Posted on 05/18/2019 9:29:12 PM PDT by naturalman1975
Scott Morrison looked jubilant as he stood in front a cheering crowd on Saturday night and claimed victory for the Coalition in the 2019 Federal Election.
'I have always believed in miracles,' he told those gathered, adding that the 'quiet Australians' had 'won a great victory tonight.'
But behind the miracle was an almost faultless campaign - and a devoted family.
The foundations of Mr Morrison's stunning come-from-behind victory were largely built on one key factor - the prime minister's ability to sell a simple message: 'Fair go for those who have a go'.
Throughout the campaign, Mr Morrison was front and centre.
His ministers were rarely seen as Mr Morrison took it upon himself to explain the Coalition's policies and vision for a third term.
It was effectively a one-man show.
Some pundits considered it a risky strategy but Mr Morrison – a former chief of Tourism Australia – is a consummate salesman.
And he didn't make any mistakes – there were none of the clangers that bedevilled his opponent Bill Shorten, who was caught out over the cost of his climate change policies and how long it took to charge electric cars.
Mr Morrison also had the common touch, mixing easily with locals in pubs and shopping centres in marginal electorates.
But most of all, Mr Morrison never gave up, working tirelessly throughout the campaign with an unwavering belief he could prevail.
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I really think this slogan is a core part of Mr Morrison's success.
The 'fair go' is a core part of Australian culture - the idea that everybody deserves every chance to succeed.
But you're supposed to work for it - it's not something that you are just supposed to expect to be given.
And that's what the left in Australia has lost sight of.
while the elites & the FakeNewsMSM tried to frame it as a “climate change” election, the voters came out for coal - specifically Adani’s Carmichael coal mine in the State of Queensland:
18 May: ABC: Election 2019 result sees Peter Dutton victory amid Labor wipe-out in Queensland
By Nick Wiggins
Former prime minister John Howard said Queenslanders were “common-sense Australians”.
”They worry about job security. And when they saw a Labor Party prepared to destroy jobs in the name of climate ideology in relation to the Adani mine, they said ‘that’s not for Queensland’.”…
During his victory speech in Townsville, the successful LNP candidate for Herbert, Phillip Thompson, was met by chants of “Adani” from the crowd.
“We are from grassroots. I see small business, I see Defence, I see people who work for — and you’re going to like this — the Adani mine,” he said.
“We don’t shy away from that in north Queensland … because we back projects that create jobs and economic drivers.”…
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-18/election-result-sees-peter-dutton-win-dickson/11107396
19 May: Daily Mail: Scott Morrison celebrates the Coalition’s incredible election win with a rousing victory speech and vows to ‘burn for you every single day’ - as a devastated Bill Shorten resigns as Labor leader
By Stephen Johnson
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton secured a swing to him in his northern Brisbane seat of Dickson, as Queenslanders swung political baseballs bats against Labor right across the state.
The Nationals had strong swings to them in north Queensland based on their support for the Adani coal mine...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7044365/Scott-Morrison-wins-election.html
former leader of The Greens party, Bob Brown, inadvertently helped Scott Morrison win the election:
18 May: MSN: Daily Mail: Adani, jobs and the ‘Bob Brown caravan’: Bloodbath in Queensland has cost Labor the election
by Nic White
Liberal Senator Arthur Sinodinos said some of the result could be explained by those opposing the Adani project being seen as anti-jobs.
‘Adani became about jobs. It became emblematic of “we want jobs” and the Bob Brown caravan which went up there to talk about stopping Adani, had locals thinking “hang on, you are not going to tell us how to live”,’ he said...
https://www.msn.com/en-au/kids/other/adani-jobs-and-the-bob-brown-caravan-bloodbath-in-queensland-has-cost-labor-the-election/ar-AABxRnT?li=AA4RE4&%3Bocid=ientp&pfr=1
Considering it’s looking like he’ll get about the same number of seats as before the election, he outperformed expectations, but it’s not as if he got a substantially bigger mandate.
Scott Adams and Persuasion...
Yes, and no.
First of all, Morrison has never faced the people before as candidate for the Prime Ministership. He was installed nine months ago in an internal party coup. In that sense, he’s never had any sort of mandate from the people and now he does.
Secondly, while his numbers in the House of Representatives may not be much different, we are also looking at a somewhat better Conservative position in the Senate, that alone makes a huge difference in terms of whether he is seen as having a mandate. It will be a while before we know how the numbers have shaken out but at the moment, it’s looking the conservative side of politics have gained at least two Senators.
Thirdly, a number of the more ‘centrist’ members of the Liberal Party - in other words, the least conservative ones - have left Parliament and their replacements are looking more conservative. That means Morrison can worry less about convincing his own party to support conservative positions and focus more on dealing with the opposition.
Thanks for the insight.
I have been following this all today.
But only today.
Praise God! praise God! thank you! thank you!
Labor’s Fair Go, wbich was their slogan looked more like taxes on those doing well or who have retired well. The thing was they weren’t really promising to give all that they reaped to the poor. These were no modern day Robin Hoods. The money taken was to mainly go to climate change and other favourite pet beliefs of the left.
Australians rejected the idea of social class envy and voted for a job sustaining economy.
First order of business mr Morrison give your countrymen back their right to bear arms!
Honestly... he can’t.
It’s not a Federal issue - gun laws are state laws under the constitution.
It’s also not something Australian conservatives are generally all that worried about. We’re not the United States - we’ve never had something like the second amendment so it’s never become a constitutional symbol here in the way it is in the US.
But... but aren’t you afraid Melbourne will all be under water within a few years?
I wish. Melbourne is not my favorite city. I think a lot of Aussies have come to accept that if the climate is changing then we probably didn’t do much to cause it an d can’t do much to change it. Melbourne differs widely from the rest of the country being full of millennial nihilists
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