Australian Politics, Mark II

Houli_Dooli · May 18, 2019, 1:36pm

Shorten conceded

rossoneri · May 18, 2019, 1:36pm

They did an Essington. Thought they would just romp it in.

Diggers · May 18, 2019, 1:37pm

This is what would have happened had they gone with Bill Hayden in 1983.

■■■■■■ Hell.

He might be a nice bloke but he’s unelectable. That is now beyond dispute.

Albert_Thurgood · May 18, 2019, 1:38pm

Waiting for him to resign. He should do so - he lost the unlosable election.

Diggers · May 18, 2019, 1:39pm

So did the bookies. And they hardly ever get it wrong.

BLOODSTAINED_DEVILS · May 18, 2019, 1:39pm

Stepped down as Leader, … won’t nominate.

bloodychoir · May 18, 2019, 1:39pm

Baby bonus!

Albert_Thurgood · May 18, 2019, 1:39pm

I doubt he is a nice bloke. Another reason he is not electable.

smooth · May 18, 2019, 1:40pm

Paid out a Labor win before acceptances. LOL!

essingtnclapclapclap · May 18, 2019, 1:40pm

Mentioning trade union on the way out

Union bill

Yuk

Albert_Thurgood · May 18, 2019, 1:40pm

Good. Will Worsha follow suit?

Houli_Dooli · May 18, 2019, 1:40pm

But Woosha won

Albert_Thurgood · May 18, 2019, 1:41pm

Keep watching, grasshopper.

Hesonlygotaleftfoot · May 18, 2019, 1:41pm

wow he is a depressing uninspiring person…

bloodychoir · May 18, 2019, 1:41pm

Time won.

Aceman · May 18, 2019, 1:41pm

Take your unions and Fark off Billy boy!

jonovdp · May 18, 2019, 1:42pm

With the huge swing towards independents candidates, expect the Senate votes are gonna be terrifying. It will be a f*cking nightmare with a number of Right-wing nutters.

Crazy_Bomber · May 18, 2019, 1:42pm

Diggers:

I had a spirited debate over this at dinner tonight. Our guest believed that Labor planned to destroy his investments by way of removing future negative gearing opportunities and I argued that sacrificing some potential capital gains on housing investment is a small price to pay to help make housing somewhat more affordable for people seeking to take their first step toward property ownership. You know, property ownership has been good for us and has been shown historically as a sound way to build wealth whilst offering stability. He argued that ‘back in his day’ he had to pay 12% interest on his $100k loan that he got after scrimping and saving to put together a $30k deposit. I said “Well, in this day, the poor jerks who have to borrow $800k @3.8% interest after finding a deposit of over $100k would kill for a $100k loan at 12%. And that’s to afford a house at least an hour out side the CBD”. He couldn’t cop it. Said they’re all whingers who should just start in a cheaper suburb and Labor was engaging in a class war against good people like him. What was interesting is that financially, we are in a near identical situation yet see the same issue completely differently. Concerningly, he said that most people he had spoken to shared his view and that he thought the co-alition would be returned for that reason. Hard to argue against that now.

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

wimmera1 · May 18, 2019, 1:44pm

As someone who has his wage increases negotiated by a union every single time, I think unions are a good thing.

And I don’t understand why that’s weird.

Beats being paid $5 an hour while CEO’s make $5 a second, no?

benny-phone · May 18, 2019, 1:44pm

Bill should shut up and let his wife speak.