No. Worst was Kevin07/Joolya. Backstabbing, clueless leadership, dysfunction. I think Shorten was still paying for the sins of that administration. ScoMo in a short space of time steadied the ship and gave them a chance. ALP/Shorten proceeded to botch it.
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On the ABC they mentioned that Deakin would probably have switched to Labor but a redistribution before the election saw it become a reasonably safe seat for LNP as it brought in an area (not sure which one) that had dinky-die true blue LNP voters attached. It was a solid swing against Sukkar but he held it by a big enough margin that he couldnât be overcome.
Um, hello Abbott, Turnbull, Dutton*, Morrisson.
What has this admin done for US? I CBF looking, but Iâd suggest the Rudd/Gillard governments did more for the constituents than the current mob. Someone will be able to tell us.
Anyway, the public have had their say. This is what they wanted. Wake me up in three years, when nothing much has changed.
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Well for starters, they turned up to work. Which cannot be be said for the Morrison Government.
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I think itâs pointless semantics to argue which period of inward looking garbage in a decade more or less continuously characterised by it was âworstâ. Countless opportunities have been squandered and politics increasingly dumbed down.
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Yeah Iâve been thinking about that.
If it swung towards liberal in QLD you would think it would swing against them somewhere else. But it didnât except for a few of the very wealthy inner city seats, which labor wonât win elections by courting.
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And you and others in this thread have believed everything youâve been fed by the media prior to the election. Howâd that work out for you? Australia, not the minorityâs have spoken.
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I donât think the media was behind labor at all. If anything they spent way more time being critical of labor policies and gave Scomo a free pass in letting him just parrot nothing statements about jobs.
In hindsight this election was nothing like Rudd or Abbottâs wins where you could see and feel the groundswell, which people should have picked up on. Most on the left had doubts about Shorten and his ability to win, but took comfort in the polls and bookies, which ended up being wrong.
So it turns out blitz isnât the best place to go to get a sense for the countryâs political leanings.
Who knew?
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This place doesnât attract the illiterate QLDâs 
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The sun has come up! Donât worry about the boomers. Letâs wait then out and inherit all their stuff
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Talking to my friends who are Labor Members, after the Rudd resignation.
The Labor members overwhelming voted Albanese as their desired Leader.
The Labor Caucus voted Shorten.
My mates were of the belief that although Albanese was a man of the people, he never had the support of the right-wing faction of the Labor Caucus.
IMO he is the most suited to resonate with voters. Heâs unscripted, he loves his live music and gets along to music festivals, loves his footy, etc.
I hope to see another women as the PM again in my life time, but Iâm not sure Plibersek is going to resonate with people⌠definitely not in the same way Albanese would.
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Plibersek hasnt got a hope in hell in Queensland, and I would think she would struggle in Western Sydney
Agree. Plebersek sooking on Insiders atm stating the Coalition is broken. That a massive 
And sheâs still trotting out the same lines that lost them the election. They need someone to stand up and be a little more moderate and not sound like the Greens mark 2.
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Fair enough digglet, guess you really are a gen X.
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Itâs democracy. Our leaders get judged regularly and will get what they deserve.
You donât like the result - sure I get that. I was disappointed with 1993 (the election, not the Grand Final). But I didnât think the population was stupid. The majority were not sold on Fightback. Just like this time they were not sold on what Shorten was offering. And I think the issue the majority of people vote for is what happens to their back-pockets. They didnât like what Shorten was offering.
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3.more years of Michaela Cash, Michael Christensen, Barnaby Joyce, Peter Dutton.
How do these people deserve 200k plus jobs is absolutely beyond me.
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I really hope they elect Plibersek as OL. Sheâs now blaming the coalition for losing. Just gold.
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lets be real tho, dealin with some stay at home mums in retail is literally enough to constitute the Geneva convention
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The success in Queensland, with Rudd in 2007, was very much centred around Rudd and Wayne Swan as 2IC IMO, being Queenslanders.