Australian Political & Infrastructure Discussion Thread

[Australian rePublic]

Apparently, according to a finding from the Intl. Monetary Fund in 2013,
the Howard Government was the most profligate government in Australian history.

And the lnp claims Labouur's spending is reckless.

I mean, you can vote for the Liberal Democrats, Greens, Independents, etc, but they've never been in power, aren't in power
and never will be in power, ever. Unless in some magical land the crossbench gains enough members to govern in its
own right

You don't need to be in direct power in order to yield power. If you've got enough to be a substantial majority, then the government has to listen to you. If you won by preferences, then whoever then you have to listen to whoever the primary votes were given to. Even if party XYZ has no chance of winning if Liberal, for example, only won via XYZ handing them their preferences, then Liberal better listen to XYZ

[Amorosa-Coonarra Coasts]

You don't need to be in direct power in order to yield power. If you've got enough to be a substantial majority, then the government has to listen to you. If you won by preferences, then whoever then you have to listen to whoever the primary votes were given to. Even if party XYZ has no chance of winning if Liberal, for example, only won via XYZ handing them their preferences, then Liberal better listen to XYZ

Ok, I don't follow.
You lost me there, sorry

[Amorosa-Coonarra Coasts]

The fact that John Barilaro is wasting his time suing a YouTuber,
possibly sending terror units to arrest producers, and not
addressing that one of his daughters recently broke lockdown rules, while NSW is in the middle
of a COVID crisis, with clusters now around Armidale and Walgett, i.e. the bush,
is laughable.


P.S. Annastacia Palaszczuk has not put a spell on us Bananabenders.
She is not a witch. She got us through COVID
and she's delivering infrastructure projects, like the Cooroy to Curra Upgrade
and Varsity Lakes to Tugun (VL2T) project,
plus the extension of the GC Light Rail to Burleigh, soon.

I think ppl like QLD Labor because, well, people were f*cking terrified of possibly
voting back in slightly milder Joh Bjelke-Petersens. Following his long tenure, LNP have
only been able to get in rarely, and only for 1 or 2 terms, even with such a big landslide
as the one that demolished Bligh's government.

[Amorosa-Coonarra Coasts]

https://www.michaelwest.com.au/pork-n-ride-another-dodgy-election-winning-rort-for-the-coalition/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-13/where-federal-funded-car-parks-should-have-gone/100365068

Rorts aren't illegal.
One can't exactly claim they're ethical though.

It took the ABC two years to report on this, while Michael West reported
it just over 18 months ago.

While a fanfare was drawn over the sports rorts,
these slipped under the radar.

[Australian rePublic]

How would I go about starting a political campaign without comitting to starting a party?

[Perikuresu]

How would I go about starting a political campaign without comitting to starting a party?

You could run as an independent?

[Amorosa-Coonarra Coasts]

How would I go about starting a political campaign without comitting to starting a party?

You could run as an independent?

Yeah
I thought you said you wouldn't though
You seem pretty happy as a courier

Wait, how's the lockdown going for you?
Slow, tiresome and excruciatingly boring?

[The Socialist Republic of Astrakhan]

Cool , I'd start a right wing outfit.

[Australian rePublic]

How would I go about starting a political campaign without comitting to starting a party?

You could run as an independent?

I'm not really interested in that either

You could run as an independent?

Yeah
I thought you said you wouldn't though
You seem pretty happy as a courier

Wait, how's the lockdown going for you?
Slow, tiresome and excruciatingly boring?

I love my job as a courier, but have been unable to do it due to lockdown. I really hate lockdown. What makes it worse is that I can't see my grand mother with dementia, and because of her dementia, the nursing home recommended that we not speak to her on the phone until lockdown is over and therefore we can see her again, as it only agitates her. That, plus the fact that she can't go on excursions due to Covid is really agetating her. This lockdown is also fucking over the mental health of my mum and my sister

[Perikuresu]

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... he-taliban
I wish the Afghans who worked with our forces got the chance to evacuate to Australia, instead they're gonna get killed by the Taliban

[Amorosa-Coonarra Coasts]

I love my job as a courier, but have been unable to do it due to lockdown. I really hate lockdown. What makes it worse is that I can't see my grand mother with dementia, and because of her dementia, the nursing home recommended that we not speak to her on the phone until lockdown is over and therefore we can see her again, as it only agitates her. That, plus the fact that she can't go on excursions due to Covid is really agetating her. This lockdown is also fucking over the mental health of my mum and my sister

Ouch.
I feel sorry for you, man.

I mean, I can't exactly relate, but I do feel sorry.
Indooroopilly's freaking out right now.


And I was hoping 2021 was going to be better.
What did we get?
Mid North Coast and Western Sydney flooded.
A mouse plague.
Another Delta outbreak.

Meanwhile most of the world is doing fine - and last time I checked we're
dead last in the OECD for vaccinations.

[Australian rePublic]

I love my job as a courier, but have been unable to do it due to lockdown. I really hate lockdown. What makes it worse is that I can't see my grand mother with dementia, and because of her dementia, the nursing home recommended that we not speak to her on the phone until lockdown is over and therefore we can see her again, as it only agitates her. That, plus the fact that she can't go on excursions due to Covid is really agetating her. This lockdown is also fucking over the mental health of my mum and my sister

Ouch.
I feel sorry for you, man.

I mean, I can't exactly relate, but I do feel sorry.
Indooroopilly's freaking out right now.


