Comkekety disagree, we're as stupid Look to the UK, a billionare shit stain as PM.
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When you think the Brisbane Times couldn't be more of a rag - not that I would expect political literacy from an outfit that struggles even with journalism but bloody hell.
Fraser Annings office was literally in our CBD - like come off it.
BT has actually gotten really good over the last year or so. Personally I think this article is a good one, but even if you don't, it was published by SMH, not BT. I just accessed it through the BT website since they share articles.
Careful you don't break your arm jerkin yaself off
I disagree. We’ve already elected our Donald Trump, and we did so before Donald Trump even became US President. Ours was called Tony Abbott. Good riddance.
Abbott, love him or loathe him (likely the latter), has a deep respect for the institutions of this country and is fiercely loyal to his friends.
Abbott is an absolute bonehead but he serves with a higher calling than his own self enrichment.
Abbott was nothing like Trump. If anything, our closest Prime Minister in recent times was Scotty from Marketing, who I would still say is a pretty far cry.
Scotty was absolutely Trump like. I'll go with at least Abbot held a hose, but neoliberal scum hangs on both.
That attitude is what got him Elected in the US.
Never underestimate a conman that plays on Xenophobia to get what they want.
Our ranked choice voting may be leagues ahead of first past the post but it is still a possibility we should look out for.
Australia had the original Orange man bad
We did have a bad orange man.
Sorry but isn't that Bob Hawke? He was a great Prime Minister. Arguably our last great Prime Minister.
Are you 25? Hawke was a shit stain who drank beer and loved sport thus endearing him to many while he fucked over the rest while they were distracted with his circus act
He started the rot that got worse and worse from there with successive governments.
The only quasi "decent" PM we've had in my life was Gough Whitlam.
He was a shit heap that ruined this country by introducing neoliberalism to our shores. He is directly responsible for the sad state of social affairs today.
I easily rank him worse than Howard, probably the most destructive PM ever imo.
He's the guy that introduced Medicare, gave the federal government the ability to override states to protect World Heritage sites (and used those powers very prominently to protect the Franklin River—an event that notably can also be traced as the root of the Greens movement in this country, and while it would be giving him far to much credit to suggest he was responsible for that, it's at least fair to say he was on the right side of history), and introduced workplace discrimination laws.
For sure he wasn't perfect, and you can see where he introduced the same philosophy as British "new Labour". But he didn't embrace it as whole-heartedly as Keating, who I think really deserves the ire.
Australian politician and skateboarding game inspration Tony Hawke, pictured here meeting the Queen of England
I'm confused. Isn't Dragon Ball a Japanese franchise?
The English dub gave him an Australian accent
Is it actually an Australian accent or is it an American attempting and failing to do an Australian accent? It sounds off to me.
EDIT: Seems like he is Canadian.
Lol a salty canuck trolling on his aussie brothers with fake space aussie voice over
Oh I see. Thanks for the link! I didn't realise that. I've not watched the show since I was a kid, and back then I don't think I noticed people's accents so much.
There are several versions with differing accents
Australia isn't immune to populism.
Narcissistic sociopaths may present differently in Australia than they do in the US but that doesn't mean they're not a thing.
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