Australian parliament 101: your questions about key words and processes, answered

"These votes are usually used for social issues like abortion and euthanasia."

"These votes are usually used for social issues like abortion and euthanasia."

"Here is what Robert Menzies, the father of the Liberal party, had to say about it:... what we must look for, and it is a matter of desperate importance to our society, is a true revival of liberal thought which will work for social justice and security, for national power and national progress, and for the full development of the individual citizen, though not through the dull and deadening process of socialism."

""Northeast Pesylvania has some of the most expensive energy in the country and that's a direct result of Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and my opponent Matt Cartwright's policies.""

This is a negative sentiment.

""Northeast Pesylvania has some of the most expensive energy in the country and that's a direct result of Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and my opponent Matt Cartwright's policies.""

This is a negative sentiment.

""Northeast Pesylvania has some of the most expensive energy in the country and that's a direct result of Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and my opponent Matt Cartwright's policies.""

This is a negative sentiment.

""We can be the east coast's No. 1 energy source, but Joe Biden doesn't believe in that."

This is a negative sentiment.

"Bognet echoed Scalise's opinion that a victory over Cartwright will show that northeast Pesylvania residents do not support Biden and his policies."

This is a positive sentiment.

"Bognet echoed Scalise's opinion that a victory over Cartwright will show that northeast Pesylvania residents do not support Biden and his policies."

This is a positive sentiment.

"Bognet echoed Scalise's opinion that a victory over Cartwright will show that northeast Pesylvania residents do not support Biden and his policies."

This is a positive sentiment.

"House Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Bognet during a campaign event at the Lackawaa County Republican headquarters earlier this month."

This is a positive sentiment.

"House Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Bognet during a campaign event at the Lackawaa County Republican headquarters earlier this month."

This is a positive sentiment.

"Biden's approval rating has plummeted to 31 percent, the lowest level in his first term, according to a Quiipiac University national poll released on July 20."

This is a negative sentiment.

"Bognet, who owns a communications and public affairs consulting firm, won the Republican primary in 2020 but lost to Cartwright in the general election by around 12,300 votes."

This is a negative sentiment.

""I am proud to have worked with members of both parties to secure $2.1 million dollars to support our law enforcement in Wilkes-Barre, $3.5 million for the Scranton Police Department, and an additional $2 million to reduce violent drug, gang and gun activity in our community," Cartwright added."

This is a positive sentiment.

"Republicans see Pesylvania's 8th district as a chance to flip a seat, while Democrats are fighting to keep Cartwright in office."

This is a negative sentiment.

""When we win this race, the front page of every newspaper in the country is going to say, 'Joe Biden's liberal agenda defeated overwhelmingly in his hometown of Scranton.'"Bognet won the Republican primary, securing 68.9 percent of the vote compared to challenger Mike Marsicano's 31.1 percent."

This is a negative sentiment.

"Biden defeated Trump, but the economy was flourishing and gas was under $2 a gallon."

This is a positive sentiment.

"Biden defeated Trump, but the economy was flourishing and gas was under $2 a gallon."

This is a positive sentiment.

""In Congress, he will fight to grow our economy, build the wall, defend the Second Amendment, and support our brave military, vets, and law enforcement," Trump said in a statement released by the Bognet campaign."

This is a positive sentiment.

""In Congress, he will fight to grow our economy, build the wall, defend the Second Amendment, and support our brave military, vets, and law enforcement," Trump said in a statement released by the Bognet campaign."

This is a positive sentiment.

"The district supported Trump in 2016 and 2020, but Cartwright won in those years."

This is a negative sentiment.

"The district supported Trump in 2016 and 2020, but Cartwright won in those years."

This is a negative sentiment.

"Joe Biden's been so anti-energy from day one," Bognet said."

This is a negative sentiment.

"Joe Biden's been so anti-energy from day one," Bognet said."

This is a negative sentiment.

"Trump endorsed Bognet in May."Jim served in my administration and helped bring manufacturing jobs back to northeast Pesylvania."

This is a positive sentiment.

"Trump endorsed Bognet in May."Jim served in my administration and helped bring manufacturing jobs back to northeast Pesylvania."

This is a positive sentiment.

""If you think about Scranton, Pesylvania, and the values that Joe Biden has left behind," Scalise said to the crowd."

This is a negative sentiment.

"A Suffolk University poll of Pennsylvania residents in June showed that 42 percent view Biden favorably while 53 percent view him unfavorably."

This is a positive sentiment.

"Cartwright was unopposed in the Democratic primary."

This is a positive sentiment.

"But times have changed and Republicans believe that Donald Trump-endorsed business owner Jim Bognet can unseat five-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright in Pesylvania's 8th Congressional District general election."

This is a positive sentiment.

"But times have changed and Republicans believe that Donald Trump-endorsed business owner Jim Bognet can unseat five-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright in Pesylvania's 8th Congressional District general election."

This is a positive sentiment.

"But times have changed and Republicans believe that Donald Trump-endorsed business owner Jim Bognet can unseat five-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright in Pesylvania's 8th Congressional District general election."

This is a positive sentiment.

"In an interview on Fox News last week, Bognet criticized Biden's energy policies."

This is a negative sentiment.

"In an interview on Fox News last week, Bognet criticized Biden's energy policies."

This is a negative sentiment.

"Biden has often called himself the "kid from Scranton" in speeches."

This is a positive sentiment.

""We are going to beat them so badly right here in Joe Biden's ... "hometown" ... which he left in 1953," Bognet said at the event."

This is a positive sentiment.

""We are going to beat them so badly right here in Joe Biden's ... "hometown" ... which he left in 1953," Bognet said at the event."

This is a positive sentiment.

"Biden intended to aounce his $37 billion refund-the-police "Safer America Plan" in Wilkes-Barre this week."

This is a negative sentiment.

"Nestled in the Rust Belt of northeast Pesylvania where President Joe Biden was born, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre are cities once dominated by Democrats."

This is a negative sentiment.

""I was looking forward to the opportunity to discuss my work supporting our brave men and women in law enforcement," Cartwright said in a statement."

This is a positive sentiment.

"A native of Hazleton, which is part of the 8th district, Bognet served as an appointee to the U.S. Export-Import Bank during the Trump administration."

This is a positive sentiment.

"That was before Biden took office."

This is a positive sentiment.

"It was Cartwright's closest race since he was first elected in 2012."

This is a positive sentiment.