spiffmeister

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[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 3 points 20 hours ago

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

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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The Green margin declines versus Labor because strong Green voting areas in the north of the old Melbourne have been replaced by parts of Higgins where the Liberal vote was higher in 2022.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.

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 32 points 2 weeks ago

This corrosive billionaire puts a lot of money into Australian politics, I think it's important to know what you're enemy is thinking.

 

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is urging politicians to shift further to the right and adopt US President Donald Trump’s polices as she blames voters and the “left media” for the Coalition’s disastrous election result.

I honestly wonder if she just wants to ruin everything for her own benefit, or she is actually lost in the sauce.

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

It's blown up since the voice, if you watch clips from CPAC Australia you can watch every extremely funny conservative dickhead make the same joke about it for the last 2 years or so.

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

I'm pretty sure the national library collects all this stuff if you're willing to send it.

https://www.library.gov.au/news-media/records-democracy-federal-election-campaign-material

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

Let's face it, probably also the Russians.

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

The effectiveness of these groups should be obvious from the referendum, if not the US election. Wealthy people are more than willing to throw shitloads around to spread misinformation and flood people's feeds.

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

The bill has been passed, but doesn't come into effect until next year.

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Adobe Haven't these dickheads been charging Australians more for their products than anyone else for decades?

If you're going to urge the US to target Australia it should be within the rights of every Australian to just torrent your shit if they want.

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 10 points 1 month ago

Trump's strategy is to "flood the zone" (as Steve Bannon puts it) so that all the oxygen for reporting on anything is sucked up. This was also more or less Scott Morrisons strategy when he won, they hired a pair of dweebs from NZ whose job is basically to flood social media with bad memes so that it's all you see. So it wouldn't surprise me if what Dutton is doing is a similar strategy.

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago

Be nice to know why?

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