NSW election March 26, 2011

[fish]

I'm sure we have a few NSW safooty members, who may wish to share their thoughts on the forthcoming election. From what I've heard Labor is in for a drubbing, and the bookies market confirms this:

COALITION $1.03
AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY $12.00

[redandblack]

It will be a wipeout and rightly so.

[Magpiespower]

Will Fatty O'Barrell and the Libs be any better? Well, they sure as hell can't be any worse! Voters are armed with spiked baseball bats to club these clowns out of office.

Recent poll had Labor getting 22% primary vote.

Had to laugh at the 'Save Verity' posters in Balmain (Education Minister Verity Firth) which made no reference at all to Labor. Deputy Premier Carmel Tebbutt has similar posters around Marrickville. Both wil likely lose their seats to the Greens.

You know things are desperate when Keneally is popping up in a traditional Labor stronghold like Blacktown to try and get Opposition Leader-in-waiting John Robertson over the line. Robbo's next campaign slogan could very well be "More of the same".

BTW, those odds are a bit generous...

[Squawk]

Recent poll had Labor getting 22% primary vote.

22% - that much?

So one in five people in the street would put their hands up and say they will be voting to keep NSW Labor in office, for what possible reason?

I'd be surprised if 1 in 5 would stick with Labor, but I guess that figure might be the number who would NEVER change their vote, no matter what.

[redandblack]

That would be right, squawk.

History strongly suggests that figure would be much higher if it was an incompetent Liberal government.

[Darth Vader]

Recent poll had Labor getting 22% primary vote.

22% - that much?

So one in five people in the street would put their hands up and say they will be voting to keep NSW Labor in office, for what possible reason?

I'd be surprised if 1 in 5 would stick with Labor, but I guess that figure might be the number who would NEVER change their vote, no matter what.

Christina is a hotty and I'd vote for her any day. She's cleaned out more than 20 hoons from the loop so who is to say a new mob under a sassy blonde couldn't make achiements happen? O'Farrell is boring and uninspiring.

[GWW]

We've heard how bad the NSW Govt is for quite a while now.

What specifically are examples of some of its poor performance? I'm assuming examples include lack of spending on infrastructure, the infighting (including the party hacks forcing leadership changes over last few years), and the squabble over the privatisation of power assets.

[Sky Pilot]

We've heard how bad the NSW Govt is for quite a while now.

What specifically are examples of some of its poor performance? I'm assuming examples include lack of spending on infrastructure, the infighting (including the party hacks forcing leadership changes over last few years), and the squabble over the privatisation of power assets.

I'm no expert but there is a lot of ill feeling among the public about piss poor infrastructure - roads, bridges, public transport etc. I believe there is also some evidence of govt bungling in education and health issues. I'm in Sydney about six times a year and I love it so maybe its just a storm in a teacup.

[fish]

I believe there have been a few scandals involving Labor MP's too.

[Sky Pilot]

I believe there have been a few scandals involving Labor MP's too.

you know fish mate I wuz gonna say that but I backed out because I had no details only suspicions and I don't want to run foul of the movers and shakers who rule this excellent site.

[Magpiespower]

Infrastructure blunders are legion...

- Cross City-Tunnel
- Lane Cove Tunnel
- CityRail
- Millenium trains
- T-Card ticketing system
- public transport
- roads (congestion everywhere)
- hospitals (not that NSW is alone in that one)
- power/electricity privatisation

A recent example is the new Victoria Road bridge which doesn't improve the bottleneck along that horrible stretch, just moves it fifty metres up the road to the next set of traffic lights.

This Government's rap sheet reads...

- corruption
- cronyism
- nepotism
- parliamentary rorts
- Ministers misleading parliament
- paedophilia
- domestic violence

And all-round general incompetence.

That's just off the top of my head.

Christina is a hotty and I'd vote for her any day. She's cleaned out more than 20 hoons from the loop so who is to say a new mob under a sassy blonde couldn't make achiements happen? O'Farrell is boring and uninspiring.

Fast Eddie? Fat Joe? Karl & Mark?

Just like her two predecessors (Iemma and Rees) she only got the job thanks to Centre Unity grubs Obeid and Tripodi and has been completely ineffectual in her time as Premier. People seem to like her and there's talk of parachuting her into Kingsford at Garrett's expense. But she's just more of the same.

Exhibit A: her decision to prorogue parliament. She still can't come clean on that one. Draft report from the inquiry she tried to stop from looking into the scorched Earth policy, I mean, electricity privatisation, is out today.

She didn't clean out jack! Those dirty stinking rats jumped a sinking ship of Titanic proportions. Well, at least those not mired in scandal.

NSW Labor will be in the 'safe hands' of John Robertson from March 27.

Amazingly, it could've been much worse: we could've had Carl Scully as premier...

[Magpiespower]

the squabble over the privatisation of power assets...

This is a good read - would be a Yes, Minister satire if it wasn't true - which explains a helluva about the power sell-off and the current malaise of NSW and Federal Labor...

[CK]

Recent poll had Labor getting 22% primary vote.

22% - that much?

So one in five people in the street would put their hands up and say they will be voting to keep NSW Labor in office, for what possible reason?

I'd be surprised if 1 in 5 would stick with Labor, but I guess that figure might be the number who would NEVER change their vote, no matter what.

Christina is a hotty and I'd vote for her any day. She's cleaned out more than 20 hoons from the loop so who is to say a new mob under a sassy blonde couldn't make achiements happen? O'Farrell is boring and uninspiring.

Disturbingly (in terms of how they use their vote), there is a percentage of the community that would actually base their vote on that.

[Magpiespower]

Disturbingly (in terms of how they use their vote), there is a percentage of the community that would actually base their vote on that.

To be fair, they haven't got much else to go on.

Certainly not policy so there's only her perky cute blonde cheerleader looks (but not personality) - gooooo Krissstiiinaaa!

Though she scrubs up much better when her makeup gun isn't set to "Midwest Trailer Park Beauty Pagent Queen"...

[Psyber]

That would be right, squawk.
History strongly suggests that figure would be much higher if it was an incompetent Liberal government.

Has there ever been one of those?
Misguided, in some aspects of policy, has been the case at times though - e.g. Work Choices.

[GWW]

That would be right, squawk.
History strongly suggests that figure would be much higher if it was an incompetent Liberal government.

Has there ever been one of those?
Misguided, in some aspects of policy, has been the case at times though - e.g. Work Choices.

Didn't Nick Greiner have to resign due to the findings of an ICAC investigation

[Psyber]

That would be right, squawk.
History strongly suggests that figure would be much higher if it was an incompetent Liberal government.

Has there ever been one of those?
Misguided, in some aspects of policy, has been the case at times though - e.g. Work Choices.

Didn't Nick Greiner have to resign due to the findings of an ICAC investigation

I'd forgotten him - valid point!

[CK]

I wonder if we'd ever see our Premier trying this?

[MatteeG]

I wonder if we'd ever see our Premier trying this?

LMAO- I wouldnt mind tackling that Bunny!

[Magpiespower]

Spewing!

Just found out the changes in the electoral boundaries now put me in the seat of Marrickville.

Basically it's Deputy Premier Carmel Tebbutt versus Marrickville Mayor Fiona Byrne (Greens).

Depending on Lib preferences, might have to vote Labor after all.

Damn...