el Celio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦🇦🇺 2025 AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
The counting of the votes of the 2025 Australian election has started.
Matt GoddenSo, whose #AusPol #AusElection coverage is going to use sausages as the graphics theme... partially consumed sausages as graph columns to show the numbers breakdown etc?
Paul WilliamsTook the in-laws to vote this morning. I figured it would be easier than tomorrow, and with mum needing more 'hand-holding' it made sense to me.
Firstly, incredibly well run, and very smooth. 3 Divisions being managed at my prepoll place, and never had any danger of going to the wrong place. Well signed, and supported by people.
(They even had #democracySausage!)
Secondly, I didn't realise quite how downhill Mum had gone. She went with Dad to get her ballots but then Dad left her on her own. I followed her and went into the booth next to her but kept an eye on her. She was so confused. Took me 20 seconds to fill out, and then went to help her.
She has voted in Aust for 50 years, so she knows how it all works, but being an immigrant and having Alzheimers, I think she was remembering the 'last time' she voted - and tried to just tick the box of the candidate she wanted. God knows what she was going to do on the senate paper!
Thankfully, I spoke to them both extensively about who they wanted to vote for and why, so I could help her by getting the right 'how to vote' card and telling her - put 1 here, 2 there etc. I know it was how she wanted to vote (and similar but not exactly like mine), but can't get over the fact that I basically influenced her vote, but reading the info from AEC I have reassured myself that I did everything exactly right.
Tony 💉x10 🇦🇺Antony Green's "Take 5" picks
Traffic – 'The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys'
Pretenders – 'Up The Neck'
Pete Shelley – 'Telephone Operator'
Simple Minds – 'I Travel'
D:Ream – 'Things Can Only Get Better'
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/take-5/antony-green-take-5-song-preferences/105234670
Antony Green's song preferences - ABC listen
You’re about to hear a side of Antony Green you’ve never heard before. The longtime Chief Election Analyst for the ABC is about to hang up his boots, after calling close to 100 elections in his time. He’s the guy we look to as the polling booths close, crunching the numbers, understanding the swings, and with a brain and knowledge bank that would rival the best computers. Antony is an icon, and arguably the most trusted person in Australia. But who is he behind the numbers? Get ready to find out, as we Take 5 and analyse the man himself across five songs. Traffic – 'The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys' Pretenders – 'Up The Neck' Pete Shelley – 'Telephone Operator' Simple Minds – 'I Travel' D:Ream – 'Things Can Only Get Better'
AJ SadauskasThe Greens support radical social positions like… dental care in Medicare 😱
Totally different to when Bob Brown was around, and they supported policies like dental care in Medicare. #Auspol #AusVotes #AusElection
Totally different to when Bob Brown was around, and they supported policies like dental care in Medicare. #Auspol #AusVotes #AusElection
Godfrey642Id recommend Australians listen to this podcast. It reveals how deeply, disturbingly and frighteningly we are enmeshed with USA
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7clLu0ghMJgTM1oKqs8SDC?si=uF9zmYKRTiKYa5HNo6ALDA
(Episode 3 is also interesting about AUKUS)
Its from Malcolm Turnbull (who is probably the only Lib politician I would considering listening to). Our defence programme is dangerously flawed bc we are totally beholden to USA.
#auspol #AusPolitics #auselection #DuttonIsAMonster #DuttonLies #australianelection2025 #australianlabor
Looking for explanations…Just in case anyone needs info on voting. #AusElection
AJ SadauskasCanberra Press Gallery: The issue that matters most to voters in Western Sydney is the price of eggs.
Meanwhile, in actual Western Sydney… #AusPol #AusVotes #AusElection
Meanwhile, in actual Western Sydney… #AusPol #AusVotes #AusElection
bounding_starwhat's people's sincere thoughts on "sustainable Australia-UBI" party? aside from their obvious immigration limit being standard eco-fascist dogwhistle, basically all their other stated policies sound good actually? Obviously they could be full of shit about the rest of it since the core policy seems bad-faith, but i really cant tell if them having an extra couple seats in a minority gov would be a net good or bad
AlanI live in the seat of Page. Our current MP is Kevin Hogan who is also the shadow trade minister, meaning if the LNP wins he will be the guy handling all of these trade issues with the US.
Page also has Casino, the beef capital of Australia. The LNP want to sidle up to the US but this leaves a conflict of interest - does he side with his electorate and protect the beef industry (which has been a focus of Trump's), or does he side with his party and screw us over?
Interestingly, Labor have a candidate in the area called Wendy Backhaus but I can't find any information on her. The ALP site has a list of all candidates: https://alp.org.au/our-people/our-people/ and the seat of Page isn't listed. I would have thought given the global issues right now and who the opposition is here that they might make an effort.
Does anyone have a way to ask Labor if they plan on doing anything in this seat?
#auspol #auspol2025 #AusPolitics #auspol25 #auselection #AusElection25
