The Aussie election (108)
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selection from here and there
Long-time South Australian independent Nick Xenophon is poised to pick up at least three senate seats in the state under his new Nick Xenophon Team party.
Hanson hopeful of two Senate seats
Pauline Hanson is confident of picking up not one, but two Senate seats in Queensland.
With polling closed across the country, the Australian Electoral Commission reported a 3.1 per cent swing to Labor on a two party count with the coalition with around 43 per cent of the vote counted. It projected 63 seats to the Coalition and 62 to Labor.
Palmer United Party vote is expected to drop significantly. PUP won three senate seats at the last election - but only Western Australian PUP senate Dio Wang is considered likely to win a seat.
In Queensland PUP is expecting to battle for final senate seat against Pauline Hanson, former PUP senator Glenn Lazarus and NXT candidates.
Long-time South Australian independent Nick Xenophon is poised to pick up at least three senate seats in the state under his new Nick Xenophon Team party.
Hanson hopeful of two Senate seats
Pauline Hanson is confident of picking up not one, but two Senate seats in Queensland.
With polling closed across the country, the Australian Electoral Commission reported a 3.1 per cent swing to Labor on a two party count with the coalition with around 43 per cent of the vote counted. It projected 63 seats to the Coalition and 62 to Labor.
Palmer United Party vote is expected to drop significantly. PUP won three senate seats at the last election - but only Western Australian PUP senate Dio Wang is considered likely to win a seat.
In Queensland PUP is expecting to battle for final senate seat against Pauline Hanson, former PUP senator Glenn Lazarus and NXT candidates.
AUSTRALIA VOTES: Rolling coverage
The seat count at 11.15pm
THE SEAT COUNT AT 11.15pm (AEST)
COALITION 74
LABOR 66
GREENS 1
INDEPENDENT 4
IN DOUBT 5
TWO-PARTY PREFERRED VOTE (8.45 million votes counted)
COALITION 49.7pc
LABOR 50.3pc
3.3pc swing against the coalition.
Read more at
THE SEAT COUNT AT 11.15pm (AEST)
COALITION 74
LABOR 66
GREENS 1
INDEPENDENT 4
IN DOUBT 5
TWO-PARTY PREFERRED VOTE (8.45 million votes counted)
COALITION 49.7pc
LABOR 50.3pc
3.3pc swing against the coalition.
Read more at
Looks like Murdoch's man has had the heave-ho . Either way taking a good position and turning it to brown sticky stuff ain't cool . He be gone sooner or later as the abbott and crew will be madder .
calling on all gods , please , please ,please can Aussie have a new prime minister .
calling on all gods , please , please ,please can Aussie have a new prime minister .epirb: Looks like Murdoch's man has had the heave-ho . Either way taking a good position and turning it to brown sticky stuff ain't cool . He be gone sooner or later as the abbott and crew will be madder .
calling on all gods , please , please ,please can Aussie have a new prime minister .
calling on all gods , please , please ,please can Aussie have a new prime minister .
Well OK then, but only one
Who won?
thus far its the people that won lookin
message sent, message surely received the peoples message lookin
message sent, message surely received the peoples message lookin
robplum: http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDefault-20499.htm
is there a later count than the AEC tally room as that one seems to be 2:30 ?The official count from the Australian Electoral Commission after 7am had both parties short of the 76 seats they would need to form majority government, with Labor on 69 and the Coalition on 64.
You may have heard Malcolm Turnbull say last night voting would not resume until Tuesday, meaning the result of the election will be unknown for some days yet. With 10 or 11 seats in doubt, this is driving both major parties crazy. So why the long wait?
Last night the Australian Electoral Commission counted more than 11 million House of Representative votes. First preference Senate votes were also counted. Keep in mind more than 15 million Australians registered to vote at this election – a record number. Under new rules a large batch of absent, interstate, postal and other declaration votes will be sorted, packed and sent to one central location in each state and territory from tomorrow. That means the only counting that takes place today will be limited to “small numbers of voters collected by AEC mobile teams”, the electoral commission tells us.
Election 2016: Vote counting continues as possibility of hung parliament looms
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Election 2016: Who are the winners and losers?
You may have heard Malcolm Turnbull say last night voting would not resume until Tuesday, meaning the result of the election will be unknown for some days yet. With 10 or 11 seats in doubt, this is driving both major parties crazy. So why the long wait?
Last night the Australian Electoral Commission counted more than 11 million House of Representative votes. First preference Senate votes were also counted. Keep in mind more than 15 million Australians registered to vote at this election – a record number. Under new rules a large batch of absent, interstate, postal and other declaration votes will be sorted, packed and sent to one central location in each state and territory from tomorrow. That means the only counting that takes place today will be limited to “small numbers of voters collected by AEC mobile teams”, the electoral commission tells us.
