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I am voting for Johnny. I don't trust little Kev. I don't think he is all he makes himself out to be. And I don't like the idea of complete labour political dominance on a state and federal level together.
Change is hard and Johnny has had the courage to make significant changes - however unpopular they may me - ie the GST and Work Choices. It shows that he is interested in bettering the country and not just in staying popular with the fans.
Better the devil you know. I think Kev could be dire. but unfortunately - I expect he will win.
Change is hard and Johnny has had the courage to make significant changes - however unpopular they may me - ie the GST and Work Choices. It shows that he is interested in bettering the country and not just in staying popular with the fans.
Better the devil you know. I think Kev could be dire. but unfortunately - I expect he will win.
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Which house?
Tried to keep it fairly simple , we could list every seat for both houses and every candidate , how far do you go
However if you want to do it for both houses I think you would need to set up two polls.
good work Mark...
I acutually think the poll should be only
Labor
Libs
Other with Pref to Labor
Other with Pref to Libs
Thats really all that matters as far as the lower house goes, with the preferential form of voting, plus it keeps things simple and to what really matter, i.e. which party do you want to form government?
I acutually think the poll should be only
Labor
Libs
Other with Pref to Labor
Other with Pref to Libs
Thats really all that matters as far as the lower house goes, with the preferential form of voting, plus it keeps things simple and to what really matter, i.e. which party do you want to form government?
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Won't commit myself yet. A few weeks ago it would definitely have been Liberal. I quite like Kevin Rudd but the coast to coast Labor, plus Wayne Swan as Treasurer and Julia Gillard as anything put me off Labor.
And then there's Garrett! No, I guess it will have to be Liberal.
What a miserable choice.
And then there's Garrett! No, I guess it will have to be Liberal.
What a miserable choice.
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Good poll - lets hope the sample size grows and knobblers dont vote more than once hahahahahaha
Thats exactly what I put , a higher power added the greens (Just add it to other with a Labor Perference
)But then there is Costello and Abbot, a more miserable choice. Any independents in your area. They get my first preference (then Rudd.)
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Yep, Nioka, you are right to remind me about Abbott and Costello.
No, there is no Independant in this area. I have emailed the Labor candidate twice with a question and not received any reply so he's earned a minus 10.
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I'll probably vote differently in House of Reps to Senate. 
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Labor in the house of reps and Dr Karl Kruszelnicki in the senate.
Always take great pleasure in putting that idiot Hanson last on the Senate paper.
Always take great pleasure in putting that idiot Hanson last on the Senate paper.
But could coast-to-coast Labour help the country, by putting an end to the federal-state / state-federal blame game ???
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Well, yes, it could. But it could also ensure a rise in the GST.
It would certainly seem a good idea from the point of view of Health.
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She was interviewed on ABC Local Radio Qld this evening and one of the questions was who would she ask to dinner at her home if she could have five people. One proposed guest was Albert Einstein!!!
Can't you just imagine the conversation?
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Sometimes I wonder if a rise in the GST isn't just what we need
(although I haven't even seen speculation on that one, - by either party - and equally likely by either party etc etc - and it would have to be considered by a thousand committees no doubt first) those that spend the most pay the most.-
good way to tax the wealthy and kerb unnecessary spending.
(PS I am not an economist if you hadn't guessed already , lol)
also - a good ting about GST of course is that exporters effectively get supported (to compete on international market) - how else do we combat the rising AUD ?
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Not according to the latest Westpoll today...
"PRIME Minister John Howard has dramatically improved his standing in Western Australia but the Coalition is at risk of losing two seats to Labor, according to the latest Westpoll. Westpoll shows the coalition ahead of the ALP 52 per cent to 48 per cent on a two-party preferred basis in WA.
The poll, published in today's The West Australian, is a 10-point turnaround from last month when the ALP led the Coalition 53-47. Mr Howard is the preferred prime minister in WA, the first time since July. The Prime Minister scored 49 per cent to Labor leader Kevin Rudd's 41 per cent.
The Liberals are attracting 47 per cent of the primary vote, up from 43 per cent in October.
The ALP has dropped eight percentage points, recording 38 per cent."
Of course, the Liberals have been claiming all along that these polls are "totally meaningless", so I would expect they will not try to make any mileage or make any comment at all regarding this "remarkable turnaround" in the Westpoll.
I actually agree in part with the sentiment that most of these polls "cannot be trusted". All these newspapers are run by businesses who in one way or other, have a political bias or agenda barrow to push, which ultimately has to affect the way their polling questions or demographics are manipulated. The fact that they don't re-poll a set sample group over the whole pre-election period means you can never know whether that set section of the population is actually changing their opinion over time or not - unlike the ASF polls which are probably more reliable!!! Hahahaha...
Cheers,
AJ
PS: Is anyone as p***ed off over the sheer quantity of political adverts on TV as I am? My Widescreen LCD is in serious danger of wearing a size 12 boot!
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