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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2013 10:00:05 GMT
Labor should be fine in WA. They're already as low as they are likely to go there, Perth and Fremantle are safe and Brand should be OK.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2013 10:02:21 GMT
Looks like a very strong primary vote for Bandt which has helped him overcome the Libs preferencing Labor.
Indi looking very tight.
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Post by The Bishop on Sept 7, 2013 10:05:50 GMT
So, not quite as bad for the ALP as many predicted - and shows that changing leader was perhaps worth it?? Still.........Tony Abbott, FFS  |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Sept 7, 2013 10:07:13 GMT
Still.........Tony Abbott, FFS Two things: 1) Abbott is a past master at making gaffes. 2) Leadership spills in Australia do not just happen in the ALP. |
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Post by Sibboleth on Sept 7, 2013 10:10:00 GMT
He's hardly any less plausible than Howard was. And David is sooooo right on both those other points... how did he get his job as Leader in the first place?
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Post by Sibboleth on Sept 7, 2013 10:10:42 GMT
Widely anticipated Western Sydney collapse has not happened. Ought to be much egg on many journalistical faces... There's going to be some interesting explanations for this. I'd love to hear Newspoll explaining this to Rupert. I feel vaguely vindicated, which is always nice. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2013 10:11:34 GMT
So, not quite as bad for the ALP as many predicted - and shows that changing leader was perhaps worth it?? Still.........Tony Abbott, FFS This is a better result than Gillard looked like getting, though obviously we can't know how she would have done without Rudd's campaign of destabilisation. |
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Post by Sibboleth on Sept 7, 2013 10:12:56 GMT
So, what about Mallee? Nats on 40%, Liberals on 25%, Labor on 19%.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Sept 7, 2013 10:15:18 GMT
Both of the Northern Territory seats look interesting. Not entirely impossible that they could swap over between Labor and CLP.
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Post by Sibboleth on Sept 7, 2013 10:19:45 GMT
Wayne Swan: hanging on through the undeniable force of sheer bile alone.
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Post by Andrew_S on Sept 7, 2013 10:20:36 GMT
At the start of the evening/morning it looked like the 2PP might be closer than expected but that the Coalition might be getting close to 100 seats.
Actually it's looking more like the other way round now. There's still a good chance the 2PP could end up being 54-46 but the number of Coalition seats is a bit less than expected.
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Post by iainbhx on Sept 7, 2013 10:20:53 GMT
He's hardly any less plausible than Howard was. And David is sooooo right on both those other points... how did he get his job as Leader in the first place? Would that be in a spill, by any chance? I can hear the sounds of knives sharpening from Wentworth already. |
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Post by Andrew_S on Sept 7, 2013 10:24:13 GMT
He's hardly any less plausible than Howard was. And David is sooooo right on both those other points... how did he get his job as Leader in the first place? Would that be in a spill, by any chance? I can hear the sounds of knives sharpening from Wentworth already. Sounds like what happened to Andrew McIntosh in 1981. |
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Post by Sibboleth on Sept 7, 2013 10:30:11 GMT
I think Howard was probably a bit more experienced than Abbott, and thus more credible. Abbott has been around for ever as well. Quite so. Hopefully one the Coalition do not heed. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2013 10:33:37 GMT
Katter's vote has collapsed. I wonder if his electors hadn't really noticed him before the last parliament.
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Post by Andrew_S on Sept 7, 2013 10:35:34 GMT
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Post by Richard Allen on Sept 7, 2013 10:37:26 GMT
Katter's vote has collapsed. I wonder if his electors hadn't really noticed him before the last parliament. ABC now calling Kennedy for Katter, albeit with a huge swing against. It may be what you say but it could equally be that some of him electors didn't like him spending so much time on the national stage or that in doing say he was a bit complacent about his own seat. |
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Post by iainbhx on Sept 7, 2013 10:44:59 GMT
I'm still laughing over Greenway, most marginal ALP seat in NSW and they have held it, who says the candidate doesn't matter.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Sept 7, 2013 10:46:56 GMT
Are you suggesting the Phillipino background of the Liberal candidate cost them the seat?
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Post by Sibboleth on Sept 7, 2013 10:52:18 GMT
No, he's suggesting that said candidates... er... follies... probably did.
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