Election 2016: Vote counting continues as possibility of hung parliament looms
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Election 2016: Who are the winners and losers?
I think with all the independants getting more seats in the senate the people might have told the major parties toughen up princesses .
Let's look in SA am I right Xenophon party 2 or 3 senate seats and I think one lower house seats .
Pauline and Hinch in the senate
Yeah last PM go our TV news the night before the Election say you are not changing Medicare . Same story the AMA comes on and tells us they will change everyone 15 dollars more .
Then Turnbull comes back on of course doctors can charge what ever they like to charge that is not increasing the Medicare levy .
Yet two things have come up online Turnbull has called the independants up one has told him to go get far away and the liberal party if back in power will sack Turnbull due to the double disillusion of parliament has stuffed up the liberal party
Let's look in SA am I right Xenophon party 2 or 3 senate seats and I think one lower house seats .
Pauline and Hinch in the senate
Yeah last PM go our TV news the night before the Election say you are not changing Medicare . Same story the AMA comes on and tells us they will change everyone 15 dollars more .
Then Turnbull comes back on of course doctors can charge what ever they like to charge that is not increasing the Medicare levy .
Yet two things have come up online Turnbull has called the independants up one has told him to go get far away and the liberal party if back in power will sack Turnbull due to the double disillusion of parliament has stuffed up the liberal party
mickyj777: I think with all the independants getting more seats in the senate the people might have told the major parties toughen up princesses .
Let's look in SA am I right Xenophon party 2 or 3 senate seats and I think one lower house seats .
Pauline and Hinch in the senate
Yeah last PM go our TV news the night before the Election say you are not changing Medicare . Same story the AMA comes on and tells us they will change everyone 15 dollars more .
Then Turnbull comes back on of course doctors can charge what ever they like to charge that is not increasing the Medicare levy .
Yet two things have come up online Turnbull has called the independants up one has told him to go get far away and the liberal party if back in power will sack Turnbull due to the double disillusion of parliament has stuffed up the liberal party
looks to me Turnbull is history , good stuff MickyLet's look in SA am I right Xenophon party 2 or 3 senate seats and I think one lower house seats .
Pauline and Hinch in the senate
Yeah last PM go our TV news the night before the Election say you are not changing Medicare . Same story the AMA comes on and tells us they will change everyone 15 dollars more .
Then Turnbull comes back on of course doctors can charge what ever they like to charge that is not increasing the Medicare levy .
Yet two things have come up online Turnbull has called the independants up one has told him to go get far away and the liberal party if back in power will sack Turnbull due to the double disillusion of parliament has stuffed up the liberal party
the AMA is just a crazy political lobby group, however Labor appears to piss in there pockets and has the AMA hiding the extent of mass-murder that's going on and associated with the ru486 pharmaceutical benefits scheme subsidies.
It appears Tony Abbot managed to reduce subsidy payments down to only the 39 weeks abortions instead of Labors 5 month terminations...
Malcolm Turnbull is probably correct and the people of Tasmania that brought the lie that Medicare Levies were going to increase and voted on the remarks should call fowl...
It appears Tony Abbot managed to reduce subsidy payments down to only the 39 weeks abortions instead of Labors 5 month terminations...
Malcolm Turnbull is probably correct and the people of Tasmania that brought the lie that Medicare Levies were going to increase and voted on the remarks should call fowl...
robplum: the AMA is just a crazy political lobby group, however Labor appears to piss in there pockets and has the AMA hiding the extent of mass-murder that's going on and associated with the ru486 pharmaceutical benefits scheme subsidies.
It appears Tony Abbot managed to reduce subsidy payments down to only the 39 weeks abortions instead of Labors 5 month terminations...
Malcolm Turnbull is probably correct and the people of Tasmania that brought the lie that Medicare Levies were going to increase and voted on the remarks should call fowl...
Still Abbott's big thing was stability and pointed the finger at Labor and Turnbull has peed into the wind by undermining him with the help of the media , Murdoch in particular . Not unlike Turnbull's lot to try a little fib to win an election , "look those bloody refugees tossing their kids into the water" a startling success . If Labor wins Tuesday the work to get rid of them should start Wednesday !!It appears Tony Abbot managed to reduce subsidy payments down to only the 39 weeks abortions instead of Labors 5 month terminations...
