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What predictions do you have for the decade ahead?

Mine:
An unscheduled federal election for Australia sometime between mid 2020-mid 2021 mainly focused on climate change

2022 Federal election could be canceled if the unscheduled election takes place.

Labor or Greens will win the next federal election.

Greens will win the next State elections where Labor is in power

Labor will win the next state elections where liberal is in power.

Democrats will win the next US election

Greens will win the next New Zealand Federal election

A lot of Liberal voters will turn to labor or greens after they get lied to.
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MotorOmnibus8562 wrote:Labor or Greens will win the next federal election.
MotorOmnibus8562 wrote:An unscheduled federal election for Australia sometime between mid 2020-mid 2021 mainly focused on climate change
Australians knew who and what they were voting for in last year's Federal Election. I don't see how everyone can suddenly turnaround and claim 'outrage' and 'offence' at the party continuing with the stance they've held for some time now, when that is what the majority overwhelmingly voted for.

Labor don't stand a chance until they make it clear they'll do more than lip service for the average Aussie without splashing around frightening sums of money trying to win votes. In fact, I'll go a step further and say no-one stands a chance without a convincing narrative and responsible plan in terms of budgeting.
MotorOmnibus8562 wrote:Democrats will win the next US election
Recently political goings-on tend to suggest this might be unlikely; landslide victories of conservative governments both in England and Australia last year suggest a rejection of the direction their opponents are taking.
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Merc1107 wrote:
MotorOmnibus8562 wrote:Labor or Greens will win the next federal election.
MotorOmnibus8562 wrote:An unscheduled federal election for Australia sometime between mid 2020-mid 2021 mainly focused on climate change
Australians knew who and what they were voting for in last year's Federal Election. I don't see how everyone can suddenly turnaround and claim 'outrage' and 'offence' at the party continuing with the stance they've held for some time now, when that is what the majority overwhelmingly voted for.

Labor don't stand a chance until they make it clear they'll do more than lip service for the average Aussie without splashing around frightening sums of money trying to win votes. In fact, I'll go a step further and say no-one stands a chance without a convincing narrative and responsible plan in terms of budgeting.
I'm pretty sure that a lot of people would become smart and go left after reading the recent news articles discussing climate change and how the liberals are not listening to their voters

Labor depends on whoever is leading for me (I don't really like Annastacia Palaszczuk but I like Dan Andrews and Jodi McKay)

I don't really like the liberals, their campaigns look very suspicious to me. imo, A smart politician like Bill Tilley (Who is my local Victorian State MP) if he moved to federal politics, then he would make a great prime minister.
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If your find this surprising, then almost three quarters of liberals voters asked for real climate action.
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Merc1107 wrote: Labor don't stand a chance until they make it clear they'll do more than lip service for the average Aussie without splashing around frightening sums of money trying to win votes. In fact, I'll go a step further and say no-one stands a chance without a convincing narrative and responsible plan in terms of budgeting.
Funny that, the Liberal government has increased debt by even more than the Rudd/Gillard Labor governments did, yet they still claim to be the sensible economic managers. If debt and deficit is the yardstick to measure them by, which in the 2013 election it was, then it's plain to see that the Liberals haven't done any better than Labor, and the Liberals' claim of being better economic managers is implausible.
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MotorOmnibus8562 wrote: Labor or Greens will win the next federal election.
Picture this: you live in a rural Australian mining town (doesn’t matter where), your main subject is coal. You have worked for the mines your whole life, as did your father, and his father before that. The town only exists because of the mine. If there was no mine, there would be no town.

As you are working class, you are at heart a labour voter. As were your ancestors. Now labour are saying they will get rid of coal mines (to appease Greenies in inner-cities). But no coal mine means you would lose your whole life.

You are now left with a choice. Vote for the LNP, who will keep your town alive. Or vote for the ALP, who will destroy everything you know currently.

And that’s a big part as to why Labour won’t win until trey screw their heads on and think about their real voters, not just inner city socialists.
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Lt. Commander Data wrote:
MotorOmnibus8562 wrote: Labor or Greens will win the next federal election.
Picture this: you live in a rural Australian mining town (doesn’t matter where), your main subject is coal. You have worked for the mines your whole life, as did your father, and his father before that. The town only exists because of the mine. If there was no mine, there would be no town.

As you are working class, you are at heart a labour voter. As were your ancestors. Now labour are saying they will get rid of coal mines (to appease Greenies in inner-cities). But no coal mine means you would lose your whole life.

You are now left with a choice. Vote for the LNP, who will keep your town alive. Or vote for the ALP, who will destroy everything you know currently.

And that’s a big part as to why Labour won’t win until trey screw their heads on and think about their real voters, not just inner city socialists.
Well if my vote doesn't get to Greens then I will try labor
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If the Greens are present on the ballot paper I get, they will get my selection Z.
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More predictions from me:

V/locities will run on the Albury line from 2021

Mass replacement for all remaining High floor buses still doing route service, especially in Sydney and Hobart where they're pretty common

Tangaras will get their overhauls done and the first overhauled set will be in service in 2021, with all remaining tangaras completed by 2025 with ATP installed during the process

I don't think it's really gonna happen but a complete refurbishment of the NIF

M sets will get a refurbishment, this includes mainly replacing lights and more security cameras as well as replacing LED screens in the interior with digital ones, the new Digital screens will also apply to H and A sets as its being fitted onto Tangaras.

M and H sets and Maybe the Tangaras will be fitted with technology at tells you how full a carriage is, as The A, B are fitted with it and probably the D sets will be fitted with it as they are built.

