Aussie Election called for Oct 9th

Mr Flibble · Post by **Mr Flibble** » 2004-08-29 03:07am

Well John Howard has finally called an election, the date is set for October 9th.

linky

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-08-29 03:10am

Election '04: Australia flips a coin.

Does anyone here have any ideas on who they're voting for?

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2004-08-29 05:12am

Gandalf wrote:Election '04: Australia flips a coin.

An accurate assessment of how most Australian's figure it out

Does anyone here have any ideas on who they're voting for?

I definitely know who I'm not voting for. I'll get back to you after I figure out who is the least evil of the bunch.

Lord of the Farce · Post by **Lord of the Farce** » 2004-08-29 06:06am

Thing don't look that bright when the names that immediately comes to mind is "Little Johnny" and the "Other Guy". Hopefully, the pollies will prove cooperative and give us something decent to base our votes on.

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2004-08-29 06:13am

Hmmmm....given that I'm currently overseas, even though I'll be returning next year, am I legally required to vote in this farce?

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-08-29 06:18am

You're Australian?!? And all this time I thought you were Japanese!

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2004-08-29 09:36am

As a New Zealander, I will now take time to indulge my hereditary right to interfere in our neighbors internal affairs. Little Johnny needs to go, his US policy is making us retch..how can one man swallow so much Shrub jizz?.

Come on guys you are supposed to be independent, fer crisst sakes!

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2004-08-29 10:41am

Like always, I'm adding a box and voting for my girl.

I'd love to hear from anyone who's going to vote Liberal. I mean, they must exist, they always win. I've never met anyone who admits to voting for the environment/health system/foreign policy etc etc destroying guys.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-08-29 06:31pm

Stark wrote:I'd love to hear from anyone who's going to vote Liberal. I mean, they must exist, they always win. I've never met anyone who admits to voting for the environment/health system/foreign policy etc etc destroying guys.

My mum votes Liberal. She hates the ALP with a passion.

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2004-08-29 07:44pm

Stark wrote:I'd love to hear from anyone who's going to vote Liberal. I mean, they must exist, they always win. I've never met anyone who admits to voting for the environment/health system/foreign policy etc etc destroying guys.

Keep in mind that even the major parties win via preferances(Preferance trading between parties is a big deal in Australian politics). So its a matter of were you put your preferances.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-08-29 09:18pm

Stark wrote:I'd love to hear from anyone who's going to vote Liberal. I mean, they must exist, they always win. I've never met anyone who admits to voting for the environment/health system/foreign policy etc etc destroying guys.

I think old people do.

I have yet to meet an old person who likes the Greens.

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2004-08-29 09:35pm

Stofsk wrote:You're Australian?!? And all this time I thought you were Japanese!

Hah, I wish. Born in Gosford, raised in Brisbane. Over here on scholarship.

I guess I'll probably be voting Liberal, if I vote at all, more for the "Devil I know" factor if anything. None of the canditates really appeal to me, but from last I heard, I could probably support the Liberal's economic policies more than I could the ALP's.

*Sighs and tries to remember a time before he could vote, back when the Democrats were supposedly formed as a party along a Libertarian ideology*

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-08-29 09:40pm

List of Australia's political parties.

I always thought we had more.

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2004-08-29 10:07pm

We do. That's only a list of the ones with established websites.

Bigger list of Australian political parties

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-08-29 10:12pm

OK, based on that list I'm tempted to vote HEMP.

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2004-08-30 12:02am

What will you do if they don't have a local canditate though?

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-08-30 12:07am

I have no idea.

Maybe I'll vote Communist.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2004-08-30 12:12am

Vote Monster Raving Loony. Come on, you know you want to!

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-08-30 12:14am

Iceberg wrote:Vote Monster Raving Loony. Come on, you know you want to!

I don't think we have them.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2004-08-30 12:18am

Iceberg wrote:Vote Monster Raving Loony. Come on, you know you want to!

They're UK I'm afraid.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2004-08-30 12:31am

Awwwww...

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-08-30 01:14am

Hmmmm. Sounds like a fun party. Where do I sign up?

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2004-08-30 01:16am

I wonder if the stripper is on the ballot paper again this year...

Neko_Oni · Post by **Neko_Oni** » 2004-08-30 01:40am

Oh good, an election. A chance for Australia's finest to strut their stuff to see who gets to lead this great country [/sarcasm.]

Me I'll probably vote Labour. Since Liberal and Labour are almost identical, and everything else is basically a donkey vote, I may as well vote for the guy with less annoying eyebrows (and a somewhat less brown-nose attitude towards Americans and in particular our ruler by proxy George Dubya Bush).[/quote]

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-08-30 03:10am

As to myself I'll probably vote Liberal, though I really want to vote Democrat. If it wasn't for Natasha Stott-Despoja screwing up that party through her ambitions then they would probably retain a shred of credibility in my eyes.