- Dec 27, 2015
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We've got our federal elections coming up on Saturday 21st May. The incumbents are the conservative coalition of Liberals and Nationals, while the main opposition and possible contender for government is the Labor Party (a sort of toned down Republican versus Democratic debate with less melodrama), with a few wild cards thrown in - Clive Palmer's United Australia Party, Pauline Hanson's One Nation party, Bob Katter's Australia Party, the Greens, some independents and the single issue fringe eg. the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party, and possibly the Ausralian Christian Party, most likely in Western Australia if they field a contender.
Whoever wins is going to have a few challenges to sort out - massive federal debt, war between Russia and Ukraine, China becoming more assertive in the Asia-Pacific area and possibly taking aggressive action towards Taiwan, North Korea firing off more missiles, the tail end of Covid, our submarine debacle, a real estate market out of control and all the rest.
Just to make it a bit more interesting the leader of the Opposition (ALP) has come down with Covid and is in isolation with four weeks to go.
So I'll vote on Saturday and go to mass on Sunday. At least some things don't change.
Whoever wins is going to have a few challenges to sort out - massive federal debt, war between Russia and Ukraine, China becoming more assertive in the Asia-Pacific area and possibly taking aggressive action towards Taiwan, North Korea firing off more missiles, the tail end of Covid, our submarine debacle, a real estate market out of control and all the rest.
Just to make it a bit more interesting the leader of the Opposition (ALP) has come down with Covid and is in isolation with four weeks to go.
So I'll vote on Saturday and go to mass on Sunday. At least some things don't change.