bust Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 For the Aussies on the board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 It gets worse - much worse. They are predicting that the balance of power in the Senate will be held by assorted wackjobs - Clive Palmer's man Lazo, Pauline Hanson (fan-fucking-tastic..) and a few of the old holdouts from previous debacles. Abbott has signalled that he'll go back to the polls if they try to block his legislation to abolish the carbon tax - this country needs a government that can govern without have to cater to people who only got into the Senate on preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 What's that? The people have voted and that is the end of today's story. Voting is compulsory in Oz (a fine, 80$, is imposed on those who don't turn up at the polling statioins vithout a valid reason). It's not 50.01% turn up and 25.01% of the voters elect the government, as had happened in the US with W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Rupert's lapdog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbaron Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 Fine's $20 for not voting, something I considered when my local school had a queue a few hundred metres from the gate - i think it went down as people genuinely had nobody decent to vote for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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