So if the United States was Australia, would this man be prime minister?
http://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/JAB-official-682x1024.jpg
He is the leader of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
― pplains, Sunday, 8 September 2013 01:01 (ten years ago) link
how are the parliamentary districts made? because ^^^ dude is leader of the majority party of the usa h of r largely due to gerrymandering by individual state governments of his party
― mookieproof, Sunday, 8 September 2013 01:07 (ten years ago) link
If the first ballot is me ranking all the parties I like in order, can I rank Labor ahead of Liberal, but still vote for the Liberal guy in my district because he was an awesome football player back in the day?
― pplains, Sunday, 8 September 2013 01:09 (ten years ago) link
oh and I found another picture of Prime Minister John Boehener:
http://i.imgur.com/nplA9Fs.png
― pplains, Sunday, 8 September 2013 01:10 (ten years ago) link
such pretty eyes! he is the alex rodriguez of politics
― mookieproof, Sunday, 8 September 2013 01:42 (ten years ago) link
1. yes!
2. set by the electoral commission. gerrymandering and malapportionment not such a problem nowadays, not like say queensland in sir joh's reign - now there's a prick who could represent the country on the world stage if there was a corruption olympics.
3. strictly speaking, you vote for individual candidates in the house of reps. you can put liberal footballer at 2 on the ballot after labor if you like. the senate is more on your 'voting for a party' tip.
― spring has sprung the grass is risible (haitch), Sunday, 8 September 2013 11:30 (ten years ago) link
haitch has got dis covered
― hipster racist (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 8 September 2013 11:33 (ten years ago) link
also all the awesome football players from back in the day were running for the PALMER UNITED PARTY
if you require an explanation for the PALMER UNITED PARTY by the way here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/v/NuVgMLNhFuc&fs=1&hl=en
― hipster racist (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 8 September 2013 11:37 (ten years ago) link
that's more of a justification, imo
― spring has sprung the grass is risible (haitch), Sunday, 8 September 2013 11:43 (ten years ago) link
what happens is that australia has a democratic process, and then rupert murdoch (american) decides who will run the country, and then people sip their lightly chilled chardonnay and click their tongues and say 'oh yes what a valuable democratic process'
― obi wankin' obi (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 16 September 2013 11:10 (ten years ago) link
and now we have a ministry of _________, a ministry of ____________ and a ministry for blokes
― obi wankin' obi (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 16 September 2013 11:39 (ten years ago) link
clive palmer is rite, the military is ~stealing ballots~
― hipster racist (King Boy Pato), Monday, 16 September 2013 12:09 (ten years ago) link
how clive palmer ever got $5, let alone $1 billion, is a mystery to me
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 00:54 (ten years ago) link