Australian Federal Election 2025

[Knobby22]

Your answer tells it all...

Yea, we should vote Libs to win culture wars...not.

They have to provide an alternative. I have never seen a poorer effort from them.

 

[SirRumpole]

All done and dusted. No waiting, no sausage.

 

[Knobby22]

I reckon it's going to be close.
Melbourne seats like McKewan where petrol is a huge cost are likely to swing.

There is no anti Victorian Morrison factor this time.

Libs could easily win 5 seats.
If Dutton had done better they definitely would have won them.

 

[SirRumpole]

I reckon it's going to be close.
Melbourne seats like McKewan where petrol is a huge cost are likely to swing.

There is no anti Victorian Morrison factor this time.

Libs could easily win 5 seats.
If Dutton had done better they definitely would have won them.

I'm going to refrain from making a prediction, as I have been spectacularly wrong before.

 

[Knobby22]

I'm going to refrain from making a prediction, as I have been spectacularly wrong before.

Sports bet has Labor at $1.08 and Coalition at $9.30. Definitely the punters think Labor will win.

 

[IFocus]

Voted the other day I have no feeling as to who will win.

 

[SirRumpole]

what, moaning all the time?

Yep, that's me, the ultimate stuck in his ways moaner.

However, I will check out Aldi and see what they have.

 

[wayneL]

I'm going to refrain from making a prediction, as I have been spectacularly wrong before.

I predict we will all be @#$&ed over, no matter which mob of WEF stooges win.... and that is London to a brick.

 

[qldfrog]

Is that in dollar amounts or percentage rate?

Of course if incomes increase then the dollar amount of tax goes up even if the percentage rate goes down.

That's bracket creep and all governments have declined to do anything about it. except Malcolm Fraser and he failed.

Read that a month or so ago, obviously not in $ , but per percentage of average or median income..the usual slow pace to oblivion we saw in France , all these jobs created out of thin air in the various state and fed departments, increasing relentlessly the gov part of the economy on a shrinking base of wealth creating companies(can be sme/tradies)...
And inevitably leading to inflating debt.
I read an interesting concept: can a government creating a debt be called a democracy, as it actually imposes some obligation on a yet to be born/vote population ..seems far fetched but think twice...there is some truth there

 

[farmerge]

Off to vote at 8am before the soccer mums and dads arrive.

No Democracy sausage at that hour, too bad.

@SirRumpole Perhaps when you have finished casting your vote a quick trip to the local Bunnings for a snag in a bun!!!

 

[farmerge]

Let's see how it turns out, but yes, the Coalition run a pathetic campaign. No big ideas apart from nuclear power which is too expensive for us. All doom and gloom and negativity from them without a spark of optimism.

Labor haven't been great, but better the devil you know imo.

Sir Rumpole I have been bombarded with text messages from Team Liberal ad nausium.
Now just delete and report it as a scam.
The best they can offer is the reduction on fuel.
Yippie do dar.
For us fuel is a tax deduction so no gain in that for us.

 

[SirRumpole]

Sir Rumpole I have been bombarded with text messages from Team Liberal ad nausium.
Now just delete and report it as a scam.
The best they can offer is the reduction on fuel.
Yippie do dar.
For us fuel is a tax deduction so no gain in that for us.

Very few texts from the LNP, a lot from Labor, more from Trumpet.

All ignored.

 

[farmerge]

Very few texts from the LNP, a lot from Labor, more from Trumpet.

All ignored.

Being a newly named seat "Bullwinkle" I thought we would have got much the same as you Sir R.
Pleasantly no only the LNP mob.

 

[wayneL]

Very few texts from the LNP, a lot from Labor, more from Trumpet.

All ignored.

I feel neglected, haven't had any political spam at all.

Arrived at 8am and still an hour in the queue.

 

[farmerge]

I feel neglected, haven't had any political spam at all.

Arrived at 8am and still an hour in the queue.

@wayneL Got a good book to read Wayne.
One of the reasons why we vote as early as possible.
Very little queuing.

 

[wayneL]

@wayneL Got a good book to read Wayne.
One of the reasons why we vote as early as possible.
Very little queuing.

Every time I drive past the early voting venue in Madland, there was a massive queue as well and never had the time for the wait.

 

[farmerge]

Every time I drive past the early voting venue in Madland, there was a massive queue as well and never had the time for the wait.

We went last Saturday mid morning and voted, had to wait about 5 minutes after running the gautlant of vote for my mob.
That's the painful bit, as we had made up our minds about which lot would get our $2.40 as the first vote and the real voting after that.

 

[wayneL]

We went last Saturday mid morning and voted, had to wait about 5 minutes after running the gautlant of vote for my mob.
That's the painful bit, as we had made up our minds about which lot would get our $2.40 as the first vote and the real voting after that.

Yeah neither Dutto nor Albo got my $2.40.... it was funny there were nearly as many blues as people in the queue during the week, only a couple of commies and only one watermelon, yet this morning there was hardly anyone from any party.

There was a Rennick guy there, had a nice chat with him, salt of the earth.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

My gawd, we're doomed...

but no texts, phew

Out for a walk, (Labor seat), and at the local polling station, corflutes plus 5 red shirts, 3 green and one blue. very low-key.

in queue at coffee shop, it's either tax strategies or property prices.

and at the park, eavesdropping on next generations, all green green.

 

[farmerge]

Yeah neither Dutto nor Albo got my $2.40.... it was funny there were nearly as many blues as people in the queue during the week, only a couple of commies and only one watermelon, yet this morning there was hardly anyone from any party.

There was a Rennick guy there, had a nice chat with him, salt of the earth.

@wayneL Perhaps the perceived forecast of rain has scared the pamphlet spruckers away. A bonus for those queuing.