Hey so Australia's election is tomorrow! Remember: vote below the line and make sure you get there early to get some free sausage sizzle - I hear they run out super fast.
(Here is a map with all the sausage sizzles happening at various polling locations: http://www.electionsausagesizzle.com.au/)
THE CANDIDATES
Kevin Rudd
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Current leader of the Labor Party and recently re-instated Prime Minister. Seriously, it's like musical chairs over there. Bit of an egomaniac, but hey he's at least willing to lay a smackdown or two when it comes to people whining about how he supports marriage equality. Backed by himself and barely anyone else it seems. Wants to stop the boats by diverting them away from Australia for settlement in places like Nauru and Papua New Guinea.
Tony Abbott
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Current leader of the Liberal Party and an all-round misogynist, homophobe, and creeper. Also doesn't really get how the internet or climate change works. Also has the personality of a sack of wet bricks. Backed by rich old white men like Rupert Murdoch. Wants to stop the boats better than K-Rudd does by replacing "Nauru and Papua New Guinea" with "Manus."
Christine Milne
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Current leader of the Greens. I literally do not know much more about her than that because no one talks about anyone outside of Labor or Liberal. But the Greens support marriage equality, action on climate change, and not being a bunch of xenophobic racists. But they don't seem to give much of a fuck about infrastructure or service provision, or at least they haven't highlighted any major policies addressing these directly. Occasionally accused of being a bunch of hippies.
Clive Palmer
I know nothing about this guy or his self-named party apart from him being a portly white man who talks very fast about cycling money through the economy and starting a "revolution." He also wants to build a second Titanic.
Those are seriously the only four candidates I can bother mentioning at this stage because the rest are an odd assortment of everything under the sun.
PREFERENTIAL VOTING
Not sure how voting works and want to familiarise yourself before tomorrow? Or are you a foreigner who doesn't know what "preferential voting" means?
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Full comic in the spoiler!
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CONTROVERSY IN A SERIES OF LINKS
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/when-stephanie-got-her-facts-wrong-one-nation-candidate-makes-gaffe-after-gaffe-in-tv-interview-20130808-2rive.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-29/abbott-tells-netballers-to-make-body-contact/4920870
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/asylum-seeker-child-tries-to-take-his-life-in-detention/story-e6frg6nf-1226705301560
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-03/tv-networks-refuse-to-run-getup-anti-murdoch-ad/4932542
http://theconversation.com/can-australia-afford-the-coalitions-nbn-17494
... and so much more.
THE SE++ VOTER'S ROSTER
(Here is a map with all the sausage sizzles happening at various polling locations: http://www.electionsausagesizzle.com.au/)
THE CANDIDATES
Kevin Rudd
Current leader of the Labor Party and recently re-instated Prime Minister. Seriously, it's like musical chairs over there. Bit of an egomaniac, but hey he's at least willing to lay a smackdown or two when it comes to people whining about how he supports marriage equality. Backed by himself and barely anyone else it seems. Wants to stop the boats by diverting them away from Australia for settlement in places like Nauru and Papua New Guinea.
Tony Abbott
Current leader of the Liberal Party and an all-round misogynist, homophobe, and creeper. Also doesn't really get how the internet or climate change works. Also has the personality of a sack of wet bricks. Backed by rich old white men like Rupert Murdoch. Wants to stop the boats better than K-Rudd does by replacing "Nauru and Papua New Guinea" with "Manus."
Christine Milne
Current leader of the Greens. I literally do not know much more about her than that because no one talks about anyone outside of Labor or Liberal. But the Greens support marriage equality, action on climate change, and not being a bunch of xenophobic racists. But they don't seem to give much of a fuck about infrastructure or service provision, or at least they haven't highlighted any major policies addressing these directly. Occasionally accused of being a bunch of hippies.
Clive Palmer
I know nothing about this guy or his self-named party apart from him being a portly white man who talks very fast about cycling money through the economy and starting a "revolution." He also wants to build a second Titanic.
Those are seriously the only four candidates I can bother mentioning at this stage because the rest are an odd assortment of everything under the sun.
