An Introduction to Australian Politics

An Introduction to Australian Politics | Dean Jaensch

The (Conservative party) fallout from the Australian federal election continues!! We are not beating the “not a serious country” allegations today because 🍿

Great day for memes and people who enjoy reading comment sections… (the funniest reel I saw put this news to Eamon‘s long forgotten 2004 song “Fuck It (I Don‘t Want You Back)” excuse me while I go and add that song to my playlist 😂

LeeRHarry Drama, drama, drama! 😏 1mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @LeeRHarry, with plenty more on the way! 1mo

CarolynM It‘s been fun to watch, and it‘s all getting juicier with the McCormick-Joyce skullduggery, and Susan Ley losing her majority in the party room if the independent gets up in Bradfield. Pass some more 🍿 1mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM 🍿 1mo

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag

An Introduction to Australian Politics | Dean Jaensch

More than a week after the election and I can finally stop refreshing the page to see if my electorate has been officially called (it was called on election night but then the vote count narrowed, partially because of postal votes - which lead to it being put back to “too close to call” 😭)

I did hit the iPhones limit on tabs open (500 🤪) so this means I can safely close ONE tab!

CarolynM, DogMomIrene, Leniverse

Leniverse Omg 500 open tabs 😅 Congratulations on getting the result you were hoping for confirmed. Although it's concerning that it was so close! 1mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Leniverse, I‘m down to 474 open tabs 🤣 and I haven‘t closed the Kooyong page yet, so I can tell you that Monique‘s lead has increased and she‘s currently 1,128 votes ahead - so close but not as close as some. 1mo

DogMomIrene Woot on those results! 🙌🏼 1mo

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Prairiegirl_reading I‘ve currently got 328 tabs open so I find comfort in knowing it could be worse. 🤣 Happy to hear you got the result you were hoping for. I understand, here in Canada, I was watching the leader of the Conservative Party lose his seat with glee until I couldn‘t stay awake any longer on election night. He‘s now running in another riding in a by-election. 🙄 1mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @DogMomIrene, so relieved! 1mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Prairiegirl_reading, those are amateur numbers 🤣😅🫣. I also got to watch the Opposition Leader (also of the Conservative party) lose his seat on election night - absolutely delightful! Been weird watching people praise his “compassionate” and “gracious” concession speech like 🤔 what?! (even worse when they are then viciously gleeful about the Greens leader losing his seat). How is that allowed? He should make a graceful exit from politics! 1mo

Prairiegirl_reading @thegirlwiththelibrarybag for me it‘s absolutely ridiculous that they don‘t just get a new leader but if they want an unelectable creep as leader I‘m okay with it. People aren‘t going to vote for him. He couldn‘t be graceful so all the money in the world. 1mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Prairiegirl_reading, 🤞🏼 that he remains unelectable. 1mo

CarolynM Glad Kooyong got the right result in the end. How long do you think Susan Ley will last? One of the QLD Liberals might unexpectedly need to resign… 1mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, hard to say, i don‘t exactly wish good things for the party but it sucks that she‘s been elected at a time that makes the glass cliff seem likely. 1mo

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag

An Introduction to Australian Politics | Dean Jaensch

Feeling unhinged about this, actually.

(The election was a week ago 🫣😭 they technically have 13 days to count the votes but I NEED to know if Monique is gonna hold Kooyong!!!)

Anyway, never let anyone tell you that your vote isn‘t powerful - this is a gonna be a tight race to the bitter end.

Leniverse There recently was a by-election in England where the seat was decided by six(!) votes. It had been a safe seat for half a century. Times are changing, I think. 1mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Leniverse, yes! I saw that article. A shame it went to Advance or whatever party Nigel is fronting these days. I‘ll be disappointed if Kooyong flips back to liberal (liberal meaning the exact opposite in Australia to what it does in the rest of the world). Hamer ran such a scandal ridden campaign that I‘m surprised it‘s this close. 1mo

Leniverse Reform UK 😝 Yes. Honestly, I don't take any political labels at face value. Norway, my birth country, has two liberal parties. One is populist right (socially conservative and financially libertarian), the other is more socially progressive and sort of centre-slightly-left but currently having an identity crisis. Meanwhile the labour parties of both Norway and UK have nothing to do with the working class anymore 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Leniverse, Reform UK, yes (maybe Advance is one we had here in Australia, same vibes tho). It‘s honestly been such a weird/unexpected election. The vote count is slow because we have preferential voting - the tighter the race the slower the count. I‘m glad we avoided a Dutton led liberal government (he‘d been dubbed Temu Trump by parts of the media) and the billionaire founded Trumpet of Patriots failed to win any seats (despite spending $60 mil 1mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Leniverse on advertising, including spam texting people). And to see Dutton lose his seat was very good! But we also lost the leader of the Greens - in what had been considered a safe seat. Wasn‘t expecting either major party to get a majority so I find myself somewhat disappointed in the result. 1mo

Leniverse Any party that started texting me, I would automatically not vote for! And yikes, Temu Trump is very descriptive. I'm glad you avoided that. I'm genuinely scared of what might happen in the next general election in the UK, but at least it's four years away. The last election was about getting rid of the Tories, and Labour is now being Tory Light. There's a vacuum, and it's getting filled by Reform, and it stresses me out. 1mo

