Not sure why it puts me more economically conservative than the Greens but more socially left.
I think you're mixing up the axes! You are economically to the 'Left' (on the left-right axis) of the Greens, but slightly less socially progressive (up-down axis).
You don't need to vote below the line to choose your own preferences in the Senate anymore. 'Above the line' voting is now preferential, with at least 6 boxes needing to be numbered.
Is there any resource out there that can show me where the preferences get fed to, so I can make an informed choice.
You choose your own preferences.
On the House of Representative ballot, this has always been the case. You must number all the boxes.
On the Senate ballot it used to be the case that if you voted 'above the line', you could only vote '1', and nothing more, and the parties decided the preference flow. That is not the case anymore. Now, the Senate ballot has partially-optional preferencing 'above the line'. You must number at least 6 boxes if you vote above the line, but you can number all the boxes above the line if you choose. I would encourage numbering as many preferences as you can with the knowledge you have. (You can also number below the line if you want to pick your own ordering of the candidates for each party/group.)
See: https://www.aec.gov.au/Voting/How_to_Vote/Voting_Senate.htm
Or: https://www.chickennation.com/voting/senate/ (and the one about House of Representatives voting: https://www.chickennation.com/voting/).
I'm happy to answer any further questions if you have them, don't hesitate to ask 🙂
Putting aside the two errors in that one sentence (well done, Herald)
Yeah, when you lay off all the sub-editors, these things will happen.
Wasn’t that an issue with the trains in Sydney a few months ago? That they wanted to turn off payment but weren’t allowed, and so had to call in sick en mass instead?
That was because the state government secured an order from the Fair Work Commission to stop all industrial action until July. There's no problem relating to turning off payment specifically, and I think it had little to do with why the government asked for the order, or why Fair Work granted it. It was the 'disruption to the public', which turning off payment doesn't cause (quite the opposite).
Was this metro train safe?
I was hoping you might show up 😆
Tell me, though, how is it un-typical?
Good point, thanks. I've added a content warning.
It’s a bit weird that Dutton doesn’t seem to have much of a plan for the campaign.
That's what most struck me about this story. Is Dutton really just ad-libbing without a plan? Could it be some kind of Trumpian ploy to suck up attention?
Community service for manslaughter? The guy clearly did not give a shit about causing bodily harm to this elderly woman.
Meanwhile, if you display a prohibited symbol, you'll now get a mandatory minimum sentence of 12 months in gaol.
This isn't 'Overseas News', this happened in Australia
The labels in the middle of the sides are confusing, but if you focus on the labels with the arrows at the corners you'll see the x-axis is economic, and the y-axis is social:
'Left' points left
'Right' points right
'Progressive' points up
'Conservative' points down
Yeah, I guess 'Progressive' and 'Conservative' aren't exactly 'Libertarian' and 'Authoritarian' on the usual compass.