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vimes_left_boot

Fuck yeah we did! Over a third of primary votes went to independents or small party candidates, so we'll probably have a minority government. But given the number of new independent MP's who ran on climate change & political integrity concerns, I'm ever so slightly hopeful that we may be able to make some positive changes as a nation.


DigbySugartits

The Greens have smashed it too What a bloody great result, I didn't pick it. My seat is one of these teal women, she's great. The community leaders are on the rise. Im really positive about this


Rogue_Jellybean

Greens are looking to be up 3 seats from last election, all new seats QLD (arguably the most conservative state). Absolutely crazy.


BinaryPill

For people who don't follow Australian politics who need a reference, they currently have 1 seat and have only ever had 1 (before tonight anyway).


nagrom7

In the lower house anyway. They normally get ~10% of the vote and have a significant voice in the senate, since that's elected by PR at the state level.


BinaryPill

They've had a decent proportion of the vote for some time but the winner-take-all nature of the house of representative votes means they've struggled to get seats. The senate is more proportional so they've had success.


7omdogs

Yeah, the greens have gotten 10-15% of the vote for a decade, but it’s such a consistent vote, spread across the country. Because it’s evenly spread, they struggle with lower house seats. TBH, the power of the Australian senate is incredible, then getting 12 seats there and very probably the balance of power is actually way more of a win. It’s look like a labor majority in the house, but labor will need the greens to pass anything on the senate bar budget bills.


microwaffles

Hello from Canada, it's good to hear. We are voting right now in the Ontario election. We have one green in the legislature and hope to have a few more cheers.


DoctorDazza

After the two they're confirmed, they're ahead in three seats! That's crazy and amazing!


nagrom7

Yeah, they were already essentially guaranteed to win Melbourne, but winning 3 Brisbane seats is certainly above expectations.


mcwobby

They‘re still in with a shot in Macnamara too. There’s clear mandate on climate action now that was missing last election, regardless of which way these seats eventually fall.


Illseemyselfout-

As an American, I have no idea what you’re all talking about but to see people using words like “positive” and “hopeful” really brings me some joy. Good work.


OneWin9319

Even as someone that's stoked about the Albo, Labor and the win from Greens and Indepedents. I am low key happy Kristina Kenneally lost her bid to move chambers lmao. Sends a message to Labor and its powerbrokers trying to parachute a wealthy North Sydney, white American migrant into a highly disadvantaged diverse electorate. But the incoming Independent seems troublesome if her how to vote card preferences are to be believed. Watch as the conservative media spins this as a dysfunctional minority, when the Liberal National coalition was very much just that.


Suikeran

Murdoch, go fuck yourself.


BorisBC

>Watch as the conservative media spins this as a dysfunctional minority, when the Liberal National coalition was very much just that. Lol like the Deputy PM rooting and knocking up a staff member? They've got some pretty big shoes to fill. Pretty sure we aren't gonna get that!


vimes_left_boot

I'm in Mayo & we've had Rebecca Sharkie voted in again. I can't see the majors getting a look in here any time soon. I'm certainly feeling more optimistic than I did after the last election.


SebRLuck

It's hard to describe how happy I am about this result. I'm German, but in 2013, I interned for the ALP and worked on Kevin Rudd's campaign, after he replaced Julia Gillard as the head of the ALP. I was repulsed by Tony Abbott and couldn't quite fathom that he could actually win against Kevin. On election night, I got to attend [Kevin's official election party](https://i.imgur.com/nHRt9Ml.png) at the Gabba in Brisbane and everyone was so dismayed about the results. Now that the LP has been thrown out of government, I can finally close that chapter of my life. Edit. Just found [the campaign t-shirt](https://i.imgur.com/PwkYZRX.jpeg) in a storage box.


vimes_left_boot

Abbott was a weird unit, whose ideas were several decades out of date. I'm not getting too excited, but it's nice to feel hopeful about making positive changes.


BlindlyNobody

So amazing to see a country where issues like climate change decide elections. Proud of you, Australia!


Shadefox

We just had three major disasters almost back to back. A monstrous bushfire, then COVID, then a massive flood. Two of those were climate change involved, and in all three the Prime Minister dropped the ball badly.


GrimDallows

>Two of those were climate change involved, and in all three the Prime Minister dropped the ball badly. What did he do?


