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I'll provide a link for good context but by now with the amount of posts that have come up regarding the fires, you know what's going on.
Just know that we've had pretty much no good leadership the entire time, the cunt went on holiday and didn't even explain to the public where he was and had to apologise, and now after the worst days so far he is still either nowhere to be seen or spouting pure shit. I'm beyond embarrassed.
https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/scotty-from-marketing-cricketers/
steerAwwPrincess
This bible thumping asshole must be sent packing.
TheRealAlpharius
We all need to start demanding more from leadership like wtf
cuntybumsox
Fuck that cunt.
ihavetotellyou
Feel your pain. His spirit animal leads the US.
Cebrail
Strange, sounds like he’s running for office in the US, true GOP material. Poor Australia, maybe you’ll get lucky and he’ll burn
crushingmissy
This title aged well...
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
OfallthestupididioticWTF
nope my presidents ALWAYS have a bigger body count and i'm pretty sure killing mofos is a good metric for shitty leadership
Chech
Justin Langer said he was hoping for rain, and ScoMo is telling people to forget the fires with a bit of cricket. How fucking ridiculous.
FourLegsGood
When one of his family dies send him a thoughtful message about cricket. It's the least you can do.
tesseract4d2
It's like they take Trump's incompetence as a challenge to be the worst leader possible.
moeojelly
He was the sop option to get the coalition back in power Dutton will roll him soon
Wombatant
I'm somewhat surprised and disappointed that nobody has even tried to beat the everliving shit out of him.
Wubbalubbadubdubb101
Can we make a post about world leaders that are doing a good job? All we see are the ones doing a shit job and that's neg reinforcement
kadaeux
If you can find a world leader actually doing a good job please do.
ReverendAurora
Correct. Because if we don't start seeing these fuckwits as evil, then we aren't going to get anything done.
TempyLOL
Took them way too long to send the military to help with evacuations...
Fairdinkums
I agree, I don't know why it took so long. I don't think we have the busiest military
Bigthunderrumblefish
He is weak as piss
StrictlyBull
I'd say he's more weak like fosters. Piss at least helps grow lemon trees
Safebox36
At least my piss burns.
TheBlueMuppet
So does Australia, apparently.
kadaeux
He is not, at least piss can get shit off of the bowl.
Safebox36
Piss has a purpose then.
Porecomesis
The problem is, if we get rid of Morrison, then only someone else from the LNP will replace him. The LNP has a whole has to go.
snaeksikn
Australia voted the LNP back into power. We get the leaders we deserve.
CommanderXirlos
Throw out the whole Australia, start over.
SophieClockwise
Judging by the past couple of weeks, that's what the country's currently attempting to do.
Fairdinkums
"Roight that's it! I've fuckin had enough" - Australia setting itself on fire
Skizzlesnap
Fairdinkums
You got the video of him doing this with the firefighter? Exact same thing, forcing a handshake after they've said they'd rather not
mirrelle
Honestly should have called him out on touching her without consent.
DevouredYou
This is painful to watch
makeiteasykeepitsleazy
Who is the guy in the hat who keeps trying to placate people? The town mayor or something?
Nefel
Tony Allen. Local councillor, conservative. Bullied an indigenous woman, and spent 6 years suing a nun who called him out for it.
makeiteasykeepitsleazy
Wow. Suing nuns is next level classy.
thanatos777
Have you considered putting your baby boomers Nauru and Manus instead of migrant children?
Fairdinkums
If only
Ubik360
Perhaps we should stop voting for politicians based on personality and start looking at policy?
dooms7
That’s more inhumane than treating each other with respect and kindness
AnAussieTroop
We should also make sure MPs PMs and premiers are paid alot less
drakkaris12718
You have to be able to read, think, and ponder upon a policy first
ObliqueRay
Ha! What are you gonna tell us next, to look at what they do, not what they say? Please...
sothisisthirty
He got them with the damn franking credits
mirrelle
He has the personality of a sack of shit so i dont understand why he won.
