The ScoMo Government

[wayneL]

A useless idiot is as bad as a useful idiot.

If more people spoiled their votes in Australia people might actually start to give a rats.

e.g. You got elected on 35% of the votes = You do not have a mandate, fix crime, or corruption, or go, and if you don't go ....

gg

LMAO.... Mandate?

Is even 51% a mandate?

Mandates in Australia are claimed but not given and the whole concept of a mandate is disingenuous tripe.

Our system of government should be representative and indeed that is the purpose the Senate, although very imperfectly. Otherwise what you have is a democratic dictatorship.

If we don't want to have a democratic dictatorship then what we need is, if we are not mature enough to vote outside of the majors in the Reps, at least a strong crossbench of minord in the Senate.

Anything else is evidence of a very tribalistic electorate, and that is not a healthy democracy at all.

As to your point regarding spoiling ballots, I do have a lot of sympathy with that view. Part of the malais of our current electoral system is the imposition of mandatory voting.

A spoilt ballot is in fact a vote for non-mandatory voting.

 

[Knobby22]

LMAO.... Mandate?

Is even 51% a mandate?

Mandates in Australia are claimed but not given and the whole concept of a mandate is disingenuous tripe.

Our system of government should be representative and indeed that is the purpose the Senate, although very imperfectly. Otherwise what you have is a democratic dictatorship.

If we don't want to have a democratic dictatorship then what we need is, if we are not mature enough to vote outside of the majors in the Reps, at least a strong crossbench of minord in the Senate.

Anything else is evidence of a very tribalistic electorate, and that is not a healthy democracy at all.

Also there are plenty of independents at house level that people should consider voting for. Especially if the member chosen is not that well thought of. A few have knocked over sitting MPs recently.

In fact I would say if you are in a safe seat, Don't vote for the sitting member unless you are really happy with them.

 

[IFocus]

The issue is not that we have two majors, actually one major and a coalition of two, between the three they actually represent the vast majority of Australians.

That representation depends on change, no change then less representation just as we have now the end of a Government with no ideas and no accountability.

i.e. FFS $40 bil given to foreign interests and for what?

Nothing.

Independents and minors wont fix that, vote for them if you like but expect another round of Coalition governments will be the result along with no ICAC.

 

[Humid]

 

[Humid]

A bit of distraction

 

[Humid]

Hopefully I'm off to Canada mid year and doing a little research but for the life of me I can't find any visa info
They must run things a little different

 

[Humid]

Whats Scamo got against Tonga?

 

[mullokintyre]

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Hopefully I'm off to Canada mid year and doing a little research but for the life of me I can't find any visa info
They must run things a little different

My Nephew, whose partner is Canadian, went home for Christmas.
They went via LA.
He said it was pretty easy in the USA, no demand for vax certificates, and very few wearing masks in the airport (unlike on the planes).
But he said the Canadians gave them the third degree, and were more than a little suspicious of Aus gov approved vax certificate.
Lucky he also had a paper version to back it up.
He also said it helped that is partner works for the Canadian Embassy.
I am planning on heading to the US in April, so will be able to get a first hand look at what transpires.
Mick

 

[Humid]

My Nephew, whose partner is Canadian, went home for Christmas.
They went via LA.
He said it was pretty easy in the USA, no demand for vax certificates, and very few wearing masks in the airport (unlike on the planes).
But he said the Canadians gave them the third degree, and were more than a little suspicious of Aus gov approved vax certificate.
Lucky he also had a paper version to back it up.
He also said it helped that is partner works for the Canadian Embassy.
I am planning on heading to the US in April, so will be able to get a first hand look at what transpires.
Mick

Daughter is a resident.....not seen her for over 3 years

 

[moXJO]

Daughter is a resident.....not seen her for over 3 years

Canada?
Just put "Non binary" in your passport and you're a shoe in.

 

[Humid]

Canada?
Just put "Non binary" in your passport and you're a shoe in.

