Tony Abbott has threatened to call a double dissolution over the budget - Polidicks

[QUOTE=LuaChobo;44822780]heheheheheheheh [img]http://www.speedtest.net/result/3504203273.png[/img][/QUOTE] who the fuck uses dodo

[QUOTE=fruxodaily;44822866]He's one of [B][U]THOSE [/U][/B]people who has NBN[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=ScottyWired;44318293]Purple - the NBN [highlight]X[/highlight] - grandparent's house where I'll be living for four years starting next year [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/111996868/2014/nbn.JPG[/IMG] :suicide:[/QUOTE]

speedtest dickwaving contest? stop

I would bet anyone here $100 that a double dissolution will not be called. Bill Shorten isn't brave enough. And if one is, I think the coalition would win. Sad, but true. [editline]16th May 2014[/editline] (brave enough to block supply) [editline]16th May 2014[/editline] If a double dissolution was going to be called, the opposition would have announced it straight away. In fact they should have, they should have gone out all guns blazing declaring if that budget passes Australia is doomed to plutocracy and this is our only chance. If Bill Shorten did that Tony Abbott's face would literally be the guy at 50 seconds in the Age of Empires 2 intro video, followed by Bill Shorten at 53 seconds. [url]http://youtu.be/ow4cC-Cz5l8?t=49s[/url] (purposefully not embedding)

[QUOTE=download;44821630]Abbott should do it. He would then lose[/QUOTE] I'd love this to be true. But, it will pretty much be a split.. The time between a double dissolution, and the election would give the coalition time to spin the general public through media facets to re-elect them (despite it being against the public's interest(s)). If I were the LNP, I would find a way to repeal the ability for micro-parties to allow back-door deals; this alters the chance of independent members representing a large number of electorates. If there was another election, I'd vote ALP, just like I did last year.

Why the fuck would be do that He'd get killed in the election

[QUOTE=Flyingman356;44823570]Why the fuck would be do that He'd get killed in the election[/QUOTE] he's a delusional idiot who probably has no idea how many lives he is fucking over and how much people want to get rid of him. he probably sees the out pour over all this as a 'vocal minority'. which is great. because he's shooting himself in the foot.

I have NBN and I cap at 10mb/s

Telstra ADSL2+

I'm still amazed at how fast the Liberals ruthlessly abandoned years of rhetoric about being trustworthy, 'no-surprises' leaders. The fact that they seem so blasé about doing a 180 on many of their promises after they explicitly said they would never break any of them is astounding. Do they take Australians for idiots? What kind of reaction did they fucking expect after so heavily condemning Labor for being untrustworthy for so long? I mean I never thought the Liberals would be particularly good leaders when they got elected, but I didn't think it would be this much of a trainwreck.

[QUOTE=Lonestriper;44829273]I'm still amazed at how fast the Liberals ruthlessly abandoned years of rhetoric about being trustworthy, 'no-surprises' leaders. The fact that they seem so blasé about doing a 180 on many of their promises after they explicitly said they would never break any of them is astounding. Do they take Australians for idiots? What kind of reaction did they fucking expect after so heavily condemning Labor for being untrustworthy for so long? I mean I never thought the Liberals would be particularly good leaders when they got elected, but I didn't think it would be this much of a trainwreck.[/QUOTE] I don't think it's a problem with the Liberal party as a whole, just that Tony Abbott isn't the leader for them. Even Coalition backbenchers, Senators and John Howard himself have problems with this Ministry. Honestly, it's a shame that Turnbull lost the leadership contest to Abbott. Turnbull was so much more respectable as a leader. [editline]17th May 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=fruxodaily;44829189]Telstra ADSL2+[/QUOTE] Yeah I wish. My line is ADSL1 8 megabit, but from the MDF (I live in a block of units) to the telephone socket is bottlenecked to 1 megabit. The responsibility for that portion of the line is the landlord, who can't comprehend that people use the Internet for more than loading web pages and sending emails and so refuses to do anything about it.

Abbott isn't as good as Turnbull, granted, but that is irrelevant to the actual policy decisions of the party. The Liberals have a clear agenda which they'd implement regardless of the leader. The fact that they supported and followed the promises of Abbott and are now completely fine with breaking them speaks volumes really. They don't give a shit, and if they did they wouldn't be supporting these measures. In fact perhaps the only point of resistance towards the budget from the backbenchers we have heard of is in regards to the deficit levy. They're more concerned with a fucking tax on people earning more that $150 000 than access to healthcare or education. We all know where their allegiances lie. Turnbull's leadership wouldn't change that. Plus Turnbull being the leader would be even worse since he'd still kick you in the shin, but he'd do it with a beaming smile and friendly demeanour.

