LIVE Federal Election Coverage 2016

[King Elvis]

If you were Labor would you even want control in a hung parliament? Especially with Shorten. Would be much better to sit back and take a big majority next election.

It's not a great result for the Liberals - but they still (probably) won.

That gives them ~3 years to pull their heads out of their arses and earn a clear majority next time.

 

[CakeEater]

10 km to go

Plenty of pre polls left to count you mean?

 

[Admiral Byng]

I care very little about who's in power as long as its not the Greens or Labor.

So you care very much, in practical terms.

 

[frenchfri12]

At this point I must call the election for One Nation. It makes as much sense as anything else.

 

[Mancey]

Medicare the biggest campaign lie ever? This guy wasn't around three years for the Carbon Tax bullshit?

Labor = Dept, taxes, chaos was on the turnbull posters at the booths.

Politics is all about hyperbole

 

[Donakebab]

Also how is the senate going to be ultra hostile no matter who wins? That doesn't make sense.

Go to bed.

 

[The Speaker]

So far in the Senate, One Nation has polled 4% in NSW, 3.75% in WA, 2.5% in SA and Tas and 1.75% in Vic, along with 9% in Qld.

This on a shoestring budget.

 

[Rotayjay]

'It's going to be a draw!' *Siren* 'It's unbelieveable! But it's happened!'

 

[Gak Attack]

Yep this is probably perfect for Labor, this is going to **** the liberals because they are incapable of working with others.

Problem is I'm sure Bill will want pm if he can get it. They would then still have to swing more voters across and I find that hard to see relying on half a dozen non Labor support. I would put good money whoever is pm won't be running as pm next election.

 

[coerced]

Medicare the biggest campaign lie ever? This guy wasn't around three years ago for the Carbon Tax bullshit?

Or the interest rates campaign of 2004.

 

[Dirty_banchez]

Where is Democracy at?

 

[JackOutback]

Labor = Dept, taxes, chaos was on the turnbull posters at the booths.

Politics is all about hyperbole

Exactly; Bongiorno at least calling out the bullshit.

 

[Mancey]

Also how is the senate going to be ultra hostile no matter who wins? That doesn't make sense.

Because no party will have a majority and either party will need the support of a bunch of micro parties with wildly different policies

 

[frenchfri12]

If we ditched compulsory voting, Labor would lose 20% of their vote and drop off the face of the earth.

 

[Forward Press]

So far in the Senate, One Nation has polled 4% in NSW, 3.75% in WA, 2.5% in SA and Tas and 1.75% in Vic, along with 9% in Qld.

This on a shoestring budget.

The GIF was stolen from Reddit and is more in bemusement at Pauline Hanson reentering Federal politics.

I personally detest the far right parties.

 

[sportsmaniac89]

I care very little about who's in power as long as its not the Greens or Labor.

I second this. Labor under Shorten is a scary prospect and should it come to pass, god help us all.

 

[dwwaino]

Man, those tassels.

 

[King Elvis]

Labor = Dept, taxes, chaos was on the turnbull posters at the booths.

Politics is all about hyperbole

Hyperbole is different to deceit.

 

[holy diver]

The Unions annihilate Liberals in that respect.

Evidence?

 

[beez]

 

[GWBogan]

Or the interest rates campaign of 2004.

Who do you trust to keep interest rates low?

 

[pjcrows]

"The Liberal Party are looking at police investigation about the Medicare texts".

Yeah. Because the LNP have never acted in dodgy ways to deceive voters. Haha. What rubbish.

The Coalition are about to rip themselves apart. Pass the popcorn.

 

[The Speaker]

How do you see them falling?

Mostly to the Coalition.

 

[Ratts of Tobruk]

hilarious that the LNP campaigned on the CFA so heavily in VIC, which is clearly a State Govt issue, and yet they're concerned about honesty

Removing negative gearing will make house prices CRASH and go up and go around and around and DEVASTATE the economy.

The Liberals are always exaggerating things and did it the whole election. This dude is trying to re-write history by saying that Labor wasn't positive. They were positive for most of the election and none of the media were talking about policy. He also claimed that Labor wasn't challenged on the Medicare line, which it was challenged on over and over again, despite the Liberals not been pushed on their ridiculous claim that Labor has "Declared war on business".

And of course Morrison and Turnbull were trying to re-write history by suggesting they'd won a mandate (for what?) and by only now bringing up the building commission stuff. 100 CFMEU members up for 1000 charges? I wonder what sort of rounding is happened there and whether they have anything to do with the construction industry or are just criminals they are aware of in the Union? I believe there were numbers they tried to use after the Unions Royal Commission but then only 1 or 2 charges actually ended up getting laid.

 

[King Elvis]

Man, those tassels.

What're you watching?