Australian Federal Election 2025

[farmerge]

Don't hold your breath, last election I sent several emails to my local member.

Crickets.

@wayneL Makes you wonder why they bother to include their e-mail addresses along with phone numbers.
But as I have the time to be annoying, I will continue to do so. Not expecting any replies to anything I have sent though.

 

[PZ.]

Putting in the big ones now...

Coalition unveils first home buyer mortgage tax deduction scheme

Peter Dutton has super-charged his fight against Labor over housing with a promise that first-time buyers of newly built homes will be able to deduct the interest on their mortgage payments from income taxes for five years.

www.abc.net.au

 

[sptrawler]

Even the champion of the left leaning political writers, Ross Gittens, thinks this election is a joke.
Well for once I agree with him.

This election is one of the worst I’ve seen. Here’s the one thing we can do to fix Australian politics

I think both sides of politics are treating us like mugs. Maybe like the mugs many of us have allowed ourselves to become.

www.smh.com.au

 

[farmerge]

Even the champion of the left leaning political writers, Ross Gittens, thinks this election is a joke.
Well for once I agree with him.

This election is one of the worst I’ve seen. Here’s the one thing we can do to fix Australian politics

I think both sides of politics are treating us like mugs. Maybe like the mugs many of us have allowed ourselves to become.

www.smh.com.au

@sptrawler Most Fed Elections are joke, with dumb and dumber as the choices and not too much between the carrots they offer up each time.

 

[JohnDe]

The worst election campaign in history: voodoo economics hits the housing market​

The sooner May 3 arrives the better, because at least then the politicians will have run out of time to dream up hare-brained expensive proposals.​

 

[farmerge]

The worst election campaign in history: voodoo economics hits the housing market​

The sooner May 3 arrives the better, because at least then the politicians will have run out of time to dream up hare-brained expensive proposals.​

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We are going for early voting to avoid the hordes pushing their how to vote paperwork into our faces.

 

[IFocus]

But as of Sunday, the money markets now have a Labor victory at $1.31 with a Coalition win at $3.55.

 

[sptrawler]

But as of Sunday, the money markets now have a Labor victory at $1.31 with a Coalition win at $3.55.

That's a good 30% profit.

 

[Knobby22]

That's a good 30% profit.

1.28 now.
I don't know if you can trust the polling. Been wrong before!

 

[sptrawler]

1.28 now.
I don't know if you can trust the polling. Been wrong before!

I think they are a certainty, IMO they have been since the beginning of election talk.
The early polling that had Dutton in front, I personally think it was selective polling, to get the desired outcome.
The Libs just don't have a cohesive plan and it is all reactive policy on the run, they just lack any talent at the the moment.

 

[Knobby22]

I think they are a certainty, IMO they have been since the beginning of election talk.
The early polling that had Dutton in front, I personally think it was selective polling, to get the desired outcome.

He was winning when Trump got in, in my opinion.

 

[The Triangle]

Polling is wrong. Betting markets are not.

If pollsters had to bet their own money on the polls they produced we would see far more accurate polls.

 

[PZ.]

Polling is wrong. Betting markets are not.

If pollsters had to bet their own money on the polls they produced we would see far more accurate polls.

Wanna bet ?

This betting agency blew $1.3m on Labor win early payouts

Exit polls had the company so confident of a Labor win that they paid out all the bets on Thursday.

www.sbs.com.au

 

[wayneL]

I think they are a certainty, IMO they have been since the beginning of election talk.
The early polling that had Dutton in front, I personally think it was selective polling, to get the desired outcome.
The Libs just don't have a cohesive plan and it is all reactive policy on the run, they just lack any talent at the the moment.

Indeed. I look at this in different way; the Labor Party is not a certainty to win but the LNP is a certainty to lose. Dutton, in common with the center right parties mostly across the anglosphere try to appeal to voters who would never vote for them anyway and thereby alienating their core constituency (including moi). They try to appeal to the left instead of appealing to conservatives and classical liberals. As it stands there is nothing conservative, nor classically liberal about the Liberal/National Party coalition. As you rightly point out, they do not have any sort of cohesive plan, nothing to appeal to those interested in the greater good, only two lots of grifters competing with the other who can offer the greater pork barrel. 4ucking disgusting.

Albo wins by default and our country goes down the gurgler.

