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Post by dibo (pron. "DIB-OH") on Nov 23, 2007 14:26:52 GMT 10
so, anyone wanna guess the result?
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Post by greenpoleffc on Nov 23, 2007 15:04:13 GMT 10
"Honest John" to hang on with a majority of 2 or 3 and not make it through a full term. The "Smirkmeister" to get smashed in the next election.
WA & Qld will stay the same. Enough NSW seats will remain in blue hands to get them over the line. Vic relatively unchanged.
Mind you, I always worry everytime the Mariners play so I am not a great judge......
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Post by yellowcake on Nov 23, 2007 17:22:40 GMT 10
My first and last ever political comment on the forum... ALP will scrape in, mainly owing to the "not-Costello" factor but can't do much with policy as Coalition will have a majority in the Senate (even a double dissolution risk ... but they wouldn't  ...) Lloyd will retain Robertson Ticehurst will lose Dobell ALP has a clearer, affordable, primary-care based health plan and Roxon is easier on the eye than Abbott  That is all. |
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Post by Auburn Mariner on Nov 23, 2007 18:36:23 GMT 10
Labor to get in by two seats in the House of Reps. Qld and NSW (Eden-Monaro, Macquarie, Robertson, Dobell and Jackie Kelly's old seat of Lindsay to Labor) to get Labor over the line).
Balance of power in the Senate to go to Bob Brown and the Greens.
And to top it all off, John Howard to lose Bennelong to Maxine McKew.
PS: Australia's best journalist, ahem, Piers Akerman to choke on his daily copy of the Terrorgraph and begin three boring, repetitive, monotonous years sledging the new PM, the Right Hon. Kevin Rudd, MHR.
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Post by greenpoleffc on Nov 23, 2007 21:26:44 GMT 10
Rudd wont last 3 years.....Gillard and her Union mates will roll him for sure.
Turnbull will allow Costello to lead the Libs to defeat before sliding in to take over.
ps I will next buy the Telegraph the day after Akermans funeral :-)
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Post by Auburn Mariner on Nov 23, 2007 21:41:10 GMT 10
Malcolm Turnbull will be the next Liberal resident of the Lodge.
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Post by Bearinator on Nov 23, 2007 22:27:46 GMT 10
 ALL HAIL PRESIDENT KANG |
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Post by serious14 on Nov 23, 2007 23:00:23 GMT 10
Liberal/Coalition.
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Post by northernspirit on Nov 24, 2007 7:24:47 GMT 10
libs
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Post by sacko on Nov 24, 2007 12:57:50 GMT 10
Libs by 1 seat - although PM in waiting Turnbull could have to wait until a bye-election to get the job! |
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Post by kevrenor on Nov 24, 2007 16:46:38 GMT 10
Who the hell are Kang and Kodos?
Anyway, predicts - given I have just voted and the polling booths close in the east in 18 mins:
Nation - Labor scrapes in by say 4 to 5 seats.
Bennelong (my electorate) - Howard retains by 10 votes thus emulating Jim Killen in 1960 but he saved Menzies, this one he won't save himself. Howard quits as soon as he's moved from Kirribilli, thus triggering our 5th vote in Epping in 12 months - Liberals in disarray pick a right winger who lost his seat today, into a small L seat, and lose heavily.
Senate - The dark side need some of the good side to rat to help them stop Labor Bills - my party (Democrats, of which I was a founder and once NSW VP) gone after 30 hard fought years (thanks Meg and the egos of others).
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Post by greenpoleffc on Nov 24, 2007 21:44:23 GMT 10
At least that idle git Ticehurst has gone. Albeit clasping his huge super payout.
A change for a term will do everyone good.
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Post by pjbaker on Nov 24, 2007 22:42:19 GMT 10
Cant believe they canned the Bill for the election ;D
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Post by yellowcake on Nov 26, 2007 21:55:31 GMT 10
My first and last ever political comment on the forum... OK, just one more. Belinda Neal now seems pretty likely to win Robertson. From the ALP website: She was a Foundation Board member of Central Coast Mariners, and is deeply committed to the Umina United Soccer Club. Gotta be happy with that. |
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Post by Fish on Nov 26, 2007 21:59:40 GMT 10
she got my vote for that alone
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Post by omni on Nov 28, 2007 23:01:44 GMT 10
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos!
Congratulations to the ALP, I'm not being a bad sport by waiting this long I just haven't been in this part of the forum for a while.
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Post by dibo (pron. "DIB-OH") on Nov 29, 2007 8:39:31 GMT 10
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos! Congratulations to the ALP, I'm not being a bad sport by waiting this long I just haven't been in this part of the forum for a while. no worries mate, and i'm sure all of us can unite under kang, our true overlord!  |
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Post by Adz on Nov 29, 2007 9:04:28 GMT 10
I, for one, welcome our new slimy Martian overlords.
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Post by marinermick on Nov 29, 2007 11:34:24 GMT 10
My first and last ever political comment on the forum... OK, just one more. Belinda Neal now seems pretty likely to win Robertson. From the ALP website: She was a Foundation Board member of Central Coast Mariners, and is deeply committed to the Umina United Soccer Club. Gotta be happy with that. the muppet jim lloyd is still not conceeding defeat |
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Post by dibo (pron. "DIB-OH") on Nov 29, 2007 13:16:50 GMT 10
OK, just one more. Belinda Neal now seems pretty likely to win Robertson. From the ALP website: She was a Foundation Board member of Central Coast Mariners, and is deeply committed to the Umina United Soccer Club. Gotta be happy with that. the muppet jim lloyd is still not conceeding defeat the gap's closed pretty significantly with the declaration votes, but there's a gap of about 900 to be made up and there are only 6800 votes to be counted (though the aec results pages are a bit confusing) so lloyd would need to win about 56% of the votes there. that happens to be pretty much what he won last time, but the absentees were actually more pro-labor than the general vote, so remembering that there's been a swing against him you might expect that the gap could even widen. of course, the aec could have cocked up completely... |
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