Edit: It was digital signs being fitted onto tangaras in thecinterior, not LED
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Lt. Commander Data wrote:
MotorOmnibus8562 wrote: Labor or Greens will win the next federal election.
Picture this: you live in a rural Australian mining town (doesn’t matter where), your main subject is coal. You have worked for the mines your whole life, as did your father, and his father before that. The town only exists because of the mine. If there was no mine, there would be no town.

As you are working class, you are at heart a labour voter. As were your ancestors. Now labour are saying they will get rid of coal mines (to appease Greenies in inner-cities). But no coal mine means you would lose your whole life.

You are now left with a choice. Vote for the LNP, who will keep your town alive. Or vote for the ALP, who will destroy everything you know currently.

And that’s a big part as to why Labour won’t win until trey screw their heads on and think about their real voters, not just inner city socialists.
One would get the idea that mining is the only sector that creates employment, the way the Liberals support it to the detriment of many other sectors. Perhaps all those Ford, Holden and Toyota factory employees would still be in work if large coal deposits were found under their factories?
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busrider wrote:Funny that, the Liberal government has increased debt by even more than the Rudd/Gillard Labor governments did, yet they still claim to be the sensible economic managers. If debt and deficit is the yardstick to measure them by, which in the 2013 election it was, then it's plain to see that the Liberals haven't done any better than Labor, and the Liberals' claim of being better economic managers is implausible.
I don't disagree with what you are saying, but the oft-repeated phrases about debt increasing under Liberal ignores greater issues at play... Every time any Government tries to reign in spending, there's an inevitable sh*tstorm from the media and the Opposition that stops them from doing so, I suspect because they're trying to cut the wrong things; they'd likely get a lot more support for spending cuts if they went about trimming their own incomes and perks before going after everyone else.

There is the matter of "good" and "bad" debt: it's enough to say that if we're borrowing money to pay for debt, then we're setting ourselves up for spectacular failure if we don't have a serious discussion about how taxpayer's money is being or will be spent.
Lt. Commander Data wrote:You are now left with a choice. Vote for the LNP, who will keep your town alive. Or vote for the ALP, who will destroy everything you know currently.

And that’s a big part as to why Labour won’t win until trey screw their heads on and think about their real voters, not just inner city socialists.
Spot on assessment. As a whole, though, the major parties are very Melbourne/Sydney-centric, as are their voters, who think it an inconvenient fact a lot of the nation's economy is fuelled by activity in the regions or interstate.
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Fleet Lists wrote:If the Greens are present on the ballot paper I get, they will get my selection Z.
I voted for 'Zorro' in a few elections as well when the whole ballot paper was hopeless candidates.
I do rank the Greens a bit higher than Z though.
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Here are some predictions for the 2020s

The UN and extinction rebellion will join forces to push for a one world global government
Free to air syndicated tv and traditional broadcast radio in Australia will loose more viewers or listeners to online steaming services such as Netflix Stan Disney+ and others (tv) and Spotify podcasting and Apple Music (audio and music)
Nuclear power will become legal for use as a power source in Australia
Electric vehicles will become more common affordable and widely available
Sales of hybrid vehicles will catch up to sales of traditional combustion engined vehicles
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ScoMo will lose favour and will be dropped, at the very least next federal election. It seems that's the way we're headed now.
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Every major regional city in Victoria, WA, Queensland and some in NSW will have a major overhaul with their transport system.

Geelong, Townsville, Cairns and Newcastle and Wollongong will get their own commuter rail network (not intercity trains)

Here's some more that I predict but will probably not happen in this decade

States may become independent countries with their own states (Based on current federal Electorates.)

A country Taking up the middle third of New South Wales and Victoria is created and Albury/Wodonga is the capital.

I have a question, do whole continents have their own election where everyone living there has to all vote at once?
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Elections are country related and have nothing to do with continents. Australia is unique in that it is both a continent and country. In all other continents except possibly the artics there are multiple countries with each country having its own elections.
Also keep in mind that some countries do not have elections.
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Well I mean if Asia had an election (not countries but the whole contenenant) would there ever be an election (like China and Indonesia residents both had to vote at the same time under that Asian election)
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If there was to be such election, yes both Indonesia and China would vote at such an election but at the moment there are no such elections and I can not see it happen in the future.
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Here's a few of mine

- the Melbourne Airport Train Link will start construction and will be mostly finished by the time it's the 2030's
- More electric cars will be out on the roads.
- Boeing will see a positive comeback, perhaps with its improved version of the 777 model being able to fly with minimal issues (not quite sure about the 737 MAX)
- Flying cars will be tested out more often and perhaps more may be produced
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Uber are promising flying taxis.
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Fleet Lists wrote:Uber are promising flying taxis.
That would be good. I reckon that may take a while to set up (driver training, car testing, regulations etc). but despite that I reckon Uber could still launch their flying taxi service this decade, possibly towards the end of the 2020's
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In every regional town that has a population of at least 90 thousand, public transport will operate on Sundays.

Procurement to replace all R68 subway cars in New York.
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Retail will start dumping in store human staff for facial recognition and other technologies
There might be a transition to a cashless society witch means the end of ATMs and bank branches
The popularity of tap and go payments will mean the option for eftpos savings or credit with pin payments will become available less
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Campbelltown busboy wrote:Retail will start dumping in store human staff for facial recognition and other technologies
There might be a transition to a cashless society witch means the end of ATMs and bank branches
The popularity of tap and go payments will mean the option for eftpos savings or credit with pin payments will become available less
Point 1 - What does " dumping in store human staff" mean?
2. The cashless society has been predicted for the last 50 years - it is coming but is certainly more than 10 years away.
3 Tap and go is currently restricted to $100 so over that amount pins are still likely to be required.
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