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Discussion Thread 🗳️ Saturday 3 May 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 month ago by briongloid@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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Australian Federal Election Day

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[–] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 14 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Even though I care not for the spud, after Trump and the shenanigans about stolen elections, I am proud that I live somewhere where elections are called and there is some basic civility around the gracious defeat speech then the victory speech. This might be the bottle of bubbly talking...

[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

It was nice to see a regular professional concession speech again.

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