Tjitso
Because policies never change, and promisses made during elections are never broken. Truth is, politics is like a box of chocolates...
3P3references
Or at least pick Good alignments?
beardedballs
He's the pick of Murdoch media
Metalgearslade
THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENT!!!
celestedrake
It is what I do. But it does require avoiding all news. Politicians and media use charisma to sway... I just read up on policies right (1)
celestedrake
before voting. Unfortunately even that is usually the lesser of two evils... I will agree on some policies and disagree on others. Maybe(2)
celestedrake
we should vote individually on the top 5-10 issues as well. (3)
BroseidonKingOfTheBros
The vast majority of people who voted for his party DID pick on policies.
MioTaalas
But educating yourself takes time and effort, you can't possibly ask people to make educated decisions....
SlappedStupid
I wasn't offered any education in politics until uni, & I get the impression I could have been focusing on this my whole life & still ->
SlappedStupid
barely understand what I need to know. Trying to learn about this on my own, without guidance, is a lot to ask. I wish it was a bigger ->
SlappedStupid
part of my education when I was young.
fitlex
Some people have consumed almost nothing but Murdoch media their entire life and don't know there's anything else they need to know
kadaeux
If we started voting for politicians based on personality we'd spend every election trying to find one with personality.
wadatahmydamie
That’s what we did in the US, with catastrophic results. We chose the pseudo-charismatic idiot over the rigid policy wonk.
kadaeux
Yup. Here in Aus we *try* to vote for who we think will fuck up the least. But preferences continually fuck us over.
kadaeux
(In case it's not a thing in the US. Basically parties without enough votes to get into power can basically sell them to someone who will 1/
kadaeux
in exchange for political favour etc 2/2
BrotherEstapol
Shorten was a lot of things, but given his track record you know he'd handling this better. He wasn't charismatic, but he'd be better...
Nefel
He wasn't uncharismatic either. The majority of Aus media just kept telling everyone he was "unlikeable" over and over til they believed it.
Fairdinkums
100% this. Big business runs the libs and they have control over what you see so Shorten was always buried in shit
fitlex
I think they saw this episode of Doctor Who and gave it a whirl themselves
BrotherEstapol
I'm a Labour supporter, and I would never have used charismatic to describe him. Turnbull, Rudd, Keating, Hawke? Yes.
thedevil
Then you’re just making decisions on the lies they tell. Politicians can’t be trusted. As soon as they get any power their allegiance shifts
thebridgejumper
From my limited knowledge about our politics and the last election, I think everyone was kind of surprised when he/his party won.
GadenKerensky
He scared enough people into thinking a look into Franking Credits (which is a loophole) was going to turn into a tax on the elderly.
mirrelle
I worked the election and I was surprised he won because in my polling place it was labor by a landslide. And like, two votes for Hansen.
Wizardicus
Including the people who voted for said politician/party?
SyrusDrake
Not uncommon. People do stupid "protest votes" and then act surprised when everyone else does too.
Fairdinkums
Fucking Queensland's fault
LeCalabrone
It was a perfect example of why preference votes matter and why donkey voting is dangerous.
Toderdj
???
ENCHANTMEN
first past the post voting gives you the american government, you don't want the american government
SaphirasSexDoll
Because it makes you look like an ass?
mirrelle
Oh the amount of penises i saw counting ballots. Someone drew Batman riding a donkey though.
StNickCage
Wait. Voting counts?
sendmepuppers
This^ is why low voting rates are dangerous. A couple nut job strategists have figured out how to pull the right levers to get into power.
pandachariot
Over 90% the left wing leader wasn’t charismatic in a nut shell https://www.aec.gov.au/media/media-releases/2019/06-13a.htm
BorkBorkasson
Though I believe voting is mandatory in Australia. Education counts too.
FartmanMD
Voting is mandatory in Aus