Labour forms minority Government.
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Roysa
Well-Known Member
No chance of a revote.
@Bowlrig... correct they arent going to run cable out to regional area's... 43billion $ estimate? Rubbish.... its uncosted... it would be close to double that and for what??? Better internet speed? Seriously... if thats our biggest issue we are going great!!
ETS... dont even start me...
One thing is for sure... the independants who support Labor arent goign to enjoy getting back to their hometowns... the constituants there are going to smash them.
As a side note.... State Labor government might as well pack up their desks now.
So much for a democracy... the party that got less votes by a long way is now running the country... if Julia doesnt deliver on everything i believe the australian people will speak again like they did this time but she wont survive...
Ball in your court now Julia.
@Bowlrig... correct they arent going to run cable out to regional area's... 43billion $ estimate? Rubbish.... its uncosted... it would be close to double that and for what??? Better internet speed? Seriously... if thats our biggest issue we are going great!!
ETS... dont even start me...
One thing is for sure... the independants who support Labor arent goign to enjoy getting back to their hometowns... the constituants there are going to smash them.
As a side note.... State Labor government might as well pack up their desks now.
So much for a democracy... the party that got less votes by a long way is now running the country... if Julia doesnt deliver on everything i believe the australian people will speak again like they did this time but she wont survive...
Ball in your court now Julia.
Casual Observer
Member
Going to be interesting with minority government. I hope all those people complaining about labour and how they waste money are going to hand back the stimulus payments. (didn't think so..)
Truth is, no matter who is in power almost half the country complains about them. The vote is usually close enough to 50/50.
Truth is, no matter who is in power almost half the country complains about them. The vote is usually close enough to 50/50.
jason_doust
The Bowling Geek
Gee whiz, we're doing so badly as a nation. Unemployment down to 5.1% (Records show you just can't get it much below 4%.) We missed the horrors that the US and several European economies are going through (Cheap holiday to Greece, anyone..?) and quite frankly, none of us will be any better or worse off either way. As for the "waste" of building a national broadband network, Australia is fast becoming a third world country in data speeds and the Internet is used for far more useful things than watching YouTube and complaining about the government.
I've met Radiologists who can send images to the screen of a specialist across the country in seconds, my wife can "attend" university lectures on the other side of the world via broadband. But only because we live in a capital city. Maybe this makes me a left-wing radical, but I think regional Australia deserves this opportunity too.
I think minority government will be a very interesting time for democracy, as opposed to toeing party lines.
I've met Radiologists who can send images to the screen of a specialist across the country in seconds, my wife can "attend" university lectures on the other side of the world via broadband. But only because we live in a capital city. Maybe this makes me a left-wing radical, but I think regional Australia deserves this opportunity too.
I think minority government will be a very interesting time for democracy, as opposed to toeing party lines.
Deadman Inc
1990 − 2011. Retired 2012 − 2013. Back Again 2014
I'm no expert but if one of the independents who backed labor withdraws their support, there will be another election. Experts are predicting an election within 12 months if the coalition can knock labor of its high horse.
BRING BACK K-RUDD!!
BRING BACK K-RUDD!!
Roysa
Well-Known Member
What are the multitude of reasons?
Now im not saying people in cities are more important than regional Australia... but in some cases we will be running thousands of KM's of cable to places that have populations in the hundreds and in some cases streets that are 15 km's long with 2 houses (farms) on them.
Is there not more important issues the government could spend 43 BILLION (more like 80 Billion) $ on??
Actually im not sure why im arguing this... it wont happen.
jason_doust
The Bowling Geek
Without getting too far into network engineering, the NBN is built with fibre. Fibre is the ultimate in scalable data solutions, as you can change the switching at each end and hey presto, it goes much, much faster. And fibre, once in the ground, lives for a very long time.
Nobody's working on a petabit wireless switch. (And the latency would be awful on all those colliding IP packets...) But it already exists for fibre, with milliseconds of latency running on an ATM backbone. Any other transmission proposal is already hard up against the laws of physics and would be ultimately a true waste of money. It's like investing in a really well built car over a throw away cheapie. Cheaper in the long run and much more serviceable.
As for no work Jase, how many jobs will this thing create? ;-) People made the same arguments about the Sydney Harbour Bridge. As for just doubling the costs to shore up an argument Roysa, that's pure speculation. Treasury has already tut-tutted over the alleged savings the Coalition claimed that suddenly vaporised.
Anyway, I'm interested to see what happens when two party politics has a conscience by way of the independents to answer to. It's got the potential to be a fascinating time for democracy.
Cheers,
Jason
Nobody's working on a petabit wireless switch. (And the latency would be awful on all those colliding IP packets...) But it already exists for fibre, with milliseconds of latency running on an ATM backbone. Any other transmission proposal is already hard up against the laws of physics and would be ultimately a true waste of money. It's like investing in a really well built car over a throw away cheapie. Cheaper in the long run and much more serviceable.
As for no work Jase, how many jobs will this thing create? ;-) People made the same arguments about the Sydney Harbour Bridge. As for just doubling the costs to shore up an argument Roysa, that's pure speculation. Treasury has already tut-tutted over the alleged savings the Coalition claimed that suddenly vaporised.
Anyway, I'm interested to see what happens when two party politics has a conscience by way of the independents to answer to. It's got the potential to be a fascinating time for democracy.
Cheers,
Jason
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The robot then proceeds to talk about physics,
space exploration and medical technology.
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The robot bartender says, "What will you have?"
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"What's your IQ?"
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He goes back into the bar.
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The robot then says, "What's your IQ?"
The guy says, "Uh, about 50."
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I see It Didnt take Abbott long to go against his signed deal in Parliment
regarding the Speaker of the House
There is no way this minority will work
The Libs are the kings of dirty politics and will do everything
possible to make it not work
See you back at the Polls soon
regarding the Speaker of the House
There is no way this minority will work
The Libs are the kings of dirty politics and will do everything
possible to make it not work
See you back at the Polls soon
Easy Tiger
Active Member
So many dramas and the first sitting of Parliament hasn't even happened yet!
A minority government cannot successfully govern in it's own right, it is only a matter of time before we're back at the polls. The Governor-General should intervene and dissolve the Lower House in the interests of a stable government.
A minority government cannot successfully govern in it's own right, it is only a matter of time before we're back at the polls. The Governor-General should intervene and dissolve the Lower House in the interests of a stable government.
Andrew S.
Gold Coast
Didnt take long for Julia to backflip over the Carbon tax did it?
