3mo ago

Dutton refuses to rule out ABC cuts and repeatedly declines meeting with chair Kim Williams, sources say

www.theguardian.com

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Really hope we arent stupid enough to vote him in.
- I really hope so too, but it worries me.
  
  What does the sitch look like at the moment I’m from the other side of the world. Are they doing well in the polls etc?
- Fingers crossed
Albanese isn’t perfect, and if you can vote independent, do so, but Dutton just isn’t a good person. That’s all that matters. Anyone who’s ever met him and couldn’t offer him money or media attention he just shrugs off and walks past. Don’t vote for empty souls.
- Consider limiting to independents that have a sane platform (as some are just extreme right-wingers in disguise), and the Greens.
  And you kind of stated it implicitly, but ranking Labor above the Coalition is a given.
- Who can't vote 3rd party under a preferential system? Everyone should... I don't think I've ever voted directly for a major party in my life. Labor is always last out of everything left-of-Labor.
  
  Well at least where I am, the Libs have covertly run independents to confuse the playing field and offer a moderate right candidate or something. Independents isn’t a guarantee for success, there is at least a 1% chance you’ll get someone who’s only slightly better than a party line drone.
  And there’s also the Greens.
Anyone else get filled with rage when you see Dutton up on TV spouting nothing to the camera? Yes, people are doing it hard. But just saying that they’re doing it hard is worth nothing. What are your policies? You can say you can manage the economy effectively. How mother fucker? HOW?
Utterly vapid gasbagging from an utterly vapid potato.
I hope our mandatory voting means we are less likely to vote Dutton in. Hopefully whats happening in the US is enough of a deterrent for those of us actually paying attention and not wanting that BS to rip through our safety nets. Sure if someone wants to audit the government agency with forensic accountants by all means, but we don't need the same BS that Elon is pulling and we certainly don’t need to be repeating any of the backwards US policies they are enacting.
- Probably means more likely to vote him in with clueless people not understanding preferential voting or straight up voting liberal because the name sounds good and team blue is better than team red right?

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