Australian Election - 24 November

[Josem]

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Kudos to Australia, at least they get to have elections this year.


In the US we are stuck with an unpopular president until 2009.

In the UK, the unpopular Prime minister decided not to have elections this year because he thought he would lose. Brits are stuck with him until late next year.

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the quality of this thinking is incredibly poor.

The length of term between elections - as you highlight - has seemingly no correlation between quality of government even on your own apparent scale.

US: Two year election cycle
Australia: Three year election cycle
UK: Five year election cycle

edit: More substantially, this is a thread dedicated to discussing the forthcoming Australian election, not the relative merits of the UK/US political system.

[Josem]

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What's a brief but telling difference that leads to less corruption between the Westminister system and the presidential system? Is England currently under the Westminister system?

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Perhaps if you want to have a discussion about alternative systems of Government you could do so in a thread dedicated to that topic?

[W brad]

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The length of term between elections - as you highlight - has seemingly no correlation between quality of government even on your own apparent scale.

US: Two year election cycle
Australia: Three year election cycle
UK: Five year election cycle



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In the US you have a fixed term, but in the UK the PM can call an election. Considering he was never elected personally, Brown shows himself a wimp by trying to hang on as long as he can without the people having a say. A real man would call an election now, and go out to the country and try to convince them that he should be reelected. Mr. Brown's actions tell us a lot about the quality of his government.

[Josem]

If you want to discuss the UK political situation, you should not do it in a thread dedicated to the forthcoming Australian election

[W brad]

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If you want to discuss the UK political situation, you should not do it in a thread dedicated to the forthcoming Australian election

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Are there any other Australians that post in this forum?

I thought us US and UK posters would fill in for the missing Australians.

Of course we all discuss Australian economics all the time.

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No wait, thats Austrian economics, never mind.

[JayTee]

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If you want to discuss the UK political situation, you should not do it in a thread dedicated to the forthcoming Australian election

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Well then why don't you start a discussion instead of expecting someone else to?

[Phil153]

Anyone care to share their political affiliations/who they'll be voting for? I'm a Liberal all the way (conservative politics, allied with business owners, support privatization, but still with public health and education systems)

[Josem]

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Well then why don't you start a discussion instead of expecting someone else to?


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Because of....


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Anyone care to share their political affiliations/who they'll be voting for?

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I work as a full-time adviser to a Liberal MP.... which makes me massively involved and in the thick of things - certainly not a neutral observer.

[MidGe]

I have had political affiliation over the years with a number of parties, including liberal and labor. I have no longer affiliation with any and haven't for a long time.

I sincerely hope and expect labor to rout the liberals this time around, and about time [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] . Liars cannot hold on to power forever, and the present incumbent, liberals, have really lied in very clear and explicit ways to the electorate to win the last two elections. It would take a lot to be able to do it a third time.

I will not vote this time again, on a matter of principle, and because, in my electorate, the outcome is a clear labor victory.

[bobman0330]

I'm embarrassed to say that I'm not very familiar with Australian politics. What are the main issues in this election? Is there a clear favorite to win?