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Jezza wrote:Newspoll Results:

TPP = Coalition 44-56 Labor
Primary Vote = Coalition 33-41 Labor
Preferred PM = Morrison 33-39 Shorten

It's the first time since February 2015 that Shorten has been the preferred PM.

The last time the Coalition received 33% of the primary vote was in November 2009.
Long time to go. One would ex;pect that the disunity should spell instant "death" but it'll be a lot closer.

If I were Bill Shorten (& to shore up the populist vote without too much dog whistling) I'd immediately ban overseas buyers of domestic property unless they are Australian citizens (and as a qualifier perhaps) add not with countries that do not allow Austrlians to buy property in their respective countries - or at least put a moratorium on it and then send it to a commitee for research and advice.
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watt price tully wrote:
Jezza wrote:Newspoll Results:

TPP = Coalition 44-56 Labor
Primary Vote = Coalition 33-41 Labor
Preferred PM = Morrison 33-39 Shorten

It's the first time since February 2015 that Shorten has been the preferred PM.

The last time the Coalition received 33% of the primary vote was in November 2009.
Long time to go. One would ex;pect that the disunity should spell instant "death" but it'll be a lot closer.

If I were Bill Shorten (& to shore up the populist vote without too much dog whistling) I'd immediately ban overseas buyers of domestic property unless they are Australian citizens (and as a qualifier perhaps) add not with countries that do not allow Austrlians to buy property in their respective countries - or at least put a moratorium on it and then send it to a commitee for research and advice.
How very Right Wing Nationalist of you :lol:
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A question for locals. How many far-right seats in Australia are rural?
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Can you explain your reasoning?
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watt price tully wrote:
Jezza wrote:Newspoll Results:

TPP = Coalition 44-56 Labor
Primary Vote = Coalition 33-41 Labor
Preferred PM = Morrison 33-39 Shorten

It's the first time since February 2015 that Shorten has been the preferred PM.

The last time the Coalition received 33% of the primary vote was in November 2009.
Long time to go. One would ex;pect that the disunity should spell instant "death" but it'll be a lot closer.

If I were Bill Shorten (& to shore up the populist vote without too much dog whistling) I'd immediately ban overseas buyers of domestic property unless they are Australian citizens (and as a qualifier perhaps) add not with countries that do not allow Austrlians to buy property in their respective countries - or at least put a moratorium on it and then send it to a commitee for research and advice.
I completely agree, but not just domestic properties, also farm land.
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stui magpie wrote:
watt price tully wrote:
Jezza wrote:Newspoll Results:

TPP = Coalition 44-56 Labor
Primary Vote = Coalition 33-41 Labor
Preferred PM = Morrison 33-39 Shorten

It's the first time since February 2015 that Shorten has been the preferred PM.

The last time the Coalition received 33% of the primary vote was in November 2009.
Long time to go. One would ex;pect that the disunity should spell instant "death" but it'll be a lot closer.

If I were Bill Shorten (& to shore up the populist vote without too much dog whistling) I'd immediately ban overseas buyers of domestic property unless they are Australian citizens (and as a qualifier perhaps) add not with countries that do not allow Austrlians to buy property in their respective countries - or at least put a moratorium on it and then send it to a commitee for research and advice.
I completely agree, but not just domestic properties, also farm land.
Labour New Zealand dit it recently:

New Zealand bans foreigners from buying property in effort to clamp down on house price growth

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-15/n ... y/10124290
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watt price tully wrote:At the end of the day we have a religious right wing nutter as PM (friggin' Hillsong Pentacostalists)
Didn't realise he was a Hillsong nutter.

I think all of Australia would benefit greatly if people from NSW were banned from politics.
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roar wrote:I think all of Australia would benefit highly if people from NSW were banned from politics.
Haha, couldn't agree more! Or, even better, a motion be carried to dissolve the NSW Liberal and Labor parties, as well as Fred Nile (the latter, Wizard of Oz style).
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Just had a look at Andrew Bolt's blog for schadenfreude's sake, and saw this comment underneath his post about the latest Newspoll results:
If I was Morrison I'd be immediately putting Turnbull on a rigid severance NDA, tapping his phone and monitoring his every email. He is probably already backgrounding his true leaders - Labor and the Greens.
Not everybody on the right who wanted to see Turnbull brought down are this crazy, but I'd hazard a guess that enough of them were to make it a reality.
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I don't know if I have a look at Andrew Bolt's blog for schadenfreude's sake and saw this comment underneath his post about the latest Newspoll results

[quote]If he or she was Morrison he or she'd be putting Turnbull on a rigid severance NDA tapping his phone and monitoring his every email. I have a great .
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David wrote:Just had a look at Andrew Bolt's blog for schadenfreude's sake, and saw this comment underneath his post about the latest Newspoll results:
If I was Morrison I'd be immediately putting Turnbull on a rigid severance NDA, tapping his phone and monitoring his every email. He is probably already backgrounding his true leaders - Labor and the Greens.
Not everybody on the right who wanted to see Turnbull brought down are this crazy, but I'd hazard a guess that enough of them were to make it a reality.
Nah, they are that crazy. No room for so called moderates these days. It's now how extremist are they, that is a mtter of degree from f*cken extremist to incredibly f*cking extremist.

With Morrison in charge how long till we have intelligent design as a science in state school curricula?
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