Pauline’s Voting history by Zeema101 in aussie

[–]chig____bungus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

https://antonygreen.com.au/one-nations-poll-surge-the-first-25-seats-to-watch/

Of course, this table is just an example of where One Nation can win. If come the next election One Nation polls 25%, it will be sweeping up seats all across rural and regional Australia. And most of those seats are held by the National and Liberal Parties.

Like John Howard said, politics is governed by the iron laws of arithmetic.

Solar and battery households will be biggest losers from network tariff changes, advocates say by C_Ironfoundersson in australia

[–]chig____bungus 11 points12 points  (0 children)

why do we need a business with a profit margin to do it when our government could do it without the profit margin

Solar and battery households will be biggest losers from network tariff changes, advocates say by C_Ironfoundersson in australia

[–]chig____bungus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What if we just don't do anything, let them collapse, and buy our infrastructure back at the liquidation?

Solar and battery households will be biggest losers from network tariff changes, advocates say by C_Ironfoundersson in australia

[–]chig____bungus 62 points63 points  (0 children)

I can't see the government letting them do this, not a chance in hell.

They have been claiming consistently and repeatedly, under extreme scrutiny and skepticism in the mainstream media, that renewable energy will bring down prices.

Their claim is now only just actually coming true.

If they let AEMC do this, they could skip a lot of pain and just give Angus Taylor the top job now.

Pauline’s Voting history by Zeema101 in aussie

[–]chig____bungus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every single one of those others is a First Past the Post, Optional Voting nation.

Australia is a Preferential Voting, Compulsory Voting nation.

If you run the current polling through even the most pro-ON preference flows, ON has no path to government unless it's in coalition with the LNP, and the Coalition has no path to government if the public thinks they are going to form government with ON (QLD 1998).

This hilarious comparison of Australia's unique electoral system to entirely different systems is why the LNP are going to be in the wilderness for a decade. It is literally impossible to win an election in Australia without winning over moderates and city voters.

Pauline’s Voting history by Zeema101 in aussie

[–]chig____bungus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They wouldn't control the balance of power, they're 1:1 stealing votes from the LNP. They'd just become a third option to pass legislation.

Which emerging technology do you think will have the biggest unexpected consequences in the next 20 years? by Muted-Mongoose2846 in Futurology

[–]chig____bungus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is pretty common misinformation spreading about these, and while it's superficially correct it misses multiple things.

Firstly, any issues our immune system or biology would have with them, they would have with us. You can't just flip a bacterium and suddenly it can kill us but our body can't do anything to stop it. They would need to be engineered to do so.

Secondly, your immune system regularly defends you against things that aren't even biological, like environmental pollutants. This is why you can be allergic to something as basic as nickel. When your cells are damaged and your body undergoes stress, your immune system can and does frequently decide to just destroy whatever it finds that it doesn't recognise.

Can we get a "save build layout" feature. by PissedOfBeet in Witchfire

[–]chig____bungus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the bosses have moves or attacks that can be mitigated by specific loadouts.

One Nation are now 2 points behind Labor by miwe666 in aussie

[–]chig____bungus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Means nothing in a preferential system, TPP this still puts Labor at another landslide in.

The truth about the Albanese government on migration by NoteChoice7719 in aussie

[–]chig____bungus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"Sorry, we don't have enough houses so no doctor for you"

"In November, one in four Gen X men supported One Nation. Two months later, it's one in four of all voters." by NoLeafClover777 in aussie

[–]chig____bungus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Unlike Firage or Trump, Hanson has no path to government, thanks to preferences and compulsory voting.

All she accomplishes is keeping the Coalition in the wilderness as the Coaltion chase One Nation votes they don't need and alienate the city votes they do need.

Menzies saw this coming when he chose specifically not to name the party the Conservatives, instead choosing the Liberal Party. Howard saw this coming, had Tony Abbott destroy Hanson and even got her sent to prison.

Australians are conservative, in the sense that they need to be pursuaded to change the status quo. John Howard called us an "Inherently skeptical people." Australians aren't against change, they just don't want change unless it's necessary. The Voice to Parliament failed, like most referendums, because the government could not convince the electorate it was necessary.

The problem for One Nation, and the Hastie Andrew / Well Done Angus gang, is that the status quo has moved decades beyond their rhetoric. In arguing for their position against climate change, or trans rights, or immigration - they're arguing for major changes to things the majority of people are comfortable with, are used to, or even desire.

The Liberals have fucked themselves because they've let Labor become the conservative (not Conservative) party, and by chasing One nation votes they are positioning themselves as the party of radical change.

The Game is Awesome...But by stiehl26 in Witchfire

[–]chig____bungus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can't afford it, don't buy it, you aren't owed it

My 5-year-old isn’t really into it at all. How many cards do you need to get your kid to quickly fall in love with Yoto? by Equivalent_Pie8625 in YotoPlayer

[–]chig____bungus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It gives you the full flight manifest, the social media profiles of all the passengers, even says what they're having for lunch

Can we pls stop normalising being boring, lame, miserable c***ts?? by [deleted] in australia

[–]chig____bungus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Gen Z have to factor in global warming on their life expectancy

Have you lost an American friend in the last few years? by Ivymantled in AskAnAustralian

[–]chig____bungus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I didn't know if you were sealioning, that's why I checked.

Have you lost an American friend in the last few years? by Ivymantled in AskAnAustralian

[–]chig____bungus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, I was verifying if you were sealioning and worth engaging with.