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I’m notoriously wrong when predicting Australian elections. I have got the last three wrong. So with nothing to lose here I go sticking my long neck out again. I pick the ALP to win on Saturday by a very slim margin.
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Lazza wrote:I’m notoriously wrong when predicting Australian elections. I have got the last three wrong. So with nothing to lose here I go sticking my long neck out again. I pick the ALP to win on Saturday by a very slim margin.
It will be an absolute smashing. Australians have got nothing for their tax dollars for 10 years.
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The smart money does seem to be on a Labor majority now, yes. Which checks out, as I put money on the result being a hung parliament. :x :P
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Interesting. Two polls in the last 24 hours have Labor only up 51-49, which is the closest it's been for months. Could be headed for a close result after all …
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Apologies Stui, this got lost in the thread split:
stui magpie wrote:Back to the election, it's also more complicated than it looks.

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/fede ... 5am44.html

the ALP's primary vote is slipping back but there's a high % of people who don't want either SloMo or Albo. This will all come down to preferences in key seats.
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With the RBA determined to create a recession, I think the ALP are going to win this election, and then be in deep shit from pretty much the start of their reign.
kill for collingwood!
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^ They actually went soft on the recent interest rate increase, presumably because they didn't want to loook "political" by upping rates to the extent they should have been just before the election.
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^ Perhaps, but they are still going to cause economic hardship, possibly recession, by believing - erroneously, in my mind - that current inflation can, and should, be stifled by monetary policy. And Labor will inherit the mess.
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^

I've read opinion that who ever wins this election is likely to lose the next one.
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^ Probably depends on the severity of economic downturn but to be ousted after one term Labor's performance would have to be pretty bad. According to polls the coalition is still leading the primary vote so maybe they really are that bad.
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roar wrote:^ Perhaps, but they are still going to cause economic hardship, possibly recession, by believing - erroneously, in my mind - that current inflation can, and should, be stifled by monetary policy. And Labor will inherit the mess.
Yes, I wasn't disagreeing. Rather, the point I was making is that in place of going early and hard, they've gone late and soft - that will, no doubt, create a deeper trough eventually.
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roar wrote:^ Probably depends on the severity of economic downturn but to be ousted after one term Labor's performance would have to be pretty bad. According to polls the coalition is still leading the primary vote so maybe they really are that bad.
Yeah, but both of the primary votes are real low, more people don't like either of them which makes it hard to know what they'll do on polling day.

Odds would still be on Labor after preferences but it could be very tight.
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Thank goodness no more elections ads on TV and radio after tonight.
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Dark Beanie wrote:Thank goodness no more elections ads on TV and radio after tonight.
Thanks Christ for that.

Driving Me Mad espically the Coalition Ad about the Bucket
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