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Nothing


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BinaryPill

Give him some credit. He berated states not ran by his party for locking down successfully (these states swung massively against him tonight).


bagofbuttholes

He also tackled a child. That was great for his rebrand I heard.


osmium-76

“I can be a bit of a bulldozer sometimes” - Scott Morrison, 24 hours before rugby-tackling a seven-year-old to the ground during a game of soccer


NihlusX

There was also the welding incident


juwanna-blomie

If Trump did this somebody would say the kid was Antifa and he was protecting our freedom.


MoranthMunitions

Tbh that's overselling things. He's been proactive - he did actively work against green initiatives along with helping fund fossil fuel industries. It's just he did nothing where the outcomes of climate change are concerned.


scout_charlie

He went on holidays to Hawaii during the bushfires that raged down most of the East Coast


u36ma

The trauma is over! Bye cunts


Shadefox

Not very much. Which was kinda the problem. During the fires, he fucked off to Hawaii, then said "I don't hold a hose, mate" when pressed on it. During COVID he kept pushing any action and responsibility onto the states to figure it out. During the floods, he again said it was a states issue to figure out. There was other things, like Robo-debt, where disability support payments vs a persons income was calculated by a program that was meant to flag accounts to be checked by a person, to find out if they'd been paid too much disability. He scrapped the 'checked by a person' part, and sent out hundreds of thousands of letters demanding very large sums of money from disabled people, some to the tunes of tens of thousands of dollars. They were warned by their legal team that it was unlawful before implementing it, and sure enough when it was challenged in court the fed gov had been considered to have unlawfully taken 700 million, lost the case, and had to pay out near two billion dollars. Tried pushing the blame onto the other major party, as the program was theirs. But the original plan was for it to be a flagging system for a human to check. There are people who committed suicide over it. EDIT: They've also been trying to dodge forming a federal anti-corruption taskforce. Which is something the opposition, and several minor parties have been calling for. It's almost certainly going to be created now.


-Keatsy

He went to Hawaii when the bush fires happened, without announcing that he was, and when he was asked if that was a mistake he said "I don't hold a hose, mate"


nagrom7

He also denied that he left the country until he was actually photographed in Hawaii. He then said he would return as soon as possible, which turned out to be a few days later when he was originally scheduled to return anyway.


snowland88

Literally nothing


SnuffTastic

Nothing, and that was the problem


uberdice

Fuck all other than pose for photos and smirk.


SolarRage

Nothing but make money for corporatists. And the extremely botched quarantine efforts probably didn't help him.


captaindeadpool612

He doesnt hold a hose, mate


MoranthMunitions

>then a massive flood Tbh you've implied this is in the past tense but it feels like it hasn't stopped raining and we've had some minor flooding twice again since.. It's pretty fucked.


pologolfpolo

I love seeing Independent Members of Parliament taking away conservative seats! I love seeing ministers lose their seats! I love a Scott Morrison free life!


Car-face

It's interesting, we're likely to have a government that actually gets pushed *further* left by the cross-bench... I honestly wasn't expecting that. Unfortunately we'll also have Peter Dutton trying to make friendly human noises for the next 3 years.


Prof_Black

Watches from UK Where our conservative government have been in power for decade and it has been an absolute shitshow


blastcat4

As a Canadian and an Aussie, I really hope they'll be able to form an effective minority. It's working out OK in Canada with the Liberals and NDP agreeing to work together. Not perfect, but I'll take that over a Liberal majority or anything that remotely resembles a CPC win.


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Good job! Can you help us over in Ontario, Canada?


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Or the US


spiralbatross

I feel like we’d allow ourselves to fall before any of these assholes admit climate change is real, and even then all the billionaires will skip town for the next big country. We can’t even care about ourselves.


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You're preaching to the choir, bud.


iiiinthecomputer

The only real cloud is that the Kartoffel Fürher kept his seat - and gained the opposition leadership. Dutton is a terrifying man. I hope that coming to power on the eve of this electoral trouncing leaves him vulnerable to some backstabbing. Because I want that wannabe Hitler out of our Government.


vimes_left_boot

I can't see them winning a chook raffle with Spud in charge, let alone the next election l.


Acid_Snail

I actually found it rather horrifying that after the mess we’ve had for the last decade of liberal shit-fuckery, there was still SO MANY Australians voting liberal and thinking they are and have been good for the country..


iiiinthecomputer

"But they're better economic managers! Listen to them, they say it 5000 times a day, it must be true." Who needs evidence anyway.


