Can't get The Greens over the line this time? Think the burghers of Kooyong would come around to the idea of a financial bonanza of a green economy? (Protest votes feel good on election night but the hangover can be a long one)
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It's the combination of corrupt and incompetent that I find most galling.
I'm guessing Nigel is one of the staffers involved in the grants process, it's been tabled to ICAC so it must be credible testimony.
And yes I realise that the government conjures these grants programs, and write the criteria but it appears they don't tell applicatns that the criteria will be largely ignored in favour of which electorate the project sits within.
I'm not saying that at all, there should be accountability for both the department and the minister responsible for handing out these grants. I don't think our positions are that far apart here, but there has been several blatant rorts recently which demonstratesthe dial has shifted too far towards ministerial discretion - IMO.
I don't understand this take. The CHO is exactly the person we should be handing authority to in a public health crisis. Would you prefer medical advice from your MP or your GP?
That’s why I think it needs to be a Zali Steggall type candidate. There is a core of greens voters and a core of ALP voters but I can’t see either getting enough to win.
I think in Kooyong there is a core of people who can’t stand Josh but just can’t bring themselves to vote ALP or Greens. They just need a viable alternative
This is where preferential voting comes in, as Clive Palmer knew. Mind you, 90% preference flow is astounding.
The independents in the city Lib seats are a great development. A few win, which is good, and some will just push the sitting members to change their positions on things. They are a chance if they can get enough votes to force it to preferences and if they can get a very high proportion of Green and ALP preferences.
It looks like we will get an independent standing in my electorate, which is Goldstein, I got a survey call the other day and it was clearly from a mob hoping to run one of these independent candidates in Goldstein. They will certainly get my preference before the ALP.
DS
Five minutes after I posted last night the ABC site pops up with an article on the Greens target seats. Kooyong was there. 10 in total, and half ALP. Aim is to hold balance of power whoever wins
I am sure they are targeting it. It’s a long shot I would think, Higgins may well be achievable though.
The candidates the Greens constantly put up are a joke.
Take my electorate - they're putting up Mandy Nolan.
High profile, smart, eloquent,
erratic, alcoholic, comedian.
there are plenty of moderate, professional, considered people who believe in social justice and conservation,
and they just keep putting up hippies and loons.
Ah, Mandy. Bless her socks. She'll win 15% of the vote. In Byron. Less in Kyogle.
With the steady influx of Bondi types your electorate will be safe Liberal in no time.
Its ripe for a white-teethed beautiful narcissist independent
No response to the budget, numbers and statement of Clive Palmer after the election? Disappointing effort 22
every now and again,
The System throws back and makes you smile
www.abc.net.au
The System throws back and makes you smile
Eddie Obeid boasted about his riches in ICAC, now NSW could 'take his socks and jocks'
Disgraced former Labor minister Eddie Obeid used to boast about his wealth at ICAC — now it could be about to be taken away.
www.abc.net.au
One of the things The Nationals are demanding to support Net 0 2050,
is a tax payer fund of $250b (that's a b, not an m)
to finance new coal mines, because the banks won't touch them.
The Evil of this cotton and coal cartel knows no bounds.
Scooby-Doo script writers would deem them too bad beyond belief for an episode.
Lets rid Our Nation of Nationals
Put them last
is a tax payer fund of $250b (that's a b, not an m)
to finance new coal mines, because the banks won't touch them.
The Evil of this cotton and coal cartel knows no bounds.
Scooby-Doo script writers would deem them too bad beyond belief for an episode.
Lets rid Our Nation of Nationals
Put them last
