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Just announced that there will be a general election 9 October.

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and then we get the other $600 per child if we vote Liberal back in :)

$600 if we vote Howard
zilch if we vote Latham (according to press reports)

oh what a choice.....

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VOTE THATCHER !!

BB-can't accuse me of being Ben Elton

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At least we can be assured that both parties spending promises (if held) will mean a rise in interest rates and/or taxes.

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Great 6 weeks of election sleeze pouring forth from the telly. :(

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At least we now know when the pain will end. Both parties have been at each other as though in election mode for a couple of months now. The olympics have been keeping the TV off so I will carry on the same.

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Sorry to sound selfish at this stage of the game - but we are due out in January - how do you think the result will effect the exchange rate - which way do you think it will go?

thought it was worth asking as there are a few that are due out after the election.

cheers

pockygoes

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You've got to hand it to John Howard, he obviously believes that being the head of government of a country means he dont need to obey all those silly, pesky laws he has passed

Howard in Election Spamming Row

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If Labour is voted in your pound will be worth didly squat :scared:

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I guess that should be the other way around. Labour is untested, the perception would be a weakening of the economy (relative to the coalition) and a softening of the dollar wrt the pound. Or more simply, your DOLLAR will be worth diddly squat.

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Under a Labor government I believe the general trend is for the dollar to go down and interest rates to go up. Given a few months of a Labor government by January, I can imagine your dollars would have devalued and you'd be taking less back home with you. :(

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I am so concerned about a Labor government I imagine it will be the thing
that tips the scales in favor of us returning to the UK. I do not have words to explain how amazed I am at my own races naive outlook that almost half the population look like voting for them :scared: I wont be staying to watch the ship sink.

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that makes my mind up. im voting labour now.

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I echo those sentiments jad! I'll have finished my two degrees by the end of this year and will 80% head to the UK if we end up under a Labour government.

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:D Turn the lights off for us, thanks.