"I for one welcome our insect overlords" - The Politics Thread

[Wombat]

Meg Lees was poison.

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

As a micro party, once you are out of Parliament it is near impossible to get back in. You lose nearly all your funding as well as your avenue to publicity. Nick Xenophon and the Greens took most of the Democrats votes and the rest was spread between the major parties. The Nick Xenophon Team, which after Nick left is now Centre Alliance, is basically a reincarnation of the Democrats centered around the same sort of policies though the independent Tim Storer (Who was elected on the Xenophon Team ticket) is probably the closest you could find in Parliament to the positions that the Democrats held.

 

[pjennings]

Saw a bumper sticker today asking us, given his obvious religious bent. to pray for our new Prime Minister, Scott Morrison.

It simply said "Pray for PM Scott Morrison - Psalm 109:8" - Not knowing what it said I looked it up. ---








"May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership"

 

[MagpieMariner]

Oh yes, Amen brother!

 

[midfielder]

These guys are brilliant there from the states and have many many many vids hopefully one will run into the other if you click on youtube ... tho they [US] are in a total mess now many times worst than we are.

 

[midfielder]

Beyond Brilliant

About half an hour its about the US ...

 

[pjennings]

 

[pjennings]

 

[midfielder]

Sign if you want... to remove Fraser Anning

https://www.change.org/p/the-prime-minister-remove-fraser-anning-from-parliament

 

[MagpieMariner]

Already signed. It has over 1 mil sigs.

 

[pjennings]

On Harmony Day a reminder of a time when both major parties called out racism

 

[Wombat]

Sign if you want... to remove Fraser Anning

https://www.change.org/p/the-prime-minister-remove-fraser-anning-from-parliament

I don't think a petition will remove an elected member of parliament. But he does need to think before he speaks in future and try to be less brutal with his opinions.

 

[MagpieMariner]

The only petition that can get rid of an elected member (even one who only got 19 votes and quit his party before he even took his seat) is the petition created on election day. However, signing a petition urging him to resign helped me to purge a bit of my anger.

 

[FFC Mariner]

He can only be removed from the Senate if charged with a criminal offence that has a minimum sentence of 12 months

 

[Wombat]

So it's a wank fest.......

 

[MagpieMariner]

He can only be removed from the Senate if charged with a criminal offence that has a minimum sentence of 12 months

Or he fails to be re-elected.

 

[Insertnamehere]

So it's a wank fest.......

I think 1.3+ mill people stating that they disapprove of ignorance, hate and racism is anything but a wank fest.

 

[FFC Mariner]

I think 1.3+ mill people stating that they disapprove of ignorance, hate and racism is anything but a wank fest.

Not at all just utterly futile. Burning down the c**ts house and declaring open season on him is equally unconstitutional but probably more effective

 

[pjennings]

Forget the result. My rant has nothing to do with who won or lost yesterday but more to do with who got to vote or more importantly who was not allowed to vote.

How many people were disenfranchised by the stuff up of iVote. Privatising things like elections and censuses to private enterprise that is more concerned with profits than getting the correct results is scandalous. How many people were unable to vote because of this debacle?

 

[Big Al]

Forget the result. My rant has nothing to do with who won or lost yesterday but more to do with who got to vote or more importantly who was not allowed to vote.

How many people were disenfranchised by the stuff up of iVote. Privatising things like elections and censuses to private enterprise that is more concerned with profits than getting the correct results is scandalous. How many people were unable to vote because of this debacle?

I didn’t even know it existed. Until saw a few comments last night.