Vic Predict the outcome of the 2018 Victorian State Election

[Herne Hill Hammer]

I think that's underselling Andrews' performance a bit. For the genuinely swinging voters (not the 'I'll never forgive him for spending a billion dollars to not build a road' crowd - he didn't have their vote to lose obviously) his performance would have won a lot more over than he would have lost.

Yep, I think I'm in that camp. I've really become a swing voter the last few years and I think, for the first time in my voting life at a state election, Labor will be getting the nod from me.

 

[Benny78]

Andrew Bolt and his ilk would be furious with this bloke. Isn't our money meant to go towards their tax cuts and more submarines? Instead it's going into rail and road and lots of other infrastructure. They must be absolutely furious they can't get their claw in.

 

[The Punter]

Andrew Bolt and his ilk would be furious with this bloke. Isn't our money meant to go towards their tax cuts and more submarines? Instead it's going into rail and road and lots of other infrastructure. They must be absolutely furious they can't get their claw in.

Exactly how does a state government spend money on submarines?

 

[theyellowsash]

Exactly how does a state government spend money on submarines?

when has that stopped bolt from complaining?

 

[The Punter]

when has that stopped bolt from complaining?

Stopped him from complaining? Rarely.

But I don't think he's ever complained about submarine building funded (or not) by state governments because it's not their responsibility.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Exactly how does a state government spend money on submarines?

Plenty

Victoria is preparing to invade NSW.

****ers can only call a potato cake by the wrong name for only so long

 

[Maggie5]

Saw my first rail overpass today at Murrumbeena. Looks good and hardly any noise and traffic flow at 6.00 pm was excellent.
Not very good workmanship though, missing or short panels. Work still going on so maybe not finished?

 

[Frank Bunn]

And using all that increase in revenue to build infrastructure....the bastards

All parties make infrastructure spending promises. I'm calling out something none of them do, and that is to state their preferred population growth level for Melbourne. The reason they don't is because they all love the dollars that flow into their budgets from increased population via stamp duty on property sales and GST distribution.

There's a limit to how much building infrastructure can address population growth without impacting quality of life, especially if that population growth is as rapid as Melbourne's has been. It's at record numbers at around 125,000 per annum. The CBD is gridlocked all day and at weekends. No new infrastructure will fix that. The Regional Rail Link is only 3 years old but is already running over capacity.

 

[Frank Bunn]

I don't know why people are assuming it's just overseas migrants.

Everyone is flocking here from all over the country because of the work boom and the economy is flying.

There's three Queenslanders, two South Australians and someone from Canberra just in my team.

A joke among mates in Perth and Brisbane is the stereotypical uni student who's decided to "move to Melbourne". They're leaving those cities in droves to come here.

According to the ABC overseas migration accounted for 64 per cent of Melbourne's population growth.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04...opulations-soar-growth-drivers-differ/9693470

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Saw my first rail overpass today at Murrumbeena. Looks good and hardly any noise and traffic flow at 6.00 pm was excellent.
Not very good workmanship though, missing or short panels. Work still going on so maybe not finished?

Very much not finished. Some of the stations they still need to cut the sheel sheet and put the trim peices in place on the big canopy.

 

[Theseventhhamster]

According to the ABC overseas migration accounted for 64 per cent of Melbourne's population growth.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04...opulations-soar-growth-drivers-differ/9693470

Weird that the state government isn't stopping overseas migration.

 

[Frank Bunn]

Weird that the state government isn't stopping overseas migration.

What's your party's policy on national and state population levels?

 

[theyellowsash]

What's your party's policy on national and state population levels?

Probably something better than 'dey terk er jerbs!!!!'

 

[Maggie5]

I wonder who makes up that 64%? Students, work visas, family reunions etc etc and also from which countries.

Would be interesting to see the breakdown.

 

[Theseventhhamster]

What's your party's policy on national and state population levels?

I don't have a party. If I did though I'd be sure to blame the other one in a state thread rather than talk about my party that is in power in a relevant national one.

 

[Hoops]

There would not be a need for such large infrastructure development if there wasn't such massive population increase. Why is immigration levels never put before the electorate by the major parties?

So what do you suggest? crocodiles in the Murray and a wall along the SA border

 

[Hoops]

here is my suggestion for the SA border wall

 

[Ned_Flanders]

here is my suggestion for the SA border wall
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Worst. Wall. Ever.

 

[Ice-Wolf]

The Victorian Liberal Party election platform in a single photograph

Couldn't they just rent a shop front?

 

[Ice-Wolf]

What's the deal with Guys son is he autistic or something? Every single time there's a photo of Guy it's with his son for some reason.

Proof that somebody liked him enough to have a child with him. Basically it's to humanise him.

 

[Ice-Wolf]

So Guy's decided to fight the Labor Sky Rail by digging a trench through a flood plain (and doing 1 less crossing). And to increase the stupidity he is also going for one of his underpasses on an intersection there as well.

Of course The Liberals haven't even attempted to cost their folly.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

So Guy's decided to fight the Labor Sky Rail by digging a trench through a flood plain (and doing 1 less crossing). And to increase the stupidity he is also going for one of his underpasses on an intersection there as well.

Of course The Liberals haven't even attempted to cost their folly.

Cost of the dig

Cost of 24/7 drainage

Cost of suicide jumper proofing it (it was to be deep enough to have a road above the depth of train and power lines)

Never gunna happen

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

Cost of the dig

Cost of 24/7 drainage

Cost of suicide jumper proofing it (it was to be deep enough to have a road above the depth of train and power lines)

Never gunna happen

Lmao do you have to put suicide fences on every two storey house in case someone scales it and jumps off? Silly comment

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[Nuggs Bunny]

So Guy's decided to fight the Labor Sky Rail by digging a trench through a flood plain (and doing 1 less crossing). And to increase the stupidity he is also going for one of his underpasses on an intersection there as well.

Of course The Liberals haven't even attempted to cost their folly.

https://www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/download/downloads/id/316/flood_prone_area_map.pdf

The level crossings aren't on the flood plain

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[go you pups]

It's a good example in the different approach to governance.

Reactionaries use fear as a distraction, so they can loot the joint.

The centre left tend to have a policy focus and some interest in actual governance.

Was thinking this the other night as I do watch a bit of Ch7 (along with 10, ABC + SBS), and there were quite a few of the same Liberal ads attacking Labor.

Then flip it over to Ch10 IIRC and see a Andrews Labor ad, nothing there attacking the LNP, just stuff he believes in and wants to do.

Watching Ch7 news too, with them trying to push Guy's case, lol at Jacqueline Felgate, massive Liberal fan girl I reckon. Vastly different body language when she reports on the two parties.