This election represents the first true test of the new Senate voting system, introduced by Malcolm Turnbull but impeded in 2016 because of that year's double dissolution election.
Political science professor Patrick Dumont, who is leading ANU's involvement in smartvote Australia, said the results showed voters had "a clear choice" between Labor and Liberal. "It is a strikingly common feature across those [right-wing] parties that candidates take a less environment-friendly position than the two major parties," Professor Dumont said. But he urged caution because the analysis was based on parsing candidates' positions rather than official responses by the parties.
Absolutely! Just wait for it Bill.
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Federal election 2019: Your guide to the Queensland Senate ballot formMake your vote count and explore the policies of every party — from major to minor — asking for your vote for the Senate in the federal election. NanetteRadeck brendanbunyan SFFPQld 😉 Thanks ! Those undecided should have a quick squizz through this. Doesn’t list the independents though. There are some absolute right-wing nut jobs so look them up and make your decision!! auspol The Insiders panelist Malcolm Farr has stopped lower today with his arse kissing of the labor mob by trying to put down the PM for no reason. The abc is now total shit.
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Are gun owners putting votes behind One Nation and the Shooters party?While minor parties with designs on winding back Australia's strict gun control regime are courting votes from regional Australia, some firearm owners think there are bigger fish to fry. Can NBN, fill air with Gunsmoke and side affects of lead poisoning.? Let alone whiffs of sweet fresh blood combinations with particles of grey matter quenching cold nite air, with steams of lives DYING. Native animal liberators, unite. Lazy dastards, expect money while pissin on in front of telly all day and night. Get out there and shepherd your flocks, pen them every evening. With boss dogs patrolling. DO YOUR JOB RIGHT. AND STOP YOUR JAW BONEING. shooterunionnsw If you’re a shooter for any reason & can’t see the creeping death via tightened regulations (more so than the Firearms Acts) & are still voting for major parties, you’re a bloody idiot. The Brus are fudds, CaitlynGribbin They’re the frog, not noticing the pot they’re boiling in.
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One Nation senator says scandal-ridden party can better its 2016 successOne Nation senator for WA, Peter Georgiou, thinks Pauline Hanson's party can match or even surpass its result from 2016, when it picked up four senate seats. Well of course, every other party is benefiting from the chaos, backstabbing and continual media gaffes of each other so why not theirs. That means 'We are gonna cheat even more.' This is Australia - low life racism & bigotry means votes.
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'Absolutely sick of it': Pauline Hanson breaks down over Senator strip club scandal | Sky News AustraliaOne Nation Leader Pauline Hanson has broken down, admitting men in her party have failed her after Senate Candidate Steve Dickson resigned for groping women at a strip club.\n\nMs Hanson accepted the resignation of her Queensland party leader after hidden camera footage showed Mr Dickson groping women and shouting lewd comments in a Washington DC strip club last year.\n\nThree weeks out from the federal election, Mr Dickson will remain on the Senate ticket because they have already been printed, with the Australian Electoral Commission saying that if he is elected, it will be up to One Nation and parliament to decide his future.\n\nMs Hanson says there is a stringent vetting process for potential candidates despite a string of resignations and scandals.\n\n\n\n\n PaulineHansonOz Really makes you wonder exactly why you scare them so much Pauline! Even jail couldn't stop ya. Keep up the good fight. PaulineHansonOz victimhood by the cultural majority is a political stance that justifies the unjust use of one's dominance in the name of correcting injustice. PaulineHansonOz You've done nothing except spread fear and hatred against migrants, Asians and Muslims Pauline. Enough with the pity party. You're not a voice of the people. Your a voice for the racists. Disgraceful.
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Greens 'extreme policies' a danger to economy, national security: Morrison | Sky News AustraliaThe Prime Minister has issued a warning to voters, saying the Greens pose a greater threat to the country than Clive Palmer and Pauline Hanson.\n\nMr Morrison has told The Australian the party's 'extreme policies' are a danger to the economy and national security.\n\nPrime Minister Morrison has also cautioned the Labor Party could be beholden to the minor party's influence if it's successful at the May 18 election.\n Greens CliveFPalmer PaulineHansonOz The fact a Prime Minister is saying this should be horrifying for most but the racist shit bags he is trying to claw back from Pauline will most likely agree and it's business as usual in the Australian political climate Greens CliveFPalmer PaulineHansonOz Absolutely correct. Well said, finally. Greens CliveFPalmer PaulineHansonOz And so the game of blame continues mendaciously. The ones who have contributed the most towards a Nations incapacity to function for wealth & toil, now is poverty & Chinese soil. If people are unable to see this disgraceful arrogance then deservedly their future will be righteous
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