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Jul 4^th, 2013 at 11:51am

A few weeks ago you could have got 8 to 1 on labor winning -
it's now 3.75 to 1.

http://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/politics/australian-federal-politics

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Pay on party which supplies the Prime Minister following the next Federal election.Bets settled at time of swearing in.
All bets carry over if the Gov General does not swear in a PM because supply cannot be guaranteed.Coalition refers to the Liberal Party.

Sworn In Government

Coalition 1.26

Australian Labor Party 3.75

But the latest poll says Labor will win so maybe it's a good bet?

http://www.independentaustralia.net/2013/politics/morgan-poll-shows-labor-in-fro...

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Morgan Poll shows Labor in front

This week’s Morgan Poll, the second since Kevin Rudd became Prime Minister, shows another swing to the ALP.
The ALP is now at 51.5% (up 2% since last Wednesday’s snap SMS Morgan Poll), ahead of the L-NP 48.5% (down 2%) on a two-party preferred basis.

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Verge Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6329 Gender:	Re: Libbos still leading in Sportsbet Reply #1 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:08pm Maybe the board could have an internal betting ring, where the stakes are like those of the recent Rudd v Gillard contest, the loser leaves the boards. Will be interested to see if any rusted on left or rights are prepared to take one anothers challanges. Me, Im hoping for another hung parliment.
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Reply #2 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:12pm

Verge wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:08pm:

Maybe the board could have an internal betting ring, where the stakes are like those of the recent Rudd v Gillard contest, the loser leaves the boards.

Will be interested to see if any rusted on left or rights are prepared to take one anothers challanges.

Me, Im hoping for another hung parliament.

Maybe I should bet my house on it?
If I win I could live the rest of my life as a retired person in luxury -
if I lose I'll be at the Salvation army hostel.

What should I do?

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Reply #3 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:13pm

Verge wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:08pm:

Maybe the board could have an internal betting ring, where the stakes are like those of the recent Rudd v Gillard contest, the loser leaves the boards.

Will be interested to see if any rusted on left or rights are prepared to take one anothers challanges.

Me, Im hoping for another hung parliment.

because this has been such a stellar success???? government by bribery. Leadership fights from day one?

pass.

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Reply #4 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:15pm

longweekend58 wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:13pm:

Verge wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:08pm:

Maybe the board could have an internal betting ring, where the stakes are like those of the recent Rudd v Gillard contest, the loser leaves the boards.

Will be interested to see if any rusted on left or rights are prepared to take one anothers challanges.

Me, Im hoping for another hung parliment.

because this has been such a stellar success???? government by bribery. Leadership fights from day one?

pass.

Because it passed more bills than any other government in history in the worst economic times the world has seen since the great depression.

Howard didnt pass anywhere near as many bills in a term even when he had a majority in both houses.

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Reply #5 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:19pm

Verge wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:15pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:13pm:

Verge wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:08pm:

Maybe the board could have an internal betting ring, where the stakes are like those of the recent Rudd v Gillard contest, the loser leaves the boards.

Will be interested to see if any rusted on left or rights are prepared to take one anothers challanges.

Me, Im hoping for another hung parliment.

because this has been such a stellar success???? government by bribery. Leadership fights from day one?

pass.

Because it passed more bills than any other government in history in the worst economic times the world has seen since the great depression.

Howard didnt pass anywhere near as many bills in a term even when he had a majority in both houses.

Do you have a link to those stats Verge?

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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 106878 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Libbos still leading in Sportsbet Reply #6 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:30pm It's now 4 to 1 for a bet on labor. http://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/politics/australian-federal-politics
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Reply #7 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:32pm

Amadd wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:19pm:

Verge wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:15pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:13pm:

Verge wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:08pm:

Maybe the board could have an internal betting ring, where the stakes are like those of the recent Rudd v Gillard contest, the loser leaves the boards.

Will be interested to see if any rusted on left or rights are prepared to take one anothers challanges.

Me, Im hoping for another hung parliment.

because this has been such a stellar success???? government by bribery. Leadership fights from day one?

pass.

Because it passed more bills than any other government in history in the worst economic times the world has seen since the great depression.

Howard didnt pass anywhere near as many bills in a term even when he had a majority in both houses.

Do you have a link to those stats Verge?

I went to the APH site and got the following stats;

43rd Parlament (The unworkable shamble) - 472
42nd (ALP) - 409
41st (Howard with both houses) - 549
40th (Howard) - 427
39th (Howard, including GST which was a fair few bills) - 564

Interesting how an unworkable shamble produced more than one of howards great eras. I was obviously wrong about when howard controlled both houses.

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Reply #8 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:58pm

Verge wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:08pm:

Maybe the board could have an internal betting ring, where the stakes are like those of the recent Rudd v Gillard contest, the loser leaves the boards.

Will be interested to see if any rusted on left or rights are prepared to take one anothers challanges.

Me, Im hoping for another hung parliment.

A hung parliament is a weak parliament -
that's not good at all.

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Reply #9 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 2:13pm

It looks like the election date will be August 24th.

http://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/politics/australian-federal-politics

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Election Date Announced

Friday 05/07/2013 .

Applies to the Federal Election date announced by Kevin Rudd in 2013. Others on request..

