by Dogwatcher » Fri Aug 19, 2016 12:51 pm
by Jimmy_041 » Fri Aug 19, 2016 1:05 pm
Dogwatcher wrote:Hansard. I occasionally peruse it.
by Grahaml » Tue Aug 23, 2016 4:30 am
Jimmy_041 wrote:We all know nothing happens against this government unless The Advertiser decides its going back it.
It wouldn't matter what the Opposition did.
With the amount of money the Govt spend with the Advertiser (and about to spend another $200k), he'd have to commit murder
And Labor really hit the bottom of the $hit pit by wheeling out the pig Foley to poo poo the Royal Commissioner
http://indaily.com.au/news/local/2016/0 ... on-regime/
by Jimmy_041 » Tue Aug 23, 2016 12:22 pm
by Grahaml » Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:11 pm
by bennymacca » Tue Aug 23, 2016 2:33 pm
Grahaml wrote:Politicians never want to be seen as complaining about things other than the other politicians. I've long felt the media need to be reined in. Not from a perspective of restricting criticism but to force them to be accurate and to respect people's privacy. They also won't make too much noise about this IMHO, because they don't want to be seen as whinging.
Foley came out the other day and tried to put a potential challenge in the whinge category by saying the liberals focussed too much on their own safe seats. Apparently, he seems to think that marginal seats are the only ones that matter and that some voters are more important than others. Very sad state of affairs if a former senior ALP politician feels that way, because it basically means our government feels that way.
by Grahaml » Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:38 pm
by bennymacca » Tue Aug 23, 2016 6:23 pm
by RB » Tue Aug 23, 2016 10:16 pm
by Grahaml » Thu Aug 25, 2016 3:03 pm
RB wrote:I don't recall the Libera Party complaining about the last redistribution in 2012. At any rate, if the swing had been uniform they would have won.
It's a system that has thrown up a couple of undesirable results but it's hard to think of a better one. The current system is at least based on 'fairness'. I know it hasn't worked out that way, but anything else would be arbitrary.
Besides some of the more senile Liberal members accusing the Electoral Commissioner of being corrupt, I haven't heard any suggestions for a different method.
by RB » Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:08 pm
by Jimmy_041 » Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:17 pm
by RB » Thu Aug 25, 2016 8:46 pm
by Jimmy_041 » Thu Aug 25, 2016 10:49 pm
by RB » Fri Aug 26, 2016 12:00 am
Jimmy_041 wrote:In 40 years, Labor has won the 2PP 3 times but governed for the vast majority (too late at night for me to get the stats)
Jimmy_041 wrote:So much for democracy in this state and no wonder we are are basket case in every respect
Jimmy_041 wrote:At least the Liberals had the decency to try to fix the gerrymander
Jimmy_041 wrote:This mob of ar$eholes will never want to change it as it will affect their ability to become millionaires on the public purse
by Grahaml » Fri Aug 26, 2016 12:14 am
by Jimmy_041 » Fri Aug 26, 2016 11:39 am
Grahaml wrote:The AEC wouldn't be controlled by any party, but no doubt they can be influenced by comment as any organisation can. The Liberals, in my opinion, haven't made as much noise about it as they should and I think mostly because they fear a public backlash.
But the final washup is this. In 30 years, the party winning 2PP has ended up in opposition. As your link says, "sufficient numbers to form government". That goes against your idea of a couple of independants making all the difference. And with any result over 51% to one party, there should be a fairly significant number of seats between the parties. Last election was 53%.
by Booney » Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:16 am
by stan » Tue Aug 30, 2016 4:07 pm
Booney wrote:Looking at March next year for the nRAH to be in use, at absolute best.
by Booney » Tue Aug 30, 2016 4:09 pm
stan wrote:Booney wrote:Looking at March next year for the nRAH to be in use, at absolute best.
March 2017, what someone has put an actual month down.
Well shit hey.
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