Australian Election '07

2007-11-24 02:01:58

#1

Nappy: Apprentice; +151|6668|NSW, Australia

It seems Laboris going to win the election at this stage but its too early to call

and it also looks like John Howard is going to lose his seat

Channel 9 says Kevin Rudd (Labor) is the new PM

but apparently its not over yet

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2007-11-24 02:05:42

#2

Flecco: iPod is broken.; +1,048|7104|NT, like Mick Dundee

Nappy, you beat me to it!

Yeah, same as always, the NT seats don't change much. Oh well, interest rates will rise, education system will change etc.

Thing is, unless the factions in Labor give Rudd shit we are in for another 3-12 years of Howard. Only it will be Howard ver. 1.1 + Chinese Language pack.

Anybody else watching the Chaser's supposed shenanigans involving the live audience on ABC? 'Labor rent a crowd'...

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2007-11-24 02:07:42

#3

Nappy: Apprentice; +151|6668|NSW, Australia

i dont know anything about politicts

i would have voted for that Christian guy but i believe religions are ruining this country he said he was gonna do some good stuff

2007-11-24 02:28:02

#4

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|7113|Canberra, AUS

If I could've voted... straight Greens, like the rest of my family

They need a senate seat here, and the preferences don't hurt.

But yes. Solid Labor victory.

Kevin Rudd is the new Prime Minister of Australia.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2007-11-24 03:03:46

#5

Jestar: Shifty's Home Number: 02 9662 8432; +373|7180

I don't like Rudd, he just bugs me tbh.

2007-11-24 03:40:26

#6

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|7060|London, England

I was watching that Rudd guy speaking Chinese once, he was pretty good at it. I dunno why but my respect for that guy increased alot when I heard him speaking a non-English language. It's not everyday you get English speaking Politicians learning other languages so well.

Looks like you guys are gonna get stronger relations with China. Why not eh, it'll do the country good. The world needs to break off from sucking US cock.

What is your Labour party? Left? Right? Anyone seems better than that Elve working for the CIA you had in there.

Looks like you guys are getting out of Iraq, lucky bastards.

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2007-11-24 03:49:55

#7

some_random_panda: Flamesuit essential; +454|6829

Jestar12345 wrote:
I don't like Rudd, he just bugs me tbh.

You'll hate him even more now...

2007-11-24 03:51:35

#8

Jestar: Shifty's Home Number: 02 9662 8432; +373|7180

Kevin 07 Ear Pick ftw.

The guy eating his own ear wax is our new prime minister. ><

2007-11-24 04:23:56

#9

Flecco: iPod is broken.; +1,048|7104|NT, like Mick Dundee

[paranoia]

Rudd's making his speech as I write this. All pretty empty words, much like Howard's farewell. He is very smug about all this isn't he.

Set aside old battles? No shit Sherlock Holmes. He's leader of a party that holds a majority in every Parliament in Australia. Unions control the laws, so it's a good thing my father is selling his business.

I've got a bad feeling about this. I don't know why, but I just do. Might have to do with a massive lack of sleep these past 48 hours. GOT IT. His eyes don't reflect what he's saying. THIS IS ALL A BIG CONSPIRACY BY THE UNIONS TO TURN AUSTRALIA INTO A NEW SOVIET UNION! [/paranoia]

No but seriously, not voting Labor next time, I already have bad feelings about this guy. His wife is gross too.

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2007-11-24 04:28:05

#10

RavyGravy: Son.; +617|6844|NSW, Australia

hurray now we get to hear about this on the news until the next elections start

2007-11-24 04:33:56

#11

Nappy: Apprentice; +151|6668|NSW, Australia

yeh i was thinking his wife looks like a dirty prostitute when i first saw her and LOL AT THE EAR PICK THING

his daughter is pretty but so is howards

im in Dobell, cant remember when anything but Liberal being the member here, first Labor guy that i know... but im only 18 and 17 days

2007-11-24 04:41:13

#12

KuSTaV: noice; +947|6950|Gold Coast

OMG NO WAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh shit, man we're fucked. I could see it coming, but I dont like it.

Hey, at least he promised us better internet and for the schoolkids we get $1500AU laptops each (supposedly).

ARRRRRRRRR. This is going in the shit ....

FUCK LABOR YA FAGGOTS (except for state, state labor owns).

noice

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2007-11-24 05:18:42

#13

Flecco: iPod is broken.; +1,048|7104|NT, like Mick Dundee

KuSTaV wrote:
OMG NO WAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh shit, man we're fucked. I could see it coming, but I dont like it.

Hey, at least he promised us better internet and for the schoolkids we get $1500AU laptops each (supposedly).

