And I thought today it would be over. The Election I mean. After all the weeks of campaigning and hot air, I was hoping for some result that would mean the best "person/party" would win. But now we have what threatens to be a hung parliament with a few independents being able to wield enormous power over the rest of the population.
It was so interesting to see how different each state was in terms of the way the people voted. Australia really is made up of differing countries inside the one island.
The high informal vote just added to the surreality of it all. Perhaps Latham & "Yes we canberra" picked up on the feelings of many. Art informing life informing art!
Obviously, the major parties will have to have a long hard look at themselves and see what went wrong.
The issues are complex, there isn't one simple solution, and we all think differently about the proposed solutions- that seems to be the message the public is saying. But I found the campaign profoundly negative.
While working at the library, my number one query was "where's the closest polling booth?"
At least they got an answer.
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