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[wobbly]

Wanted to post, and couldn't find the old thread and the old maintainer isn't present anymore.

Rules are: behave yourself, in an Australian way, but if you don't know what that means, just behave yourself? At the end of the day rules are the same as the forum rules, I don't make them Toady does, and they are listed in a thread sticky-ed at the top of the forum page.

Election night and looking like Dutton lost badly. That's the liberal party and for American readers it's "economic liberalism" and they are the conservatives.

Labor looks to have done well. They are similar to UKs Labor for foreign readers. Something that was once a workers party, but now maybe isn't?

Anyway, labour has been a mediocre government and Albanese (the old prime minister (maybe new?)) a lukewarm leader, but I'm glad anyway.

Albanese was once a lefty. An immigrant background, a single mum in housing commission. I suspect a lifetime in politics has seared off anything genuine about the man.

Mostly I'm glad Dutton didn't win. And I'm glad for my Canadian friends that the conservatives didn't win.

[Il Palazzo]

All I know about Austrelian politics comes from the Honest Government Ads channel and the song Down Under, but it won't stop me from commenting!

[wobbly]

All I know about Austrelian politics comes from the Honest Government Ads channel and the song Down Under, but it won't stop me from commenting!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XfR9iY5y94s&pp=ygUKZG93biB1bmRlcg%3D%3D


Edit: had a random clipboard error, but none saw it right?

Seems like a pretty clear explanation of the situation.

Opposition lost so badly that Dutton lost his seat. I was worried he'd hang in there and become PM by just existing long enough for people to become pissed off with Labor rather than any true vision.

Supposedly this election was about cost of living, people want the government to fix the affordability of buying a new home. But they do not want housing values to come down.

Houses need to be cheaper, but don't you dare make houses cheaper. No wonder both campaigns were insipid.

I hate that politicians are con-men, but I've got to say, the voters in a democracy are the greatest con artists.

[martinuzz]

India bombed Pakistan. Pakistan shot down some Indian planes.
Let's hope this doen not escalate into full scale war between two nuclear states.