 

[farmerge]

Indeed. I look at this in different way; the Labor Party is not a certainty to win but the LNP is a certainty to lose. Dutton, in common with the center right parties mostly across the anglosphere try to appeal to voters who would never vote for them anyway and thereby alienating their core constituency (including moi). They try to appeal to the left instead of appealing to conservatives and classical liberals. As it stands there is nothing conservative, nor classically liberal about the Liberal/National Party coalition. As you rightly point out, they do not have any sort of cohesive plan, nothing to appeal to those interested in the greater good, only two lots of grifters competing with the other who can offer the greater pork barrel. 4ucking disgusting.

Albo wins by default and our country goes down the gurgler.

@wayneL No matter who comes out on top on May 3 it will be dumb or dumber, not much talent on either side.
Appears that the bottom of the barrel has been reached and there is an escape hole down there for those wanted a quick exit

 

[Smurf1976]

As it stands there is nothing conservative, nor classically liberal about the Liberal/National Party coalition. As you rightly point out, they do not have any sort of cohesive plan, nothing to appeal to those interested in the greater good, only two lots of grifters competing with the other who can offer the greater pork barrel.

One thing Labor and Liberal have in common is in their present form both are radically different from what their founders intended them to be.

That said, I do see signs Labor is starting to drift back more toward what was originally intended. Albo's starting to talk more about industry and infrastructure, less about the things that appeal to the city-centric rich. There's a long way to go but I do see some change there, I suspect Albo at least does somewhat grasp what's turned many away from the party.

 

[wayneL]

One thing Labor and Liberal have in common is in their present form both are radically different from what their founders intended them to be.

That said, I do see signs Labor is starting to drift back more toward what was originally intended. Albo's starting to talk more about industry and infrastructure, less about the things that appeal to the city-centric rich. There's a long way to go but I do see some change there, I suspect Albo at least does somewhat grasp what's turned many away from the party.

Until further evidence I see that as nothing more than a grift. Their former constituency should still invest heavily in KY jelly, because that is what is coming for them in my opinion.

 

[farmerge]

Until further evidence I see that as nothing more than a grift. Their former constituency should still invest heavily in KY jelly, because that is what is coming for them in my opinion.

And the LNP are the custard on the jelly!!!!

 

[wayneL]

And the LNP are the custard on the jelly!!!!

Either way, bums to the wall.

 

[sptrawler]

Indeed. I look at this in different way; the Labor Party is not a certainty to win but the LNP is a certainty to lose. Dutton, in common with the center right parties mostly across the anglosphere try to appeal to voters who would never vote for them anyway and thereby alienating their core constituency (including moi). They try to appeal to the left instead of appealing to conservatives and classical liberals. As it stands there is nothing conservative, nor classically liberal about the Liberal/National Party coalition. As you rightly point out, they do not have any sort of cohesive plan, nothing to appeal to those interested in the greater good, only two lots of grifters competing with the other who can offer the greater pork barrel. 4ucking disgusting.

Albo wins by default and our country goes down the gurgler.

Firstly oppositions seldom win solely on their platform, generally sitting Governments lose because they have performed badly, which other than the labor party screwing over young house buyers and renters they have done ok.

Secondly, the last classic Liberal was Abbott, but he was brutally honest.
The problem was, we were and still are in the middle of a left wing societal swing, so saying there are too many leaners and not enough lifters, was never going to float.

Turnbull couldn't work out whether he was Arthur or Martha with regard where he stood.
Then silly Billy blew his feet off trying to appease the Industry Super Funds, otherwise he would have been in the big chair in 2019.

Morrison was way too smug, smart and full of himself, so the media had to get rid of him, even though he and Frydenberg did an amazing job shutting down the country and re starting it up.

Albo is a survivor, he has been in the game since he was a kid, rat cunning as Tanya is finding out.
He has played the small target to perfection, achieved nothing, held responsible for nothing, locked in the top final average salary job done.

Now the next term will be really interesting, serious issues internationally, serious issues with the power grid, serious issues with China supply lines,serious issues with spending promises and growing debt, serious issues with getting anything made in Australia.

I can't wait to see how many bail out in the next term of Government, my guess is a lot from both sides of parliament, the days of easy money polishing seats in parliament, are fast coming to an end IMO.

Now where is that flack jacket.