With Brandt gone it will be perhaps easier but I get your point.
Not that many policy areas in fact, if you take each sides policy as gospel. Problems arise when while Labor policy to stop coal mining is on the books, action is lacking. Same goes for refugees and many other things.
Greens need to re-appraise their foreign policies, in any case not sure AUKUS will survive Trump. None of the people I know in Defence in both US and Oz think that submarines can be made in timely manner. Unless Trump is nice it will get revisited, would be easier if Marles left the building.
Lol
This was only in December
âThe Albanese Labor government has approved four huge coal mine expansions in New South Wales and Queensland that will fuel over 850m tonnes of carbon emissions in their lifetime, which is equivalent to almost double Australiaâs annual emissionsâ
Maybe a more mixed ethnic mix in some of the old Lib seats.
To note that Laxale, the sitting ALP member for Bennelong, romped it in.
Iâm not so sure that Coleman was that popular. He went missing on leave for a stretch of the Morrison Government, protected by Morrison , allegedly seriously ill, didnât feature much in Opposition. Maybe the electorate had enough of him standing again and not giving way to new blood. I donât know much about the candidates standing against him.
Some chatter about a backlash to the continued Morrison influence.
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Absolute lunacy for the Libs to run with Constance in Gilmore. Itâs a marginal South Coast seat and Constance carries a lot of baggage in the area.
The big swing against the ALP in Calwell is being explained in part by the number of candidates.
Also, someone referred to an extraordinary number of informals.
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As to the Vics not pulling their weight, we did it last time with big scalps ( Teals) Tudge in a by election and now Sukkar. Not much left, Tim Wilson isnât any quality to cheer about.
And Labor has subsequently agreed to his border policies. The two parties are in lock step on unauthorised arrivals. If little Johnnyâs policies were so bad why does Labor adopt them?
From memory, Wentworth has the greatest percentage of Jewish residents. Kingsford Smith doesnât come close, is less affluent and has a sitting ALP member. I think the other Teals in Sydney were in more secular electorates ( and Sydney Catholic hierarchy tends to meddle less than the Melbourne one, shades of the old DLP under Mannix who are now Libs)
Goldstein, also with affluent pockets was under siege, not only in regard to the Jewish vote, but also Catholic hierarchy meddling. Iâd say itâs closer to Kooyong than any Sydney Teal seat.
The Jewish Independent online posted the statements of candidates in the electorates with a number of Jewish voters. Spenderâs letter to Penny Wong was very strongly worded. Daniel was moderate, more guarded, she refused to do a Yes/No to a questionnaire from a Jewish organisation and held back on some points,
But just my speculation. My Sydney sources that I rely on for a more informed view, are currently OS unfortunately.
Big Chinese population in Kooyong also. There was a matter regarding Chinese influence on voting in Kooyong that was referred to the relevant authorities.
It wonât be.
A lot more involved than just the subs and plenty of it is already underway.
If anything we are expanding our ties with the US. Marles is very, very pro US and defence. He will be running the show as long as Labor are in power
The vessel which enters without authorisation is the illegal entry, not the people on it. Those people are deemed to have not entered Australia, through a redefinition of Australian territory. They canât be found here.
Go ahead and label all the Vietnamese boat people who were granted residence as illegals. Before the hammer went down on boat arrivals. The ones who arrive by air, gaming the visa system , together with those who overstay their visas or who breach their visa conditions (Brits galore clogging up the detention centres)