of them, one who's been affected and one who hasn't.
The backlash is to be expected and on top of that, the NSW state government is no better (speaking as one who lived there for 14 years).

agentr31 · **Reply #20: August 23, 2010, 08:39:26**

Quote from: snowcherry on August 23, 2010, 03:05:58

queensland swung to liberal (and family first) - bloody rednecks

LOL *checks neck* im not a redneck!

Lakes · **Reply #21: August 23, 2010, 11:23:38**

Did anyone vote for the Sex party?

i was checking out the party's and came across that in the senate paper. the Babe standing for that party in my seat, was much better looking than Gillard.

Dazzler · **Reply #22: August 23, 2010, 11:25:23**

Quote from: Lakes on August 23, 2010, 11:23:38

Did anyone vote for the Sex party?
i was checking out the party's and came across that in the senate paper. the Babe standing for that party in my seat, was much better looking than Gillard.

I might have a look at their website....

EDIT: http://www.sexparty.org.au/

No "member" in our electorate

agentr31 · **Reply #23: August 23, 2010, 11:28:37**

LOL good one dazzler!! *agent quickly follows suit*

im sure the sex party is something "the picture" would have came up with

i want to know of anyone filled out the senate paper from 1 ~ 60 ???

Lakes · **Reply #24: August 23, 2010, 11:50:46**

another thing worth thinking about is, if Gillard walked in easy, she would be in big trouble! as it would indicate to the power brokers it's ok to outst a PM midterm the voters don't mind.
when they were talking about hung parlament i was not sure if it was Gillards Tits, or Tony in his swimmers

cheers

Brew69 · **Reply #25: August 23, 2010, 21:05:24**

Quote from: Lakes on August 23, 2010, 11:23:38

Did anyone vote for the Sex party?
i was checking out the party's and came across that in the senate paper. the Babe standing for that party in my seat, was much better looking than Gillard.

Yeah sure did. In the senate. They advocate same sex marriage.........it's about time the big 2 got with the times of 2010 and passed this through parliament.

arty · **Reply #26: August 24, 2010, 03:39:15**

The only reason that the election is so very close is because here in Australia we use the "Preferential Voting System". Whereas is it was based on "ONE VOTE, ONE VALUE".....a clear winner would have been seen.

Surferdude · **Reply #27: August 24, 2010, 04:09:16**

Quote from: arty on August 24, 2010, 03:39:15

The only reason that the election is so very close is because here in Australia we use the "Preferential Voting System". Whereas is it was based on "ONE VOTE, ONE VALUE".....a clear winner would have been seen.

Yes, but, "One Vote, One Value" means that, if a party (candidate) gets in with say 35% of the vote because the other 65% of votes were shared between 4 other candidates, then 65% of the electorate is disenfranchised for the next three years. ie. They had no say in who is representing them.

arty · **Reply #28: August 24, 2010, 20:58:13**

Ok agreed, the candidate with only 35% of the vote may be elected.....now look at the other side of the coin......let's say one of the candidates receives only 11% of the primary vote, but get 25% of the preferences, that means that with only a 1/4 0f the primary vote they are elected.
So a 1/4 of the vote then beats basically 1/3.... you don't control the preferences.....the party does.

Surferdude · **Reply #29: August 25, 2010, 04:50:45**

Quote from: arty on August 24, 2010, 20:58:13

Ok agreed, the candidate with only 35% of the vote may be elected.....now look at the other side of the coin......let's say one of the candidates receives only 11% of the primary vote, but get 25% of the preferences, that means that with only a 1/4 0f the primary vote they are elected.
So a 1/4 of the vote then beats basically 1/3.... you don't control the preferences.....the party does.

Depends on where the other preferences go.
And you control that too. If you REALLY don't like where a party is directing its preferences, then don't vote for them.
The point is, the preferential system gives you SOME control over where your preferences go
One person one vote immediately takes your preferences out of the equation if your candidate doesn't get the majority of the votes.