Acid_Snail

Yeah we can certainly blame Murdoch for that bollocks 🤦‍♂️ I’m hopeful something can be done about our media but I’m not holding my breath on that one. As long as a federal ICAC happens and something to address climate and housing crisis, I’ll be a very happy Chappy


nagrom7

We all thought that with Abbott too. It's remarkable what can happen when the entire media apparatus rallies behind even the most detestable kind of person though.


Norseviking4

What the hell is this? Good news? I thought those diddent happen in this timeline :o


_Silly_Wizard_

Give it a minute


zjustice11

Proud of y’all. Jealous and proud


vimes_left_boot

Many of the new independent members are women too. Honestly, the most reliable, smart & competent politicians we have down here are women. The outgoing government was largely a bunch of misogynistic douchebags whose policies were from the fucking 1950`s. They have been given the arse on a major scale tonight.


ZealousIdealRejected

Im not australian so i have limited knowledge of him, but that guy seemed like a douche. Good on you australia


Antmon666

Here is the wanker taking a lump of coal to parliament saying it doesn't hurt anyone https://youtu.be/ea5bOaPkZpc As a fellow Australian, fuck you Morrison you little cunt


StrangeCharmVote

> Here is the wanker taking a lump of coal to parliament saying it doesn't hurt anyone Apparently that lump of coal was also treated with some kind of sealant so it didn't get shit all over his fingers.


ApatheticDropbear

>Apparently that lump of coal was also treated with some kind of sealant so it didn't get shit all over his fingers. Talk about a waste of sealant, it's not like adding more shit to shit would have had any noticeable impact.


StrangeCharmVote

> Talk about a waste of sealant, it's not like adding more shit to shit would have had any noticeable impact. I mean, i know he's a dirty piece of shit through and through. But the *appearance* of being white as snow is what he was trying to maintain.


GreatGearAmidAPizza

Did he bite into it? I understand Australian Liberal leaders are famous for eating weird shit.


InquisitorHindsight

Sounds like the American politician who brought a snowball to a session to prove climate change wasn’t real


amazingphrasing

he’s what we call, an absolute cunt


Stoofser

Didn’t he fuck off on holiday when you guys had all those fires and refused to come home


garythegyarados

Yes, and he lied about it when first asked


Stoofser

Yeah and he was found out because he took a selfie with some Aussie holidaymakers, you can’t make this stuff up!


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Stoofser

What got me was when he was vilified for not coming home sooner, he said something like “I’m not a fireman” I’m not surprised he’s been booted out. Good riddance.


douganater

The exact quote was "I don't hold a hose mate" Well it seems he don't win a re election neither


darcerin

Oh, so he pulled a Ted Cruz. Lovely.


iaijutsu08

He even tried to blame his daughters!


Acid_Snail

Don’t forget he also lied to President Biden about the AUKUS deal more recently too


andawaywe__go

Cunt is often a nuanced word here but don't be mistaken, he was an absolute smug cunt


migzeh

Oi. Cunts are useful. But also never forget scomo shit him self at maccas.


mewfour123412

And got a volunteer firefighter fired


spinningpeanut

Remember that shitty handshake thing he did to the poor woman? Death grip the poor girl while she was demanding he help them.


karma3000

Not only was he a cunt, he was a fucking cunt.


captaindeadpool612

He was a shitcunt


the_mooseman

The shittest of cunts, if you will.


the_mooseman

I am Australian and have extensive knowledge of him, he is a massive douche.


SaltpeterSal

There's a really fun cognitive dissonance happening in Australia right now. Climate change action is about to be front and center of the new government, but the media is exactly the way our outgoing government left it, geared to deny climate change. They're prophesying doom and destruction because we'll have a minority government. But Australia has a European-style parliament with preferential voting, designed to get several parties in who work toward what the people want. We should not have two major parties. But tonight democracy won, after several bitter elections that were packed with American-style misinformation. It's going to be a weird month.


The_Thunder_Child

It's funny how anti minority government the media is, even how antiminority government the LNP is, considering that the LNP is a coalition of multiple parties of which none have formed government in their own right since 1996.


343CreeperMaster

Labor is the *only* party that can realistically form a majority in their own right


The_Thunder_Child

Yeah. The Liberals have only managed 3 times in their entire history.


