The Australian Federal Election - You Decided!

devil.of.firewalls · **Joined:** Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:22 pm **Posts:** 103

So, the Aussie election was held on the 24th of November.
Labor got voted in with Kevin Rudd being sworn in as PM on the 3rd of December.

So, who'd you vote for, or if you aren't a local, who's views do you support, and who would you have voted for.
I'm hoping there are a few Aussies on here.

Parties -

Liberals - Basically, the conservatives
Labor - Basically, the democrats, but maybe reds under the bed.??
Greens - Pro environmental. If greenpeace were a party, this'd be them.
[s]Democrats - No longer exist. [/s]
Family First - Ultra Liberal, also pro apartheid. Yes, that could still happen.
One Nation - Nationalist, but ultra apartheid. Pauline Hanson.

Jack

IantheGecko · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:36 pm

Australia had apartheid? That's news to me.

HHFOV · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:57 am

Wait, I'm not into Australian politics, but how is the liberal party conservatives? Unless liberal has like a different definition there.

Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:58 am

HipHoppityFrogOfValue wrote:

Wait, I'm not into Australian politics, but how is the liberal party conservatives? Unless liberal has like a different definition there.

It means Gelatinous Blob Monster.

Why do you think their polo team is call the Sydney Liberals?

HHFOV · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:03 am

RaNdOm!111

Acekirby · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:15 am

IantheGecko wrote:

Australia had apartheid? That's news to me.

News to me too. I would have thought a place like Australia would have eliminated that a long time ago.

Inverse Tiger · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:40 am

HipHoppityFrogOfValue wrote:

Wait, I'm not into Australian politics, but how is the liberal party conservatives? Unless liberal has like a different definition there.

Outside of the US, a lot of people still use the old definition of "liberal", which means "for a free market"

Biscuithead · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:05 am

Wow, I live in Australia and some of this is news too me.
Democrats no longer a party??? Since when?

Also what does apartheid mean?

Shwoo · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:06 am

I voted Labor, and also the Greens for the Senate.

Australia never had apartheid. That's an Afrikaans word. It did have some pretty severe racism in the past, though. The White Australia Policy and the Stolen Generation come to mind, and I'm pretty sure there was also a lot of discrimination against the Chinese who came to Australia during the Gold Rush. And there's still racism now, though not as much. Hence the existance of those political parties.

extremejon09 · **Joined:** Mon May 10, 2004 10:28 pm **Posts:** 4675

Is it really that Hard to type "Apartheid" Into your searchbar?

Biscuithead · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:10 am

Ok, I know what it means in context.
But democrats no longer a party? That can't be true.
My neighbors had democrat signs all over their yard, and this one guy was trying to convince everyone to vote for them at church because of their Christian values.
This would be a very strange thing to do if they didn't exist!

Shwoo · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:14 am

Wikipedia wrote:

In its first decade, the Democrats secured representation in the legislatures of South Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania, and Senate seats in all six states. By 2002 however, it was clear that the Democrats has suffered a very significant fall in their support base and a low point was reached in 2004 when, for the first time, no Australian Democrats candidate succeeded in gaining election to the Senate. No Democrats candidate succeeded in gaining election in the 2007 election; therefore will cease to have a presence in the Commonwealth Parliament beyond 30 June, 2008[5]

I'm not sure what that means, but that's what it said.

just a username · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:56 am

To be honest, the only party I liked were the Democrats, I don't like the Liberal or Labor parties (their too powerful in my view) and I don't like the views of the other third parties.

The Noid · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:18 pm

I barely follow American politics...

SEAN'D! · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:23 pm

I would have voted Labor and Greens for the senate.
I'm very happy with what Rudd's doing now though. He's making sure he sticks to what he promised.
A politician with a heart? Egad, such a feat has never been told!

Homerun Starrer · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:32 pm

The Noid wrote:

I barely follow American politics...

^This.

Einoo T. Spork · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:23 am

Homerun Starrer wrote:

The Noid wrote:

I barely follow American politics...

^This.

^Those.

Think I heard something about this on NPR, though. Wasn't it that the conservative-ish guy they had was starting to tick people off and people wanted someone from the Labour Party instead? Looks like they managed it. Hope that's how the American election coming up goes.

IantheGecko · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:25 am

Well, Hillary's ticking people off, and Mike Huckabee is (coincidentally?) rising in the polls...

Einoo T. Spork · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:30 am

Well, if Hillary Clinton ends up being the Democratic candidate, I think I'd support the Republican one myself.

HHFOV · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:34 am

A CHALLENGER APPEARS

Shwoo · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:24 am

Einoo T. Spork wrote:

Homerun Starrer wrote:

The Noid wrote:

I barely follow American politics...

^This.

^Those.

Think I heard something about this on NPR, though. Wasn't it that the conservative-ish guy they had was starting to tick people off and people wanted someone from the Labour Party instead? Looks like they managed it. Hope that's how the American election coming up goes.

Americans know anything about Australian politics? (shocked)

And yes, that's about it. John Howard had been in office too long (eleven years) as well. Though I supposed there was a reason for this spoof. (language warning)

Also, Kevin Rudd's campaign had T-Shirts.

SEAN'D! · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:42 am

Shwoo wrote:

And yes, that's about it. John Howard had been in office too long (eleven years) as well. Though I supposed there was a reason for this spoof. (language warning)

Haha, and it's so true, go the Chaser, they've always been great.

Jitka · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:15 am

IantheGecko wrote:

Well, Hillary's ticking people off, and Mike Huckabee is (coincidentally?) rising in the polls...

Mike Huckabee also thinks that women should submit to their husbands on all matters, and that Mormons believe that Satan and Jesus are brothers. And Ron Paul is what we call a "no-hoper."

But I digress. To paint the toast, the only thing I know about Australian politics is there was a prime minister who disappeared while swimming once. All I know about the current state of Australian politics is that the new guy's name is Kevin, and that's good enough for me.

SEAN'D! · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:28 am

JohnTheTinyCowboy wrote:

But I digress. To paint the toast, the only thing I know about Australian politics is there was a prime minister who disappeared while swimming once. All I know about the current state of Australian politics is that the new guy's name is Kevin, and that's good enough for me.

Hey mate, you already know more than half the country.

Schmelen · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:02 pm

I'd have voted Labor. Just because I didn't remember a time when John Howard wasn't the Prime Minister.

That's so wrong!

Checkot Fige · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2007 3:36 pm

Jeesh, I don't know a thing about Australian politics. I guess I'd probably support the greens if I were down there. Or maybe the Labor party? Possiblymaybe?

Casimir III the Great · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:08 pm

barack obama

The Noid · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:08 pm

JohnTheTinyCowboy wrote:

IantheGecko wrote:

Well, Hillary's ticking people off, and Mike Huckabee is (coincidentally?) rising in the polls...

Mike Huckabee also thinks that women should submit to their husbands on all matters, and that Mormons believe that Satan and Jesus are brothers. And Ron Paul is what we call a "no-hoper."

Isn't Mike Huckabee a Democratic Republican? (meaning he's a republican but is basically a democrat)

gb2w after this

HHFOV · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:52 pm

The Democratic-Republican party hasn't existed for like three hundred years, and he's not even close to a Democrat 'cause he's extremely right-wing.

The Noid · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:04 pm

You didn't get what I said.

He's in the Republican party but he has all the views of a Democrat.

or so what I have gathered.

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