Posted on 09/07/2013 12:49:49 AM PDT by naturalman1975
Correction-they have 1.
Yes, you are correct, it is 1.
The thing is that a lot of disaffected Labor voters drift over to the Greens which when preferences are counted still end up as Labor votes. The Greens will probably still only get 10 -12% of the vote though. Labor’s Primary vote is pathetic but looks far better on the two party preferred basis. As the Bob Brown affect dies down I can see the Greens shifting back to the middle a bit in the future and becoming, for Labor, like the Nationals are for the Libs.
It appears the Greens took the worse losses.
(Former) Senator Barnaby Joyce (Nationals) has been elected Member for New England, and therefore may be about to become Deputy Prime Minister.
I like Barnaby - he has good instincts although he may not always express them well!
What policies are going to change?
Rumours that Kevin Rudd is soon to deliver his concession speech.
And our loser voters complain it’s to hard to get an ID!
52% of the vote counted
52.8-47.2 Coalition/Labor
ABC Prediction
ALP 59
Coalition 87
Greens 1
Others 3
The biggest thing is the Conservative view of the economy - less wastage, less spending - also the Carbon Tax will get the boot. The borders will be better secured. The “buyback” of water resources will be slowed dramatically as Abbott does not believe in Global warming.
What we do not know yet is what labour reforms Abbott will want to push through. Even though he is very conservative he is a good Catholic as well so I expect a balanced approach in this area.
Labor were pushing the gay agenda (even though it’s basically a states issue). This will stop under an Abbott government. Abbott is very pro-life but he is also pragmatic it will be interesting to see what he can do in that area!
Great! Thanks.
New Foreign Minister (presumptive) is asked whether Australia would support US military action in Syria.
“Our natural inclination is to support our allies, but there must be a full assessment of any evidence.”
Australia currently has the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council.
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Current media prediction has the Coalition winning 87 seats.
He can and will do nothing. Abortion is a state matter and would be political death if the Coalition tried to change it.
Listening to Labor give it’s reasons for it’s loss, they sound exactly like the Democrat Party, never has to do with their policies.
It’s neat how the Westminster system countries name their seats instead of having numbered districts.
Aussies do it differently than the UK and Canada who base the names off geography. Aussie ones are named after famous people.
Yes of course but each Prime Minister has an effect on tone and attitude!
Yes, one of the history units I teach my students involves studying who these people were.
Some are still named after places rather than people, but not many. Geographic names cause problems where borders change (for example, the Division of Kooyong, which is one of Australia's most illustrious in terms of its history (it was held by Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies for 32 years, and then went to Andrew Peacock who was Leader of the Opposition, held it for another 28) no longer contains the actual suburb of Kooyong.)
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