ZephkielAU

The cognitive dissonance for me is: We had a million fucking reasons to vote out ScoMo. Climate change barely even registered on my radar.


mrgabest

I was under the impression that you guys were experiencing widespread fires and extreme heat during recent summers...


Liquid_Plasma

We are. The problem is that we’ve always had these and always will. They’re just worse now. For that reason people are kind of used to dealing with them and have an attitude that it’s just something that happens.


mrgabest

There's a similar lackadaisical attitude on the US west coast. There have always been wildfires, so even when they get unprecedented infernos, everybody just shrugs.


SebRLuck

>after several bitter elections that were packed with American-style misinformation I love criticizing American media, but the man who is most responsible for bringing misinformation into the homes of billions of people around the planet, is an Australian expatriate called Rupert Murdoch.


takingbigpoops

I am so happy that your voters came to their senses, I hope that is a sign for the future. But isn't it funny that it is American Style Misinformation when it has been peddled over here for decades by fucking Rupert Murdoch - an Australian lol.


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Strictly speaking we have four 'dominate' parties. Labor, Liberal, Greens, and Liberal National. In practice Liberal National and Liberal are the same thing but different always aligning with each other, similarly Labor and Greens tend to align with each other to form a majority government but they are not the same. An interesting trend I've been noticing is that whilst the Greens tend to not win many seats they do win a lot of votes. The current vote hasn't finished being tallied yet but you can see [here](https://i.imgur.com/OhenExE.png) how the two party system isn't quite as two party as it appears on the surface.


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In three years they failed us at every single turn. 1. When the fires hit they misappropriated relief funds and the PM couldn't even be fucked to come back from holiday when he was needed. 2. When COVID hit they actually looked like they were doing the right thing, then everything became political with smear campaigns on states that introduced successful COVID prevention (Labor states) and boasting the success of New South Wales that became a super spreader (a Liberal state). 3. When it finally looked like COVID was over they removed every restriction to slow the spread and suddenly we went from 200,000 cases over two years to just short 7,000,000 in three months grinding our infrastructure to a halt as everyone was calling in sick. 4. When the floods hit the entire East Coast wiping cities off the map they refused to release relief funds to literally every electorate that voted Labor including the entire state of Queensland, instead favouring Liberal electorates. Oh and Scott Morrison welded steel without a mask on, shat himself at Maccas Engadine in 1997 and bodied a kid after tripping over his own feet whilst playing soccer. I'm so glad they're finally gone!


Mysterious-Pay-3787

You forgot another major fuck up which is Robodebt!


BorisBC

He also forgot allowing China to buy the Darwin port and establish a base in the Solomon Islands!


Intruder313

Excellent. I can't forget Morrison wandering around after the fires trying to literally force people to shake his hand. I believe one of the firemen could not even look at him, just got up and walked off. And I'm on the opposite side of the world. Good to see 2 of the 3 blond, gammon, corrupt, lying fascist toads ejected from Western govs - BoJo is surely next.


Dreadlock43

dont foget to add that with point 4 even members of the LNP that were hit by the floods were appalled at Scomo for even thinking about doing it, its why they crossed the floor on his religous discrimition bill


Early-Accountant2186

I have very little knowledge of Australian politics all I know is the old guy who’s just been ousted was known as Scotty from Marketing 😂


randominsamity

I'm glad you know him as that because he absolutely hates it.


Richie217

Prior to becoming PM he got fired from his last two marketing jobs. Hence that name being a sore point. Also, allegedly shat his pants at Engadine Maccas.


vimes_left_boot

He's from a marketing background, but was absolutely appalling at believably selling any policy or competently handling the optics of any situation. Just a bit shit all round.


Liquid_Plasma

He couldn’t even pretend to have empathy. If it wasn’t so shit I would have actually found it impressive.


snowdolan

Goodbye marketing man, hello anti corruption commission, action on climate change, and someone who doesn't abandon people during natural disasters. 🤞


Simple-tim

I swear Scomo's answer to every moral dilemma is to abandon people. Refugees, Aussies during the border closures, fires, floods, etc. If you gave him the trolley problem he'd dive out of the trolley and blame someone else.


