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Iva Bigun
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A change of Government is due and no one seems to like Giggles as premier.
I early voted in the Mermaid Beach district and interestingly I asked the leaflet bearers what their party were going to do for the constituents.
liberals just looked at each other and could not answer, I took it as a sign of complacency as they have held the seat for a long time
I then asked Labor and he stated “change”. I know he was talking about the seat but I must admit it felt like “change for more of the same”
They are all self serving sharks IMO
I early voted in the Mermaid Beach district and interestingly I asked the leaflet bearers what their party were going to do for the constituents.
liberals just looked at each other and could not answer, I took it as a sign of complacency as they have held the seat for a long time
I then asked Labor and he stated “change”. I know he was talking about the seat but I must admit it felt like “change for more of the same”
They are all self serving sharks IMO
I most certainly am and very proud of their older brother too, who doesn't have an athletic bone in his body, but is very gifted in the Agricultural Science field, having graduated from Kasetstart Uni, where he now works, leading and teaching students on field trips all over Thailand.That’s awesome Choppers you must be very proud of them
Mermaid Beach is an interesting electorate. Ray Stevens has held the seat since it was created in 2009, but the LNP have progressively lost their stronghold on it over the years. To the point that it became a marginal seat (under 5% difference) in 2020. One would think it would be a fairly safe seat for the LNP given the demographics/wealth in the area but that doesn't necesssarily seem to be the case. I doubt it'll swing to Labor on Saturday but they do seem to be within striking distance of the LNP this time around and we know a lot of interstate people have moved here since COVID, which potentially means we'll see some unexpected results this weekend.
Up until this week it seemed like the LNP/Crisafulli had this election in the bag. They'll probably still win but polls over the last week suggest Labor might be staging a comeback. Most likely too little, too late.
Iva Bigun
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I’m not a fan of giggles and his government but equally it would be great to see Ray get a scare, far too comfortable IMO
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Iva Bigun
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Yeah, good advicePolitics
There seems to be quite a few state MPs on the Gold Coast that have become comfortable. Would be great to shake things up a bit so we're not forgotten about when elections roll around.
Funny how Brisbane's board has lively discussions about politics and how it may impact their city/team, yet there's next to nothing on our board. Especially considering the man that's tipped to become the new Premier of Queensland later today is actually contesting a Gold Coast seat. Our current Premier was in the Broadwater today jetskiing around and was spruiking the future of the light rail + the 50 cent fares. Why don't my fellow Gold Coasters want to discuss this kind of stuff? I don't get it. What they do impacts us all.Politics
For me it’s because I don’t want to put a divide or an extra divide between myself and my Suns brothers and sisters.
But having said that everything you have said in this discussion is non partisan and great.
The problem with discussing politics is people get very staunch on their preferred party like it’s a family member that you’re talking about. When at the end of the day majority of politicians care about the party 90% and only their constituents 10%
A lot of politicians are career politicians and their views don’t resonate with the common every day people
Plus 1.......can add religion to that as well....don't need to discuss either on a footy website......just my opinion
Fair enough. I think there's a way to discuss it without turning it into a 'your team vs my team' type of discussion/argument, but I get why others may not want to engage in it because it could lead to something else.
I do think the Gold Coast is an interesting case study when it comes to politics because most indicators suggest it has been historically conservative and that's starting to get challenged now that we've had so many interstate/international people move here in the last five or so years. Five of our seats were marginal in the last state election (Burleigh, Coomera, Currumbin, Mermaid Beach & Southport) and that tells me that the DNA of the Gold Coast is changing as we grow. That's interesting to me and it means the future of the Gold Coast is going to look different and I'm interested in what our future looks like.
Iva Bigun
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Amen
Please keep posting your thoughts as you have an ability to come across as dare I say it……”Fair And Balanced”.
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I'm finding myself agreeing more and more with you Bodsy,
a scary thought for sure.
I get what you mean but politics over time has become a popularity contest probably worse after covid but imo I don’t think general every day voters take a lot of notice who is running for their seat they go by the leader of the party and when the leader of the party is on tv or in media it’s just about how much they can spend on handouts when at the end of the day it’s the taxpayers money but they’re seduced by the benefits of the handouts they’re going to receive and forget it was their money to begin with and wouldn’t need as many handouts if it was left in their own pockets
Iva Bigun
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The us and them gulf narrative is algorithm Driven IMO
People have much more in common than they have differences, tropes like
All latest generation is stupid or
all older people are racist or
All people on the right are Nazis
All people on the left are Marxists
The truth is we all have a much more in common than the world would have us believe
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Especially us Gold Coast supporters, we are all suckers for pain
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Very true Iva.
Like has been said, This kind of discussion is touchy so as a mod I won't get too far into it but i genuinely believe the state of Queensland has ballsed this one up.
Especially us Gold Coast supporters, we are all suckers for pain
I might have to petition Chief to change the subheading on the board to Gold Coast Suns: We're all suckers for pain.
Fair enough.
As a side note, now that we know the LNP has all but won the election, I think it's fairly likely that their 100-day review of the Olympic stadium situation is going to result in a decision to rebuild the Gabba. If that happens then it's pretty likely that the Lions will be required to play home games on the Gold Coast for 3-4 years.
So what would that mean for us? Will it fast track a capacity upgrade? Even public transport to the stadium? Things could get very interesting for us if this happens and I think it's the most likely outcome now that the LNP is (likely) in power.
It depends. we know governments have short term vision and will probably spend millions on patching up the Gabba and will have to be knocked down anyway in 10 years but on the other hand we also see governments flip flop on their policies all the time soon as they’re elected
If there’s private investors interested then they maybe inclined to build the new stadium and look at capping the amount of government funding like they’re planning to do at the stadium for the Hobart team
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Not one big enough to warrant using them
Big Red Machine
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But do they get you pulled over in the hood by giving you a rental with expired rego?
I got a link from the club made no difference to the price or maybe just the car I chose
