[SgtL] Election '07 results

erm... Hooray?

I forgot to mention, Liberals have been in power since 1996. 11 and a half year reign of terror.

only 75% of the votes have been counted but it looks like the senate is

37 coalition*
[34 liberal]
32 labor
5 greens
[2 national]
1 family first
[1 country liberal]
1 independant
78 total

this means that coalition leads ALP by 5 seats which is what the greens have so there's a sort of power. alas family first has a vote and they're a conservetive religius bunch with HQ in USA.

*coalition comprised of liberal, national and country liberal

the lower house is probably like so:

Party % Vote Swing Won Likely Total In Doubt Change Predict
Liberal 36.5 -4.4 48 1 49 4 -21 52
National 5.5 -0.4 10 0 10 0 -3 10
Labor 43.5 +5.8 83 1 84 1 24 86
Greens 7.8 +0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Family... 1.9 +0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Others 4.8 -1.6 2 0 2 0 0 2

so basically, that all means coalition 59, labor 84, 2 independant.
so basically labor has total and absolute control in the house.

these are all the parties hat ran:

Australian Democrats - had a slogan "keep the bastards honest" but they lost a lot of ground...getting back up though
Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party - no real political agenda, just wanna fish
Australian Greens - GO GREENS!!
Australian Labor Party - Not entirley as bad as lib, and they basically ARE unions. 80% of their reps are ex union leaders
Australian Shooters Party - right wing, anti-greeny, no real political agenda
Carers Alliance - no real agenda but they want carers to get a better deal cos they're not really payed well
Christian Democratic Party - The most right wing conservative group yet. death to them! it's a secular state!**
Citizens Electoral Council of Australia - ultra right, observe*
Climate Change Coalition - Dr Karl (look him up) no real agenda other than climate change
Conservatives for Climate and Environment - nice enough. concerned about climate change but economically cnservative
Country Liberal Party - liberals...but in the country (nother territory only)
Democratic Labor Party - their site says a lot of nothng so i don;t trust them
Family First - amercan, religious, right wing
Liberal Party of Australia - they recent 11yr regimé
Liberty and Democracy Party - american group. right wing
Non-Custodial Parents (Equal Parenting) - no real agenda except custody law
One Nation - big rascist group
Pauline's United Australia Party - she was the leader of above group till she got arrested and then kicked out.***
The Fishing Party - no real agenda but they like to fish
The Nationals - coalition with the liberals
Senator On-Line - nice bunch. want to make a system where ppl vote online and they will reflect that vote in the senate.
Socialist Alliance - friends of mine, they make a paper called green left which shows the abuse of citizens here and abroad
Socialist Equality Party - seem nice but dad didn;t like them. they use "capitalist" a lot
What Women Want - no real agenda other than to get women into parliament

*"Reserve Bank board member Warwick McKibbin has just announced support for a carbon tax, combined with a carbon-trading scheme. Make no mistake: the "climate change" swindle run by the British financial oligarchy and supported by our complicit mainstream media, will tax us to death—no pun intended." taken from their site http://www.cecaust.com.au/

**they also want a 10yr moratorium on all muslim immigration

***http://www.paulinehanson.com.au/index.php?nav=policies&id=22 just ...read it ok....but brace yourself, it's their immigration policy

http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2007/links.htm for all links to their websites

is it just me or is that the same stuff several times? :-S

the original post was too big but then i split it up iinto little posts but them SA saved the originals from the bin

I need a druid to help clean it. Sigh, If i were a druid...

That should be right now - let me know if I've got rid of too much...

And thanks for the analysis Sgt... Very interesting

MS

That'l do, druid....that'll do

well it's important to let everyone know the complexities of the politics here cos it could affect...up to 20 koalas even...very important stuff

I think I shall become a politician some day...fix the place up

well not much change, they got about 79% of the votes in. Howard's still poised to lose his seat but wikipedia had him listed as ex-PM ages ago, even before the more accurate numbers came in. also the guy he was teasing with the leadership job's buggered off so their party is a bit lost

what's with everyone else's countries? hang on, 2008 is president election yr in US isn't is? this should be fun. I bet $10 america won;t vote in a non-WASP

ladies and gentlemen, the time has come, I have started a political party on face book.

What party would that be?

And to answer the previous posts: that's mocracy, isn't it?
So be happy to have something like that, whether you like results or not.
I am. And I always threaten to use my vote.

why only threaten? and what's moracy?

I'm calling it the australian welfare state party

I'll vote for you!

check out http://anuedu.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2208523152
and my thing is http://anuedu.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6480761727

join...i need members

depends on what you'll give me

how bout a top job?

as long as it involves me sitting around doing nothing then yayaya!!!!

there's a special position called a back-bencher...I think we can work something out