wayneL
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That won't be good, but probably inevitable. I just hope enough minors get up in the council.
That won't be good, but probably inevitable. I just hope enough minors get up in the council.@wayneL While I was waiting for She Who is Never Wrong at the voting center this morning I was rabbiting onto a few bystanders doing the same, waiting, and all seemed pretty sure that Labour would romp in.
Perhaps the remnants of the Lib/Nat will be near to history.
Next Saturday will be interesting.
When i see Labor i know economic disaster, immigration and vote buying, wef plan and nation destroying.That won't be good, but probably inevitable. I just hope enough minors get up in the council.
Astonishingly petty and juvenile, in keeping with the majority of the left.Seemingly the Premier of WA called JD Vance " a knob."
WA premier denies calling JD Vance a 'knob' will impact AUKUS
WA Premier Roger Cook says his depiction of US Vice-President JD Vance as a "knob" was a lighthearted comment not meant to cause offence.www.abc.net.au
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Vance can dish it out. I am sure being called an unpleasant man in Australian slang by a provincial leader of a minor State of a relatively unimportant Nation won't stop him sleeping at night.Seemingly the Premier of WA called JD Vance " a knob."
WA premier denies calling JD Vance a 'knob' will impact AUKUS
WA Premier Roger Cook says his depiction of US Vice-President JD Vance as a "knob" was a lighthearted comment not meant to cause offence.www.abc.net.au
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WA isn't going through enough pain to change imo. I mean the state has to basically fall over before the opposition party gets voted in. It would have to get really bad for independents to grab a hold.It was a given that it would be a cakewalk for Labor in the LA, but it's disappointing some of the freedom candidates didn't get up in the LC, only Rod Caddies from ON (a neighbour/acquaintance).
Libertarians were a dismal failure.
So as Labor and Greens will also control the the upper house, there seems to be a debate whether they will be sworn in on Das Kapital or Nineteeneightyfour.
They won't get any real traction unless they move more to the centre.Libertarians were a dismal failure.
Yes I do agree that that is going to be a deal breaker for most. I have been banging on about that for ages that they should quietly drop that. I think their policy on marijuana is a non starter for most also.They won't get any real traction unless they move more to the centre.
Policies like the right to own guns for self defence are a red flag to most Australians.
Therein lies the problem.Yes I do agree that that is going to be a deal breaker for most. I have been banging on about that for ages that they should quietly drop that. I think their policy on marijuana is a non starter for most also.
But if only they and other similar parties could have a balance of power, to keep the encroaching totalitarianism in check.
WA isn't going through enough pain to change imo. I mean the state has to basically fall over before the opposition party gets voted in. It would have to get really bad for independents to grab a hold.
Also twitter isn't enough. If they want to grab votes they'd have to put roots down. Things like neighbourhood watch (a lot on Facebook now)or something that are springing up everywhere. Then you would have voting blocks in the local areas of disenfranchised voters. There's a real world crossover.
There's too much of a shotgun approach.
If they are sensible it's fine. I don't really follow WA news except what I see on here.Disappointed the Liberals don’t have their act together but as long as the religious conservatives run the party they aren’t going anywhere people will not vote for them. Fortunately WA Labor have been pretty reasonable no serious controversy's not to say that won’t change but Roger Cook and his cabinet have been around for a long time most are very steady hands
Is that because the Nats have performed better than the Libs?A good win for Labor, as expected, when the Government is working smoothly there really isn't any reason to change.
However it isn't all beer and skittles, Labor had strong metropolitan support, but country people aren't happy,very similar to the last Federal election.
Support for WA government plummets outside Perth despite Labor win
While Roger Cook has been comfortably re-elected as premier, Labor's stocks outside Perth have plummeted.www.abc.net.au
Regional Western Australia has swung hard against the Cook government, almost halving its regional representation amid swings against Labor as high as 20 per cent.
While the government comfortably won a third term on Saturday, its plummeting support in the country looms as a near-solitary bright spot on a disastrous weekend for the opposition.
After the 2021 landslide saw the government hit record levels of representation outside of Perth, Labor could be left with as few as four regional seats in the lower house.
It is the endpoint of a term that has seen the government struggle with the regional blowback around cultural heritage, gun laws, the state's timber industry, youth crime and live export.
| Group | Party | Votes | Pct | Change | Quotas | Elected | Likely |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Labor | 411,452 | 41.53 | -18.81 | 15.78 | 15 | 1 |
| C | Liberal | 276,355 | 27.90 | +10.22 | 10.60 | 10 | 1 |
| F | Greens | 103,478 | 10.45 | +4.06 | 3.97 | 3 | 1 |
| D | National | 56,572 | 5.71 | +2.91 | 2.17 | 2 | .. |
| L | One Nation | 34,978 | 3.53 | +2.05 | 1.34 | 1 | .. |
| K | Legalise Cannabis | 26,797 | 2.70 | +0.73 | 1.03 | 1 | .. |
| E | Australian Christians | 26,177 | 2.64 | +0.69 | 1.00 | 1 | .. |
Is that because the Nats have performed better than the Libs?
Libs have done reasonably well in the upper house. Labor will have trouble getting stuff through from now on.
2025 WA Legislative Council Election - Preliminary Results
Group Party Votes Pct Change Quotas Elected Likely G Labor 411,452 41.53 -18.81 15.78 15 1 C Liberal 276,355 27.90 +10.22 10.60 10 1 F Greens 103,478 10.45 +4.06 3.97 3 1 D National 56,572 5.71 +2.91 2.17 2 .. L One Nation 34,978 3.53 +2.05 1.34 1 .. K Legalise Cannabis 26,797 2.70 +0.73 1.03 1 .. E Australian Christians 26,177 2.64 +0.69 1.00 1 ..
How come voting is still done with a pencil on paper, that rings bells.The WA election was held on March 8th, nearly two weeks ago.
Yet despite that passage of time, there are still two sets in WA that are yet to be decided, with another of them being decided only last night.
According to WA electoral commission there are around 1.8 million eligible voters in WA.
How is it in this day and age of computers, AI software, an army of Electoral office employees as well as contractors, it still takes two weeks to count and do prefeence distribution for less than 2 million votes?
So far they reckon there is stoll over 20% of votes to be counted.
Are they all mail ballots?
Judging by the various swings on display, the WA Labor party should not get too excited.
If I was a greens or One Nation supporter in WA, I would be a bit peeved.
Greens got twice as many primaries as the nationals who got six seats, but they ended up with 0.
One Nation was only a little behind the The Nationsals, but also got zero seats.
Mick
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I would have thought a biro would be better than a pencil, if one is chasing credibility.If we had machines or any other voting system. @DB008 would say it was rigged.
Good reason to keep the same system.
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