Oz Federal Election 2013 - Discussion and Comments

[drsmithy]

So true.

Today my vote meant absolutely nothing. I live in a safe Labor seat. It was held with a margin of 9.1% and with a predicted swing of 1.1% to Liberals it will still be a safe Labor seat.

Is there a better system?

That depends on whether by "better" you mean "more representative of the people" or "more representative of what I want".

 

[medhead]

Disappointing and unAustralian - I expected smugness at most, I guess.

Or pointless comments about doors hitting people.

 

[amaroo]

Seems Clive's $$$ made an impact.

The Senate WILL be interesting to watch, although it appears that come Mid year, Labor and the Greens won't be able to control it.

Taking a short break from the celebrations

Looks like my local member will be a first time member of parliament.......Clive Palmer:shock:

Suddenly find myself living in a marginal seat.....hopefully, we'll be overflowing with some of those $M's that was thrown at the good people of New England and Lyne for the past three years

Here at party HQ the consensus is that PUP will burn out like a dud banger and the votes will drift back to the LNP just in time for another victory in 2016.

Party hard

 

[medhead]

I'll be waiting for PM Abbott to say President Clinton has sex appeal........

 

[amaroo]

Taking a short break from the celebrations

Looks like my local member will be a first time member of parliament.......Clive Palmer:shock:

Suddenly find myself living in a marginal seat.....hopefully, we'll be overflowing with some of those $M's that was thrown at the good people of New England and Lyne for the past three years

Here at party HQ the consensus is that PUP will burn out like a dud banger and the votes will drift back to the LNP just in time for another victory in 2016.

Party hard

Oh, forgot to add.....the view up here is that this video came to mind when the new first family took the stage Robert Palmer - 'Simply Irresistible' - ORIGINAL VIDEO - YouTube

 

[moa999]

Senate is looking like minor parties all over the shop with likely wins
NSW - LDP - website has now crashed
QLD - PUP
TAS - PUP
VIC - Motoring Alliance

 

[JohnK]

That depends on whether by "better" you mean "more representative of the people" or "more representative of what I want".

More representative of the people.

I do not trust that ~20% of swinging voters can make the right decision as I feel they make a decision based on what is important to them not what is important for the rest of us. The last election is a classic example.

 

[Mal]

Who here has any influence on who gets in on Saturday? Most of us probably live in blue ribbon Lib or rusted on Lab seats so as usual the election is determined by the demographics of a few marginal seats. There really is something wrong with that system and it's no wonder people turn off.

I vote (but don't live!) In the federal electorate of Brisbane. It isn't a safe liberal seat due to changing demographics (introduction of many new apartments as one example). In particular the young professionals who live in Brisbane CBD and adjoining suburbs do often swing towards the greens or labor. Many votes in that seat for labor will exclusively be because of Krudds views on marriage equality. Likewise the greens do garner support due to their views.

 

[drron]

The results in Fairfax and some of the final Senate seats bears out the old adage-The problem with political jokes is that they often get elected.

 

[Alanslegal]

Looking very forward to my next utility bill to see if Abbott is able to reduce the living cost pressures on ordinary families. Thinking of 9% savings.

 

[amaroo]

Looking very forward to my next utility bill to see if Abbott is able to reduce the living cost pressures on ordinary families. Thinking of 9% savings.

Looking at the Senate results you might need to wait many more qtr's before you see anything different.

Nothing changes until July 14.....I think they're going to need all that time to work out who exactly won

 

[BadgerBoi]

Looking very forward to my next utility bill to see if Abbott is able to reduce the living cost pressures on ordinary families. Thinking of 9% savings.

As am I. Mind you, mine hasn't actually gone up for several years so I'll be better off than ever. Maybe having Rupert's boy in Canberra and Gina's lad in New England won't be a total disaster.

 

[james4321]

Looking very forward to my next utility bill to see if Abbott is able to reduce the living cost pressures on ordinary families. Thinking of 9% savings.

Which will then be offset by a tax increase to cover the handout to the "big polluters" ??

 

[amaroo]

Results for the two of the more colourful characters in the last parliament.....

Peter Slipper recording the lowest ever vote for a sitting member at 1.44% or 920 votes

Craig Thompson a little better at 4% or 2,974 votes

 

[medhead]

Looking very forward to my next utility bill to see if Abbott is able to reduce the living cost pressures on ordinary families. Thinking of 9% savings.

9%? Abbott claimed it was 30%. I'm looking forward to a 30% reduction in my electricity bill. Perhaps we can call Abbott a liar already. Ditch the lying warlock!!!

Too soon?

 

[Pukka]

Bye Kev.

 

[medhead]

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Bye Kev.

I see you're still obsessing with Rudd. Anytime now you can stop that.

 

[serfty]

The Senate Results - Australia Votes | Federal Election 2013 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) predicts:

Senateseats

ALP -6
LNP -1
GRN +1
Other +6 (PUPx2, LD, Family First, Motoring, Shooters)

If that is indicative, then the 3% swing did not affect the HOR as much as the impact it had on the Senate!

 

[amaroo]

Katter didn't learn anything from watching the error made by Oakshott and Windsor....suffering a 17+% swing the wrong way.

No future snuggling up to the ALP when you're a member of a conservative electorate.

 

[NM]

Looks like I now live in one of the most marginal seats in the country, and one that K Rudd didn't check before claiming ALP has retained all their seats in Qld.

House of Representatives Division First Preferences

Showing 50.46% to NLP candidate on 2-party preferred and only 600 votes between NLP/ALP with about 7000 postal votes to be counted. Will be close and I am not certain Mr Rudd's claim will hold true.