Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments

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Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments

Reply #705 – October 29, 2026, 01:17:35 pm

Quote from: DJC – on October 28, 2026, 06:31:00 pm

It is really worth listening to Richard Willingham on ABC radio. He provides an objective analysis of each party's policy releases, why they've chosen that tack, and whether they're getting any traction.

Jess Wilson is campaigning well and the most recent polls give her the lead. However, it seems that there's no uniform swing to the L-NP from the ALP and we should see a patchwork of results with some electorates sticking with the ALP, some being won by the L-NP and a couple going to PHON. I'm sticking with my prediction of a minority government, probably L-NP, and a hostile upper house.

Too many people get sucked in by social media A/B Bucket testing, it's an echo chamber that leads them to believe everybody thinks along the same lines. Then when the result isn't as expected they'll claim it's rigged by the deep state.

The genuine non-aligned pro commentators use anonymity methods to survey the market, they aren't marooned swallowing the usual crap that Faceplant, InstaTwaddle or XtremoNet tell them.

The simple test we can do is use a browser Incognito / Private mode without using your usual logins to survey the news media and social media, and then actually take note of how very different the report and search results become.

Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments

Reply #706 – Today at 12:40:29 pm

If one is to believe the polls, we here in Victoria might finally rid ourselves of these corrupt and incompetent bunch of buffoons.

Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments

Reply #707 – Today at 12:56:46 pm

Quote from: Gointocarlton – on Today at 12:40:29 pm

If one is to believe the polls, we here in Victoria might finally rid ourselves of these corrupt and incompetent bunch of buffoons.

It's not surprising though is it, there are really only two viable alternatives, the rest are just stains to add to existing stains. I suspect the young liberal basically has the victory to lose.

In my opinion the likes of PHON are even worse than what we already have, not a genuine alternative, because they exhibit the traits of both the left and the right in one condensed package, all the good and all the bad without any real substance. They want to cut costs but by targeting basics like health, they promise to look after little guy but laud freeing the billionaires from regulation, and they give us no detail about how they will actually deliver the promises other than another promise for more information later. Promises are not policies.