Australian Election

vanity | 9th October 2004 | naturalman1975

[Piefloater]

Yes! Congrates to the Aussies!

Thanks.

This victory will be the best I have experienced.

G W Bush's victory on Nov 2 will be just as sweet for you.

[GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY]

From ABC

The Scoreboard

26.6% counted. Last updated Sat Oct 9 07:42PM EST
Party	% Vote	Swing			Won	Likely	Total	In Doubt	Change	Predict
Liberal	40.7	+3.3			56	4	60	12	0
National	5.9	+0.3			12	0	12	1	0
Labor	37.7	-0.2			46	1	47	14	0
Greens	7.3	+2.3			0	0	0	1	0
Democrats	1.5	-3.9			0	0	0	0	0
One Nation	1.0	-3.3			0	0	0	0	0
Others	5.9	+1.5			3	0	3	0	0

[naturalman1975]

This victory will be the best I have experienced.

Hear! Hear!

I'm still not ready to call it myself, I couldn't bear to be wrong. But this has mattered more than any other election in my life.

[Dundee]

Still too early to call but I'm beginning to smile... :)

[NZerFromHK]

Sorry, I have no idea about the runoff system as I only spent my life in a colonial Hong Kong (which meant no election to decide government) and New Zealand (a pure unitary state with a unicameral Parliament - First Past the Post system first - same as US House of Reps' election, and now Mixed Members Proportional Representation - which is the German Bundestag election method). What does it mean in US election context?

About the Australian Senate, it is elected by using STV if my memory is correct - which is a sort-of proportional representation. If my memory is correct, it has long been a tie-up between the Coalition and Labor, and the minor parties call shots in balance of power. The bad news is both minor parties are Democrats and Greens i.e. loony left. That was the situation before the election.

[naturalman1975]

Oh dear, dear, poor little diddums. Labor MPs complaining about 'negative campaigning'.

This from the party lead by a man who called the Prime Minister an 'Arse Licker'.

[Dundee]

Official Australian Electorial Commission tally

Seats needed to win government: 76

Lib/Nat: 64

ALP: 40

Ind: 3

swing to Lib/Nat of 2.18%

[Primetimedonna]

Maybe they got that line from Kerry's Sister....sounds a lot like Democrat insults!!

[newzjunkey]

Scary! ABC is covering our debate! Also the Afghan election. Talking about Rumsfield. Fun :P

[Primetimedonna]

What were their Debate comments?

[Dundee]

Official Australian Electorial Commission tally

Seats needed to win government: 76

Lib/Nat: 66

ALP: 40

Ind: 3

swing to Lib/Nat of 2.13%

[GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY]

2004 Federal Election Facts & Figures

• Across Australia 13,021,230 electors enrolled to vote.
• Currently 31.83% of the primary vote has been counted.
• The two party preferred count is 18.47% complete.
• Polling place results are not available on election night to optimise system performance.
• The election results and analysis on this website were last updated at 9/10/2004 7:48:51 PM.

House of Representatives National Two Party Preferred Result

Coalition	Votes	Percentage %	Swing %
Liberal/National Coalition	1,289,419	53.61	+2.13
Australian Labor Party	1,115,897	46.39	-2.13

Summary of Divisions Won

Party	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	ACT	NT	National
									This Election	Last Election
Australian Labor Party	16	12	5	0	1	3	2	1	40	65
Liberal	19	16	15	0	4	0	0	0	54	68
The Nationals	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	13
CLP - The Territory Party	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Independent	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Doubtful	7	7	3	15	6	2	0	1	41	0
TOTAL	50	37	28	15	11	5	2	2	150	150
COUNTED %	18.82	23.35	22.72	0.00	6.50	79.57	17.42	9.25	18.47

[Simmy2.5]

Wow. Definately sounds like our Democrats (Those evil Swiftboat ads. Slander! Horror! Evil Republicans trying to destroy a 'war hero'! Never mind the Moveon.org ads against Bush that compare him to Hitler).

[newzjunkey]

Called it "oft heated" and mentioned polling suggested a "tie" but went on to mention the ridiculous on-line poll which gave Kerry 80-90% win. They did mention such polls aren't given much weight. Polls cited were CBS & CNN.

[NZerFromHK]

I found that Mark Latham sounds too much like Paul Martin (the current Liberal Prime Minister of Canada). And yet Canucks both here on FR and elsewhere all say he is "pro-US" and "a conservative"! Sad for Canada, but good for you that you guys aren't Canadians. :-)

I'm starting to want to ping Canadian FRers to see their reactions to the election at the brotherly Dominion down under.

[naturalman1975]

Yes, well the negative campaigning here that Labor is complaining about was basically suggesting that a man who has only been opposition leader for less than a year, and whose biggest previous political experience was as a city Mayor, might just be a little inexperienced to run a country.

I mean, isn't that a horrible thing to suggest...

[West Coast Conservative]

GO HOWARD!

[Primetimedonna]

Too bad our media gives these ridiculous polls more attention then they deserve! They have become a complete joke!

[Dundee]

By the looks of it so far, it seems sanity is returning to our fellow Aussies. Or maybe it was always there and the media were just trying to blow smoke up our collective *sses.

[Pikamax]

http://silentrunning.tv/archives/004842.php


7:12 Update

Liberal kingpin Michael Kroeger:
"That's it, the show is over. John Howard has won".

ALP spin doctor:
"Well, disaster is too strong a word".

Oh, I don't know...



7:52 Update

The ritual self disembowelment of the Left has already begun.

TV host:
"The question needs to be asked, would Kim Beazley have done a better job?"

ALP spin doctor:
"Well that's a hypothetical question".

Yes. Yes it is. Along with "What would a Latham government look like"? It appears we shall never know.

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