Legal weed man....

 

[moXJO]

Legal weed man....

They need it.

 

[Humid]

 

[sptrawler]

I am planning on heading to the US in April, so will be able to get a first hand look at what transpires.
Mick

You will have to let us know how it goes, the wife and I had a trip to the U.S booked for 2020, then covid hit.

 

[Logique2]

Next time is the unloseable for Albo surely? He needs to throw everything at this.

Unthinkable this mob would get a fourth term.

 

[moXJO]

Next time is the unloseable for Albo surely? He needs to throw everything at this.

Unthinkable this mob would get a fourth term.

All he has to do is shut up till the election. Nothing but sensible policy.

Let's face it, when it comes to talking your way into losing an election. Then Labor is the "super variant" of stupidity. Better to keep your mouth shut then alert everyone how much lower on the scale you are.

I honestly think independents will get a good run.

 

[sptrawler]

All he has to do is shut up till the election. Nothing but sensible policy.

Let's face it, when it comes to talking your way into losing an election. Then Labor is the "super variant" of stupidity. Better to keep your mouth shut then alert everyone how much lower on the scale you are.

Is that along the lines of, "you are far better off saying nothing and having everyone think you're an idiot, than opening your mouth and confirming it"? ?
Albo has done o.k so far, even when he has had something to say he hasn't screamed it from the roof tops, so they should be a shoe in at the election IMO.

 

[basilio]

Government deports itself for stoking anti-vax sentiment

The Australian Federal Government has told itself it must leave the country immediately, after it was found to be openly ‘stoking anti-vaccination sentiment’.

In a statement this morning, Immigration Minister Alex Hawke conceded the Government is a risk to civil order and public health given at least two of its members have been openly posting anti-vaccination articles on social media.

George Christensen called for civil disobedience in response to vaccination rules and appeared on the television show of US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Gerard Rennick shared dozens of anti-vaccination posts, including one from a prominent anti-vax leader who has previously called for the execution of Jacinda Ardern. Alex Antic voted with One Nation to scrap vaccination mandates and allegedly misled the Prime Minister on his own vaccination status.

“Given the Government’s high-profile status and position as a role model in the broader community, its ongoing presence in Australia may foster similar disregard for the precautionary requirements following receipt of a positive COVID-19 test in Australia,” Mr Hawke said.

The Government has a right to launch an appeal, but it is believed that it will make it as difficult as possible for itself by cunningly delaying proceedings until late on a Friday afternoon. “We can’t help it, it’s just second nature for us to manipulate things like this,” Mr Hawke said.

It is unclear where the Government will go once it is asked to leave Australia given it will not have the right to enter any other countries. “We’ll probably have to just lock ourselves in a hotel in Carlton for nine years,” Hawke said. “Although George Christensen will probably go to The Phillipines”

Government deports itself for stoking anti-vax sentiment

"The Government is a risk to civil order and public health"

www.theshovel.com.au

 

[basilio]

Meanwhile...

Government accused of double standard over Djokovic case and anti-vaccine-mandate MPs​

By political reporter Georgia Hitch

Kristina Keneally says Scott Morrison must "call out" government MPs who undermine the vaccine rollout.
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Federal Labor is calling on the government to take the same hardline stance against their own MPs who have undermined the vaccine rollout that it did in its approach to Novak Djokovic's visa cancellation and deportation.

Key points:​

• Lawyers for the federal government had argued Djokovic was an "icon" to anti-vaccination groups
• The Shadow Home Affairs Minister accused some government MPs of encouraging anti-vaccination sentiment
• Scott Morrison rejected the comparison between Djokovic and MPs who oppose to vaccine mandates

Government told to pull MPs against vaccine mandates into line after Djokovic case

Shadow Affairs Minister Kristina Keneally says Scott Morrison cannot be a "wolf … acting all tough" to Novak Djokovic and then "be a lamb" when it comes to his own party room.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Humid]