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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Last post by DJC -
Scotty Boland omitted; our best bowler and one of our better batsmen 🙄

I’d love to know what the selectors’ are thinking; it can’t be about rewarding good technique, form and effort.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Last post by LP -
If only they'd replaced Head with a NSWelshman.

After winning the toss and bowling, Lyon on in the 11th over, is this proof Smith was doing a BumberT and Cummins a JTurd?

A Clayton's anyone?

Lunch, specialist commentary 3 NSWelshman, recommendations, NSWelshman what else!
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by DJC -
The only poll that has proved to be almost as reliable as the one on election day is Roy Morgan Research.  They are saying that preferences will be vital with a significant number of electors declaring that they will not preference PHON under any circumstances.  That could mean L-NP, ALP, Greens or independent candidates winning on preferences.

Victoria has now banned the upper house group voting tickets so there won't be any miraculous fringe party victories.  Morgan research has the Legislative Council going:

L-NP 12
ALP  10
Greens  8
PHON  6
Undecided  4

There's still a way to go but, at this stage, a minority government with a hostile upper house could be likely.

Plenty of campaigning happening down here on the Bellarine but no sign of PHON so far.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by kruddler -
Quote from: Lods – on
I've no skin in the game in terms of the upcoming election, living interstate.
I think it's going to be a fascinating watch though.

Just from afar it seems more a case of one side looking like losing-tired and worn out, past their use by date... rather than an enthusiasm for a new group to take over.
I'm curious to see the extent of the One Nation vote and how that translates to any great extent into seats.
It could be a future defining election for them.
They need to keep their current momentum because once it starts to decline, that will be the end of the road for them.

Popcorn is ready. ;)

Victoria is losing their minds and the rational outcome (whatever the collective perceive that to be) is far from guaranteed.

I'm not even sure what date the election is for, but so far i've only seem one group campaigning for votes in person, albeit on the side of the road, and that was one-nation. Complete with the professional oversized mugshots within the orange border, just like you see on election day.

I've never seen that before, from one nation, but they are getting in early and going hard.

Despite all of this, my gut feel is that one nation is a lot bigger in the northern states.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by Lods -
I've no skin in the game in terms of the upcoming election, living interstate.
I think it's going to be a fascinating watch though.

Just from afar it seems more a case of one side looking like losing-tired and worn out, past their use by date... rather than an enthusiasm for a new group to take over.
I'm curious to see the extent of the One Nation vote and how that translates to any great extent into seats.
It could be a future defining election for them.
They need to keep their current momentum because once it starts to decline, that will be the end of the road for them.

Popcorn is ready. ;)
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by shawny -
Ben Carroll election promise to slash hospital waiting times injecting 1.2B in funding.

Labour has had 12 years to fix this so attempting to buy votes using it as an election promise won't work this time.

Those billions lost to corruption with the unions would be especially handy to fix essential services. 

6 weeks to go before this corrupt bunch are out the door.