apparently he is the next PM ... polls say his party [Liberals -conservatives most like the republicans will win what is actually left out though is they are actually a Coalition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_(Australia) the National Party leader is always the Deputy PM ... the only hope is as happened last time the result is half and half ... then who ever can make deals with the few independents and has clear majority and can make a government will become the government and their leader will become the prime minister ... it is called a hung parliament .... the independents who went with [Labor - union based] last time to make that majority had such a hideous time of it the 2 out of 3 are not contesting this election and have retired from politics altogether both used to belong to the conservative right and changed through their careers to kinda social democrats .... the Liberals hate the Greens they end up in the senate [Upper House] we have proportional preferential preferred voting ... that means you number the candidates in order of your preference for them ... lower house the size electorates are based on population the senate by statea ... there are 150 seats in the lower house and 76 in the senate ... there are 1,888 candidates ... http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2013/08/record-number-of-candidates-to-contest-2013-election.html the party names speak for themselves ... and the small parties do deals with the big parties as to who will get who's preferences in the best of all possible worlds intelligent people consider the order in which they place the candidates as it does make a difference ... but people are stupid and lazy and the major parties stand out front of the polling booths and hand out cards with an order to copy that will enhance the deals they have made ... now the point is [and there is one ] Tony Abbott has said he won't do deals with the Greens [ them being for science and global warming being due to human activity [ as the UN report announced this week was 95% a probability] ... because they are against GM food and for marriage equality etc etc ... and he has said he won't do a deal with ANY independent to form a government like those Labor party union thugs did last time it is fairly clear the conservatives will win though because of a general blandness and banal inane six word cliche statements in all politically spheres it is likely to again be very close to even stevens which might mean in the face of not winning Government only because Tony "Wont do Deals" [ because he clearly thinks the majority for him will be huge ] his party arses him and votes in a new leader straight after the election [ if there is a hung parliament there is a period of time allowed when everyone runs around being nice to independents last time a Tasmanian Senator Andrew Wilkie backed the Labor gov for $340 million to the Royal Hobart Hospital<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Hobart_Hospital>and a commitment to reduce problem gambling in contrast the Liberals offered one billion funding for the same hospital in their offer to Wilkie, which was perceived by Wilkie as "almost reckless" he withdrew his backing in 2012 over the Governments breaking the commitment re: gambling any how whatever happens the campaigning reaches a new low everyday ... etc mx On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Mugsy Lunsford <[email protected]> wrote: > Friend in Canberra sent this, & I'm just relieved Abbott's not one of ours. > > > http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/liberals-squirm-as-abbott-refers-to-the-suppository-of-wisdom-20130812-2rryy.html > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "StrataList-OT" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
