Australian Federal Election - 2022

[SirRumpole]

Savage:





It will be interesting to see how far the pendulum swings. It doesn't seem like the media sees Albo as the anointed one.

The Murdoch media never has. Some may be more unbiased.

 

[wayneL]

The Murdoch media never has. Some may be more unbiased.

The West is owned by Kerry Stokes, not Murdoch.

 

[PZ99]

It's nothing compared to what they aimed at Gillard and then Rudd but some people have short memories...

I'll give it 12 months before folks on the right opine the ALP are the permanent media darling

 

[SirRumpole]

The West is owned by Kerry Stokes, not Murdoch.

Who owns the Telegraph ?

 

[wayneL]

Who owns the Telegraph ?

My point is that it's not just Murdoch.

 

[SirRumpole]

My point is that it's not just Murdoch.

Kerry Stokes is well in with the Liberal Party and is a Liberal Party donor.

 

[moXJO]

Biden won.

The current outlook isn't great for midterms.

 

[moXJO]

As much as I don't like Labor, scomo needs to go.
Surely they knew what was coming. Labor couldn't hide under the sheets the entire campaign.

 

[Knobby22]

It would be nice if the media thought like you.
It was clever of the SMH to get that up quickly about John Howard, at least they have Albos back.

That wasn't the Sydney Morning Herald, that was Newscorp, they were looking for him to sink his boots in and were shocked when Howard effectively admonished the reporter.
You should listen to it. Howard is a decent guy and was a pretty good PM during most of his reign though he stuffed up a couple of things. And I think that's why Scomo is gone, enough of the public are smelling something bad and most of his colleagues hate him. The Daggy Dad pitch is wearing thin. The right wing media will do their best though and it will be pretty close.

 

[PZ99]

Howard made the same mistake but avoided the hypocrisy trap the reporter tried to lead him to

 

[Ferret]

The SMH's bias is coming to the fore early.

Today's letters page doesn't have a single mention of Albo's stuff up yesterday. Just endless letters bagging Morrison and the LNP.

 

[sptrawler]

The SMH's bias is coming to the fore early.

Today's letters page doesn't have a single mention of Albo's stuff up yesterday. Just endless letters bagging Morrison and the LNP.

It is good that we have conflicting media, at least the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

 

[IFocus]

I think everyone was a bit surprised at such an easy gotcher, Albanese will need to lift his game or it will be another throw away election for Labor.

Lucky for him its early, still Morrison has his own issues why is Trudge still a minister and why the $500k and how many more Liberals will line up to fire shots at him.

I suspect it will be painful every step of the way until election day and I haven't written Morrison off yet.

 

[wayneL]

I still can't believe you guys want to vote for either one of these clowns. You know that you are being lied to and are going to get screwed over, so why?

 

[SirRumpole]

I still can't believe you guys want to vote for either one of these clowns. You know that you are being lied to and are going to get screwed over,

Lesser of two evils.

 

[wayneL]

Lesser of two evils.

Yet there are other choices...

 

[moXJO]

I still can't believe you guys want to vote for either one of these clowns. You know that you are being lied to and are going to get screwed over, so why?

Resigned to the fact its a two party system.
I'll be voting anyone but the majors.

 

[sptrawler]

Resigned to the fact its a two party system.

Yep it's either Scott from marketing, or Anthony from Jenny Craig's school of economics, what a state Australian politics are in. Where is a Keating or a Costello when you need them? ?

 

[wayneL]

This is where our preferential voting system is actually quite cool, if you understand it.

My primary vote and first couple of preferences actually have mine, yours and Buckley's chance of actually being elected.

But I want to make a statement and that's how I will be voting.

Realistically those candidates will be ejected in the first rounds, then comes my lesser of two evil choices. I don't mind saying that is much as I absolutely detest Scotty and the Liberal party at the moment and am highly alarmed at the prospect of them being re-elected, it does in no way match my panic at the prospect of a labor government, with an economic incompetent at the helm and the mean girls (plus effeminate wimpy males) on the front bench.... And even worse, possibly beholden to the greens.

Lesser of two evils is like choosing between hemlock and cyanide.

 

[IFocus]

I still can't believe you guys want to vote for either one of these clowns. You know that you are being lied to and are going to get screwed over, so why?

Realistically in general for good governance governments need a clear majority with a good bureaucracy in tune.

That cannot be said for the last 3 terms of Coalition governments marked by floored ideology, egos, squandered use of public money on steroids and infighting.

In the last term the only independent that worked hard holding the government to account, for the Australian people and had any thing useful to say was Rex Patrick.

One Nation, UAP are flat out grifters no buts.

Can anyone think of a single thing Katter did this term except entertainment?

The place is a big enough zoo as it is.

IMHO