Australian Politics (6 Viewers)

[chicky_pie]

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fuck, labor won in liverpool....

Liverpool is full of junkies, so no surprise there.

 

[spiny norman]

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Woo hoo Kevin Rudd's wall to wall Labor is coming down, WA!! Next would be NSW.

You realise before the next NSW election there's due to be an ACT election, a South Australian election, a Tasmanian election, a Queensland election, a federal election and a Victorian election.

Am I to take it you want Labor to win all of those?

 

[chicky_pie]

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You realise before the next NSW election there's due to be an ACT election, a South Australian election, a Tasmanian election, a Queensland election, a federal election and a Victorian election.

Am I to take it you want Labor to win all of those?

I didn't know those states exists.

 

[Iron]

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ACT has some shithouse rule that officers of public enlightenment have to be 100meters away from the polling place - effectively making it pointless to campaign at the place, in the zone, on the day

 

[chicky_pie]

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THE Senate has blocked yet another Rudd Government Budget measure, this time its plan to scrap the Medicare dental scheme for the chronically ill.

The Australian Greens, Family First and independent senator Nick Xenophon all sided with the Coalition tonight to thwart the Government's attempt to axe the scheme, under which people with chronic medical conditions can access up to $4,250 in major dental work and dentures.


http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24357720-29277,00.html

 

[Silver Persian]

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Goddamn those Liberal socialists

IF CHRONICLLY ILL PEOPLE WANT TEETH THEY HAVE TO WORK FOR THEM DAMNIT

 

[Iron]

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Titanic day for politics

 

[Rafy]

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Certainly hasn't been a dull couple of weeks in Australian Politics.

 

[youBROKEmyLIFE]

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Goddamn those Liberal socialists

IF CHRONICLLY ILL PEOPLE WANT TEETH THEY HAVE TO WORK FOR THEM DAMNIT

Did you misread that or are you fucking retarded? The Libs blocked the motion to scrap it.

 

[Silver Persian]

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Did you misread that or are you fucking retarded? The Libs blocked the motion to scrap it.

yes, which makes the liberals socialists.

 

[melanieeeee.]

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Peter Costello has dismissed concerns that his presence in federal parliament could trigger future instability over the liberal party leadership, insisting he had the right to remain on the back bench despite suggestions he should quit politics as soon as possible.

idiot.

 

[Captin gay]

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Nick XENophon is an extraterrestrial interloper

 

[chicky_pie]

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Kevin Rudd is taking a another holiday, seems like a constant pattern already. Something shit happens to this country = Rudd goes overseas.

"Mr Prime Tourist" - Malcolm Turnbull

 

[chicky_pie]

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What a awesome idea, too bad N.S.W probably couldn't afford to do it.

Cities-in-desert future for WA

OLIN Barnett has revealed a cities-in-the-desert vision for WA, saying he wants to create Dubai-like regional centres in the state's north.
Faced with Perth's unrelenting urban sprawl, WA's 29th premier-elect says he wants to redistribute the state's population away from the city.

In an exclusive interview with The Sunday Times, Mr Barnett said it was ludicrous that three in four West Australians lived in Perth and he promised to develop a 50-year-plan for the state.

He said a severe lack of services in many areas was due to the fact that most West Australians lived in Perth.

"Look at Queensland. It has 11 cities outside Brisbane and the Gold Coast area with populations of more than 50,000 people. We have one in WA - Bunbury,'' Mr Barnett said.

"Our failure to build regional cities is one of the greatest failings of modern WA history.

"We have to develop the Kimberley and improve living situations in the Pilbara.

"People go and live in places like Dubai. Talk about a harsh environment, yet thousands of people go there to live because they have a comfortable environment.

"What we have done in the Pilbara, in a harsh landscape and with a seriously hot summer, is that we have built replica suburbs of Perth.

"There is something to learn from Dubai. Maybe we need to build apartments with airconditioning and swimming pools.

"Living conditions in the Pilbara are where they were in the 1950s and '60s.

"We need to provide better health services and education. We are going backwards.''

Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show WA's estimated population is just over two million people.

About 1.5 million live in Perth.

Monash University demographer Bob Birrell has predicted Perth's population will soar by 2021 to 2.1 million.

An influx of 640,000 people over the next 13 years would represent the fastest rate of growth for any Australian city in history.

WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls agreed yesterday the state's north could be developed into a series of regional cities with populations of more than 50,000 each.

"I would have thought that Karratha, Broome and Kununurra would have been perfect to develop as regional cities because of the water and fertile land,'' Mr Grylls said.

"We have been saying this for a while: don't bring water south -- take the people to the water.

"If you can get the populations around these centres, you will get the schools, hospitals and universities up there as well.''


http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24378987-1245,00.html

 

[youBROKEmyLIFE]

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Nathan Rees goes big cat hunting:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national...-sydney-mystery/2008/09/19/1221331170878.html

 

[Crates]

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Nathan Rees goes big cat hunting:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national...-sydney-mystery/2008/09/19/1221331170878.html

do you get the feeling that rees is a noob?

 

[katie tully]

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What a awesome idea, too bad N.S.W probably couldn't afford to do it.

Fucking excellent.

Lets all live underground in the desert.

Coober Pedy is desirable.

 

[squiresshane990]

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fuck off as if we aren't already

 

[Rafy]

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Voters turn against Labor states, says Newspoll

SA 50/50
QLD 51/49 to Labor

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

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Voters turn against Labor states, says Newspoll

SA 50/50
QLD 51/49 to Labor

Remember that time you lost the federal election.