Stupid actions at pre-polling stations aren't the restricted to one side of the political spectrum. We will no doubt see more shenanigans tomorrow.
Elections are emotional times and the policies of parties based on divisiveness and in some cases 'hate' tend to trigger those on opposite sides. Even at the basic Liberal/Labor level of 'combat' emotions run high at election times.
Demonise the individual politicians on a personal level and you will often get some lunatic who will take that on board and react in a stupid way....luckily, so far this has been restricted to things like vandalising electoral offices or throwing the odd egg or two...but back in the day, during the 60s, Labor Leader Arthur Calwell had a shotgun fired at him. Luckily it was just superficial wounds to the face.
Minor parties can offer you the world...because they have no chance of forming government in their own right. Independents can be great advocates for their political barrow, and their electorate, but the major decisions affecting our lives are made by those with the power...and that's really a choice of two We may not be enamoured of that choice but it really boils down to a Labour or LNP government.
Weitering's a 'general' back there. We saw that when he was miked up for a game a year or two back. He was telling players like Doc and Walsh where to go.
Voss has stated that Charlie can choose when to go back. But if Weitering sees a need at a certain time he probably has a right to give "Charlie's choice" the call. If the coaches disagree they can always send him back to where he came from.
Evans led our tackle count in the VFL last week with 8 He also led our inside 50 stats with 7 He had the ball 16 times.
I'm guessing he played a role that was assigned and probably performed that well enough. Although he didn't have a great impact that's probably a 'fair' performance.
I'm guessing Newman was just relaying instructions from upstairs, but there was probably a bit of 'him' as well. Good to see him involved and helping organise.
Probably a bit early to do this again.....yet But if the last three weeks have caused a bit of a rethink on a few players the next time we do it some selections could be a little different.
Elections are emotional things. They're a bit like a football game. You go for the side you follow. We look at exactly the same piece of play and see it completely differently. We give extra weight to our good player's performance, and at the same time we don't see a lot of merit in the oppositions stars...they're either mostly thugs or cheats (especially some teams...like down at Geelong). Like football, the best assessment may come from the independent guy in the crowd, but even he has his own biases. He may start the match supporting one team, and end up hoping the other side wins.
Long serving psephologist and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's chief election analyst, Antony Green, will be pulling the pin after this election. Election night won’t be the same without him … but it’s all probably just social media propaganda intended to influence our voting 🤣
Yep He was struggling late in the game. A week off may have been the best thing for him. I reckon he might not even play. But I guess the appeal was more about going in to bat for the player.
As far as I could tell, he didn't receive any treatment other than drinking the old pickle juice. I therefore assume it may have been cramp.
Yep He was struggling late in the game. A week off may have been the best thing for him. I reckon he might not even play. But I guess the appeal was more about going in to bat for the player.
Without getting into individual policy likes and dislikes because that's a personal thing for all of us...and there are pros and cons on both sides...but many come with consequences...
I consider myself pretty much a centrist. I've voted for both major parties on numerous occasions over the journey. Five days out and I'm a bit torn on this one. I'm in a fairly safe Liberal seat so my vote will have little impact. I don't feel that the Liberals have convinced me that they've done enough to win government. But the Labor party don't really inspire me either. Voting independent, or others, isn't really an option either. It's a wasted vote useful only as a protest vote. At the moment the one thing that may swing me is that the only candidate that has taken the time to doorknock our area is the incumbent Liberal, who spent a good ten minutes with me talking more about local issues and the agenda he would push to get benefits for the electorate. Not a lot of time but more than any others. I still haven't 100% committed and though it's unlikely the LNP will get up, and his impact may be limited, I might give him my 'encouragement and participation' award.
