Australian Election

[moon1]

We are have an election here in Australia tommorrow. A right wing sleazy government is expected to be FINALLY kicked out after 11 tortuous years. But it may be close. So I will keep you posted and pray for good things for Australia. And hope that this is the beginning of a change of mood that will follow in America when their elections come up.

[AussieDeRossi]

I cant wait till tomorrow when it gets here so i can vote and i cant wait till tomorrow is over as i am getting sick of all the ads on tv about it and all that so cant wait till tomorrow is here to vote and then i will be glad when tomorrow is gone as well so it will be all over and done with as im so sick of it all. what about anyone else?

[i_love_ellen]

I can't wait either....although i'm not yet elidgible to vote i hope australia makes the right decision. With that said, moon1 i agree with everything you said ;)

[maddog]

:eek: I too am so sick of the lies/bull shit of this imperialist pathetic liberal gov. The labour gov is following in the liberals footsteps. We need to fix the global warming problem asap! If there is no planet there will be no economy! Labour & liberal is not doing nearly enough, the Greens are trying, but unfortunatly, still some people want profit instead of environment. Sad, very sad. I'm voting Greens, crossing my fingers that there is still some hope!

[amanda67]

100% RUDD I think it will be close if you vote for greens you vote for labor but greens will have the power to pass the changes that need to be made. labor & greens will out number howard, family first etc

[Musofan]

I'm sure us kiwi's will be glad when tomorrow is over and done with as well, as we keep hearing about it also, not that we have to put up with the adverts, thank goodness!

We're hearing how Howard is going for a record breaking re-election and that Labour are polling ahead, so will be interesting to see what the reality is.

As for the Greens, do you have FPP in Aussie or MMP? If it's MMP then it seems unfortunate that the minor parties can have such an influence on the major parties, IMO.

If you got rid of your coal power generators then you would go a big way to reducing global warming, so we are told here in NZ.

[maddog]

labor & greens will out number howard, family first etc

Lets hope so. No where near enough to help our environment, but its a start.

[maddog]

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If you got rid of your coal power generators then you would go a big way to reducing global warming, so we are told here in NZ.


Yes, thats what is needed. Lib & labour won't do this as the profits from these companies contribute to the "economy". They are only interested in making money. They don't CARE how!!!

[Tysonshadow]

I'm voting Labor, I want little Johnny gone. All the things the Liberals are saying they are going to do - how long have they had to do these things?

Whatever happens, we are going to have a Prime Minister who looks like Mr Sheen!:p

[HeavensAngel332]

I'm crossing my fingers for you guys!

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/bicfomh/gg01/showinglove/showinglove056.gif

[3llen]

I'm crossing my fingers for you guys!

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/bicfomh/gg01/showinglove/showinglove056.gif

me too! :D

[dj007]

Well I just went down & voted.... heres hoping we all get the end result we aspire to & we don't all end up :wallbash: :mad_ranting:

[AussieDeRossi]

I just came back from voting so now my job is done with it and now its down to finding out the results later tonight.

Well I just went down & voted.... heres hoping we all get the end result we aspire to & we don't all end up :wallbash: :mad_ranting:

[Tysonshadow]

The Prime Minister is more than likely going to lose his seat and in a few hours, I'm sure we will have a new Prime Minister!:D

[maddog]

I voted & helped hand out climate change info at polling booth, but Im not going to watch the results. Im over the whole charade. :wallbash:

[i_love_ellen]

Its done ladies!

:disc_laugh::disc_cool:

[maddog]

PHEW
and in comes Kev........:d_wacko::disc_eek::woh_wacky:

[amanda67]

RUDD:):):):):) I'm so happy about this it is about time can't wait for rudd to get started on Australia's future prosperity . hopefully all walks of government can work together for a better Australia and get stuff done.

[dj007]

Time for a change Australia = Kevin 07 ...... :d_wink:

[Magnolia]

Congratulations Aussies on your new PM! Sounds like first thing on Rudd's agenda is to sign the Kyoto Protocol! That's great! Hopefully, when we get our new president we'll be signing too!!

[maddog]

Congratulations Aussies on your new PM! Sounds like first thing on Rudd's agenda is to sign the Kyoto Protocol! That's great! Hopefully, when we get our new president we'll be signing too!!

Hopefully Kev will sign it asap and not just talk about it :rolleyes:.

Good luck to you all for your election :).

[lucy25]

oK Aussies,It's been 5months since labor got in-have they done ok so far,Do You think? Have they Kept Their Promises? I Don't think Labor has any interest in Making Life Fairer for some Minority groups yet.:(

[AnastasiaBeavrhausen]

I need to check out your issues in your government, but it sounds like ya'll got what you wanted and you voted, which is great to see.... Congrats! :) I can't WAIT for the election to get over with here... so much mudslinging its out of control... I think June will be the last primary and the convention in November... got a long ways to go but its really getting old. I just wish they would concentrate on the issues instead of doing the low blows on each other... was it that way in your area?:confused:

[Sankofa]

CONGRATS AUSSIES!!!!!:D

[petal]

I think our new Govt is doing fine. Rudd is keeping his promises & he's SOOOOO much better to watch on TV than little Johnny. :thumbup:

@ Tysonshadow: your "Mr Sheen" joke was so funny!! He's just the re-worked younger version.

[Tysonshadow]

I get better vibes from Kev than Little Johnny. I think he is a more down to earth person. He has more personality. And I still believe that he cares more about the "battlers" than Johnny ever did. Johnny only wanted to make rich people richer.

I would not "jump the fence" for Kev though!!!:p:p

[petal]

Personally I find Kevin rather attractive....I'd jump the fence for him. He's such a cute little munchkin and soooooooooo much better on the eyes than he who cannot be named.

It's been an entertaining 10 mins googling pics of our current munchin & the previous one. Here's a selection:

Kevin Rudd with someone we've possibly all seen before:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p184/petal_bucket/celebrity%20pics/kevinbush.jpg

Goodness, a Leader with a munchin smile:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p184/petal_bucket/celebrity%20pics/happyrudd.jpg

Our previous leader, John Howard (commonly called "little Johnny")with a friend:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p184/petal_bucket/celebrity%20pics/johnhowardfriend.jpg
P.S. Little Johnny is on the right.

To top off a good election win, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has a cool website:

http://www.pm.gov.au/

[Tysonshadow]

Our previous leader, John Howard (commonly called "little Johnny")with a friend:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p184/petal_bucket/celebrity%20pics/johnhowardfriend.jpg
P.S. Little Johnny is on the right.


If the election had been between these two, I would have voted for the one on the left!!!:D

[petal]

If the election had been between these two, I would have voted for the one on the left!!!:D

You know, it could very well have been Brendan Nelson (Leader of the Liberal Party now) on the campaign trail.