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Re: Australian Politics thread [merged]
« Reply #5865 on: December 10, 2022, 04:20:25 PM »
Current results (ABC):

Lower house:  ALP 49, LNP 24, GRN 4 with 11 seats still in doubt.

Upper house:  ALP 15, LNP 14, GRN 4, Cannabis 2, AJP 1, SFF 1, Reason 1, DLP 1, PHON 1.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/vic/2022/results?filter=all&sort=az
The Lower house will finish with ALP 56, LNP 28, GRN 4 .... assuming the delayed Narracan election remains with the Nats. So, Labor actually gained a seat at this election  :o.

The Upper house may end up with 8 different parties and 11 members all up on the crossbench.
Currently:
Govt: ALP 15
Opp:  LNP 14
Crossbench: Legalise Cannabis 3, Greens 2, Lib Dems 1, DLP (Somyurek) 1, One Nation 1, Animal Justice 1, Shooters 1, Transport Matters 1.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/vic/2022/guide/lc-results
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Re: Australian Politics thread [merged]
« Reply #5866 on: December 14, 2022, 07:38:13 AM »

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Re: Australian Politics thread [merged]
« Reply #5867 on: December 14, 2022, 10:35:33 AM »
Feel like the party should be paying for this seriously

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Re: Australian Politics thread [merged]
« Reply #5868 on: December 14, 2022, 03:52:58 PM »
Current results (ABC):

Lower house:  ALP 49, LNP 24, GRN 4 with 11 seats still in doubt.

Upper house:  ALP 15, LNP 14, GRN 4, Cannabis 2, AJP 1, SFF 1, Reason 1, DLP 1, PHON 1.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/vic/2022/results?filter=all&sort=az
The Lower house will finish with ALP 56, LNP 28, GRN 4 .... assuming the delayed Narracan election remains with the Nats. So, Labor actually gained a seat at this election  :o.

Finalised Victorian Upper House results.

ALP  15
LNP  14
Greens 4
Legalise Cannabis 2
Liberal Democrats  1
Animal Justice 1
Shooters, Fishers & Farmers 1
DLP 1
One Nation 1

Per Region:
Eastern Victoria - 2 Labor, 1 Liberal, 1 National, 1 SFF. No change on 2018 party composition.

North-Eastern Metropolitan - 2 Labor, 2 Liberal, 1 Green. Green gain at the expense of the Transport Matters Party.

Northern Metropolitan - 2 Labor, 1 Liberal, 1 Green, 1 DLP. DLP gain from Fiona Patten's Reason Party.

Northern Victoria - 1 Labor, Liberal, 1 National, 1 One Nation, 1 Animal Justice. The Nationals, One Nation and Animal Justice gain seats, Labor, the Liberal Democrats and Derryn Hinch's Justice Party lose seats.

South-Eastern Metropolitan - 2 Labor, 1 Liberal, 1 Liberal Democrat, 1 Legalise Cannabis. Labor loses a seat to Legalise Canabis.

Southern Metropolitan - 2 Labor, 2 Liberal, 1 Greens. Green gain at the expense of Sustainable Australia.

Western Metropolitan - 2 Labor, 2 Liberal, 1 Legalise Cannabis. Labor lose one seat and Derryn Hinch's Justice Party turned Independent turned Angry Victorian Catherine Cumming defeated. Legalise Cannabis and Liberals gain a seat.

Western Victoria - 2 Labor, 2 Liberal, 1 Green. Liberals and Greens gain seats at the expense of Animal Justice and Derryn Hinch's Justice Party.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/vic/2022/guide/lc-results

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Re: Australian Politics thread [merged]
« Reply #5869 on: February 06, 2023, 01:19:30 PM »
Senator Lidia Thorpe has quit the Greens and will sit on the crossbench.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-06/lidia-thorpe-to-quit-greens-over-voice-disagreement/101935534


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« Reply #5870 on: March 02, 2023, 02:12:43 PM »



https://www.theage.com.au/national/dutton-risks-being-blamed-if-the-voice-fails-or-deemed-irrelevant-if-it-succeeds-20230301-p5coep.html

Almost a year since the election, there are few signs that it (the Libs) has recognised or accepted that it has to change if it is to have any hope of regaining its heartland.
That is not only obvious in the approach Peter Dutton has taken on the Voice but on other critical issues. The Voice is the Liberals’ chance to show they can set aside culture wars and make a constructive contribution to the establishment of a body to address an intractable problem, given little else has worked so far to improve the lot of Indigenous Australians, or to make amends for the wrongs they have suffered.
Yeah we're already going to vote for him mate, you don't need to keep selling it.....

