Posted on 03/25/2012 10:48:20 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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UPDATE: Is this a record? Has there ever been a loss this bad in Australian history? Conservatives likely to win 74 seats of an 89 seat parliament.
Labor was reduced to only 11 seats in 1974, and on latest counting tonight appeared set to retain only nine seats. Some analysts put the figure even lower, at seven. This would mean Labor falling short of official party status and relying on the incoming LNP government to grant it party offices, staff and resources. The Queensland Greens failed to win a seat and suffered a fall in support. [The Australian]
This is thread for all those who want to comment on this election. According to Bolt, things are not just bad, they’re seriously awful for the Labor Party. Newspoll says LNP (conservatives) 55%, Labor 26%. Channel Nines polls says Labor could be left with less than 10 seats!
The ABC’s election predictor at 8:26 has LNP on 67 seats, Labor on four, others five, doubtful 15. Absolutely catastrophic for Labor. The current leader of the Labor Party in Queensland is Anna Bligh facing a 13% swing against her, and will need preferences just to stay in Parliament.
March 24, 2012, will be remembered as the day the electorate delivered a decisive, devastating blow to an incumbent Labor government. Courier Mail
For non-Australians, Australia has seven states (technically 6 states and 2 territories), and in 2007 all the States and the Federal Government were Labor. Currently Liberal (meaning conservative) governments have won NSW, WA, and Vic and now look like taking a landslide in Queensland. These are the four largest states.
ERRATA: Streuth. Technically 6 states. 6! Thanks to David W.
Now to watch and see if the “conservatives” will actually undo leftist legislation and spending.
I bet no one is placing any bets.
That leaves Northern Territories, South Australia (the two in the middle), and Tasmania.
I wouldn’t grant the leftists (labor) any official government offices or anything. Let them fall into oblivion.
:’)
> am looking into their immigration policies right now...
You need to be able to find/have gainful employment for starters - oh, and leave your guns at home - no 2nd Amendment there
technical one-party state??
and its conservatives?
The voters aren’t giving them a vote of confidence for sure.
Apparently not boding well for Julia “Carbon Tax” Gillard.
Bring Back John Howard!
Global Warming on Free Republic
Reads that way to me...haven’t looked at the comments though.
This is what happens when the people have a vision and won’t back down from it.
Would be nice to see the same in America.
Queensland weather - beautiful one day, perfect the next! Don't let the floods and cyclones put you off...
I’m curious if enough of them are conservative enough to reverse the ban on firearms.
But you can see Catalina from ours...
Is this your Home State...or Province?
I used to live in Queensland from 1968 until 1999. The beach in the image is Whitehaven, on the Whitsundays:
http://www.tourismwhitsundays.com.au/visitor-information/wallpaper/
These Aussies have performed a miracle of the kind we need here in CA and several other states! Give 'em a break.
A comment on the American Thinker blog today:
The first battle of this worldwide war against the socialists was won under the leadership of the Little General, Sarah Heath Palin, out of the great state of Alaska in 2010. And who do you suppose the feckless, flacid fools that populate the GOP apparatus see as the standard bearer for 2012 -- yes, one Beauregard Willard Mittens Romney. By the way, did anyone see Mittens in 2010? I believe he was there ducked for cover behind Palin's skirts while she was taking fire. What a man. Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/03/aussie_voters_deliver_stunning_rebuke_to_socialists_comments.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1qARNFFqn
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