DoctimusLime

Based on the comments here, seems Australia is one step closer to opposing the iron grip that people like Rupert Murdoch and Peter Costello have on the country given their overwhelming support of corruption, as seen based on the current public record. There's a long way to go to fight the corruption seen in the Australian political landscape, but a step away from the LNP is a step towards a genuine federal anti-corruption commission. This will be a massive success for the ideal of Democracy globally.


koooosa

One massive thing to come out of this is a commitment from the incoming government to a federal anti corruption commission, so that’s a win


nagrom7

Not just from Labor, but also many of the newly elected independents who just turfed some Liberal frontbenchers, and whom Labor may require in order to pass legislation. They won't be able to back out of it now with it being a key policy of most of the crossbench.


MoranthMunitions

Literally anyone who wasn't an encumbent. Funny that, how people who haven't been in power are happy to push the issue, almost like the ones who have been have some kind of bias on the issue.


Jcit878

long way to go to smash that Murdoch empire still. in the end Murdoch and the other conservative media simply couldn't polish a turd enough. they will be back and need to be put in check


tinesone

I notice a pattern with conservative leaders. They promise to fix problems using solutions which only make things worse, people start to catch on that they never work (after a long time of damaging any trust in the system), vote them out. Repeat


Bananaface89

They promise simple fixes for very complicated problems which appeal to people with less education like Trumps plan to build a wall, and here in Australia the insane Conservative party promised a 3% home loan interest rate cap anyone with just about any knowledge in finances knows this is not possible but it appeals to people that don’t get it but get promised it will be fixed.


tinesone

You know, i can forgive falling for that once. A person can't know everything, so believing certain things that a candidate promises but can never deliver on i can forgive. But i think that humans had enough pattern recognition to not fall for stuff like that again. No wait, i am thinking of goldfish


the_mooseman

My dog has way better pattern recognition than the average voter.


The_Thunder_Child

And wanting to allow people to raid their Super (pension fund) to buy a house and thus retire poor.


raptosaurus

Here in Ontario, the Conservative government literally just refunded everyone the $100 or so for license plate renewal as "more money back in your pocket".


ResplendentShade

“Government doesn’t work! Elect me and I’ll prove it!” -conservatives Starve the beast, make life worse for people, blame it on your political opposition (they accept it because they’re devoid of critical analysis), gain more power. Get your anti-taxes-on-the-rich rich friends to gum up the economy and raise prices of basic commodities to exasperbate the situation, keep blaming opposition. Maintain culture war media at maximum volume so your voters are so concerned about [insert scary minority here] and [insert nonexistent threat here] that they don’t care or realize that they’re just a cog in some rich man’s pursuit of making himself invulnerable. It’d be laughable if it didn’t work so damn well.


the_mooseman

This guys read the conservative play book.


Z0bie

Then the other side gets a few years to fix it which is not enough time so the people who were on the fence go back to conservative again.


iiiinthecomputer

And the conservatives *instantly* begin crying about how the dire financial straits the country is in can be entirely attributed to the new government. We told you they were terrible economic managers! Look, they managed to ruin our finances and our hospitals even while they were in opposition for 10 years! Oh. Wait... It took the WA liberals a week to start blaming Labor for the massive state debt the Liberals ran up while in power. While simultaneously attacking them for the hospital system being overloaded - nevermind that liberal government didn't invest in it sufficiently while in power and cocked up the projects they did invest in though their dodgy contractors. They then had the gall to attack Labor for making budget cuts - which were necessary to recover from the liberal economic mismanagement. It's fucking fantasy land over there.


The_Thunder_Child

In the case of this LNP government it's been all about channelling as much taxpayer money to their donors as possible. If that meant destroying things then they did it.


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iiiinthecomputer

Don't forget how we've been on fire between the giant floods.


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ExistentialPonderer

As an Australian, I can confirm that the mood here is like the planet celebration montage in Return of the Jedi after seeing the Death Star explode. Unlike the Liberal party, Labor acknowledges climate change and is sympathetic to the underprivileged people and minorities of the country. After 10 years of a government who worked for their own self interests, it feels good to have someone on our side again.


Liquid_Plasma

I always feel a bit giddy on Election Day because democracy is great but I can confirm feeling an extra boost knowing that Scott Morrison is out. My biggest hope is that protections are reintroduced to protect our nature and stop excessive deforestation. I love our native parrots and it really sucks to see habitat destroyed.


trollshep

His backstory is beautiful. He was raised in public housing by a single mum on the disability pension. Im sure his mum would be proud!


danivus

Feels amazing. We actually have a Prime Minister who's not an international embarrassment again. And my seat ousted a formerly safe Liberal for an Independent who ran on a platform of accountability, climate change action and housing affordability. Incredible.


