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Politics, Mature and taboo => Political Pundits => Topic started by: Al Swearegen on August 21, 2010, 04:23:06 AM

Title: Close election?
Post by: Al Swearegen on August 21, 2010, 04:23:06 AM
    *  Across Australia 14,088,260 electors enrolled to vote.
    * Currently 51.38% of the primary vote has been counted.
    * The two party preferred count is 37.44% complete.
    * Polling place results are not available on election night to optimise system performance.
    * The election results on this website were last updated at 21/08/2010 8:17:51 PM.
    * This website was last published at 21/08/2010 8:18:41 PM.

House of Representatives National Two Party Preferred Result Coalition    Votes    Percentage %    Swing %
Australian Labor Party    2,494,408    50.10    -2.70
Liberal/National Coalition    2,484,642    49.90    +2.70
Title: Re: Close election?
Post by: Al Swearegen on August 21, 2010, 06:56:39 AM
The Official 2010 Federal Election Results

    * Across Australia 14,088,260 electors enrolled to vote.
    * Currently 75.10% of the primary vote has been counted.
    * The two party preferred count is 73.34% complete.
    * Polling place results are not available on election night to optimise system performance.
    * The election results on this website were last updated at 21/08/2010 10:51:39 PM.
    * This website was last published at 21/08/2010 10:52:28 PM.

House of Representatives National Two Party Preferred Result Coalition    Votes    Percentage %    Swing %
Australian Labor Party    4,932,434    50.61    -2.61
Liberal/National Coalition    4,813,458    49.39    +2.61
Title: Re: Close election?
Post by: Parts on August 21, 2010, 07:29:45 AM
That's a nice split.  How long will it take to sort out when it's finished?
Title: Re: Close election?
Post by: Al Swearegen on August 21, 2010, 07:36:04 AM
Normally we would know really by tomorrow morning. Now? We probably won't know for sure til next week and it will definiately be a hung parliament.
Good thing? Well it will likely mean that any idea or proposal over the next 4 years put to the powers that be (Good or bad) will be blocked and no party will be able to use weight of numbers to push it through.
In the next election the government in power will suffer for not doing anything and get hammered in the polls (irrespective of whether they were able to do anything or not due to various blocking attempts)
OR Australians will show their apathy again in the pols and history will repeat
Title: Re: Close election?
Post by: Parts on August 21, 2010, 07:40:45 AM
It plays out that way here too
Title: Re: Close election?
Post by: renaeden on August 22, 2010, 04:11:27 AM
I voted for Greens but the Liberals won the seat of Canning which is where I voted.
Title: Re: Close election?
Post by: Vertex on August 25, 2010, 01:58:00 AM
I voted for Greens but the Liberals won the seat of Canning which is where I voted.

Liberals won in WA? The place where all the pretty red dirt is dug up and sold for even bigger piles of dough? They didn't want to be taxed more on it? RSPT not popular there?  :zoinks:
Title: Re: Close election?
Post by: The_Chosen_One on August 25, 2010, 09:52:38 AM
I voted for Greens but the Liberals won the seat of Canning which is where I voted.

Liberals won in WA? The place where all the pretty red dirt is dug up and sold for even bigger piles of dough? They didn't want to be taxed more on it? RSPT not popular there?  :zoinks:

Fucking amazing, ain't it. Anyway, looks like it's up to Bob Katter, Tony Windsor, Bandt and that other dude whose name escapes me to do what Don Chipp and his Democrats couldn't do - which is 'keep the bastards honest'. Xenophon from the Senate (Ind) said a Green/ALP 'union' would really only work if both parties could get the numbers. Unlike the UK, where the Lib-Dems and the Conservatives did the same, it would be a bit more of an effort here. Bandt was pushed to answer the same question, but wasn't going to show his hand. Abbott is technically fucked, because Katter and Bandt thought his handling of the costing of their policies was a bit lame. And given the history of Labour doing sweetheart deals with the greens, I think Gillard would be safe for now, albeit shitting herself.
Title: Re: Close election?
Post by: Dexter Morgan on August 29, 2010, 04:58:10 PM
I always forget that the Liberals are the right party in Oz.
Title: Re: Close election?
Post by: The_Chosen_One on August 29, 2010, 06:42:44 PM
I always forget that the Liberals are the right party in Oz.

Yes, the right party but not  always right.
Title: Re: Close election?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 29, 2010, 09:26:25 PM
Since when did Australia become a part of Florida?
Title: Re: Close election?
Post by: The_Chosen_One on August 29, 2010, 10:19:55 PM
Since when did Australia become a part of Florida?

Since Rose, Blanche, Dorothy and Sophia tried to get John Howard laid out on the patio.
Title: Re: Close election?
Post by: renaeden on September 08, 2010, 05:49:00 AM
It got decided yesterday that Labor wins. Australia has a government again.
Title: Re: Close election?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on September 08, 2010, 05:54:57 AM
Yep, but a rather fragile one. All it would take is a split in one issue by the independents and we'll be back at the polls again. Looks like Labor will be on a short leash this term.
Title: Re: Close election?
Post by: RageBeoulve on September 08, 2010, 07:28:11 AM
 :zoinks:
Title: Re: Close election?
Post by: The_Chosen_One on September 08, 2010, 09:46:08 AM
Now Abbott know what it feels to lose a Grand Final by a point.