Federal election Saturday, September 14, 2013

[drsmith]

Polish the baseball bats folks. She's announced the date.

This will be a very, very long campaign.

 

[MrBurns]

Re: Federal election Saturday September 14 2013

Polish the baseball bats folks. She's announced the date.

This will be a very, very long campaign.

Maybe she's hopeful she'll last that long.?

In any case buy a larger letter box to accommodate the cheques, just dont wait too long to cash them.

 

[McLovin]

Re: Federal election Saturday September 14 2013

Is this a joke? I have to listen to these two windbags in "election mode" for 8 months.

I can see a long summer in Europe coming up for McLovin.

 

[drsmith]

Re: Federal election Saturday September 14 2013

Maybe she's hopeful she'll last that long.?

I can't see what the political advantage of such an early announcement is other than as a last ditch defence from within.

 

[drsmith]

Re: Federal election Saturday September 14 2013

Is this a joke?

No joke, and no commitment to a budget surplus in the next term either.

 

[prawn_86]

Re: Federal election Saturday September 14 2013

I can see a long summer in Europe coming up for McLovin.

Wish i could do the same

If the media stopped paying attention to these idiots then they would actually focus on delivering something instead of just wind.

 

[Calliope]

Re: Federal election Saturday September 14 2013

I can't see what the political advantage of such an early announcement is other than as a last ditch defence from within.

We have survived droughts, floods and bushfires, They say we are a resilient people, but can we survive eight months of sledge and sludge?

 

[MrBurns]

You can bet slippery Gillard will have some dodgy strategy up her sleeve, just wait for it.

I'm off to Europe too, I wish.

 

[Country Lad]

Re: Federal election Saturday September 14 2013

I can't see what the political advantage of such an early announcement is other than as a last ditch defence from within.

Oh yes, there is a significant advantage to the government, creating a bigger trough for the snouts.

This way she needs only the absolute minimum of 33 days before 14 Sept to dissolve parliament and issue the writs.

Only from that time will there be an official election campaign period during which opposition be reimbursed for electioneering costs such as travel costs, election material etc.

In the meantime, the Labor members of parliament, and particularly Gillard with her own plane and ministers with their huge travel allowance will be able to spend the next 7 months flying throughout the country campaigning at no cost to Labor to the disadvantage of the opposition.

So in effect the government is getting a free ride till then.

Cheers
Country Lad

 

[explod]

Re: Federal election Saturday September 14 2013

We have survived droughts, floods and bushfires, They say we are a resilient people, but can we survive eight months of sledge and sludge?

Have we survived the "drought, floods and bushfires" They rage as you speak.

And in a lot of minds I find that people are turning against the past Liberal backed property and land development in low lying areas. Having been a Councillor in the past I can attest that up till a few years back Councillors were all libs (except oleplod of course). Abbott will have a very tough time convincing people that he is the one now.

Gillard has taken the initiative away from the speculat/ion/ors and people will think of it as a well reasoned plan.

The Green vote will most certainly gain a great deal as things are now unfolding and should well maintain the balance of power in the Senate. With major party infighting on the increase a few more independents will probably wander into the mix as well.

Interesting times.

 

[Surly]

Marked it in the diary.

14 September, 2013 (sorry Drsmith we aren't the USA) vote for anyone but Stephen Smith.

cheers
Surly

 

[McLovin]

Re: Federal election Saturday September 14 2013

Oh yes, there is a significant advantage to the government, creating a bigger trough for the snouts.

This way she needs only the absolute minimum of 33 days before 14 Sept to dissolve parliament and issue the writs.

Only from that time will there be an official election campaign period during which opposition be reimbursed for electioneering costs such as travel costs, election material etc.

In the meantime, the Labor members of parliament, and particularly Gillard with her own plane and ministers with their huge travel allowance will be able to spend the next 7 months flying throughout the country campaigning at no cost to Labor to the disadvantage of the opposition.

So in effect the government is getting a free ride till then.

Cheers
Country Lad

But they could do that anyway, couldn't they?

 

[MrBurns]

Turnbull Tweets -

Malcolm Turnbull‏@TurnbullMalcolm

Deeply disappointed that Julia Gillard chose to hold the election on Yom Kippur - the most solemn and sacred day of the Jewish year

 

[Ijustnewit]

What's with the glasses on Gillard ? First time I've ever seen her wearing them. Are they non-prescription?

Maybe her minders have read this .

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...view-tips-Wear-glasses-look-professional.html

 

[drsmith]

The countdown is under way.

http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20130914T20&p0=196&msg=Labor+gets+the+knife

 

[Miss Hale]

More incompetence! She can't even announce an election properly Such a long lead in is only going to annoy voters not placate them.

And does she realise this is smack bang in the middle of footy finals, a time usually avoided so as not to p**s off people who would rather focus on footy than voting

 

[Country Lad]

Re: Federal election Saturday September 14 2013

But they could do that anyway, couldn't they?

Yes and they have been, but that's not the point.

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This way she needs only the absolute minimum of 33 days before 14 Sept to dissolve parliament and issue the writs.

Gillard will ramp it up to a flat out blitz 'em campaign for about 3 months before the date and for most of which the coalition can not claim the costs. When she is so far behind, she needs the longest campaign time she can get. By calling the date now and issuing writs only 33 days from the election, she makes sure that the opposition doesn't have nearly as much of the election funding they need if she called the election and issued the writs say 2 months from the election.

Bligh did the same in Qld by nominating the date early and issuing the writs as late as possible, effectively having a long funded campaign for her but not for the LNP. Didn't help her much either.

Cheers
Country Lad

 

[Julia]

The Green vote will most certainly gain a great deal as things are now unfolding and should well maintain the balance of power in the Senate.

We'll see. I'm much more inclined to think the Greens peaked at the last election. I certainly hope so.

Turnbull Tweets - "Deeply disappointed that Julia Gillard chose to hold the election on Yom Kippur - the most solemn and sacred day of the Jewish year "

Whacko! The first blunder of what will be an interminable campaign.

More incompetence! She can't even announce an election properly Such a long lead in is only going to annoy voters not placate them.

And does she realise this is smack bang in the middle of footy finals, a time usually avoided so as not to p**s off people who would rather focus on footy than voting

And the second blunder. Both on the day of the announcement!

Gillard will ramp it up to a flat out blitz 'em campaign for about 3 months before the date and for most of which the coalition can not claim the costs. When she is so far behind, she needs the longest campaign time she can get. By calling the date now and issuing writs only 33 days from the election, she makes sure that the opposition doesn't have nearly as much of the election funding they need if she called the election and issued the writs say 2 months from the election.

Bligh did the same in Qld by nominating the date early and issuing the writs as late as possible, effectively having a long funded campaign for her but not for the LNP. Didn't help her much either.

Cheers
Country Lad

Exactly right.

Eight months of a campaign. It will be interesting to see whether the very time backfires on her, so fed up with it all will most people be by the time September comes.

 

[DocK]

We'll see. I'm much more inclined to think the Greens peaked at the last election. I certainly hope so.

Agreed. I thought the number of votes going the Greens way had decreased markedly in State elections since the last Federal election. I think a lot of voters who voted Green as a protest have learnt their lesson

Eight months of a campaign. It will be interesting to see whether the very time backfires on her, so fed up with it all will most people be by the time September comes.

Foxtel subscription is looking good. The entire country will be fed up to the back teeth with the negative campaigning by May, and will be begging all and sundry to get it over with!

 

[drsmith]

Bookmakers odds post announcement,

Some betting agencies have the Coalition at the Black Caviar odds of around $1.22.

Labor is rated the outsider in the two-horse race at $4.15.

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