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Aussie105

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29. Wife and I voted in the Australian Federal election yesterday.

Reply to pink (Original post)

Sat May 3, 2025, 09:43 PM

May 3

You're welcome!

Vote counting is still ongoing, so the final number of bums on seats in the various houses of parliament aren't yet available, but it was within 3 hours of the last poll stations closing that it became obvious this was going to be a landslide defeat for the opposition party.

Whatever helped Trump's campaign to poison the minds of voters in America, the same approach seems to be the kiss of death elsewhere in the world.

There will be flow on effects.
Rejection of Trumpism is one thing, a moral victory.
China looking for increasing traffic with trading partners where tariffs don't apply, is quite another.

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Great News [View all] pink May 3 OP

This is great news SheltieLover May 3 #1

seems like Canada and Australia learned from America's mistake Skittles May 3 #2

Although Britain and France voted before we did BadgerMom May 3 #9

Call me kooky canetoad May 3 #27

Canetoad, I hear you. BadgerMom May 3 #28

Better than the great victory here in Canada yliza May 3 #18

Conservatives call for by-election in safe seat in Alberta for Poilievre rurallib May 3 #3

I just commented on this above (post #18) yliza May 3 #19

Australia requires voting, right? central scrutinizer May 3 #4

I don't like to brag but..... pink May 3 #12

Those are bragging rights! I'd love for a system like what you have. Deuxcents May 3 #17

We still have some problems with donations pink May 3 #25

YAY Australia! pnwest May 3 #5

Seems like these other countries are smart enough senseandsensibility May 3 #6

Nigel Farage's Reform Party wins Runcorn byelection by just six votes in blow to Labour Celerity May 3 #33

Congrats! MLAA May 3 #7

Very cool 😎. Congrats. n/t iluvtennis May 3 #8

Most excellent! StarryNite May 3 #10

Truth is, we voted against trump, too, but he told us that Elon stole it for him. BComplex May 3 #11

Truth is.......for sure! Clouds Passing May 3 #23

Congrats! Hold on tight. stillcool May 3 #13

MAGA !!! IbogaProject May 3 #14

And now Trump announces that he wants to be Pope... AntiFascist May 3 #15

Everything the marmalade shartcannon touches turns to shit Brother Buzz May 3 #16

That is Brilliant News! Cha May 3 #20

Wonderful! ananda May 3 #21

I'd love to be canetoad May 3 #22

America now stands bravely as a warning to other democracies 0rganism May 3 #24

Excellent! ShazzieB May 3 #26

Wife and I voted in the Australian Federal election yesterday. Aussie105 May 3 #29

as an American, i'm honestly blown away by societies that reject facism and people trying to use nonsense like "woke" Takket May 3 #30

I wonder if Canada and Australia had the same percentage of non-voters as the USA Blue Owl May 3 #31

voting is compulsory in Australia Celerity May 3 #32

If only we cared about democracy as much. ECL213 May 4 #34

K&R!!++!++ UTUSN May 4 #35