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2020-10-31 15:54:11 QUEENSLAND ELECTON UPDATE: Labor has more or less won.

left-wing Labor appears to have won an unconfirmed 51 seats, higher then the 47 needed for a majority. While only 55% of the vote has been counted - it's more or less unavoidable that Labor will re-entre government with a majority.

In other news right-wing One Nation is continuing to implode - going from 8.3% to 7.5% since my last update - while the left-wing Greens are on TV and social media claiming that because they won *2* whole seats Australia is experiencing a "Green Wave". They only won South Brisbane as a protest vote against the corrupt incumbent and will more then likely lose it next election. Open / Comment

2020-10-31 15:05:44 6 seats are still up for grabs, so that single seat majority could quickly balloon - or shrink Open / Comment

2020-10-31 14:57:24 Queensland Election: One Nation tanks, Labor almost certainly victorious.

Todays election in Queensland doesn't appear to be good news for Pauline Hanson's One Nation. While the results are not yet fully counted so far One Nation has won 8.3% - down from 13.7% in 2017. This even more shocking when you remember that they once won 22% of the Queensland vote and that the state is considered a One Nation stronghold.

Labor meanwhile have surged to 38%, up nearly 5% since the last election. They currently have 47 seats, which is the amount you need for a majoirty.

The Greens have also won a new seat - South Brisbane - from Labor, giving them 2 seats out of the 93 seat parliament. Open / Comment

2020-03-22 14:40:16 Well I didn’t think they’d actually do it but the whole country it’s being shut down, which till tank the economy within a couple of weeks.

A thousand people in Australia have a flu-like virus and the whole country shuts down.

Something tells me this isn’t really about the virus. Open / Comment

2020-03-22 14:09:06 BREAKING: Clubs, Restaurants, Cinemas and other non-essential gatherings to be shut down nation-wide starting tomorrow.

Pubs, clubs, restaurants, cinemas and indoor sporting venues across the country will shut down indefinitely starting on Monday, according to recent statements by the Prime Minister. This comes after previous restrictions on large gatherings fell on deaf ears, with thousands of people ignoring them and visiting tourist hotspots like Bondi Beach.

“We don’t now have any confidence that people would refrain from gathering in those ways, in those pubs, clubs and nightclubs,” Mr Morrison said at a press conference in Canberra.

“We have no confidence that will be followed. So unfortunately, because guidelines can’t be followed, then for public health reasons we now need to take further action which shuts those gatherings down.” Open / Comment

2020-03-20 16:00:19 “We have been living within a political regime that has conducted a passive-aggressive campaign to convince our people that they do not exist as a unique people within the world, and that they are nothing more than the sum of the other parts of the world. This is a lie.”

It’s your XYZ.

#auspol

https://www.xyz.net.au/the-estimate-of-the-situation-part-1-ethnic-australian-identity/ Open / Comment

2020-03-20 08:54:21 20/03/20 Coronavirus update

-780+ cases, up from 200 on the 14th
-7 dead, up from 3 on the 14th
-40+ recoveries, up from 27
-381 in New South Wales, 150 in Victoria, 144 in Queensland, 52 in Western Australia, 42 in South Australia, 10 in Tasmania, 4 in the Australian Capital Territory, 1 in the Northern Territory Open / Comment

2020-03-15 13:39:12 Coronavirus: Australian schools to remain open, despite opposition from parents and state governments.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said earlier today that mass closing of schools would not occur, despite pressure from parents and activist groups. Nonetheless, the Secretary of the New South Wales Department of Education Mark Scott has stated that excursions, assemblies and other events would be cancelled to limit exposure.

“From Monday onwards I expect assemblies and substantial gatherings to be cancelled, along with all excursions.”, said Mark Scott.

Despite the PMs statements, the Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has said that school closures are inevitable and state and territory departments are preparing for closure by encouraging schools to prepare online learning resources, according to the Guardian. Open / Comment

2020-03-14 07:20:27 Coronavirus summary for the last 24 hours:

-200 people infected, up by roughly 110 since my last update on the 9th.
-3 dead
-27 recoveries, up by 5 since the 9th.
-Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton has been infected, it's likely that other MPs and ministers are infected as well. Open / Comment

2020-03-13 11:00:52 Update: It appears that Peter Dutton attended a cabinet meeting earlier this week, so it's likely that other MPs and Ministers have Coronavirus and don't even know it yet. Open / Comment