ARRRRRRRRR. This is going in the shit ....

FUCK LABOR YA FAGGOTS (except for state, state labor owns).

KuSTaV, your schooling might change a bit too. I'm out, so no laptop for me.

Explain your views though, why do you think we are fucked?

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2007-11-24 05:21:09

#14

Nappy: Apprentice; +151|6668|NSW, Australia

i just finished the HSC

its so stupid, we should get the marks we actually get not someone elses mark

2007-11-24 15:39:06

#15

-101-InvaderZim: Member; +42|7282|Waikato, Aotearoa

Yay Johnny got the arse and Kev got voted in

With luck Kev will remove all Aussie troops from that cluster-fuck abortion called Iraq and bring them home. South Pacific nations have no business being in the Middle East.

2007-11-24 16:36:15

#16

Flecco: iPod is broken.; +1,048|7104|NT, like Mick Dundee

Nappy wrote:
i just finished the HSC

its so stupid, we should get the marks we actually get not someone elses mark

It's called moderation. Shit happens, if you are any good at academic work it shouldn't affect you.

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2007-11-24 16:46:37

#17

pj666: Member; +16|6804|Sydney, Australia

So Rudd is the new Howard ...

... but now Labor is in we're all f$cked?

Can't be both ...

Rudd will be like Blair in the UK, lot more style than substance. As long as the minor parties hold the balance of power in the Senate, that will limit Labor's ability to go nuts. I don't think Rudd will rock the boat as much as people think.

You lot aren't old enough (it seems) to remember when Hawke and Keating were in. They did a lot of good reforms, which you would have expected from the Coalition not the ALP. Yeah there were high interest rates, but it was the same elsewhere in the world. When its the ALP in power it's their fault but when Howard it's not ...?

Howard spent 11 years do very little. HIs biggest reforms were the GST and immigration. Not what I'd want my legacy to be.

Rudd should hopefully fix up the education and health system, the first which Howard gutted and the 2nd which the states have ignored.

There is a reason we are running short on doctors, engineers, etc. The education system got run intop the ground under Labor and then the Coalition. We keep it up and in 20 years time we will be the white trash of Asia, with all the doctors and accountants coming from the well educated masses of India, China and Malaysia. Tops ....

2007-11-24 16:54:10

#18

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|7113|Canberra, AUS

Rudd did make a point of being different in the last week or so of the campaign.

TBH I think the one guy who got the short end of the stick was Gary Nairn. Put his heart and soul into the electorate of Eden-Monaro for a decade (so that literally NO-ONE dislikes him) and then gets carted off by an outsider essentially.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2007-11-24 16:55:16

#19

Flecco: iPod is broken.; +1,048|7104|NT, like Mick Dundee

pj, the only thing Howard did to education was gut the Universities by cutting their funding. Howard was going to bring in a national education system by the way.

And yes, Rudd is the 'new Howard' but... ALP is factionalised and if he can't keep control of the various unions then we probably will find our economy in the shitter.

On the topic of interest rates, the world is headed for a recession and the USA is just beginning to slide into one. Not much Howard could do about that. Wasn't around during Hawke/Keating years for the most part.

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2007-11-24 17:35:10

#20

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6592|what

Howard also did away with the VSU for university's and tried to kill the labor dominance, I'd guess you'd call it, of students who are more likely to vote Greens and Labor. Why vote for big business Liberals?

I'm really happy with the result, and if Labor win the next election with a similar swing again the Liberals will be all but gone. One can hope.

Howard was pleased to keep wages at record lows, you know, the average income Australians earn.

2007-11-24 18:30:42

#21

Nappy: Apprentice; +151|6668|NSW, Australia

kevin11

2007-11-24 19:38:41

#22

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6587|'straya

Not a big fan of Rudd... personally i think ALP will go on making everyone happy for awhile... then fuck the economy and we will need another liberal government to sent us straight for another 11 years.

but hey i guess u need a labour government every now and then... so ppl remember why they voted liberal /Lol

2007-11-24 21:19:01

#23

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6592|what

Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
i guess u need a labour government

It's Labor fool.

2007-11-24 22:29:13

#24

Jestar: Shifty's Home Number: 02 9662 8432; +373|7180

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2007-11-24 22:43:25

#25

Flecco: iPod is broken.; +1,048|7104|NT, like Mick Dundee

TheAussieReaper wrote:
Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
i guess u need a labour government
It's Labor fool.

The confusion arises because people, such as myself, have been reading all about the LABOUR party of England for a while now.

So for the Australian LABOR party to get back in the news... Yeah. Confusing shit.

What I mean is muscle memory. When refering to political parties I am used to typing labor labour.

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