This is it, this “balanced reporting” and uninformed electorate is going to lead to Potato Head getting in.

We had a single election cycle of Labor and they didn’t manage to completely fix our economy and all the Liberal fuckery of the previous 2 cycles, so we better give the liberals another chance to fuck us harder.

Every time I run into a Liberal voter I ask the same question “What one thing is most illustrative of them being strong on the economy?”

I have never been given a good answer.

PS not a huge Labor fan either but I know which side of the Overton window I prefer to be pushing on.

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    She thinks politicians need to do more to help families thrive rather than survive. “They say they are helping by giving you a discount on your power but then … the power goes up.” She said she’ll be voting Liberal in the upcoming federal election.

    It’s ignorance like this that will screw the country.

    Has nobody been paying any attention to the raft of experts and just about everyone affiliated with the energy sector explaining that the LNP’s nuclear plan will just led to increased costs with no relief for 15+ years? What do they think is going to happen to power prices when we have to maintain our coal-fired power stations for a decade beyond their end-of-life before the first nuclear plant comes online because the LNP stifled the transition to renewables?

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      BuT wHaT iF iT’s ClOuDY oR ThE WiNd dOeSn’T bLoW!

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        You can tell these fuckers do not have any form of renewable energy in their house. Because you can literally see on your control panel that even on a cloudy day an average house will high percentage to completely self-sustain from rooftop solar

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    ABC 2 years ago:

    If the Liberals fail to tackle the issue and listen to women about why they’ve been abandoning the party, Reynolds said, it will be statistically impossible to win majority government again.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-14/women-raising-alarm-liberal-party-diversity-coalition-electoral/101327332

    And fourthly, in Australia, because of its particularly brutal gender politics, quotas have to be part of the answer.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-30/liberal-party-woman-problem-no-they-have-a-man-problem/10181736

    ABC the other day:

    Peter Dutton most likely to be next prime minister, according to YouGov poll

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-16/peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-election-polling/104941326

    What a change in 3 years eh?

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      I lost all damned faith in the australian voter after all those flung laurels and worship of Gillard’s misogyny speech only to turn around and vote into power the fucker it was aimed at.

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        I know a family, 4 voting adults, who won’t vote Labor at any level because the father had a dispute with a Union when he was the 3IC of a medium sized business.

        I mean I hear what he was saying, the union was protecting a bunch of workers who had hit the point in life where they felt the company should hold their current jobs open for the next 10-15 years (until they retired) and they refused to negotiate around upskilling to up to date technology and work practice’s. The idea that a whole company should be stuck with 40 year old process on 50 year old hardware due to a small contingent of union employees is ridiculous.

        But voting against your own interests at every state and federal election in the last 6 years and for the forseeable future as a response…

        I had the “strong economic mangers” conversation with them about Gladys “Koala Killer” Berejiklian, “Oh she is doing a great job, you leave her alone… she’s only ever done her best and she gets picked on all the time…”