Hi Foxy,

I was not surprised with the GREEN vote, doing a days door knocking in BRISBANE I got the sense we were in for a good result, very positive response. Bernard did well with 17% up 5% from last election, with a very small election budget, say 1/200th of the likes of Josh Frydenberg, with $200k just from mystery donors, fortunately Bonner has now become marginal LNP. We have a problem with pre-polls, and particularly postal votes, the GREENS don't have an "organised army" but rather relying on our grass roots supporters, unlike the big two, who do well to garner votes from that source. I was surprised the TEAL INDEPENDENTS did as well as they did, I expected them to win a couple of seats, along with existing MP Zali Steggall but now there are five more added.

Mr Potato Head said he is going to expand the Liberal vegie patch to include new varieties, but none of those boutiquie arty-farty type not just pumpkin heads and corn cobs, others. Alas I'm afraid no green vegies will be included, and certainly red capos will not be tolerated! But unfortunately the sign on Party HQ door still reads "No Chicks Allowed"! But someone did add, "Unless You're Good Look'n" Trying to be inclusive.

Hi Paul,

I think you may enjoy this:

http://news.com.au/national/politics/voldermort-tanya-pliberseks-stinging-insult-of-peter-dutton/news-story/6c1f54cd15c628d25200b5bba72afea8

"The Prime Minister agreed the comments about Peter Dutton's appearance were unacceptable as he urged politicians to show respect".

I watched the ABC's election round up. Plibersek was there, but only spoke when asked a question - and then she looked startled. There was no sign of the person some thought might lead the party one day. Not on the ball at all. I wondered if she was on something, so different was her demeanour to what it has been. And now this juvenile and insulting comment about Dutton. At 52, she seems to be clapped out.

Thanks Foxy,

ttbn you should talk, and stop "crying in your beer", over the result, get over it. You were plugging The Lovely Pauline, Fat Clive and 'Hard Boiled' Newman. Just like you backed Corny Banana in 2019, your trifecta of fools went down once again. You sure can pick em'!

The energy regulator is already ignoring Labor’s 'cheaper electricity' promise with the news that costs will be going up as much as 18% this next financial year, whacking up the average household's bill by $1,600 a year.

I am all for giving the new government a go; but one big promise shot down in flames less than a week after the election!

ttbn,
The problem has been worsening for a long time, and it's not something that can be solved in a week. It takes time to put up solar panels.

Does the average household really pay $8888/year for electricity already? I wouldn't've guessed the figure to be anywhere near that high.

I've always thought Putin resembled Voldemort - I'm a bit puzzled why Plibersek would think Dutton did.

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Paul,
A tax dodge would be a string of different companies.
One company using several different names would be a diversified business. The sort of thing portrayed on the TV show Very Small Business (which was made for Foxtel but subsequently shown on ABC).

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Canem,
Economic geography is usually more geoinfomatics than economics. And as far as I can tell (without reading it) Morrison's thesis also involved a fair bit of history.

And you can't really tell much by the fact that someone's studied economics at university. Certainly it CAN be very useful, but macroeconomic misinformation is rife. What I find far more telling is Scotty's criticism of Albo not having held an economic portfolio; it suggests Scotty didn't understand the crucial economic role that infrastructure plays.