Andrei Charrett

It's insane but it's egged on by media with 0 network knowledge hyperventilating mis-characterising almost every outage.

To be honest, there are a lot more important issues to be upset about with this government. There's just something about seeing an open goal and watching them kick the ball away when it's such an easy goal. It's utterly infuriating.

This is a total WTF moment for this government. They have the recommendation. They have overwhelming popular support. If I lived in a Labor electorate this is it. This is the thing that would mobilise me to join the local independent movement.

everyone knows AI is gonna crash the economy and is just kinda standing around watching it happen. i wonder if there’s any visual stand-in for that kind of thing going on right now

Even 62% is a BS target from Labor because they will use dodgy land use accounting tricks to meet that instead of reducing emissions. If you get rid of dodgy accounting tricks we are hardly reducing emissions at all. Fix the emissions accounting method and get some real targets please

None of this is normal

www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

Great article. There is something deeply unnerving about the way “we” are just accepting the current state of affairs as normal.

Can you elaborate on the issue? NBN is slowly but surely fixing the result of the coalition’s Frankenstein multi-technology-mix. Internet connectivity is pretty damn good for most people.

Lol. "Moderate"

If they choose to move, who will buy a house with an annual insurance premium of 28k? I have often said to friends and family that in Australia, one of the things that will make climate change real is the dropping value of housing in some areas.

We have a small chance for the funniest outcome ever. Goldstein gets close enough for recount, then gets overturned.

Yep. A very good batch of declaration prepolls. I rate Nicolette Boele's chances much higher now than yesterday.

Ah. I think this result may depend on whether the remaining declaration prepolls are "good" or "bad" to Boele and how many postals trickle in which will likely favour her. Still some chance to embarrass people that have called it already.

Do you know if declaration prepolls skew more progressive in later batch counts like postals? Might be wishful thinking, but I think this seat is still live.

Don't give up hope yet. Still a realistic chance Boele wins.

I think they have called this victory way too early. I think there is a very realistic chance Nicolette Boele wins. If another 500 postals arrive by end of week chances are even better for Boele

They will have a mandate when they control the senate and HoR. Simple as that. Everything else is bollocks.

Who could've imagined 4 years ago an electorate that twice gave Bronwyn Bishop over 60% vote 🤮 would go independent.

Yes. Yes they were...

Cross benchers should just agree to abstain from confidence and supply motions. No negotiation is required. Party or coalition of parties with most seats forms government. I wish we could adopt this convention and just stop with this hung parliament BS.

Sure, describe as you see fit.

I would say "hung parliament" does have negative connotations. It is used very frequently in negative advertising. "Minority government" is also a well established and frequently used term that is more neutral. But I guess up to you how to do your reporting!

Are the coalition tanking?

The LNP don't like their own words repeated back to them, which is why they're infuriated by this ad.

Which is also why you should share it.

You know we have preferential voting, right?

It is already affecting some areas in Sydney.

If his spend shifts 2PP 1% towards coalition in a tight election, it will be money well spent. I don't understand it, but i think there is method to his madness. I think it's a mistake to dismiss his influence.

Policies? Us? Nah, we’re good thanks.
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Did it matter in 2019? If it helped LNP win, money was well spent. There is a lot of our politics dismally failing. To write the potential influence off is wrong, imo. If it shifts 2pp 1% in a close election that matters.

If he spends 100M and that somehow helps get LNP elected, it will probably be money well spent for him. There is a reason he is dropping big money, and surely it's not some expectation he will get any of his candidates elected in the House of reps.