[QUOTE=Antdawg;44829372] Yeah I wish. My line is ADSL1 8 megabit, but from the MDF (I live in a block of units) to the telephone socket is bottlenecked to 1 megabit. The responsibility for that portion of the line is the landlord, who can't comprehend that people use the Internet for more than loading web pages and sending emails and so refuses to do anything about it.[/QUOTE] I feel you. My new place is meant to have Telstra ADSL2+, but after a recent storm the copper in the ground pretty much liquefied lmao, I get 1500+ ms latency from 5pm - 9pm peak time, and a max of 1.2mbps download all the time (used to get 12mbps). The wire which is broken is not on our property (we tested) and Telstra blatantly refuses that anything is wrong that they have to fix. [QUOTE=Lonestriper;44829482]Abbott isn't as good as Turnbull, granted, but that is irrelevant to the actual policy decisions of the party. The Liberals have a clear agenda which they'd implement regardless of the leader. The fact that they supported and followed the promises of Abbott and are now completely fine with breaking them speaks volumes really. They don't give a shit, and if they did they wouldn't be supporting these measures. In fact perhaps the only point of resistance towards the budget from the backbenchers we have heard of is in regards to the deficit levy. They're more concerned with a fucking tax on people earning more that $150 000 than access to healthcare or education. We all know where their allegiances lie. Turnbull's leadership wouldn't change that. Plus Turnbull being the leader would be even worse since he'd still kick you in the shin, but he'd do it with a beaming smile and friendly demeanour.[/QUOTE] I'm yet to see a government that doesn't break promises and lie through their teeth. They're all a bunch of fucking crooks. And don't worry too much, half the stuff won't even pass through the senate at the moment, it'll just get flat-out blocked. And I think you underestimate the amount of power the PM has for changing the agenda of the party, think back to Rudd years. He had everyone pretty much under his thumb and forced his own agenda through.

Rudd was a notorious micro-manager who's insistence on controlling everything made everyone hate him. I think he's an outlier when it comes to PMs running the agenda. And yeah, they're all crooks. Makes me wish there was a federal level ICAC. The NSW one is uncovering some hard truths at the moment and one has to wonder how far it goes.

Oh god this would make my day, please do it you delusional monkey.

[QUOTE=LuaChobo;44822780]heheheheheheheh [img]http://www.speedtest.net/result/3504203273.png[/img][/QUOTE] Hahaha, Dodo is so fucking shit that their PoP can't even support the full capacity of the fibre modem (100Mb/s / 40Mb/s). That's fucking awful.

Why is it always the people that Australians hate get voted into power

[QUOTE=Ignhelper;44830020]Why is it always the people that Australians hate get voted into power[/QUOTE] Australian Facepunch members don't speak for mainstream Australia. Most people wanted them, so they were voted in. They won by a good majority too.

[QUOTE=Ignhelper;44830020]Why is it always the people that Australians hate get voted into power[/QUOTE] The Coalition has lots of support from middle-aged and older Australians. But a part of the problem is that they said one thing before the last general election and are now doing the opposite. This process is particularly alienating the middle-aged group I had just mentioned. Middle-aged Australians are facing cuts to family tax benefits, will have to pay more to visit GPs, will have to pay more for petrol and will have to retire at 70 instead of 67. [editline]17th May 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Azza;44830059]Australian Facepunch members doesn't speak for mainstream Australia. Most people wanted them, so they were voted in. They won by a good majority too.[/QUOTE] The one thing I don't like about our electoral system for federal MPs is that if a candidate drags themselves from a plurality of the vote to a simple majority, or even if a candidate receives a majority on first preferences, they receive 100% voting power from that electorate despite only needing >50% support. Where is the voice for the other half of the voters? Theoretically, with our system, a party could form government from a simple majority in parliament from only 25% of the popular vote (at least 50% of the vote in at least 50% of the electorates) and that is unacceptable. We really need a system like which our Senate uses to elect our House of Reps, which Tasmania and Ireland also use in elections for their lower houses (the one that forms government). Multiple members from each electorate elected via a preferential, proportional method (Hare-Clark) which represents more voices. A good case for this was the 2010 general election, where the Coalition received 400,000 more primary votes (I think that was worth about the population of four electorates) than Labor but they each won the same amount of seats anyways.

[QUOTE=Ignhelper;44830020]Why is it always the people that Australians hate get voted into power[/QUOTE] fucking baby boomers and above. Australia will be a better place if they could no longer vote.

[QUOTE=LuaChobo;44830430]100/40 is max port speed, it doesnt matter who you go with you wont ever hit that no matter who you are with (for now at least)[/QUOTE] I've got the NBN but i'm locked with transact. Its fucking shit. We can't go anywhere else because they have the monopoly.We can only really afford 12 mbps, although we do get that all the time. We're thinking of upgrading to 25mbps (and 5 up) for only an extra twenty a month, you.

[QUOTE=LuaChobo;44826313]cheapest 100/40 connection that doesnt have shit cap it perfectly fine for internal connections and i get full speed from steam so they are fine they shape twitch though, i can stream but i cant watch rip[/QUOTE] Im with internode paying for 50/40 connection and they give me 100/40

[QUOTE=LuaChobo;44830430]100/40 is max port speed, it doesnt matter who you go with you wont ever hit that no matter who you are with (for now at least)[/QUOTE] Completely incorrect. NBN is only the connection to your house. The data provider you use determines how much throughput you can get through the NBN (i.e. NBN is a connection wholesaler). You're getting (relative to other NBN connections) shit speeds through Dodo because they don't have as good a network as Internode. If you paid for a 100/40 connection on Internode, you're much more likely to get the max with them, because they actually have a decent PoP network. [editline]17th May 2014[/editline] Enjoy (again) relatively shit connection speeds at night by the way (unless Dodo have upgraded their network now)

Could just go TPG NBN. They actually have the data network to support all the NBN connections. 40Mb/s is great, but still shit for what you should be getting over the NBN.