It means the Liberals finally have the dead weight slackened from their necks. They have a chance now, and more clear air than they've had in years to develop some good policy.

If the Nationals really want Nuclear, then they'd make a long term argument for setting up a pathway toward a sustainable industry that inserts alongside the renewable rollout as the energy requirements of the nation expand. But i predict they won't, because technology isn't their goal, coal, is their goal.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Will the Libs use their freedom to move back towards the pragmatic centre and bring the teals back into the fold (or replace them with better-supported candidates of a similarly moderate persuasion), or will they instead invite One Nation and Family First to dance?

[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 4 points 8 hours ago

Its the million dollar question isn't it. But i hope their new leader has seen reason, and understood good policy necessarily means a lretty central line most of the time, (by no means not all the time).

So i'd hope this is a sign that Sussan Ley, (the second 's' is so dumb, next she's gona be asking for her own pronouns... ;) /j), is trying to steer the party to the centre. Whether they actually sit down and develop any good policy in that process is a genuine hope i hold.

Good policy, even if i disagree with its direction, will always be better for the nation and the competition of ideas than the trollip they've 'mostly' been coming out with for most of the last decade or more.

[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 9 points 15 hours ago

My mate said “Huge news coming out of Canberra right now!”.

I guessed exactly what it was. The only bigger news would be if Russia or ‘Murica were performing a hostile takeover, which isn’t likely to happen while Labor is in power.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 6 points 15 hours ago

Does that mean 9 Nationals go to the HoR crossbench?

Technically, yes.

I don’t know what this means as far as pragmatic effects like voting on legislation

I expect the vast majority of the time, the Liberals and Nationals will vote together. But this opens up the possibility that on a few bills, they might split.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 3 points 15 hours ago

They can probably get more stuff done that way than being the junior coalition partner of a party that routinely does things that will screw the voter base of the nationals.