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@barbarian said in Aussie Politics:
But we can agree to disagree. Kind of.
If we don't, can I egg you?
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I work with a bunch or great guys but today was an eye opener.
Several of them were watching the shooting. Disgusted but drawn in. I was asked if I had seen it and I said yes and did not want to watch it ever again.
They were all genuinely upset by it but couldn’t look away. Afterward the egging came up and they all said what I was thinking. “Fraser is a fluffybunny” etc, etc. But then it turned to one guy saying “hes half right though” then they all agreed that the problem with FA isn’t his politics, it is his delivery. He’s too offensive but the message is right.
“Muslims are ok but not if there’s too many. Muslims want to change everything about Australia”I picked up my phone to make a call so they got out of my office.
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It is, as they say, "blowing up deluxe" over here in political terms. Some comment made by Morrison years back about using Muslim concerns to grab votes in a shadow cabinet meeting has come back to him and he's not well pleased.
Interestingly, the original author of the article back in 2010 (2011?) was not discussed, only the person who repeated the incident on TV recently. So that's weird.
Several of the Conservative media who were very measured in their language after the attack are now going off their brains because people are accusation them of dog whistling.
Not an ideal preparation for a federal election as far as the government is concerned.
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@barbarian didn't Gillard get egged a couple of times?
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@NTA mate this federal election is playing havoc with the building industry, at least in Brisbane and the GC it is.
No one is doing anything which means we are doing nothing which means we are not making any money which means my wife is going to eventually hit the bottom of the endless pit she thinks is our bank account.
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@raznomore said in Aussie Politics:
@NTA mate this federal election is playing havoc with the building industry, at least in Brisbane and the GC it is.
No one is doing anything which means we are doing nothing which means we are not making any money which means my wife is going to eventually hit the bottom of the endless pit she thinks is our bank account.
Lot of economic uncertainty, that's for sure. Mate of mine lays floors and he's usually booking work months out. Says everything has slowed right down and he's only got work to the end of May.
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@MajorRage said in Aussie Politics:
Is this federal election related? Or just natural cycles?
Australia has been booming for years, especially Western "Sydney". A slow down had to come at some point.
I think the upcoming federal election is having an effect. Changes in Capital Gains Tax and Franking Credits could have an effect on housing investment.
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Abortions for men...
Leftist insanity continues
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I can't work out if this is BS pushed by Liberals to scare people off of Labor or whether this Labor being who they really are.
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@Rembrandt said in Aussie Politics:
Abortions for men...
Leftist insanity continues
Firstly pay wall.
Secondly ... checks calendar
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@booboo said in Aussie Politics:
@Rembrandt said in Aussie Politics:
Abortions for men...
Leftist insanity continues
Firstly pay wall.
Secondly ... checks calendar
weird, try the fb link
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Given today’s egging attempt, I thought this was funny
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Lots of aussie politicians getting hoist by their own retard lately
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/112573030/australian-greens-election-candidate-forced-to-quit-over-online-posts-including-racist-joke -
Hard to believe we're only three days away from an election, it's been more low-key than most I can remember.
Shorten seems destined for a victory, though not in the 'landslide' category. Not a horrible result for the Libs considering where they were about 9 months ago.
The interesting dynamic for me has been the News Corp vs Shorten battle, similar to the Labor vs Alan Jones vibe in the NSW election. I do feel the tide is slowly turning against hyper-partisan outlets like the Telegraph, and Shorten has made real mileage out of the Tele's front-page smash about his mum.
Will also be interesting to watch a few individual seat results - Dutton in Dickson, Abbot in Warringah, Phelps in Wentworth, Kevin Andrews in Menzies.
Tipping Shorten with a five seat majority, which will be slightly disappointing for Labor.
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