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When will we Australians finally wake up?
Yet another Australian federal election is nearly upon us - but have we yet learned anything from the lessons of the past?
Saturday May 18th 2019, voting day, is looming large. Once again we are being compelled to follow the leaders of our various political parties, as they crisscross the continent, showering policies and vague promises of financial largesse around like confetti. They flit like busy little bees from state to state and federal seat to federal seat, along with an adoring, applauding backdrop comprised of a mob of political groupies.
Their progress, in full attack mode, is consumed with the fear of having to ‘sandbag’ a vulnerable parliamentary seat. Yet another representative of their particular political bent, in danger of being lost to an “unreliable and incompetent opposing party”. Other seats, currently held by the opposition that they hope to gain, are usually stalked by claiming to ‘rescue’ the poor voters there from what they similarly like to refer to as “that incompetent, dangerous mob who have never been capable of running the economy”, or something similarly derogatory plucked from their well rehearsed portfolio of creative invective.
Elections after election continues to follow the same pattern, accompanied by the same series of claim and counter claim. Threat and counter threat. Smear and…
