Sibboleth
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Post by Sibboleth on Jun 26, 2013 23:16:02 GMT
His father was a member of the Country Party, of course.
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Post by Sibboleth on Jun 26, 2013 23:18:22 GMT
Australian culture is less conservative than it often looks to outsiders.
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Post by Sibboleth on Jun 26, 2013 23:19:36 GMT
Bit more complex than that, isn't it? It was the right powerbrokers from NSW that put Gillard in, and while she clearly has a much stronger relationship with the union movement it is not true that Rudd is more right wing across the board. ...and much of the Left has been backing Rudd throughout his 'exile'. The traditional factions don't really come into this in the usual way and policy doesn't seem to at all. |
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Post by Andrew_S on Jun 28, 2013 8:40:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2013 20:38:04 GMT
A new poll from Newspoll has the two party preferred vote at 51-49 to the Coalition.
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Post by Andrew_S on Jul 4, 2013 9:33:19 GMT
Rudd has already implicitly snubbed Gillard by stating that her preferred election date on 14th September is inappropriate because it's a Jewish holiday.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 8, 2013 8:57:52 GMT
Latest poll: www.roymorgan.com/findings/morgan-poll-july-8-2013-201307080647ALP 41.5 L-NP 39.5 Greens 8.5 Others/Independents 10.5 Two-party preferred: ALP ahead 54.5-45.5 This would mean a Labor landslide; no wonder Rudd wants to bring the election forward. It is fair to point out that there is another poll, from Essential Media (http://essentialvision.com.au/category/essentialreport) which shows the opposite: L-NP 46 ALP 38 Greens 8 Others/Independents 7 Two-party preferred L-NP ahead 52-48. |
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Post by iainbhx on Jul 8, 2013 10:48:16 GMT
The Morgan sample size is an unusually high 3,000.
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Post by greenchristian on Jul 8, 2013 19:08:43 GMT
Rudd has already implicitly snubbed Gillard by stating that her preferred election date on 14th September is inappropriate because it's a Jewish holiday. I just looked up the statistics, and it looks like Jews make up something in the range of half a percent of the Australian population. Given that Australian elections are held on a Saturday anyway, that's looking like a very flimsy excuse. |
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Post by timrollpickering on Jul 8, 2013 21:06:46 GMT
Any stick to bash her with.
Rudd is proposing reform of how Labor leaders are chosen. Candidates need the support of 20% of the parliamentary party, voting would be weighted 50% parliamentary party 50% ordinary members (no need for special treatment for unions) and challenges mid parliament when the party is in government would be banned.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2013 21:29:35 GMT
Any stick to bash her with. Rudd is proposing reform of how Labor leaders are chosen. Candidates need the support of 20% of the parliamentary party, voting would be weighted 50% parliamentary party 50% ordinary members (no need for special treatment for unions) and challenges mid parliament when the party is in government would be banned. Not banned altogether but 75% of the caucus would need to ask for a ballot - so effectively banned as that would never happen. Unions have responded by calling for a UK-style electoral college, with a third of the vote going to them: t.co/EhEFfgXJrc |
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Post by Devonian on Jul 11, 2013 6:14:54 GMT
Does anyone know if there's any kind of Australian equivalent of the English Elections website?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 23:57:33 GMT
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Post by Sibboleth on Jul 13, 2013 17:45:24 GMT
Does anyone know if there's any kind of Australian equivalent of the English Elections website? Adam Carr's Psephos site is very good for federal and state elections, although I don't think there is anything equivalent for local elections. Which reflects the low status of local government in Australia. |
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Post by iainbhx on Jul 13, 2013 17:56:05 GMT
Adam Carr's Psephos site is very good for federal and state elections, although I don't think there is anything equivalent for local elections. Which reflects the low status of local government in Australia. Much of which, cough, is supposedly non-partisan. |
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Post by timrollpickering on Jul 13, 2013 19:36:55 GMT
Generally non-state/federal party partisan - until the recent law change in NSW a number of state MPs sat under a party label there whilst simultaneously using an independent or nominal local label on councils.
There's a referendum about recognising local government in the federal constitution which would remove uncertainty about direct federal funding but it could crash on the decision to give the Yes campaign $10 million and the No $500,000 based on how House MPs voted.
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Post by Devonian on Aug 4, 2013 8:27:39 GMT
Poll date confirmed 7th September
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Post by Andrew_S on Aug 4, 2013 15:51:04 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2013 16:32:34 GMT
certainly been a Rudd bounce in the polling so will that carry through to the election ?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2013 19:48:12 GMT
I have to say that I am glad I don't live in Australia as I would find it impossible to vote for Kevin Rudd and his appalling wolf-whistle politics on asylum-seekers. His 'contracting-out' to Papua New Guinea makes me feel physically sick.
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