Wysiwyg
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Yes indeed. We are still slowly but surely poisoning the planet.
The huge back-flip that Rudd has done on Climate Change is just mind-blowing. How many Australian delegates went to Copenhagen and how much money did that cost? Now it's all dead and buried like it never happened.
I vote informal sometimes, just put a 1 or x in all the boxes...sometimes its the only thing i feel comfortable doing.
I hope you don't complain at the next election, that you're sick of the "current Government" (whoever it is). If you don't vote (or vote incorrectly), you've got no one to blame but yourself.
I hope you don't complain at the next election, that you're sick of the "current Government" (whoever it is). If you don't vote (or vote incorrectly), you've got no one to blame but yourself.
We're lucky here where voting is compulsory. If we didn't have to vote, would we bother. Obviously you wouldn't.
We all know most people are stupid,
That's not true at all. I spent most of my life in NZ where voting is not compulsory. The usual participation rate was around 80%. Far more meaningful, imo, to have 80% of the population voting because they care enough to want to do so, than to force people who know nothing and care less to mark something on the ballot paper.We're lucky here where voting is compulsory. If we didn't have to vote, would we bother. Obviously you wouldn't.
For the record, I don't vote, because I don't consider myself adequately informed to do so (though I have no doubt I'm better informed than most voters).
I feel similarly. The Greens are also prepared to hold a genuine debate about voluntary euthanasia, about which I feel even more strongly than about the internet filtering. They are socially progressive in a way neither of the two god bothering parties are.For what it's worth, I would have liked to see "Greens" as an option on this poll. I think i may vote green, simply based on the fact that they are opposed to the internet filter.
Whatever else happens, I feel compelled to vote against internet filtering.
Amiable? He was at the start patronising, with that amused expression which says "I realise I have to front up here, so I'll do my best to look as though I'm not in the least bothered about anything - all a bit of a joke, really".Rudd putting in a much more amiable performance on the 7.30 Report tonight.
Looks very neatly dressed too, maybe bright new shirt, tie and suite... or maybe it's just my better TV reception tonight.
O'Brien threw in a stinger or was that a stinker at the last... will you resign and hand over the reigns to Gillard.
Rudd putting in a much more amiable performance on the 7.30 Report tonight.
Looks very neatly dressed too, maybe bright new shirt, tie and suite... or maybe it's just my better TV reception tonight.
O'Brien threw in a stinger or was that a stinker at the last... will you resign and hand over the reigns to Gillard.
That's what you should be telling your local MP. Get them to release some policies NOW, instead of waiting for the race to actually start. I've contacted several current and "shadow" MPs - unfortunately, I've either received a standard response, or none at all. But if everyone did it, perhaps they'd realise that there are a lot of undecided voters out there - because of our options.I'm not sure I agree with that. It really does look like we are stuck with no good options. We're damned which ever one we take. It's quite horrible.
Sorry to disagree with you on Coalition policy release old mate.That's what you should be telling your local MP. Get them to release some policies NOW, instead of waiting for the race to actually start. I've contacted several current and "shadow" MPs - unfortunately, I've either received a standard response, or none at all. But if everyone did it, perhaps they'd realise that there are a lot of undecided voters out there - because of our options.
Hmmm... New Zealand is looking good right about now - Skiing, space (all the Kiwis are over here looking for jobs), no import duty on luxury cars, stable government (they kicked the last one out because they were sick of him... I mean her).
No capital gains tax and non-means tested national superannuation.Hmmm... New Zealand is looking good right about now - Skiing, space (all the Kiwis are over here looking for jobs), no import duty on luxury cars, stable government (they kicked the last one out because they were sick of him... I mean her).
Now we know The decision who to vote for on the 21st August is now easy. Gillard stands for everthing that is good for hard working Australians going forward.
Abbott stands for everything that is bad for hard working Australians going backward.
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