I just wanna know which party has the toughest policies on piracy and who wants to invade our privacy the most. All to do with the net of course.
If they both suck with net issues then what is the best smaller party?

Sorry, did you just ask "I just want to know which party is going to let me pirate whatever the hell I want, without fear of reprisal?"

I voted for Sara Marie.

haha i think he did...

I LOVE DEMOCRACY

Im sorry nF that reason wasn't good enough, that vote doesnt count, you get penisised

It doesn't matter who you vote for puny Earthling, we own you!

Why dont you just donkey vote and leave us alone sam.

The elections are just an opportunity to stick the entire country into a catch 22, damned if we do, damned if we don't, cause no matter what the party that gets in will just f*** us over :-(

George Washington, our founding father would be rolling in his grave at this thread!

I think Mills was onto a good idea with that whole Liberal Democracy thing.

These candidates make me want to vomit in terror.

What I would like to do (time permitting, which is unlikely given the timeframe) is set up a website somewhere which lists all the parties and all their polices, particularly those that are of interest to "us" (ie, 18-30 male nerd-types) for comparison purposes.

Largely because I know all we're going to get on TV is just the bulls*** that the media choose to show us, which is obviously just going to be the bickering, based on what I saw today.

I problem is who to vote for as my second preference! :/

Plus, I also have to figure out who to vote for in the ACT election. >_<

Wouldnt it be great if somone published a book or similar where all running political parties and candidates could outline their basic policies and beliefs in an "x words or less" format.
Then the common joe who is confused on who to vote for, could just take a quick glance and at least have a SOMEWHAT educated opinion.

Im farily confident in who im voting for this year, but I can certainly see how confusing it is with those that dont keep up with current events. Donkey voting only helps the two party system.

Anyone have a link to one of those online radio button polls for Australians that quiz you a bunch of questions then tell you which party is the closest to your beliefs?

I'll be voting Gore without a doubt. Mandela has misled the public for his 4 year interim reign and I'm sick and tired of his BS "It was the dog's fault" universal response.

Australia doesn't have a 2-party system though.

I'm gonna vote for my 100% down doona. I whole-heartedly agree with its warmth polices. In the bedding manchester environment that we live in today, I feel its the right choice. Some 'people' have tried to sling mud on my doona's campaign, but we all know it's because they are threatened by the sleeping leadership that my doona displays.

Australia doesn't have a 2-party system though.

I never said it did.

I voted for kodos...

Voting for policy? Since when has policy been any indication of whether or not something will be done?

I voted for fpots vomit, I think we're in for a real chance.

If I could - and I can't cause I'm not a citizen yet - I'd vote for whoever reduced the tax on petrol. Sucking 60% or so of each $. Bastards.

I dont care about tax cuts because we need more money pumped into our country, but i hate paying taxes, i dont care about whether or not burqas are banned, i believe that many muslim girls are forced to wear it, but if they are banned from public schools then they will be shipped off to privare muslim schools widening the cultural gap, i dont care if johnny makes empty promises, all major polititions lie, i dont care, i dont care, the only thing that im particularly pissed off about right now is the government trying to give themselves the right to search any email message cause they feel like it, this is just one step closer to them monitoring what i download, piracy is an issue of its own, you all have your own opinions on it, but i believe they should target the people making a living off of it not the general user. Which is what they are doing now, great, but dont invade my privacy to do it.

My point isnt very clear and i have a lot more to say, but i am not going to write any more, nor am i going to rewrite this, this is an opinion, not an attack at you, so dont flame me

i found it cool that victoria has a seat called "batman" which labour has a 30% margin in :)

sam is a f***ing retard. how old are u?

Ok, I now know who to vote for my second... Actually I knew before, what was thinking about the other possibilities.

However I'm still stuffed for the ACT election at the moment. :/

Yes, Sam you're a dick.
Edit: Hahah no wonder, your a Victorian!

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doesnt latham wanna censor the net? howard it is.

OMFG! ...You people (Queenslanders) amaze me.

Most of you seem to only think about your ego-centric selves in the Short Term!

If there is to be any future for both yourselves, the world and future generations, then stop f***ing around and start learning about the world around you in which you live in. Otherwise, at this rate there won't be a future and none of you idiots will have the latest technology, games, sex life or internet access.

Grow up and stop being so stupid.

you are too cool ecstasy

is that sam the frenchy?

if so - explains alot :P

and of course QLD'ers are dumb, check out who we just re-elected to be premier.

Enjoy your summer!

if you ask me its time for the liberal/nationals to get out. labour is getting my vote, johnny's attitude is pathetic and i dont really think he has what it takes to initiate positive change in australia, latham at least has a clue and the balls to stand up and not let other people push him around.

you're funny.

Doesn't matter who you vote for, either way we get the free trade agreement.

Bye bye health benefits
Bye bye fair use copyright exceptions
Bye bye locally made products

Hello software patents
Hello 50 year copyright extensions

the list goes on...

vote for the donkey.

I'd vote for David Palmer. Sure he went astray a little in the last series, but he's still a very trustworthy person.

http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/pol/polparti.htm

Here's a list trog of all the parties, links included.

einy meany miny moe

Well at least two pages and not one reply saying who this guy should vote for :\

Clearly, he should be voting for the Communist Party of Australia.

http://www.zipworld.com.au/~cpa/index.html

Communist Russia had no copyright laws at all, as a matter of fact copyright law is a relatively recent thing in Russia. There might be some privacy concerns regarding them but you can't have everything.

im voting democratgreens!!!!
(im a spastic)

just reading how they are going to decriminalise pot and pills

sounds like common sense to me

bout time



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Don't you mean the greens? Or is this some shameless attempt at stealing votes?

Pauline gets my vote

http://www.kreative-studios.com/random/kent.gif
"i'll say it once and i'll say it again. democracy simply doesnt work."

Aahhh the simpsons. But i have no idea who i am going to vote, might just do a donkey vote.

Best politician quote of all time - and the most honest:

Clin-ton: We must go forward, not backward, upward, not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.