Australian federal election records landslide victory for anti-Trump anti-neo-con sentiment

@zonavar68 I have no idea what you mean by neo con but in all reality what is so great about the one you kept in power? More freedom? More prosperity? More peace? More tolerance? Sadly socialists are the new anti progress party.

@hippyjoe1955
I’m pretty apolitical I had to look it up myself.

@RunTheJulz So you don't know what neo con actually means but it sounds nasty so you are opposed to it. Kind of funny who wonderful Australia has become under its socialist party. So how many COVID jabs were you forced to take?

@sstronaut Yep in the southern hemisphere many things are opposite, like the seasons.
@zonavar68 Thanks for the abridged version of contemporary Australian politics and the update on your most recent elections.
ps I am very happy that the USA is not the whole world or things would be boring.

@sstronaut Not in Australia. The party that campaigned championing Trump delivered the worst result in 80 years. The Centre Left Labour Government was returned with an increased majority.

@RunTheJulz And the bathwater drains in the opposite direction! 😸

@whowasthatmaskedman I'm in the electorate Palmer wanted most to win (Hunter) in the House of Reps and if he'd shown his Jabba the Hut face in person I would have had no problem taking aim at him. He now thinks he can get seats in the Senate.

@zonavar68 All he really wanted was to buy influence.. And the only side he had a chance with was the Libs. Looks like they are going to be think on the ground. The next few years are going to be tough for everyone. No need to make them tougher than they need to be..😷

@zonavar68
If it is compulsory to vote in Australia, then one is also assuming that those who are forced to vote by law, are politically competent individuals in the first place, otherwise their compulsory vote amounts to nothing more than a check-mark on a voting card which they close their eyes for while choosing.

@swirlie I don't doubt that happens to a degree. There is a cohort of people who turn up, get marked off the role (to avoid being fined for not 'voting') and then don't actually cast a vote.

@zonavar68
..okay, but stop and think about the entire "mandatory voting" concept itself.

What relevance does it have to FORCE someone to legally show up and cast a vote when they don't know anything about politics nor anything about the respective political parties they are suppose to vote for, nor the respective agendas in question?