spiffmeister

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[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

I think this was the original proposal in 2007 when Rudd was pm. We've been flip flopping on subs for almost 20 years

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

the only public self-reflection they've done regarding the last term is that "Labor ran an effective campaign on us blocking the HAAF for a year" IIRC.

Basically no political party is going to have an open public discussion on this. There's clearly two "factions" of the Greens, one more pragmatic and the other more 'activist'. I think the observation that Labor ran an effective smear campaign on their own unwillingness to negotiate is pretty obvious (not to say that there isn't also some need for a discussion about how much blocking is the right amount). But everyone seems to think the Greens are "this must be perfect" type people despite the fact that they showed in the last term they were willing to reduce demands or vote for things they didn't like so I guess it isn't.

...Max Chandler-Mather's comments about other politicians being mean

Other MPs complained about how he was treated so... (See here).

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If they're not careful we'll also send them a strongly worded letter

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

As a previous Greens' member (I live overseas now) I can say that my experience is that Greens' members are generally pretty sensitive to causing offence and are more than willing to apologise if they are told they're causing it, at least by other members. This is of course anecdotal though.

Also maybe changing your vote because you thought an individual action by someone was stupid is a childish way of thinking about politics?

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Because his contexless stats is just 13/50 for indigenous Australians. I know it's popular with American conservatives to say that black people deserve it, but we can do better.

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

I've seen a lot of analysis and discussion for a very small percentage change in a single election.

Well you can't exclude the fact that it's fun to shit on the left wing party.

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

Missabotti resident Spencer Parry said he, too, was given wrong information about how to vote, but decided to follow the instructions on the ballot paper to number every candidate.

Well at least one person did.

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

100%, saying fish and chips is easy mode for chip context.

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

I think the idea is that it stops rich AF people using their super to store wealth by sitting on assets and instead forces them to use super to invest, which can actually help the economy.

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Somehow there's never been any confusion.

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago

But Labor has a mandate to be shit, albo said so.

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This is the analysis of a partisan hack, last year the electorate boundaries were redrawn and Antony Green was already saying it would be harder for Bandt

Antony Greens blog

In the north loses Clifton Hill to Cooper and Brunswick East, Carlton North and Fitzroy North to Wills. Crosses the Yarra to take in South Yarra and Prahran from Macnamara and Higgins.

The Green margin declines versus Labor because strong Green voting areas in the north of the old Melbourne have been replaced by parts of Higgins where the Liberal vote was higher in 2022. On primary votes the Green vote slips from 49.6% to 44.7%, the Labor vote rises from 25.0% to 25.7%, and the Liberal vote rises from 15.2% to 19.6%. It is possible that with Adam Bandt as the candidate, and a less intense local campiagn by Labor in areas previously in Higgins, could help restore Bandt’s margin.

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