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Re: Australian Politics thread [merged]
« Reply #5871 on: March 02, 2023, 02:33:56 PM »
Liberals should grow some balls and go back to who they're meant to be, a bunch of rich arseholes yet able to manage the economy and make some common sense decisions. And take a stand against the Voice

Who wants 2 ALPs

Vote independent my friends
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Re: Australian Politics thread [merged]
« Reply #5872 on: March 02, 2023, 04:15:22 PM »
Liberals should grow some balls and go back to who they're meant to be, a bunch of rich arseholes yet able to manage the economy and make some common sense decisions. And take a stand against the Voice

Who wants 2 ALPs

Vote independent my friends


Far too much jocularity on this site ATM.
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Re: Australian Politics thread [merged]
« Reply #5873 on: March 25, 2023, 11:34:36 PM »
Labor has won the NSW state election. So that's ALP governments right across the mainland.

NSW ALP may end up with just a majority (47+ seats): ALP 47, LNP 28, IND 7, GRN 3. There's 8 seats in doubt.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/nsw/2023/results?filter=all&sort=az

Credit to both Minns and Perrottet for their gracious and dignified speeches. Each genuinely paid tribute to each other for how they behaved towards each other during the election campaign. Unusual for politics these days.
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Re: Australian Politics thread [merged]
« Reply #5874 on: March 29, 2023, 01:17:50 PM »
DantheMan Going to China  :rollin
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/daniel-andrews-itinerary-released-amid-criticism-over-secretive-china-trip/ci19x4o8p

Wonder if DantheMan will visit Australian journalist Cheng Lei in prison or advocate for the Uyghurs and the forced sterilisation of Uyghur women?
https://uhrp.org/statement/uhrp-welcomes-uyghur-survivors-to-the-us-to-give-first-hand-testimony/
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/02/10/uk/eu-investigate-sanction-visiting-xinjiang-official
https://rsf.org/en/china-rsf-calls-release-three-foreign-journalists-accused-espionage
https://rsf.org/en/china-rsf-urges-release-ailling-investigative-journalist-huang-xueqin-detained-over-500-days
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/china-xinjiang-uyghurs-muslims-repression-genocide-human-rights


What about the LGBTQI community?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-27/how-lgbtq-life-in-china-has-gotten-tougher-under-xi-quicktake


I don’t know, was there was good reason the Morrison government tore up the last Victorian/CCP agreement?

Should we celebrate our state going into business with an evil communist government and it’s dictator who is bosom buddies with Putin?

Is Albernese going to step in and stop DantheMan too? :laugh:


But thankfully DantheMan was very very upset and vocal about Andrew Thornburn  :clapping :clapping :clapping

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/10/04/victorian-premier-andrews-slams-absolutely-appalling-views-of-new-essendon/
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Re: Australian Politics thread [merged]
« Reply #5875 on: April 01, 2023, 09:19:16 PM »



Peter Dutton, dead man walking.
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Re: Australian Politics thread [merged]
« Reply #5876 on: April 02, 2023, 05:04:00 PM »
Word is that Josh Frydenberg is looking for a safe seat to contest in a by-election.
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Re: Australian Politics thread [merged]
« Reply #5877 on: April 04, 2023, 03:09:43 AM »
DantheMan Going to China  :rollin
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/daniel-andrews-itinerary-released-amid-criticism-over-secretive-china-trip/ci19x4o8p

Wonder if DantheMan will visit Australian journalist Cheng Lei in prison or advocate for the Uyghurs and the forced sterilisation of Uyghur women?
https://uhrp.org/statement/uhrp-welcomes-uyghur-survivors-to-the-us-to-give-first-hand-testimony/
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/02/10/uk/eu-investigate-sanction-visiting-xinjiang-official
https://rsf.org/en/china-rsf-calls-release-three-foreign-journalists-accused-espionage
https://rsf.org/en/china-rsf-urges-release-ailling-investigative-journalist-huang-xueqin-detained-over-500-days
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/china-xinjiang-uyghurs-muslims-repression-genocide-human-rights


What about the LGBTQI community?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-27/how-lgbtq-life-in-china-has-gotten-tougher-under-xi-quicktake


I don’t know, was there was good reason the Morrison government tore up the last Victorian/CCP agreement?

Should we celebrate our state going into business with an evil communist government and it’s dictator who is bosom buddies with Putin?

Is Albernese going to step in and stop DantheMan too? :laugh:


But thankfully DantheMan was very very upset and vocal about Andrew Thornburn  :clapping :clapping :clapping

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/10/04/victorian-premier-andrews-slams-absolutely-appalling-views-of-new-essendon/

Il save you the time mate, you wont get a reply as it doesnt suit the left brigde.

different rules apply just like when this chalmers said this a year ago and many agreed. Those many have disappeared like a fart in the wind, and now its back to blaming ukraine, energy supplies, putin etc

https://twitter.com/JEChalmers/status/1519541552011309059

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« Reply #5878 on: April 04, 2023, 06:18:39 AM »
Heard two rumours about Scott Morrison.
One saying he is about to retire and the other that he is going to challenge Dutton for the Liberal leadership.
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Re: Australian Politics thread [merged]
« Reply #5879 on: April 04, 2023, 08:25:03 AM »
Heard he is going to be a lollipop man at my local school