DogMomIrene Individual votes sure do count! Just saw a headline that a Quebec seat flipped here in 🇨🇦 from bloc to liberal on a recount. I don‘t have the details, but that will definitely be part of my Sunday morning reading. 1mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @DogMomIrene, I had a quick Google and you are in for some interesting Sunday reading! That‘s the closest result I‘ve heard of. 1mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Leniverse, you couldn‘t avoid their ads on YouTube either 😩 honestly the most annoying political party. He‘s had a few goes at forming a political party - he ran candidates in almost every electorate. Clive Palmer claims he‘s retiring from politics now so🤞🏼 Hopefully things improve in 4 years - but it‘s depressing when you are presented with a very bad or not great party‘s to vote for. 1mo

DogMomIrene @thegirlwiththelibrarybag Seriously! Won by one vote. Like what!?! 1mo

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag

An Introduction to Australian Politics | Dean Jaensch

Well, I got two of my three election wishes… which isn‘t bad. Senate votes will still take awhile to be finalised. #auspol

Fingers crossed my IG algorithm stops serving up young Albo thirst traps now because 🫣 whyyyyy?!

CarolynM I can‘t wait to stop seeing THAT face. Young Albo was hot, though…😆 2mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, would have thrown my phone in a bucket of water if I‘d scrolled through a young Dutton thirst trap. 2mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, Kooyong was uncalled 🫠 the suspense!!! 2mo

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CarolynM Has it been declared yet? It still looks like Monique Ryan is ahead and the AEC website says 100% of the vote has been counted. 2mo

CarolynM I have a friend in Bendigo. She is very sweaty about the result there😬 2mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, ooh! I‘ve been looking at the count via ABC where they are reporting that only 78% of the vote has been counted! Well that‘s quite heartening! I‘m going to bed a bit happier! Now if they could count Melbourne faster that would be great!!! Good luck to your friend in Bendigo 🤞🏼 (edited) 2mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, it still hasn‘t been called. Not sure what‘s going on with the AEC website but ABC has Monique ahead by 622 votes 🫠 (I‘m also 😩 about how slow the Melbourne count feels) 2mo

CarolynM Yeah, I can't work it out either🤷‍♀️ I really hope Monique Ryan holds on. It's such a shame about Zoe Daniel. I guess there was a big protest vote last time. 2mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, every time I look Monique Ryan‘s lead has shrunk a little bit more. Melbourne has been called 🫣 who knew dismantling the seat of Higgins would have such an effect on the surrounding areas (plus, yes, there would have been a protest element last time around) 2mo

CarolynM Preferences seem to be heading in the right direction now 🙂 2mo

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag

An Introduction to Australian Politics | Dean Jaensch

Settling in for a long night of election coverage…

Couldn‘t miss Antony Green (Australian Election Analyst and Commentator) calling his last election for the ABC…

The campaigning in my electorate has been kind of wild - my highlight was definitely the elderly lady that punched a neo Nazi in the face when he event crashed. Will be interesting to see who wins the seat.

LapReader Wow! Don‘t mess with the crones. Who did you vote for? 2mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @LapReader, she very politely said “excuse me” to the people in front of her too. Greens - but I‘m hoping that the independent candidate holds it against the liberals. How about you? 2mo

LapReader Greens for me too. I want my nieces and nephews to not die from climate change. 2mo

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CarolynM As Annabelle said, we‘re Canada 🎉 2mo

DogMomIrene Just got the alert that Albanese won by a big margin. It‘s encouraging to see other countries reject Trump‘s playbook. 2mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @LapReader 💚💚💚 2mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, what a night!! 🎉 2mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @DogMomIrene, I was always hopeful for a Labor win but such a win was unexpected! And for Dutton to lose his seat as well. Absolutely delicious. 2mo

CarolynM Shedding a tear after Antony's signing off. It won't be the same without him😢 2mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, seeing ScoMo on screen was a bit of a jump scare tho! It definitely won‘t be the same without him, but what a brilliant legacy! I laughed when he said he started in ‘88 with a 6 month contract and got the job because he had strong computer skills! 2mo

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag

An Introduction to Australian Politics | Dean Jaensch

I have snails in my letterbox & they had an absolute feast on this (attempted) hit piece… 🐌

😱, she‘d support labor-greens government??? Stop threatening me with a good time!

They are no doubt still salty that Monique ousted them out of what was considered a “safe seat” at the last election. Gonna be a long election season.

(For non Aussies the liberal party [the authors of this pamphlet] is our equivalent of the Tories or Republicans)

Bookwormjillk Bon appetite snails 5mo

CarolynM They still don‘t get it, do they? Hope that rubbish doesn‘t give the snails stomach ache. 5mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, 🐌 I have a no junk mail sticker so not a lot goes in - but it‘s rare for me to retrieve anything that hasn‘t been at least a little nibbled on by snails. 5mo

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An Introduction to Australian Politics | Dean Jaensch

Hmmm.

Jokila "Dack"? 8y

Lizpixie @Jokila dack=pull their pants down in public. It's a very Aussie term.🇦🇺 8y

Jokila 😂 I love it! 8y

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