Who will you vote for? Australian political parties (2 Viewers)

[withoutaface]

I honestly cant think of anything more essential than health services?

Defence, police, courts.

 

[ChockoRepublic]

I will never in good conscience be able to vote for any party other than the LDP/Greens/Sex Party (If they get up and I can vote for them).

Absolutely HATE Labor and the average Labor voter; loathe the Liberals because they're no longer the party of individual freedoms and they've not been vocal on individual rights, a bill of rights and the motherfucking INTERNET GODDAMN FUCKING CENSORSHIP.

Also Rudd has done *absolutely NOTHING*. Disgraceful.

icwutudidthar.

and i agree. labour has been a massive letdown.

 

[hermand]

i do not know how anyone can vote labour.

has anyone not heard the stories from their grandparents etc about last time they held power? we seem to be going in a similar sort of direction now.

i know we have life a lot better in aust than in many other countries, but seriously, the labour gov is running our country [and state] into the ground.

 

[Trefoil]

Labour and Liberal are pretty shit eh.

 

[Trefoil]

DAMN IT SLIDEY.

Damn it to jazz the false dichotomy

Nah, I'm gonna vote Greens and Sex.

 

[Josip Broz Tito]

labor is a disgrace these days, has krudd actually been in australia this past year?

 

[Trefoil]

has krudd actually been in australia this past year?

Most of it, yeah.

 

[Trefoil]

Anywhere but from health. Maybe these fat bastards in office can take a pay cut, maybe they can stop funding lavish holidays for overseas doctors, maybe we should stop funding shit like WYDs...

Take it away from like sport or some shit, idk

What do you think of this new health funding package, katie?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/29/2433351.htm

I don't know the past history of health funding negotiations, so I can't tell if it's a token effort or a genuine funding increase.

 

[withoutaface]

I will never in good conscience be able to vote for any party other than the LDP/Greens/Sex Party (If they get up and I can vote for them).

Absolutely HATE Labor and the average Labor voter; loathe the Liberals because they're no longer the party of individual freedoms and they've not been vocal on individual rights, a bill of rights and the motherfucking INTERNET GODDAMN FUCKING CENSORSHIP.

Also Rudd has done *absolutely NOTHING*. Disgraceful.

Dude the Liberals are playing coy on this issue for a very good reason: the longer they let Conroy think he has a chance of getting this through, the more he looks like a cunt to the general electorate.

 

[Ivorytw]

Looking like my ballot's moving that way. Scott Ludlum has won my love forever.

Hahaha, fuck.

 

[Trefoil]

I sent an email to Bob Brown. It was a massive rant about the Internet censorship scheme and how I like free markets but think the welfare state is super important, but it ended with me accusing religious fundamentalists of hijacking government and threatening not to vote Greens next time if they didn't tear Conroy a new hole (I was on phet when I wrote it).

Anyway, a week later no response, so I thought "meh". Next day, Scott Ludlam replies instead with a short email about how he pwned Senator Conroy at some senate inquiry session (apparently Conroy claimed lots of Western countries have a similar Internet filter, so Scott focused on that lie in front of the senate). I thought that was neat.

Hi,

Thanks for getting in touch with the Greens regarding the internet censorship issue – I’m just letting you know that I’m going to be raising the issue in the Senate today, and you can watch the broadcast live online here:

http://webcast.aph.gov.au/livebroadcasting/

In the Senate question time at about 2:30PM eastern summer time today I plan on asking Communications Minister Stephen Conroy about his project for mandatory internet censorship, the so-called ‘clean feed’ which you’ve written to me about.

If you miss the broadcast I’ll have the transcript and a video clip here as soon as possible: http://scott-ludlam.org.au/

Depending on the Minister’s answer, you might like to give him a call on (02) 6277 7480 or email him on senator.conroy@aph.gov.au

This proposal has raised major concerns in the online community – thanks for taking the time to add your voice to this debate.

Cheers,

Senator Scott Ludlam

Communications spokesperson for the Australian Greens

He uploaded the video here. You should watch it. It's priceless to see Senator Conroy try to squirm his way around answering the question. He doesn't actually answer it in the end.

 

[Enteebee]

awsum

 

[Iron]

Slidey, that is a private communication between you and Senator Scott Ludlam. You have breached the confidentiality inherent in the Senator's email and therefore must pay the maximum penalty.
My people will be in contact with you shortly

 

[katie tully]

The Commonwealth upped its offer from $11 billion to $15.1 billion, but rejected States' demands for an increase in the annual indexation of health funding.

IDK Slidey, it's not just the money thing... It's the entire management issue. Yay this money is great, but I sooooo disagree with them not negotiating the indexation. The money will just get injected in and some hapless idiots will piss it away as usual and in 6 months we'll be back where we are now.

 

[Trefoil]

Slidey, that is a private communication between you and Senator Scott Ludlam. You have breached the confidentiality inherent in the Senator's email and therefore must pay the maximum penalty.
My people will be in contact with you shortly

How ironic.

 

[impervious182]

IDK Slidey, it's not just the money thing... It's the entire management issue. Yay this money is great, but I sooooo disagree with them not negotiating the indexation. The money will just get injected in and some hapless idiots will piss it away as usual and in 6 months we'll be back where we are now.

Agreed.

What do we call this cyclic waste? We call it the Labor States.

 

[Trefoil]

Agreed.

What do we call this cyclic waste? We call it the Labor States.

Fuck you're shit.

Katie isn't saying health funding is a waste, she's saying it's not enough, since it's not indexed as high as is needed (as well as the management being shit, which, after a decade of Liberals, is fairly easy to blame on them - but it's actually a fairly non-partisan issue).

 

[katie tully]

Fuck you're shit.

Katie isn't saying health funding is a waste, she's saying it's not enough, since it's not indexed as high as is needed (as well as the management being shit, which, after a decade of Liberals, is fairly easy to blame on them - but it's actually a fairly non-partisan issue).

Management inside the system, not just at a political level.

Ladder climbers with 5 degrees but shit all clinical frontline experience do not make good managers...

 

[boris]

Management inside the system, not just at a political level.

Ladder climbers with 5 degrees but shit all clinical frontline experience do not make good managers...

Lol mum

 

[x.christina]

I quite like Kevin Rudd.
But hatw the shit Labor NSW government. I WANT MY FREE BUS TRAVEL TO SCHOOL!