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A 'huge' trade-off: One Nation's pitch for cheaper cigarettes (www.sbs.com.au)
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[–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

We have been in trouble for decades, now we are well and truly f*cked. It seems like 95% of electoral options are right wing, short sighted, self involved, backwards pricks.

I wish I could trust Australian voters to wake the f up and make the country a better place, instead of burning it the ground.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

    Yeah it’s hard to. I get the feeling a few are swinging green and independent though.

    Buckle up though. It’s going to get worse.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (8 children)

    I want to buckle up on a home made raft the f out of here

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (7 children)

    Honestly? We’re probably better off trying to fight it and vote it out where we can.

    I don’t think there’s any thing better anywhere else. Maybe a couple of Euro countries with spine like Spain.

    But yeah I hear it

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

    I'm in victoria, we have an election this year.

    I haven't voted for any of right wingers in decades... but the majority of Australian have, while pretending that one of them is left of centre.

    NZ will be better again, if they don't completely fuck the election like last time, but the clock will be ticking there too, duopolies are not the solution.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    Yeah I’m worried about that Victoria election ngl. I expect One Nation to go for its Senate and I’m hoping this rumour that Labor is willing to sacrifice it to prove a point is bullshit.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    The fake parties that popped up the last couple of years in Victoria (supposedly no longer a problem), were an indication of where Auspol is heading. These parasites are too easily able to manipulate self interested people.

    one nation will probably be promising half price fuel, and alcohol next.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (3 children)

    Funny you should mention fuel. JBP used to have a fuel subsidy in Queensland. While Queenslanders were crossing the border to hit the pokies, New South Welshmen were crossing it to fill the tank

    Yeah wouldn’t surprise me to see it

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    I'm just hoping that whatever is next, it is so completely absurd that even the dodgy media have to take the piss out of them.

    Free tesla's for white people who pledge allegiance to gina rinehart

    Cheap coal powered fridges if you sign your children up to work in the local coal mine

    2 for 1 southern cross tattoos

    Complementary white hood with every trump bible

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    I have a sneaking suspicion we’re going through a boost in Green support as well, over the last couple of days.

    The NDIS and ASIO bills have pissed many off. They see who has turned up as well.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Can only hope.

    The duopoly have been marketing against the greens since way back when Bob Brown popped onto the scene, so much so that most Australians who don't like the greens, do not even know why they don't like the greens.

    The movie 'The Giants' (2023) is well worth watching for those interested in the history of Australian politics.

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