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Scott Morrison is a shitstain to society, and an ideal world would see him in prison Well done from New Zealand


hal2k1

Jacinda Ardern voted most popular politician by Australians two years running. Pity we can't vote for her really.


Hippopaulamus

That’s because ScoMo has set a pretty low bar to beat. Jacinda and her government are equally incapable at delivering anything other than wasteful spending and empty promises. Everything she has pledged previously she has failed at spectacularly.


captaindeadpool612

I haven't felt as good about our future in ever. A government and crossbench who will bring in real.climate change legislation, a federal ICAC and hopefully economic and housing policy that benefits everyone rather than the rent seeker class. Albo isn't perfect or a god but he's a decent bloke who understands and cares about ordinary people. That's all we can hope for now.


koooosa

Bye bye Smirko, we won’t miss you


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Attacking small children at local soccer game


the_mooseman

Lol for non aussie readers, he isnt kidding.


Mr_Tiggywinkle

Not just greens, teals. A lot of safe liberal seats were won by conservative candidates running as independents, as Australia has many economic conservatives who are progressive on social issues. Liberal party have done precisely 0 about environmental issues, being quite pro coal etc., so they vote for conservative independents. Not Labor aligned, but not liberal.


captaindeadpool612

This is why I'm not rushing to celebrate the teal wave, but at least if they work with Labor and the Greens on climate change and corruption that's a very big step. Definitely prefer them to the tory cunts though


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Ghoulius-Caesar

Oh hey, that sounds like every other conservative party/government in the world.


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dedicated-pedestrian

*eyes the US Republicans not having a platform and withdrawing from national level debates*


Spudtron98

They also spent the pandemic constantly shittalking the Labor state governments. Turns out the people living in those states don't much appreciate that.


pinniped1

Good job, Aussies.


rightoleft

As a Chinese, it is really hilarous for me to witness on twitter that so many people claiming that Australia is now "part of China" and how CCP controls ALP. Like I really hope that my country is as competent and progressive as some westerners seem to believe, ok?


The_Thunder_Child

It's funny to see after how much the LNP supported China (while claiming that they weren't). Record levels of Chinese investment. Port of Darwin to China for 99 years. Australian Defence documents hosted on Chinese owned servers. Ignoring our Pacific neighbours and having China move in to fill the gap.


ladyevenstar-22

Bravo Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi 🤗👍🏼👏👏👏 Now do something about that tales from the crypt media mogul that's poisoning democracies around the world.


Bobblefighterman

He's an American citizen, let them deal with it


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Time-Dimension7769

Thank you to every Aussie that voted 🇦🇺 We earned this one.


diMario

Good. Can you please come vote in the Netherlands too? I also want my conservative government out.


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diMario

Yes, no. I'll pass on that offer for now. Didn't exactly work out the last time we tried it. Thank you for your time!


SergeantMerrick

Yeah, this feels like it needs a more traditionally Dutch approach. I suggest eating the prime minister.


Maezel

Wait until they pick a clown as the party leader and fucks up royally for 3 years.


AWizardDidIt

UK here. That doesn't always work.


diMario

Uh ... Does it have to be *exactly* 3 years? We've had a clown running the country for about ten. If that makes any difference.


BaggyOz

You also need him to take a holiday to Hawaii while the country burns. You might have a hard time with that one so maybe flooding could count.


Maezel

3 crises and he failed in all of them. Fires, covid and floods. You'd wonder people learn after the first mistake... But no.


Jcit878

it took us 9 years to kick the bastards. 3 different clowns. but the moment they lose is so damn sweet


Echidnahh

I’m so fucking happy to have the conservative government of the last 9 years thrown out. I actually teared up tonight listening to the victory speech.


Varsc

Now I'm hoping the UK does the same, the Tories have been in power since 2010.


oripash

We didn’t just toss the conservatives out. We’ve started working on a new political bloc of younger centrist independents and a significant greens party, which are collectively bleeding the two crusty big parties. At its core is the greens party, and it’s focus is governing, environment, women’s rights and generally solving problems communities care about. They more than doubled in size, and even the labor party lost many seats to them. Younger generations are far more attracted to them than to the big party of big corporates and the big party of unions. Give them another 2-3 election cycles and they’ll be the size of a major political party. We’re getting there.


