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@BobBurn97207272 That is not a conservative position by the definition of the word to conserve ......

Any conservative who doesn’t advocate for the closure of the ABC is not a conservative at all. Well said, Pauline! I read it was projected to cost $1.2bn this financial year. Money that could be saved to help everyday Australians instead.

@FixingEducation Again, lack of respect. The teacher should of said. Marking takes two weeks because I want to spend time reflecting on the answers ....

Thoughts?

@DavidPocock Of all the things the country needs to be dealing with at present this has to be on the bottom of the list. How to annoy every voter not in the ACT when cost of living is getting harder. I am sure the PM will read he room and ignore this

Bruce Stadium has served us well but is at the end of its life and needs to be replaced. We've known this for years but only have 7 feasibility studies to show for it. Let's do it right and set ourselves up to host our much-loved local teams as well as international events for the next 50 years. Surely a centrally located stadium close to hospitality, public transport and hotels is the best way to set us up for the future and deliver maximum economic benefit? canberratimes.com.au/story/9207957/…

@blowingtom2 People don't trust the government to solve problems after Covid. So, they are acting.

Easiest way to stop servos running out is to stop people stock piling. Sure, fill your car but don’t be a fuckwit and fill 20 Jerry cans

@ForSureNotElon @DavidLeyonhjelm I have a bridge to sell to you.

@linsimma @DavidLeyonhjelm Young people aren’t subsidising boomers. Less and less burden of pension, due to super. You build wealth over time

Intergenerational equity = code for redistributing wealth from older people who earned it, to younger people who didn't.

@DavidLeyonhjelm The Boomers are the biggest whinners ....

@linsimma Boomers are sick and tired of subsidising whiners.

@Zeus_Cricket WA !!!

Which Sheffield Shield winning batting lineup gets your vote?

@FranMooMoo Then why does Pauline hang around with Gina ?

Labor is now the party of snobby well off elites. One Nation is for the workers and the battlers.

@kevinbonham More debate on the process instead of the why votes changed. The trend still see's a movement away from the majors because it is believed that they don't produce results for a large part of the country ...

It's an interesting question why there is so little traction for the pro-PR movement in Aus after elections that seem to be fertile ground for it, while anti-preferencer nonsense flourishes the more the evidence discredits it.

Sadly this line (from John West) is another example of a left source arguing for PR but in the process being captured by right-wing anti-preferencer talking points. The idea that anyone not voting 1 for a party is "against" it is divisive nonsense from the far right.

@StarWarsDaily_ More than once....

@Mark_Graph @MrMBrown You're missing the third party : Israel.

What can we surmise: * Trump is inclined to find a pathway to peace - largely to get the oil price back down (another market driven TACO event) * Iran sees this as a weakness - and wants to continue its blockade on Hormuz to maximise leverage and $ from the US * Very hard to see how this resolves. Tehran may have expectations Trump is not prepared to countenance (eg reparations) * Substantial risk that any reopening of Hormuz is on very different terms to past practice (an Iranian toll, increased risk premia, possible US/Israel exclusions) consequently, oil could stay elevated even in a "peace" scenario. * Nonetheless, we've likely seen the bottom on the catastrophic tail risk (power plant strikes, full Hormuz mining) * The next binary is ~March 28 when Trump's 5-day pause expires. If talks produce nothing concrete, the catastrophic tail risk returns to the table. * Wild card: Israel may continue striking Iran independently, meaning any US-Iran accommodation ≠ end of war. * My intuition is 60% Trump finds a way to unwind/de-escalate with a somewhat Pyrrhic victory. 40% probability it gets worse before getting better

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@downatfineleg On paper not the field.

The difference between this latest Ashes debacle and previous ones, and the reason why Bob and Baz should’ve been sacked, is that the difference between the teams on paper was marginal this time. It WAS the worst Australian team for years. And we should’ve run them a lot closer.

@CISOZ Funding per student has not increased. Funding for more paper work is the increase in cost.

Real per-student school funding in Australia rose ~30% over the past decade. Yet outcomes have stagnated. More spending is not the answer. CIS has been saying this for years. Now the data proves it. 👉Read our education research: cis.org.au/research/educa…

@kevinbonham Yes but they believe that they will. The people will see the light!!!!

@linsimma Legally they do but they shouldn't. It's self-indulgent for a party with no prospect of getting any serious vote share to run in the lower house seats. Especially when these parties are just ego vehicles.

One thing really coming through in the SA election is the number of candidates cluttering the ballot polling tiny numbers of votes, in cases a few dozen. I said before the election SA needed to implement more ballot clutter control. #savotes

@kevinbonham Yes but at present they do have the right !

I don't think people have the right to flood the ballot in elections without them presenting evidence of any kind of meaningful support. There are other ways for people to participate. A party needs only 200 members to register and then it can run candidates everywhere in SA. I'd raise that to 500. SA does not need to have so many parties. They confuse voters and slow down the count.

@ThatGarthGuy ????

The average SA election constituency swing so far is just Labor: -1% Liberals: -5927% One Nation: +20%

@matt_barrie No, it's not. It is designed to give people a Choice !

preferential voting is designed to protect the uniparty

@blowingtom2 Well, a few seats are not showing this. Too early to call.

SA election as predicted. No ON wins in the lower house but took votes away from the liberals.