Queensland Election

[facthunter]

  Katter at times has had ties with the NRA /Gun Lobby.  He's more amusing than effective. The son's much the same.  Mt ISA is in decline. Doesn't even have a RSL now.  At least the dung beetles have gotten rid of the flies. Nev

Edited October 12 by facthunter

[Litespeed]

Katter jnr is a major gun importer and seller.

 

He believes in the right to have a machine gun but no rights for women's bodies.

 

Very much a trumpian

[spacesailor]

Let the women folk have the firearms , not the men .

Less accidents from the female club members.  

I didn't enquire as to what the gun model my daughter has .

I don't think I will go hunting , even with the lack of game meat now .

spacesailor

[old man emu]

Hunting with firearms is either banned in some locations, or landowners will not give permission for shooters to come onto their properties. Recently the NSW National Parks Service has begun a trial of controlling feral cats by shooting. The numbers of feral cats has exploded due to the recent good seasons. Similarly the numbers of feral pigs have risen. Of course, the reason that landowners won't allow shooters on their properties is due to the absolute minority who do stupid things.

[spacesailor]

Then , after the " feral's " have devastated their pastures.  Farmers have to pay licenced hunters to clean out their farm . 

Those " licenced " can hire lower grade shooters to do some of that work .

They also have to buy government ( cattle ) tags , 

It takes the 'fun' out of getting cheap meat .

Feral cats . More " chicken curry " yum-yum .

spacesailor

[Marty_d]

Remind me to politely refuse any dinner invitation Spacey.

[spacesailor]

Roast pork with three vegetables. Was the grandsons main , with home made cheesecake & icecream dessert. 

So not that bad .

That ' chicken curry ' was in the UK .  Tasted OK. Untill we found out the meat was  purrfectly good , according to the health department  .

spacesailor

[facthunter]

"Roof Rabbit" it's  known as.   Nev

[spacesailor]

Roof Rabbit ? .

Possums in the rafters .

Sounds adorable,  music of tiny feet , tinkling in attic .

spacesailor

 

[onetrack]

Remember when rabbit was regularly referred to, as "underground mutton"?

[willedoo]

Three more sleeps to election day. It should be an interesting night on Saturday watching the election coverage. The last couple of polls have shown Labor narrowing the gap on the LNP. If those results translated to election day the LNP might be in with a two seat majority instead of the massive landslide that was predicted earlier. It might be a miracle if Labor gets back in but stranger things have happened. When Can-Do Campbell Newman got the boot after the LNP's one and only term, Labor under Annastacia Palaszczuk's leadership went from seven seats in opposition to winning minority government. Labor won an extra 37 seats in that election. To put it into context, Labor lost 44 seats in the election three years earlier.

 

There's no doubt the abortion issue has hurt the LNP. Talk of the LNP scrapping Queensland's voluntary euthanasia laws can't be helping either. The LNP are trying the small target tactic and didn't expect Robbie Katter to throw a hand grenade in the form of an abortion issue front and centre. The LNP have said they will scrap the ban on property developer's political donations. They argue that if Labor is allowed donations from unions, the LNP should be able to accept donations from developers. The LNP have also said they will commit to permanent, ongoing coal fired power generation. Queensland has no upper house so a majority government is free to introduce whatever legislation takes their fancy.

[willedoo]

You can't blame any party for having the desire to grow and gain more support and seats. This is what's happening in Queensland with the Greens eating into Labor support. But there's the rub. The Greens take votes from Labor but generally not the LNP. Unless Labor and the Greens are prepared to enter into a coalition, growing Green support is a gift to the LNP, the Greens' traditional arch enemy.

[Jerry_Atrick]

Yes, but most people who vote Greens, I am guessing will give their second preferences to Labor.. The problem for Labor of course, is when the Greens get enough for a seat, it takes one away form Labor.

 

I wonder though, if more moderate Lib voters may go Green on the commitment to coal fired power?

[old man emu]

It is interesting that the result of the elections in the ACT last weekend resulted in the return of Labor for an unprecedented further term that, if completed would have them continually hold government for about 28 years. Considering the the ACT is not what would call a working class place, one has to wonder what those pro-Labor results imply about the feelings of the people towards the parties associated with the rich and powerful.

[facthunter]

ACT people are better educated. 34% of voters have degrees. It's PROGRESSIVE.. Nev

[onetrack]

Canberra is the home of rich and powerful people. The average wage in Canberra is substantially higher than any other State, and the positions they mostly hold in bureaucracy, ensure they wield substantial levels of power over us mortals.

[old man emu]

15 minutes ago, facthunter said:

34% of voters have degrees

That means 66% do not have degrees. Having a degree doesn't necessarily direct one's political opinion. It should make the holder a better analyst of the policies of a politician, and a better critic of past performance. Of that 64%, I would say that if you took out the Public Servants in office jobs, you are still left with a majority of electors who would conform to the suburban stereotypes found in any major metropolitan area of Australia. And the lower level Public Servants would add to that majority.

 

 

[old man emu]

4 minutes ago, onetrack said:

Canberra is the home of rich and powerful people.

It is also the home to many more average Joes. The rich and powerful aren't tradies or retail workers. I was in Canberra last weekend and what I saw was a city just like Sydney. The suburbs looked the same. The people I saw at the shopping centre and petrol station looked the same and were doing similar things to those in other capitals. The only thing that I noticed was that I saw two TESLAs. There's only one in Gilgandra, and I'm told that the Toyota dealers in the region have only sold two EVs, and they were sold to residents living in Dubbo and Parkes.

[onetrack]

Canberra is the home of Teslas, they have Tesla ownership levels that are the highest in the nation, and more than 50% higher than NSW overall.

 

https://evcentral.com.au/teslas-by-postcode-where-evs-in-australia-are-most-popular/#:~:text=Canberrans big on Teslas&text=That gives the ACT the,31.1 Teslas per 100%2C000 people.

[old man emu]

Given the small size of the ACT, travel distances are not that great, so EVs are a sensible choice for work-related commuting. As onetrack said, average income is high, so purchase price might be a lesser consideration than elsewhere. 

[facthunter]

Education COUNTS OME.  The % of degrees is just One indicator. The next is Victoria at 20%,  Dictators don't want educated people. They want them ignorant, hungry and desperate who will work for minimum conditions and pay. Nev

[willedoo]

The latest Newspoll has aligned with the previous couple of polls and shows a 5.7 percent swing to the LNP which would translate to a two seat LNP majority. It looks like the formerly predicted LNP landslide might have evaporated.

[willedoo]

Noddy has blown the LNP's commanding lead in the polls. A robo-poll survey last night put the LNP at 51% to Labor 49% on a 2PP basis. That could mean a narrow one or two seat margin for the LNP or on the day it might go either way. The problem for Labor could be the high number of pre-poll votes, currently around 30%. A lot of voters would have decided and voted before the LNP campaign started to unravel. I guess that would depend on the number of swinging voters voting pre-poll. A lot of pre-poll votes often favour the conservatives due to the high number of older people who vote early.

[nomadpete]

Election?

 

You call that an election?

There hasn't been even one attempted assassination!

 

Boring!

[willedoo]

Today is the big day. We might know by tonight whether it's business as usual or we set our clocks back thirty years.