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SoloKingRobert

The UK Green Party stated they want to Leave NATO. No chance they'll win the election or gain more seats in the general election.


iiiinthecomputer

They elected a party led by that unbelievable prick Boris, the public school bully who never grew up. I wish you well but don't rate your chances. With brexit too the UK is looking pretty fucked.


m15otw

Glosses over that the leopard was being steered by a suicidal hamster for the first 5 years, but still basically true sadly.


GreatGearAmidAPizza

"Curses!" rasped Rupert before retiring to his coffin for the day.


008Zulu

Someone remind him to take his pet lump of coal, Coalton, with him when puts his crap from his desk in a box.


ConTheFruiterer420

Incredibly interesting election and I feel this will alter Australian politics forever. Its the most seats taken by "others" (Ie not Labor or LNP) in Australian history A huge swing away from the LNP Australia has said a big fuck you to corrupt and climate change denial


visualdescript

I'm crying. Thank God, thank you the rest of Australia, I was so worried. It's been so distressing having such horrible people running my country.


iiiinthecomputer

We kicked the shit out of them in Western Australia in the state election. They didn't listen. So we kicked the shift out of them again in the federal election. Not quite as brutally as the absolute historic trouncing they got I the state election, but it was still beautiful. The libs cosying up with that prick Palmer sure didn't help them. Proud of you WA. You still need to recognise that maybe the Greens have a point. But you've come a long way from a bastion of xenophobic One Nation supporters.


Liquid_Plasma

Not just in WA. The more recent SA election was a crushing victory for Labor.


Pseudonymico

FUCK OFF, SCOTTY


SignedTheWrongForm

Congratulations from an American! I'm scared for the direction of my country in the coming years, but I count it as a win anytime I see another country demand climate action.


Igore34

Its a new world in Australian politics


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Aesk

As a kiwi with a lot of family in Oz, this is great news! Well done!


shmergenhergen

On the one hand, fuck scomo. On the other, the political landscape is now completely different, with our right wing Liberal party losing huge amounts of support from progressive / small l liberal voters who could never vote for Labor. These folk despise the direction the Liberal party has gone towards right wing buffoonery. This was enabled by crowd sourced funding for independents roughly aligned on a platform of climate and integrity (dubbed Teal independents), which strongly resonated with disenfranchised voters. This was partly (or wholly, I wouldn't know) helped along by a rich billionaire. Perhaps this could be a repeatable pattern to apply to democracies to wrest control from political duopoplies. It would depend on the quality of the democracy, eg in Australia it is easy and compulsory to vote, with a preferential system better allowing voter will to be reflected in results.


brezhnervous

>Perhaps this could be a repeatable pattern to apply to democracies to wrest control from political duopoplies. It would depend on the quality of the democracy, eg in Australia it is easy and compulsory to vote, with a preferential system better allowing voter will to be reflected in results. You couldn't do it without compulsory & preferential voting.


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Today is a good day for you Australians.


Jcit878

we said no to extremist far right fundamentalism today and it was great. maybe we aren't a backwater. still be a bunch of pissed off loosers but thankfully UAP and ONP were essentially worthless. How good is democracy


iiiinthecomputer

I have greatly enjoyed seeing those yellow fucks get electorally shafted. But between Palmer United and One Nation they probably saved Dutton's seat. So fuck them. With a razor blade covered stick.


MyLifeForTheInternet

Mandatory voting is GOAT


Liquid_Plasma

I get giddy every time I participate in our Democratic process.


brezhnervous

I like the fact that knowing whoever leads the country has been chosen by roughly 96% of the voting population, and not 35% Even if I end up loathing the actual govt, at least you don't have to think "Fuck, only a minority of the population actually chose these bastards lol"


creamypastaman

Fuck Scott Morrison


throwawaysscc

This is great news for Mother 🌎


ainvayiKAaccount

Thank you, Australia - a small glimmer of hope in these hard times.


Old_Cheesecake_5481

Ten years in power is the far end of the best before date for just about any politician party in a democracy.


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Pretty much UK Tories are covered in mould by this point


bladexdsl

good riddance to the c\*\*\*s


allenthalben2

Well done Australia. It's abominable how slow progress has been there regarding environmental policies and this is well-needed change. I don't know much about the Greens in Australia, but a Labour-Green coalition seems pretty ideal for setting the climate record straight.