The South Australian Political Landscape

[Booney]

Canoe gaff hurt apparently. Still the libs had the esl and the treasury report as well.

Canoe, Budget, Marshall reminding us to vote Labor, 20 years of back stabbing / in fighting, lack lustre play the man not the ball opposition, is that enough?

What a joke.

Good bye jimmy , enjoy your latte with Vicki , Steven , and Heidi this morning and blame everyone else .

Maybe you could get on the phone and get some advise from Tony and big Joe.

Maybe you should have stayed at school longer than Year 10 and learnt how to spell.

As I thought a broken promise !

[mighty_tiger_79]

but the election result isn't finalised, so until then surely Jimmy can keep posting


but if we are talking broken promises, its hard to get on your high horse if you support labor on any level

[mighty_tiger_79]

Looks like the Libs have possibly a narrow lead in Fisher

[stan]

but the election result isn't finalised, so until then surely Jimmy can keep posting


but if we are talking broken promises, its hard to get on your high horse if you support labor on any level

Well thats what I was saying, its so close you couldn't call it.

[stan]

Looks like the Libs have possibly a narrow lead in Fisher

Maybe pre voters voting before the canoe gaff lol.

[RustyCage]

Every party in power breaks promises. Sometimes circumstances change making keeping that promise a bad idea. Sometimes the party had no intention of ever keeping that promise. If it's the party you support, you play it down or try to justify it. If it's the other party, you jump up and down about it.

[Look Good In Leather]

Every party in power breaks promises. Sometimes circumstances change making keeping that promise a bad idea. Sometimes the party had no intention of ever keeping that promise. If it's the party you support, you play it down or try to justify it. If it's the other party, you jump up and down about it.

I see a lot of that on this forum

[The Apostle]

Looks like the Libs have possibly a narrow lead in Fisher

http://www.news.com.au/national/south-a ... 7150203356

[stan]

Looks like the Libs have possibly a narrow lead in Fisher

http://www.news.com.au/national/south-a ... 7150203356

17 votes in it at the moment. Very likely there will be a recount.
But the libs are right in this. This is huge as if labour win they have a majority without independents.

[stan]

21 now in favour of Labor. About 120 postals to go.

[stan]

I'll say it again is there a bigger disgrace than Familes SA? Absolute disgrace.

[bennymacca]

Labor wins by 23 votes. Big reflection on the current performance of the federal government.

[Psyber]

Labor wins by 23 votes. Big reflection on the current performance of the federal government.

While ignoring the poor financial performance of the state government (and the former federal government).

What is poor about the current federal government was that they did not present a budget that showed them as hitting the well to do harder than the less well off while trying to sort out the debt, which was central to maintaining the support of the swinging voters. They don't seem to get the importance of that.
(Nor do the SA opposition seem to, as I discussed with S Marshall at a recent Xmas function.)

What is also poor is that so many voters will support (for the gifts) a government, state or federal, that is running up a deficit so high we can't even pay the interest without borrowing even more, or selling our few remaining assets, which makes running a rescue budget while retaining enough support to go on very difficult.

It is the "make someone else pay for what I want" psychology that breeds electing debt prone governments and ultimately leads to the Greek syndrome.

[General Soreness]

Labor wins by 23 votes. Big reflection on the current performance of the federal government.

correct. The coalition had better get used to seeing Libs losing elections - the average punter out in the real world had had a gutful of Abbott, Hockey, Corbin et all Can't see them winning a 2nd term federally unless they make Turnbull leader - and it has to happen soon.

[bennymacca]

Labor wins by 23 votes. Big reflection on the current performance of the federal government.

While ignoring the poor financial performance of the state government (and the former federal government).

What is poor about the current federal government was that they did not present a budget that showed them as hitting the well to do harder than the less well off while trying to sort out the debt, which was central to maintaining the support of the swinging voters. They don't seem to get the importance of that.
(Nor do the SA opposition seem to, as I discussed with S Marshall at a recent Xmas function.)

What is also poor is that so many voters will support (for the gifts) a government, state or federal, that is running up a deficit so high we can't even pay the interest without borrowing even more, or selling our few remaining assets, which makes running a rescue budget while retaining enough support to go on very difficult.

It is the "make someone else pay for what I want" psychology that breeds electing debt prone governments and ultimately leads to the Greek syndrome.

The funny thing is the deficit is still going up!

[stan]

Labor wins by 23 votes. Big reflection on the current performance of the federal government.

While ignoring the poor financial performance of the state government (and the former federal government).

What is poor about the current federal government was that they did not present a budget that showed them as hitting the well to do harder than the less well off while trying to sort out the debt, which was central to maintaining the support of the swinging voters. They don't seem to get the importance of that.
(Nor do the SA opposition seem to, as I discussed with S Marshall at a recent Xmas function.)

What is also poor is that so many voters will support (for the gifts) a government, state or federal, that is running up a deficit so high we can't even pay the interest without borrowing even more, or selling our few remaining assets, which makes running a rescue budget while retaining enough support to go on very difficult.

It is the "make someone else pay for what I want" psychology that breeds electing debt prone governments and ultimately leads to the Greek syndrome.

The funny thing is the deficit is still going up!

Its called interest.

[bennymacca]

Um it's a little more than that...

[stan]

Um it's a little more than that...

Well for the state government this is totally there mess and maybe they will look to the short term for a solution and thats to sell of remaining assets. That been SA Water which I believe is not a good idea.

[Psyber]

The funny thing is the deficit is still going up!

Its called interest.

The deficit continues to rise because of the interest, and because the ALP and the Greens are determined to not let any legislation through that may change the trend and show up their history of financial incompetence. They also see being able to call the attempts to fix it a failure as more important than leaving behind a massive debt that your kids will have to suffer for.

However, I do agree the Libs could have worked harder to come up with a more palatable package that would have gone over better with the middle ground.

[Ruben Carter]

The funny thing is the deficit is still going up!

Its called interest.

The deficit continues to rise because of the interest, and because the ALP and the Greens are determined to not let any legislation through that may change the trend and show up their history of financial incompetence. They also see being able to call the attempts to fix it a failure as more important than leaving behind a massive debt that your kids will have to suffer for.

However, I do agree the Libs could have worked harder to come up with a more palatable package that would have gone over better with the middle ground.

Really? It's never bothered them before.. Big business is all that concerns that mob. They're happy with a growing underclass as long as there not in it themselves