22:00
Election Date

Markets (1)
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August 10th 13.00

August 17th 15.00

August 24th 1.60

August 31st 4.00

September 7th 15.00

September 14th 11.00

September 21st 51.00

September 28th 51.00

October 5th 101.00

October 12th 101.00

October 19th 7.00

October 26th 8.00

November 2nd 34.00

November 9th 41.00

November 16th 51.00

November 23rd 81.00

November 30th or later 67.00

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Reply #10 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 2:14pm

Bobby. wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:58pm:

Verge wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:08pm:

Maybe the board could have an internal betting ring, where the stakes are like those of the recent Rudd v Gillard contest, the loser leaves the boards.

Will be interested to see if any rusted on left or rights are prepared to take one anothers challanges.

Me, Im hoping for another hung parliment.

A hung parliament is a weak parliament -
that's not good at all.

Why is it weak? I think its actually the other way round, the strongest stand up and fight for what they believe in.

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Reply #11 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 2:21pm

Verge wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 2:14pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:58pm:

Verge wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:08pm:

Maybe the board could have an internal betting ring, where the stakes are like those of the recent Rudd v Gillard contest, the loser leaves the boards.

Will be interested to see if any rusted on left or rights are prepared to take one anothers challanges.

Me, Im hoping for another hung parliment.

A hung parliament is a weak parliament -
that's not good at all.

Why is it weak? I think its actually the other way round, the strongest stand up and fight for what they believe in.

It's weak because the Govt. can't pass the legislation that we may really need.

Ever studied the Weimar republic in Germany?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/germany/weimarstrengthweak...

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Proportional representation - instead of voting for an MP, like we do in Britain, Weimar Germans voted for a party. Each party was then allocated seats in the Reichstag exactly reflecting (proportional' to) the number of people who had voted for it. This sounds fair, but in practice it was a disaster it resulted in dozens of tiny parties, with no party strong enough to get a majority, and, therefore, no government to get its laws passed in the Reichstag. This was a major weakness of the Republic

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Reply #12 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 2:26pm

Bobby. wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 2:21pm:

Verge wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 2:14pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:58pm:

Verge wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:08pm:

Maybe the board could have an internal betting ring, where the stakes are like those of the recent Rudd v Gillard contest, the loser leaves the boards.

Will be interested to see if any rusted on left or rights are prepared to take one anothers challanges.

Me, Im hoping for another hung parliment.

A hung parliament is a weak parliament -
that's not good at all.

Why is it weak? I think its actually the other way round, the strongest stand up and fight for what they believe in.

It's weak because the Govt. can't pass the legislation that we may really need.

Ever studied the Weimar republic in Germany?

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Proportional representation - instead of voting for an MP, like we do in Britain, Weimar Germans voted for a party. Each party was then allocated seats in the Reichstag exactly reflecting (proportional' to) the number of people who had voted for it. This sounds fair, but in practice it was a disaster it resulted in dozens of tiny parties, with no party strong enough to get a majority, and, therefore, no government to get its laws passed in the Reichstag. This was a major weakness of the Republic

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Thats not true because it passed 472 peices of legislation, 63 more than the ALP majority before it and more than 1 of howard 3 terms.

It also passed four massive peices of legislation, being the NDIS, Gonski, Carbon Pricing and the NBN.

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Reply #13 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 2:31pm

Verge wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 2:26pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 2:21pm:

Verge wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 2:14pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:58pm:

Verge wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:08pm:

Maybe the board could have an internal betting ring, where the stakes are like those of the recent Rudd v Gillard contest, the loser leaves the boards.

Will be interested to see if any rusted on left or rights are prepared to take one anothers challanges.

Me, Im hoping for another hung parliment.

A hung parliament is a weak parliament -
that's not good at all.

Why is it weak? I think its actually the other way round, the strongest stand up and fight for what they believe in.

It's weak because the Govt. can't pass the legislation that we may really need.

Ever studied the Weimar republic in Germany?

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Proportional representation - instead of voting for an MP, like we do in Britain, Weimar Germans voted for a party. Each party was then allocated seats in the Reichstag exactly reflecting (proportional' to) the number of people who had voted for it. This sounds fair, but in practice it was a disaster it resulted in dozens of tiny parties, with no party strong enough to get a majority, and, therefore, no government to get its laws passed in the Reichstag. This was a major weakness of the Republic

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Thats not true because it passed 472 peices of legislation, 63 more than the ALP majority before it and more than 1 of howard 3 terms.

It also passed four massive peices of legislation, being the NDIS, Gonski, Carbon Pricing and the NBN.

Verge,
it depends on what legislation it passed -
it may not have been what Labor wanted.

Anyway - you're off topic.

What do you think of the odds?

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Reply #14 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 3:44pm

Verge wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:15pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:13pm:

Verge wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 12:08pm:

Maybe the board could have an internal betting ring, where the stakes are like those of the recent Rudd v Gillard contest, the loser leaves the boards.

Will be interested to see if any rusted on left or rights are prepared to take one anothers challanges.

Me, Im hoping for another hung parliment.

because this has been such a stellar success???? government by bribery. Leadership fights from day one?

pass.

Because it passed more bills than any other government in history in the worst economic times the world has seen since the great depression.

Howard didnt pass anywhere near as many bills in a term even when he had a majority in both houses.

since when did QUANTITY equal QUALITY??? I would expect a better standard from you than something so valueless.

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