Horsetan Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Strictly speaking, its compulsory to turn up and get your name ticked off the list... If overseas people saw some of our ballot papers, the need to make it compulsory for us to turn up becomes obvious! images.jpg The agony of choice. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Hey soon you'll be able to vote for the Space Sherrif! Well you can't vote for generals, which is probably just as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Well at least Aus. has some choice. Here in the UK we live in a one party dictatorship. its called the self seeking, selfish, avaricious stuff it up the electorate greedy git party. .... Which one? They're all as bad as each other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 I watched a Russel Coight episode last night and had some genuine laughs out of it. It is available on Channel 10's 'tenplay' site. However, I'm not sure if anyone outside of Australia can access this (could someone try it and advise me, please?).https://tenplay.com.au/channel-ten/russell-coights-all-aussie-adventures Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 I watched a Russel Coight episode last night and had some genuine laughs out of it. It is available on Channel 10's 'tenplay' site. However, I'm not sure if anyone outside of Australia can access this (could someone try it and advise me, please?). https://tenplay.com.au/channel-ten/russell-coights-all-aussie-adventures They are also on youtube, though again not sure if they are region locked.. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Sorry guys all are region blocked. I just checked. The link given by both SR man and monkeysarefun comes up "page unavailable" "not available in your region". regards Thanks for checking, and sorry about that. We'll have to try another way of getting some jen-ewe-wine Australiana into your lives. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 G'day Folks You work it out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Some more choice words from an Aussie politico.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ikks Posted August 15, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) Some more choice words from an Aussie politico.... This guy and his party leader are absolute idiots...........still trying to figure why folks vote for Katter, his offsider got in by default. Edited August 15, 2018 by ikks 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Nineteen votes! Nigel Farage's citizen application is in the post! C6T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 15, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 15, 2018 Nineteen votes! Nigel Farage's citizen application is in the post! C6T. Hasn't Australia got enough poisonous slimy creatures already? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted August 15, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 15, 2018 Nineteen votes! Nigel Farage's citizen application is in the post! C6T. To be fair, that's partly a result of how the Senate voting system works. If you vote above the line (which most people do), those votes automatically get allocated in the order of how they appear in the Parties list, i.e. Malcolm Roberts was first & Anning 2nd, in the Pauline Hanson One Nation party list. Even the major parties get few votes (although much more than 19) for 2nd & 3rd etc. Excess votes for the first one, once the quota is met flow on to the next and so on. It also explains why oddballs, such as Eric Abetz, get elected, because the Liberals have put him top of their list, so he easily retains his seat. :-( You can choose to vote below the line, in which case you must vote for all of them in order of your preference. In some states, this often exceeds 100. Of course Anning had a big bust up with PH and promptly resigned, before he was even sworn in! Note I'm not writing any of this to support him. I can't stand anything whatsoever to do with Pauline Hanson and I make sure that I vote in such a way, that my vote does not contribute to their success. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) That makes my head hurt... Nigel's Party polled 4m votes last time around but only won one seat, for a guy who then left that party. The end result of the previous general election's raison d'etre (the destruction of Nigel's Party) though was Brexit, which hasn't been nearly as funny. C6T. Edited August 15, 2018 by Classsix T Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted August 15, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 15, 2018 That makes my head hurt... Nigel's Party polled 4m votes last time around but only won one seat, for a guy who then left that party. The end result of the previous general election's raison d'etre (the destruction of Nigel's Party) though was Brexit, which hasn't been nearly as funny. C6T. I'll ask you questions later, to see how much you took in! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Erm...roll a six to start and hope nobody questions your nationality? C6T. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 …. Brexit, which hasn't been nearly as funny. It is if you enjoy satire or are a satirist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ikks Posted August 15, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 15, 2018 Hasn't Australia got enough poisonous slimy creatures already? Yes but the most slimy, dangerous and poisonous ones wear big hats or budgie smugglers and work in Canberra. Mike 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 …. in Canberra. Y'know, life might have been more interesting if the name for the then new government capital had been Sydmeladperbrisho instead of Canberra.... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 It is if you enjoy satire or are a satirist. Were I making a living from that side of it 'Orse, I'd agree with you entirely. C6T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Y'know, life might have been more interesting if the name for the then new government capital had been Sydmeladperbrisho instead of Canberra.... Foreigners would still pronounce it incorrectly, like they do with the current set. Can-berra / Canbra Bris-bane / Brizb'n Mel-born / Melb'n Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Foreigners would still pronounce it incorrectly, like they do with the current set. Can-berra / Canbra Bris-bane / Brizb'n Mel-born / Melb'n The Suffolk effect! Linguistic "experts" seem to be of the combined opinion sheep farmers from my part of East Anglia had more influence on the Australian accent than any other influx of people. It's apparently moreso in Taz. Your examples: Can-berra / Canbra Bris-bane / Brizb'n Mel-born / Melb'n Accepted Suffolk like what we say buh: Low-est-oft/Lowstoft Yar-mouth/Yarmuff Felix-toe/Flixtow Elms-well/Ems'll Stow-up-land/Stupl'n I'm half 'strailian already buh! C6T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) Yes I CAN see the Suffolk connection, but also at times we do sound Shakespearean, like here, which is just like that stirring St Crispins Day bit in Henry 5th where he tells all his men they've got to hold their cheap manhoods or something : (warning contains rude words. Only TWO rude words .... ..repeated a heap of times..) Edited August 15, 2018 by monkeysarefun 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 15, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 15, 2018 It is if you enjoy satire or are a satirist. sadist. Corrected for you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Yes I CAN see the Suffolk connection, but also at times we do sound Shakespearean, like here, which is just like that stirring St Crispins Day bit in Henry 5th where he tells all his men they've got to hold their cheap manhoods or something : (warning contains rude words. Only TWO rude words .... ..repeated a heap of times..) Seeing that, I really don't know why CUB bothered with John Meillon and his "hard earned thirst needs a big cold beer" ads. They could have just run that clip. Would have sold a shedload of VB, no worries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Seeing that, I really don't know why CUB bothered with John Meillon and his "hard earned thirst needs a big cold beer" ads. They could have just run that clip. Would have sold a shedload of VB, no worries. Or they could just have tried making the stuff fit to drink, rather than useful only as slug traps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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