FrostyFireMage Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 ...I have little to no knowledge or interest in politics, so what exactly is Australia in for these new few years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookofholsety Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blasied Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Somewhat telling that today was my first time voting and my first time trying alcohol. And not in a celebratory way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agro Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Oh god, have a cry, everything will pretty much run the exact same as it did before. It's just that you'll be seeing someone else's face in the newspaper instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyFireMage Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share Posted September 7, 2013 I have heard that Abbott is quite the misogynist... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blasied Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Oh god, have a cry, everything will pretty much run the exact same as it did before. It's just that you'll be seeing someone else's face in the newspaper instead. It's sad because it's true. Well, maybe not the newspapersd bit. You know what Murdoch press is like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrhesia Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Tony Abbott more like Tory Abbott because he's conservative and wants really badly to be English please validate me ;.; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 (edited) Oh god, have a cry, everything will pretty much run the exact same as it did before. It's just that you'll be seeing someone else's face in the newspaper instead.well not exactly. (warning: left wing here) chances are we are unlikely to make much social progression (women's/gay rights, for example) over the next three years due to Abbott's policies/beliefs (which do impose on the party itself), which a bit of reading would fairly easily indicate. then there's a whole host of other things (eg: building more roads, and taking cuts from rail networks and such, which is going to mean less sustainability, climate change deniers, etc.) which could also be a potential problem. i think the main problem is that people wanted change, but in my opinion I really don't think we needed said change, because it was going to be for the worse. thankfully I already have the new NBN stuff so I don't have to complain about that edit: Tony Abbott more like Tory Abbott because he's conservative and wants really badly to be English please validate me ;.; validated Edited September 7, 2013 by Manix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blasied Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 please validate me ;.; You matter to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tryhard Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Tony Abbott more like Tory Abbott because he's conservative and wants really badly to be English please validate me ;.; Fun fact: Tory originally meant an outlaw, bandit or thief. Though I suppose we have David "Airbrushed for Change" Cameron. Though by those quotes above it seems he is worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 (edited) I got more quotes hell, if you want to subject yourself to further reading about policy as well (which says it a lot better than i did in my previous post) Edited September 7, 2013 by Manix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blasied Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Fun fact. Tony Abbot has studied at Oxford. With the rate and severity of his gaffs, you'd never know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Fun fact. Tony Abbot has studied at Oxford.please. do not remind me of the fact he is a Rhodes Scholar, it just makes me sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwall Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 please. do not remind me of the fact he is a Rhodes Scholar, it just makes me sad. Hey now, he could be worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Wright Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 (edited) Fun fact. Tony Abbot has studied at Oxford. With the rate and severity of his gaffs, you'd never know it. George W. Bush studied at Yale. Some people aren't dumb, they're just incapable leaders. And although I feel bad, I'm also relieved that the US isn't the only Western country to elect a politician like that in this era. But I feel mostly bad. Edited September 7, 2013 by Phoenix Wright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NICKT™ Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Isn't Tony Abbott the guy who's--- Oh god he is Furet and all other Aussies here, my condolences Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Alear Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 (edited) George W. Bush studied at Yale. I'm going to guess he only got in because of his legacy though. I do agree that picking up trash is something that should be done, though. EDIT: But in a lot of cases it'd be better if people never tossed shit on the ground when there's a trashcan like 20 feet away from them. EDIT2: Marked edit. Edited September 7, 2013 by Static Shock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 The real losers in this election are Media Watch. Now that News Corp has their preferred PM in, they'll lose 90% of their content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agro Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 lol all the USians in here thinking that abott is like president or something it's the party you guys should be more worried about, which, really, aren't that bad chances are we are unlikely to make much social progression (women's/gay rights, for example) over the next three years due to Abbott's policies/beliefs (which do impose on the party itself), which a bit of reading would fairly easily indicate.then there's a whole host of other things (eg: building more roads, and taking cuts from rail networks and such, which is going to mean less sustainability, climate change deniers, etc.) which could also be a potential problem.i think the main problem is that people wanted change, but in my opinion I really don't think we needed said change, because it was going to be for the worse. This is fair enough, but just because Liberals are in power doesn't mean we won't be seeing change. On the other hand, just because Labour would have been in power, doesn't mean we would have seen change. Rudd could have easily tried to run gay marriage though Parliament and gotten rejected. blah blah blah both parties have their strong points, honestly. It's just a question of whether or not they align with what you want, and what the country wants. Evidently, not enough people wanted Labour, and with the astonishing fact that ~25% of young people failed to register to vote, it's clear that we didn't feel strongly enough about a lot of issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Wasn't Australia originally a penal colony or something? Our forebears were fucking Puritans, what's your excuse for your right-wingers being such piss-takers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) Wasn't Australia originally a penal colony or something? Our forebears were fucking Puritans, what's your excuse for your right-wingers being such piss-takers Yes, it was. In the beginning of the australian colonization, the british just put criminals in ships and sent them there. It was actually a good deal on both sides, since the UK was able to get rid of the criminals and to colonize a remote place people normally wouldn't want to go to and the criminals become free. Of course, when the colony start getting prosperous, this policy stopped. Edited September 10, 2013 by Nobody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyFireMage Posted September 10, 2013 Author Share Posted September 10, 2013 Nothing beats knowing that your ancestors were petty crooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverhand Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Eh. Whatever. I was so fucking sick of all this election shit that Im glad its all over.... I didnt give a shit who won the election tbh. They're all the same if you boil everything down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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