State Election here saturday

[Landdownunder]

Be interesting but current left govt will stay in power.

Conservative Party currently here has become almost as left leaning over last 6 years or so to capture middle ground bordering on woke.

Many annoyed conservative voters will vote for a traditional right wing party which is gathering a head of steam.

Current conservatives may well get slaughtered fill ya in on monday the swings either way.

Googled it for whats its worth in my state 84% live in city and further 10% in regional cities dont leave true rural people with much of a vote same the world over.

cheers all.

edit side note my first rodeo Saturday night as "official photographer with open access" rodeo people cowboys rodeo families just salt of the earth. Barrel racers cool as well, smoke hanging out there mouth a shot of rum before the sprint off they go.
As I get more into it getting more known more respected and a few laughs pity im a tea totaler at moment would love to get on the turps with some of the old cowboys.

[Landdownunder]

Cut and paste huge apologies. First thing Labour Party left/scocialist Liberal Party conservatives modern conservatives and One Nation Party traditional right wing party no move to centre.

Again to reiterate Liberal here is total opposite op your liberals



South Australian polls have not shown a similar decline in Labor support, but they have replicated the shift from the Liberal Party to One Nation. With final polls agreeing that One Nation is now polling second, the question is – who will finish second on election day?

To date all we have is opinion polls. Are the polls measuring disenchantment or voting intention? Saturday’s South Australian election may finally tell us whether One Nation’s rise is real.

So dominant is state Labor that perhaps the election is not a true test of the national mood. But it is a measure of whether the polls are right.

If One Nation finishes second in the vote, and Liberal support follows the polls and drops below 20%, then the feverish spiral of recent Coalition politics may worsen.

[Landdownunder]

Last comment my state will NEVER see a conservative govt again demographics huge number of immigrants vote left and boundaries getting realigned. Conservative stronghold electorates being made smaller they know full well will stay conservative forever but add towns to other marginal seats with regional town voters hope that makes sense.

Tis what it is dont get to strung up about politics and agriville gets a tad nasty about politics. Even forage who I respect read some comments in commodity section the other day I thought "wow forage did you take a shit pill this morning tad aggressive"

Each to their own.

[Landdownunder]

Party 2 and 3 are the Conservative Parties number 2 extreme right as you can see vote got split. Socialist left got in easily as expected. 2nd and 3rd refused to preference each other also hurt them. Greens no seats mostly there votes are from protest votes towards socialist that wont vote for number 2 and 3 waste of space sadly in whole political landscape here. Austrlia is unique when it comes to green votes compared to rest of the world.

[farmaholic]

Does South Australia's ALP follow a woke agenda?
Does Australia's federal election use the preferential ballot like South Australia?

[Landdownunder]

Woke agenda on some things yes others not, and yes feds are preferential.
First past the post voting changed in early 1900s to preferential.

[agstar77]

What is your power generation situation. Does it rely on imported LNG and oil from the middle east?

[Landdownunder]

Gas plenty but mixture of own and imported but its all our own gas crazy, plus Wind and Solar oil from Middle East despite having ample reserves

[agstar77]

Is this true?

[Landdownunder]

Cant say 100% truthfully but yes possible. Our local town 500 people both stations had no fuel all last week gas and diesel. But replenished tuesday this week.

My regional town 11000 people has 10 stations they have all remained open but at times may run out of certain product.

We've got oil to burn underground but all imported fuel.

Just checked online unleaded 91 $2.59 a litre diesel $3.16

Did a cut and paste not 13% NSW is worst affected state


NSW Fuel Shortage Details (As of March 25, 2026):

• Total Affected Stations: 313 stations (out of ~2,400) reported shortages, notes the NSW Government.
• Fully Dry (Closed): 32 stations have no fuel, with this Facebook video from Paul Toole MP ([url]https://www.facebook.com/PaulTooleMP/videos/there-are-over-50-fuel-stations-in-nsw-that-have-run-dry-for-servos-that-do-have/1189137519783089/[/url]) stating 35 sites were out in earlier reports, according to Sky News Australia.
• Partial Shortages: 313 stations are missing at least one fuel type, split evenly between regional and metropolitan areas, reports the NSW Government.
• Diesel Specifics: 187 service stations have completely run out of diesel (78 regional, 109 metro), says the NSW Government.
  NSW Government +2