November 24; Australian election

[zim]

22 more days until the Australian election, I'm 99% sure that Rudd will be our new PM. So, who are you voting for?

[Manbearpig]

Finally John Howard (or mini Blair) is going out of office. Yes I'm American and I know who the world leaders are. Canada: Steve Harper, Britiania: Gordon Brown, France: Nicholas Sarchosy, China: Hu Jintao. Clearly this is a sign of the apocolypse.

[NavMan]

Rudd. I've had enough of Howard.

[zim]

Its pretty much set for Rudd really, unless something huge is dug up or something that tips the polls.

[brokenfridgehinge]

I don't think I'm going to vote for either Labour or Liberal. I'll vote for some small group like the Marijuana Party, or the Shooters Party. One that won't make a difference...:P

[zim]

Marijuana Party?! Why has noone told me about this? They've got my vote.

[Manbearpig]

So are your elections hyped up and fuelled by money and the sensationalized media like ours?

[jambo]

Its pretty much set for Rudd really, unless something huge is dug up or something that tips the polls.
Rudd is already set, and with the announcement that a rate rise is pretty much on the cards, Howard is majorly shafted!

[Atomic Waffle]

I should actually take more notice of World Politics, especially of a nation with such a similar political system to my own country's.

Finally John Howard (or mini Blair) is going out of office. Yes I'm American and I know who the world leaders are. Canada: Steve Harper, Britiania: Gordon Brown, France: Nicholas Sarchosy, China: Hu Jintao. Clearly this is a sign of the apocolypse.

Meh, Hu Jintao could be a lot worse, though. Harper isn't the greatest, but it could be worse, still. Sarkozky isn't great. He isn't even good. I don't think it could get much worse than him, really. I don't know much about George Brown, though.

[brokenfridgehinge]

Well Canada is part of the Commonwealth Government, but that doesn't mean you need to take more notice of it.

[Manbearpig]

I've heard some of Gordon Brown's speaches when I was in London this summer, he seems smart but he is like boring Frankenstein.

[Atomic Waffle]

Well Canada is part of the Commonwealth Government, but that doesn't mean you need to take more notice of it.
Nah, but I do anyways...

[Manbearpig]

NEEDS MOAR WORLD LEADERZ!!!!!
Russia: Vladimir Putin, Pakistan: Pervez Musharraf, Spain: Jose Zapatero, Iraq: Nuri Al-Malaki, Mexico: Felipe Calderron

[jambo]

Could you please stop spamming the thread with crap!

Howard has actually been a pretty bloody good PM when it comes tot he economy and lowering unemployment. He's just made some terrible decisions in relation to immigration, foreign relations and the Iraq war.

[Manbearpig]

Sorry, it just seemed like a good idea at the time. Anyway does Australia have as bad of an illegal immigration problem as America, or did you mean he just added a whole lot of red tape to the immigration process?

[jambo]

Not as bad (being an island we only get boat people coming from the surrounding islands) and yes he did add a whole lot of extra crap to the process. People are being detained without many rights for months and months while they get "processed".

[zim]

Well ****, Howards just announced hes going to throw double the amount of money at problems compared to Labor. The game continues.

[intooblivion]

I vote for ram.

[jambo]

Labor will still win.

[intooblivion]

This is blasphemy! This is madness! THIS IS AUSTRALIA!

*kicks jambo down well*

[Manbearpig]

Labour party? They could never win, I mean it has labour right in the name. Destroy All Humans 2 FTW

[zim]

Topic or gtfo.

[brokenfridgehinge]

Moar like non-Aussies gtfo our thread. I'm not voting for either party btw.

[jambo]

Greens? Democrats? Marijuana Party? Not much chance of anyone other than Labor, Liberal, Greens and Democrats getting seats, and the Democrats will actually be lucky to get many.

[Solokiller]

You guys better get a government fast, ours already broke the record for taking long to discuss what to do. We voted on june 10th, And about 160 days have passed since.

[zim]

Huh? We have a government... We vote on the 24th and find out who won on the 24th.

[jambo]

Rudd is going pretty well with the whole money issue. The Libs are throwing cash around to buy basically buy votes, while Rudd is sitting back and actually spending wisely.

[Manbearpig]

Huh? We have a government... We vote on the 24th and find out who won on the 24th.

Now that is what I call sevice. State side we have to wade through a sea of red-tape and recounts.

[zim]

Happy last week of Howard!

[brokenfridgehinge]

Zim, how could you turn down those great big bushy eyebrows and that fat lower lip?

[Collision]

Kevin07 FTW!

=D

[jambo]

He'll definitely win, probably in a landslide.

[zim]

Zim, how could you turn down those great big bushy eyebrows and that fat lower lip?

It was a tough decision, but I think its time to let them go.

[Raminator]

+1 for maintaining the status quo. I'm not voting Labor.

[jambo]

-1 for maintaining the staus quo. I'm voting Labor.

[zim]

2 days left!

[zim]

Today is the day, we find out who is the next Australian prime minister in around 15 hours!

[brokenfridgehinge]

I voted for The Greens on both papers.

[Manbearpig]

You're not supposed to tell us who you voted for or it will never come true.

[Collision]

It doesn't matter, Labour has got it in the bag.

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5599270,00.jpg

[NavMan]

I voted Labor 1st and Greens second on the green paper.

[NavMan]

All polls have officially closed (about 30 minutes ago) and counting is now underway.

[zim]

holy **** its in labors favour at the moment Im going to get stoned tonught it howard wins.

[jambo]

Labor will win, but I think It'll be a hell of a lot closer than people think.

[zim]

its 82 to 56 seats taken labors way, Id say Rudd is going to win in more of a landslide.

[NavMan]

Yup Rudd won. Cheers to a new Australian government.

[zim]

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n28/pastorz/party.gif

HELL YES

[Manbearpig]

W00T, apparently.

[Collision]

Indeed.

[jambo]

Well that certainly ended up a lot further apart than I expected. And it looks like Howard will lose his seat as well!

[zim]

BL for Howard, he shouldnt have kicked the working man in the nuts and then expected him to vote for him.

[Psyborg]

I often do that to the working man.

[Manbearpig]

The effect is quite the opposite in the states. The working class seem to be social masochists.

[zim]

AHAHAHAHAHA, :D Howard has now completely dumped work choices out of the Liberals policy :P, that transparent ****.

[jambo]

I just found out Rudd's favourite TV shows are Family Guy and The Simpsons. Epic win!

[zim]

Rudd's son is coming to my school next year, His mum came yesterday and looked around the school.

[jambo]

You so have to get him on GamerNode lol

[Wasabi]

Nah, just turn him into some horrible drug addict, convince him to do something really stupid and illegal in public, and sell the story to the tabloids!

[zim]

Both are noble plans, but I'm going to have to go with the second one.

[NavMan]

Does anyone else think its cool to have a former rockstar as our environment minister?

[jambo]

Hell yeah!

[Garcian Smith]

Does anyone else think its cool to have a former rockstar as our environment minister?

I was reading about it this morning. The Guardian only showed a pair of sunglasses on it's front page, and I thought, "Bloody hell! Bono really is trying to get into politics!"