Archive for the tag "australian election"
Told You So
On 22 August, the day following the Great Big Election Excitement, Sir Roger commented on the real problem with the result … and it has come to pass …
Posted: 23 September, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, History, politics and government, Religion, values.
Tags: Abbott, australian election, Australian political values, Australian Politics, election, false witness, house of representatives, lies, lying, Oakeshott, politics, Religion, speaker, ten commandments
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And Now For the Porkfest
It is such a joy to watch the desperation of the major parties and the cringing, oozingly insincere performances they are now displaying for the Gang of Three
Posted: 25 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, fun, politics and government, values.
Tags: Abbott, australian election, Australian Politics, Bishop, Death Stare, election, Gang of Four, Gillard, independent, independents, Katter, Kennedy, Lyne, negotiation, New England, Oakeshott, politics, pork, Swan, Windsor
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The Front Fell Off Again
Can there be anything that typifies more the plight in which federal Labor finds itself today? PLUS what Bob Catter really feels when no-one’s looking AND MORE
Posted: 22 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, comedy/humour, History, Life, Media, politics and government, values, Video.
Tags: 7.30 Report, Abbott, animation, australian election, Australian political values, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Bandt, Bob Catter, Brian Dawe, Clarke and Dawe, coalition, comedy, cow, dinosaur, dog, election, fart, front fell off, fun, Greens, Hippo, humor, humour, hung parliament, in the jungle, John Clarke, Labor, Liberal Natoinal, mow, Ornitholestes, penguin, Pig, political values, politics, T-Rex, the lion sleeps tonight, Video, Wilkie, youtube
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Don’t Forget Someone Has to be Speaker
In all the talk about hung parliaments and who’ll be first to 75 the pundits seem to be ignoring that whoever’s first to 75 would have to provide a Speaker
Posted: 22 August, 2010 in Australian Values.
Tags: australian election, Australian government. government, Australian political values, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Bennelong, Catter, constitution, deliverance, Denison, election, Greens, hoi polloi, hung parliament, independents, Labor, Liberal National Country Party, Oakeshott, parliament, political values, politicians, politics, preferred, senate, stable government, Tasmania, two-party, Wilkie, Wilson Tuckey, Windsor
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‘no premature triumphalism tonight’
Well, the people have had their say but one doesn’t understand what they mean.
Posted: 22 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, politics and government.
Tags: Abbott, australian election, Australian Politics, Bob Brown, election, election night, election outcome, election results, Gillard, politics, premature triumphalism
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Watch These Seats Tonight
Here are some seats worth keeping an eye on tonight. These are the closest seats we found on Betfair, some on a knife-edge:
Posted: 21 August, 2010 in Australian Values.
Tags: australian election, Australian Politics, betting, betting markets, betting odds, Bonner, Corangamite, election, Forde, gambling, government, Herbert, La Trobe, markets, odds, Petrie, politics, Solomon, swinging seats
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For Those Afraid to Vote …
The election in a nutshell – and in Mandarin. And how the Sex Party fits in (if you’ll pardon the expression).
Posted: 21 August, 2010 in Australian Values.
Tags: Abbott, australian election, Australian government, Australian political values, Australian Politics, Brown, coalition, election, Gillard, Greens, Labor, Liberal, politics, Rudd, Sex, Sex Party
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Election Day Blues (and Reds)
Rising today Sir Roger discovered to his interest that the odds had ticked up overnight and returned where they had begun 24 hours earlier. What can this mean?
Posted: 21 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, Economics, Education, environment, History, Immigration, politics and government, values.
Tags: australia, australian election, Australian political values, Australian Politics, betting market, election, gambling, gaming, government, odds, political values, politics, punters, punting
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Last Dance Last Chance
Well, here’s the Crash. It’s closing fast but apparently not quite fast enough. Centrebet claims …
Posted: 20 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, politics and government, values.
Tags: australian election, Australian Politics, betting, election, market, odds, politics
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Markets in Free Fall
Paddy Power has expanded its betting options in the last couple of days to include Labor seats won. They still have 76 – 80 seats as favourite. Just.
Posted: 20 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, politics and government.
Tags: australian election, Australian Politics, betting, betting markets, election, election betting, gambling, gaming, odds, politics
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Abbott to Pull All-Nighter
Harking back to his days as an undergrad Tone swears he will get his essay in (“Why I wan ter be Priminister”) before Saturday’s deadline, pulling an allnighter
Posted: 19 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, fun, History, politics and government, values.
Tags: australian election, Australian political values, Australian Values, B team, betting, Bob Hawke, Centrebet, election, election betting, federal election, gambling, Gough Whitlam, government, IASBet, LuxBet, Malcolm Fraser, market, odds, Paul Keating, political values, politics, sportingbet, Sportsbet, values, WBX
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Possum’s 2010 Election Simulation
Possum Pollytics has his election results simulation up now. Well worth a read and a look even if …
Posted: 18 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, politics and government, values.
Tags: australian election, Australian Politics, Australian Values, election, election simulation, Gillard, Greens, Labor, Liberal, National Party, politics, pollytics, possum, probability, Rudd, statistics
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Barnaby Joyce for Foreign Minister!
One doesn’t know why, but Barnaby is one of the options in the market for Foreign Minister. What if he made Foreign Affairs as exciting as his Finance stint?
Posted: 18 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, fun, politics and government, values.
Tags: australian election, Australian political values, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Barnaby Joyce, betting, diplomacy, diplomat, election, federal election, foreign affairs, Foreign Minister, Joyce, Julie Bishop, Kevin Rudd, Malcolm Turnbull, market, odds, politics, Rudd, Steven Smith, Turnbull, values, war
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Gillard in Free Sauce Furore
What’s bigger than axing a Prime Minister, more damaging than cabinet leaks, more worrying than a Resources Super Tax and could bring down a Prime Minister?
Posted: 17 August, 2010 in Australian Values, Blogging, comedy/humour, Culture, Immigration, politics and government, Racism, values.
Tags: Australian culture, australian election, Australian icon, Australian tradition, Australian Values, basic foods, campaigning, Culture, election, election campaign, federal election, free tomato sauce, Gillard, humor, humour, icon, Immigration, irony, ketchup, meat pie, pies, politics, satire, staple, staple diet, tomato sauce, Townsville, tradition
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It’s a Cliffhanger!
We have a nailbiter, yes, but it’s not the overall result which still looks pretty much assured. The real cliffhanger is …
Posted: 17 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, politics and government, values.
Tags: Abbott, Adam Brandt, australian election, Australian greens, Australian Politics, Australian Values, bellwether, Bennelong, betting, cliffhanger, coalition, Eden-Monaro, election, election betting, federal election, gambling, Gillard, graph, Greens, John Alexander, Labor, Liberal, Lindsay Tanner, market, Maxine, McKew, odds, political values, politics, Press Club
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