Australia General Discussion 4.0: It ain’t easy under Albanese

[MaxQue]

In other words, gone for 40 years in the West and not coming back outside the dreams of Corbyn's Ten Pound Trots. British Labour needs to reinstate an actual membership fee and a 12 months of membership before you can vote for Labour's leader. Weed out the trots and tankies.

You're aware Canada and most provinces of it actually removed their balanced budget laws in the last years?

[MaxQue]

Yes, doing away with political parties *is* a bad idea.

(though I do appreciate you likely weren't being entirely serious)

The media is a bigger factor in the decline of our political discourse.

The problem with abolishing parties is that governments will still need to be formed, ministers still ned to be appointed, and people will still have ideological commonalities and divides, meaning coalitions will form that will gradually develop more structure, financial clout and rigidity. Parties are inevitable! As a perfect example, it'll be interesting to see just how long these teal independents last as theoretically separate entities - most of them already have a common donor pool.

Though I'm sure it's obvious to most here that mainstream parties across the western world are in dire straits and badly need major reform.

No party reform is going to be successful in the current media landscape.

[MaxQue]

Meanwhile state Liberal parties have decided to copy federal shambles. Here in NSW Perrottet's cabinet has just lost two ministers, his Deputy Ayres to the interminable Barilaro saga and the trainwreck Petinos who's finally bullied too many people (her personal highlight is vomiting in Barilaro's lap after the state of origin. not allegedly either, as she paid for cleaning from her public expenses!). Oh and John Sidoti is still refusing to resign.

Meanwhile in Victoria the berk Matthew Guy, fresh off the opportunity of Labor's corruption findings has gotten himself embroiled in a very murky donations saga which is being referred to IBAC. And he's behaving like a very guilty man.

Oh and the thousand year factional war in South Australia rages on. And on.

The Victorian Liberals in general just seem to be unable to get their act together.

Jeff Kennett and it’s consequences have been a disaster for the Victorian Liberals.

Wierd that he would be the cause instead of the Premiers of the early 10's.

[MaxQue]

Turns out the Deep State exists but it's just Scomo grinning inanely.

I love how Albo described it as "just weird." A perfect encapsulation.

Surely Morrison will have to bring forward his retirement from Parliament.

Will the GG bring forward his retirement?

[MaxQue]

Turns out the Deep State exists but it's just Scomo grinning inanely.

I love how Albo described it as "just weird." A perfect encapsulation.

Surely Morrison will have to bring forward his retirement from Parliament.

Will the GG bring forward his retirement?

I can’t really see what case the GG has to answer here; for my mind he acted entirely appropriately. The GG is basically only meant to act in any manner on the advice of the PM, and it was the PM’s advice to have these ministerial powers delegated to him, so the GG acted accordingly.

(I assume this convention is similar in Canada?)

The broader question it raises is the age-old one; what is the purpose of the position of Governor-General if its actions are basically dictated by the Prime Minister? But that is the subject of a different debate.

My doubts about the GG is more about him accepting to accept the secrecy, even hiding things from the Cabinet.

[MaxQue]

Resolve Strategic poll:

Vote share %: (compared with the May 2022 election)

42% Labor (+9)
28% Coalition (-8)
12% Green (nc)
   5% ONP (nc)
  2% UAP (-2)
11% Others/Independent (+1)

2pp vote %:

61.3% Labor (+9.2)
38.7% Coalition (-9.2)

Poll conducted between 17 and 21 August. Polled 2,011 voters.

This is the best polling for a government party since March 2008.

If the results were based on uniform swing based on this poll, the amount of Lib/Nat seats would be cut in half if I’m not wrong.

Worse than that. They would lose 35 seats, keeping only 23 (and Nationals would have more seats than Liberals, 12 to 11).

[MaxQue]

The trots at USyd seem to think the LNP should be treated like a fringe party. The  psych projection is hillarious.

No more hilarious than a certain poster calling everything he doesn't like a trot.

[MaxQue]

Grayndler is always near the top of the Greens' target list, and the 2016 redistribution improved their position by adding the Greens stronghold of Balmain. In both 2016 and 2019 they failed to take advantage of this, partly because their socialist candidate, Jim Casey, was too far left even for Balmain. Albanese's prestige as Labor leader is probably sufficient to keep him safe from the Greens, although they could win the seat when he retires.

http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/2022guide/reps/gray/grayndler2022.shtml

Oh, Adam Carr, well-known member of Labor Right with similar views to yours.

[MaxQue]

Premier of Queensland resigns.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-10/annastacia-palaszczuk-resigning-as-queensland-premier/103211112

Annastacia Palaszczuk oversaw a boom in the Queensland economy and also an explosion in juvenile crime and the like.

Let's be honest here, as it's an Australia-wide problem. The explosion in juveline crime should be put at the feet of the government who was in power for most of her time, the federal Coalition.