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It looks like Scotland might decide that they will have to become independent so they can stay with the EU.

Does Britain believe that they can just go back to what it was like before they joined the EU. Commonwealth countries now want to trade with the EU rather than just Britain.
 
Not Britain, England. Now the Scots want out again, because the EU is more important to them.

Apparently there is now voters' regret, with a petition garnering 2m signatures so far to have a do-over.

EDIT: now over 3m.
 
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Additional: we've had a huge cold snap up here (NSW Central Coast) When winter arrives, it does it with a bang.
 
Yesterday morning it was 6 degrees at 9am by Sydney Harbour. Not much better this morning. Sydney's not supposed to get this cold!
 
Thank God the election's nearly here, no more stupid ads and whatnot.

It looks as though it won't be Labor, which I'm a bit cut about. Three more years of Liberal dickheadery, I don't know if I'll survive. Still polls have got it wrong before, certainly during the Brexit campaign. And I heard today there were no state polls done, only certain swing seats, which is no way to poll really.

Also, watch out who you're voting for. Health Australia Party? Anti-vaxxers for example.
 
Voted at lunchtime. Very difficult decision this time. Both majors seem dreadfully unappealing to be honest.
Made it all the way to number 151 on my Senate vote!

Fairfax tonight has a 50/50 2PP result.
Labor's achilles heel is its primary vote : too low at 33% for an outright win. The Coalition's primary sits at 40%, but you can't rule out a hung parliament with "others" on 14% and the Greens party on 13%. Where those 27% of non-major voters distribute their preferences decides this one, and who really knows what's going to happen? If Labor fall a couple short and can't pick up Dunkley and Corangamite in Victoria, Bill Shorten will not be sending Victoria's Premier Andrews any Christmas cards over the CFA saga.

Interesting that jockeying for the Labor leadership in opposition has begun as well...with polls at 50/50. On the Liberal side, there are warnings about the maximum seats Turnbull can lose before he can expect a challenge. If he can't get his DD triggers passed at a joint sitting, he will be nervous.

The Senate is going to be extremely difficult for Turnbull. 27% voting "other". The days of the duopoly running things in Australian politics look over.

This has been a dreadful campaign for Turnbull. If Labor fall short, and somehow Turnbull clings on till 2019 (unlikely given his performance on the campaign trail), he'll be ripe for the plucking. No wonder Albanese et al are after Shorten.
 
I hope Australia does the sane thing and kick Turnball out tomorrow (I am not pretending to be anything but a partisan Labor supporter here).

For the first time ever my seat (Batman) is marginal. Though as Labor vs Greens contest. I've seen Anthony Green (who I love) call it Australia's most progressive seat (though I personally think Melbourne might be slightly more left wing). I think David Feeney will survive. While the Greens will do strong at the southern end of the electorate (Northcote/Clifton Hill/Thornbury), the northern end (Preston/Reservor/McLeod) isn't their traditional demographic so I think the ALP will pull through.

I for one will be helping out an old friend tomorrow morning in her campaign on the southside, but the afternoon and evening is all rugby related stuff.
 
Good on you for getting involved.

Batman will be one to watch for sure. Feeney has just about done everything a candidate could possibly do to lose the seat for the ALP short of revealing he's a member of ISIS, but, I agree with you, he might just scrape home after the Liberals decided to preference him over the Greens candidate, who, otherwise would have won it comfortably. Bookies have it as a dead heat. A dollar gets you $1.87 for either the Greens or Labor.
 
Did anyone find the lines longer than usual? I had to wait about 12 minutes to vote, usually it is less than 5 minutes. I think the longer wait might be as a result as the change in the way one votes for the Senate.
 
^I postal voted this one.

Well I thought Hansen was going for the Senate. Edit:: I must have mis-read it the ballot. Good for me. Reading comprehensive is doing well.

Very interesting on the 50/50 on the exit polls. It worries me somewhat. The importance of preferences worries. Hell, this whole election worries me. I like the idea of more than a two-party government but not if that means the balance of power sits with a small minority of people who, frankly, the majority of people didn't bother to check their actual policies before voting for. A strong 3 or 4 party system I'd be in favour for.

I will be very upset if Shorten is replaced if Labor loses. Regardless of what happens, Labor needs to show some stability of leadership. Constant changes is bad in government and it's bad on a party level.
 
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I looks like the Liberals are doing very poorly in Tasmania. So far it seems that 4 seats will go to Labor (they previously only had 1) and Denison will keep their Independant member, Andrew Wilkie.

In my own electorate there has been a 6% swing to our sitting Labor member, Julie Collins.
 
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Interesting election. Lot closer than I thought it would be. And at this point in time, Eden Monaro going Labor...
 
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