Malcolm Turnbull is probably correct and the people of Tasmania that brought the lie that Medicare Levies were going to increase and voted on the remarks should call fowl...
oh it will...
yeah but they were john howards karmas not turnbull's, howards pet puppet. mee thinks Labor wont win on Tuesday, highly unlikely as millions of votes need counting prior to either been able to declare, you forget underarm bowling is a tradition in this country
yeah but they were john howards karmas not turnbull's, howards pet puppet. mee thinks Labor wont win on Tuesday, highly unlikely as millions of votes need counting prior to either been able to declare, you forget underarm bowling is a tradition in this country
robplum: oh it will...
yeah but they were john howards karmas not turnbull's, howards pet puppet. mee thinks Labor wont win on Tuesday, highly unlikely as millions of votes need counting prior to either been able to declare, you forget underarm bowling is a tradition in this country
Turnbull has his own coming , Tuesday hopefully , be a few of his mates looking over their shoulders , being able to turn a healthy majority into a loss or very small margin win takes skill . Turnbull has it . His back is looking very uncovered just now .yeah but they were john howards karmas not turnbull's, howards pet puppet. mee thinks Labor wont win on Tuesday, highly unlikely as millions of votes need counting prior to either been able to declare, you forget underarm bowling is a tradition in this country
he has lots of practice, what are you talking about mate??
robplum: he has lots of practice, what are you talking about mate??
Turnbull will be booted out of the leadership for turning a good position to a crap one , he will be treated the same as Abbott . He may even choose to resign after accepting what he has done . Just can't see him lasting long .oh i dunno, yes he has shady side, in my opinion includes being far to close to China however Turnbull and Key did the right thing in respect to Syria. Abbott didn't (he flew a war plane into Syria) and though i don't doubt he has tried telling truth it just isn't something he ever could do...
Federal election 2016: Independents, minor parties solidify influence
Five independent and minor party politicians who could hold the balance of power are already laying out conditions.
Negative campaign cost me votes: Dutton
Peter Dutton says a negative campaign against him, led by unionists, is to blame for his slide in popularity as he holds onto a slender lead in his seat of Dickson.
The count is close in the seat in Brisbane's outer northwest, with Mr Dutton on 50.82 per cent of the vote on a two party preferred basis, leading Labor's Linda Lavarch who has 49.2 per cent
Ms Lavarch, who left Queensland parliament in 2009, is also the ex-wife of former federal attorney-general Michael Lavarch.
Both major parties face a steep uphill battle to muster workable support from enough crossbenchers to form a minority government if, as seems possible, the election produces a hung parliament.
Two of the likely five independents, Andrew Wilkie and Cathy McGowan, have already ruled out doing a deal with either side. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten were calling independents on Sunday morning in a sign neither felt his party could form a majority on its own.
‘Islam has no place in Australia’: One Nation
PAULINE Hanson is back.
After 18 years in the wilderness, the controversial One Nation leader is heading to the Senate, where she will quite possibly hold the balance of power.
You may not agree with her, but you can’t ignore her any longer.
In her previous incarnation, Hanson was all about stopping “Asian” immigration. Today, she has turned her focus to the dangers of Islam, Shariah law and the “racket” of Halal certification.
Here’s a quick guide to One Nation’s four key policies.
Federal election 2016: Independents, minor parties solidify influence
Five independent and minor party politicians who could hold the balance of power are already laying out conditions.
Negative campaign cost me votes: Dutton
Peter Dutton says a negative campaign against him, led by unionists, is to blame for his slide in popularity as he holds onto a slender lead in his seat of Dickson.
The count is close in the seat in Brisbane's outer northwest, with Mr Dutton on 50.82 per cent of the vote on a two party preferred basis, leading Labor's Linda Lavarch who has 49.2 per cent
Ms Lavarch, who left Queensland parliament in 2009, is also the ex-wife of former federal attorney-general Michael Lavarch.
Both major parties face a steep uphill battle to muster workable support from enough crossbenchers to form a minority government if, as seems possible, the election produces a hung parliament.
Two of the likely five independents, Andrew Wilkie and Cathy McGowan, have already ruled out doing a deal with either side. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten were calling independents on Sunday morning in a sign neither felt his party could form a majority on its own.
‘Islam has no place in Australia’: One Nation
PAULINE Hanson is back.
After 18 years in the wilderness, the controversial One Nation leader is heading to the Senate, where she will quite possibly hold the balance of power.
You may not agree with her, but you can’t ignore her any longer.
In her previous incarnation, Hanson was all about stopping “Asian” immigration. Today, she has turned her focus to the dangers of Islam, Shariah law and the “racket” of Halal certification.
Here’s a quick guide to One Nation’s four key policies.
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