PREFERENTIAL VOTING
Not sure how voting works and want to familiarise yourself before tomorrow? Or are you a foreigner who doesn't know what "preferential voting" means?
Full comic in the spoiler!
Spoiler:
CONTROVERSY IN A SERIES OF LINKS
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/when-stephanie-got-her-facts-wrong-one-nation-candidate-makes-gaffe-after-gaffe-in-tv-interview-20130808-2rive.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-29/abbott-tells-netballers-to-make-body-contact/4920870
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/asylum-seeker-child-tries-to-take-his-life-in-detention/story-e6frg6nf-1226705301560
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-03/tv-networks-refuse-to-run-getup-anti-murdoch-ad/4932542
http://theconversation.com/can-australia-afford-the-coalitions-nbn-17494
... and so much more.
THE SE++ VOTER'S ROSTER
Spoiler:
PERTH
Vivixenne, Blake T, Butler, Waka Laka, Kincaid, Dublo7, chrishallettbunchanumbers, BigKev, noobert, AJR, flynnie, Dhalphir, desperaterobots, PixelMonkey, Tallweirdo, Tef, Anzekay, Samuelson, RocketScience, CuZZa, webofink, EmbracethePing, Vegemyte
SYDNEY
Oden, Air, Tweaked_Bat_, bsjezz, Prohass, Gatsby, Ambassador, TrueHereticX, TheSquid, Flay, HyperBallad, Jintor, Seguer, Aegeri, stimtokolos, Lalabox, pimento
MELBOURNE
Synthetic Orange, Cyvros, YaYa, grug, ruzkin, Mr Fuzzbutt, Hitsuraptor, LaCabra, The Boy Satellite, Unlucky, SorC, Cobalt60
BRISBANE
Flyingman, Avicus, SwissLion, Crimson King, joshua11, Lorahalo, PaperLuigi44
CANBERRA
The Black Hunter, marty_0001, Chronocide
OTHER NEAT PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA
- Glorfindel (Gold Coast)
- bezerk bob (Toowoomba)
- Veldrin (Darwin)
ACTUAL AUSTRALIANS WHO ARE NOT IN AUSTRALIA (BUT PROBABLY WISH THEY WERE)
- tynic
- Tube
- #pipe
2011 HONORARY AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR
- Wimble
2012 HONORARY AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR
- Wimble
AWESOME KIWIS WHO ARE AWESOME
- Fishman
- lonelyahava
- KiraKiraKira
- Fletcher
- Katat
- L|ama
Vivixenne, Blake T, Butler, Waka Laka, Kincaid, Dublo7, chrishallettbunchanumbers, BigKev, noobert, AJR, flynnie, Dhalphir, desperaterobots, PixelMonkey, Tallweirdo, Tef, Anzekay, Samuelson, RocketScience, CuZZa, webofink, EmbracethePing, Vegemyte
SYDNEY
Oden, Air, Tweaked_Bat_, bsjezz, Prohass, Gatsby, Ambassador, TrueHereticX, TheSquid, Flay, HyperBallad, Jintor, Seguer, Aegeri, stimtokolos, Lalabox, pimento
MELBOURNE
Synthetic Orange, Cyvros, YaYa, grug, ruzkin, Mr Fuzzbutt, Hitsuraptor, LaCabra, The Boy Satellite, Unlucky, SorC, Cobalt60
BRISBANE
Flyingman, Avicus, SwissLion, Crimson King, joshua11, Lorahalo, PaperLuigi44
CANBERRA
The Black Hunter, marty_0001, Chronocide
OTHER NEAT PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA
- Glorfindel (Gold Coast)
- bezerk bob (Toowoomba)
- Veldrin (Darwin)
ACTUAL AUSTRALIANS WHO ARE NOT IN AUSTRALIA (BUT PROBABLY WISH THEY WERE)
- tynic
- Tube
- #pipe
2011 HONORARY AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR
- Wimble
2012 HONORARY AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR
- Wimble
AWESOME KIWIS WHO ARE AWESOME
- Fishman
- lonelyahava
- KiraKiraKira
- Fletcher
- Katat
- L|ama