And I was hoping 2021 was going to be better.
What did we get?
Mid North Coast and Western Sydney flooded.
A mouse plague.
Another Delta outbreak.

Meanwhile most of the world is doing fine - and last time I checked we're
dead last in the OECD for vaccinations.

At least now we're finally catching up with vaccines

[Ayytaly]

How would you Balkanize Australia if you had the opportunity to do so? And how would you help out the Aboriginal communites so they can thrive in numbers?

[Australian rePublic]

How would you Balkanize Australia if you had the opportunity to do so? And how would you help out the Aboriginal communites so they can thrive in numbers?

Why would we Balkanise Australia? To what avail? What's wrong with our current federation structure?

As for Aboriginal communities, I would speak to Aboriginal community leaders about what they desire and do everything in my power to meet my realistic requests. The best method of reconsiliation is to sit Aboriginal communities down with local governments, state/territorial governments, police authorities, and even the federal governments and local non-Aboriginal communities to see what's best for everyone. Instead of playing to the idiotic us vs them mentality, I would actually sit everyone down and see what's best for everyone. It'd be a tough and grueling process, but everyone would be better off because of it.

[Perikuresu]

Clive Palmer: Sues WA for something COVID related (border restrictions) and fails
Also Clive Palmer: I'LL FUCKING DO IT AGAIN

[Imperial isa]

Clive Palmer: Sues WA for something COVID related (border restrictions) and fails
Also Clive Palmer: I'LL FUCKING DO IT AGAIN

Well here what i have to say.

Oh fuck off

[Amorosa-Coonarra Coasts]

Clive Palmer: Sues WA for something COVID related (border restrictions) and fails
Also Clive Palmer: I'LL FUCKING DO IT AGAIN

Remember the time football fans were yelling "fk off Palmer" at him while
he was attending a football game?
That's probably most of WA right now

[Perikuresu]

Clive Palmer: Sues WA for something COVID related (border restrictions) and fails
Also Clive Palmer: I'LL FUCKING DO IT AGAIN

Remember the time football fans were yelling "fk off Palmer" at him while
he was attending a football game?
That's probably most of WA right now

I actually want the cough on Palmer thing to happen lol

[Amorosa-Coonarra Coasts]

Remember the time football fans were yelling "fk off Palmer" at him while
he was attending a football game?
That's probably most of WA right now

I actually want the cough on Palmer thing to happen lol

Don't cough on him.
That's sort of unsanitary - and actually kinda rude.
I hate Palmer, but I don't want him to get sick

[Dazchan]

Remember the time football fans were yelling "fk off Palmer" at him while
he was attending a football game?
That's probably most of WA right now

I actually want the cough on Palmer thing to happen lol

No thanks. But we should at least convince Eggboy to come out of retirement.

[Amorosa-Coonarra Coasts]

It's weird that the ABC took 18 months to report on the carpark rorts.
Michael West found out beforehand.

While the fanfare was blaring over sports rorts, carpark rorts slipped under the media radar,
just as easily as the Urban Congestion Fund rorts will.

[Perikuresu]

It's weird that the ABC took 18 months to report on the carpark rorts.
Michael West found out beforehand.

While the fanfare was blaring over sports rorts, carpark rorts slipped under the media radar,
just as easily as the Urban Congestion Fund rorts will.

This is why we should support independent journalists

[Amorosa-Coonarra Coasts]

How come most of Australia's doing pretty well (with the occasional hiccup, a la Indrippilly, I mean Indooroopilly) but Sydney's freaking out?
And just to be clear, Annastacia and Jeanette Young are not witches, they have not cast spells on QLD to make ppl like them.

[Australian rePublic]

How come most of Australia's doing pretty well (with the occasional hiccup, a la Indrippilly, I mean Indooroopilly) but Sydney's freaking out?
And just to be clear, Annastacia and Jeanette Young are not witches, they have not cast spells on QLD to make ppl like them.

Sydney took too long to lockdown. I'm hoping now that with increased vaccines, lockdowns will be a thing of the past. Gladys said that by October, fully vaccinated will be free. I am due for my second jab in late September, and I hope to be free by 1 October, which is my birthday. Another fucking month of lockdown is going to damage my mental health worse than it already is

[Amorosa-Coonarra Coasts]

https://reneweconomy.com.au/guess-who-joined-angus-taylor-on-empire-funded-fracking-gas-trip-to-beetaloo-basin/
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/aug/20/energy-company-that-won-21m-in-grants-paid-for-liberal-party-fundraisers-trip-to-beetaloo-fracking-site

Even if I assumed Labor was connected to the CCP, or that FriendlyJordies is on the ALP's payroll,
I could still safely say the Coalition is deep within the pockets of their donors.

I have a strong feeling that Angus Taylor is going to earn himself a very cushy position somewhere in the fossil fuel industry
when he leaves politics. Angus actually came from a consulting job in the Minerals Council, if i'm not mistaken.

Probably the same with Liberals who might lose their seats, like Bridget Archer or Lucy Wicks.
It happened with MacFarlane, it happened with Pyne (went to EY), and it happened with Abbott,
who now works with the IPA. Mathias is also Secretary General of the OECD now, so....

Oh, and Tim Wilson's marginal was, by complete coincidence, no rorts to see here,
granted an extra few million for carparks at Bentleigh station or some sh*t.
Peter Dutton, Lucy Wicks, got similar grants for carparks as part of the Urban Congestion Fund.
Read to find out more
https://www.michaelwest.com.au/pork-n-ride-another-dodgy-election-winning-rort-for-the-coalition/