Jeezus I can see why you will never vote Liberal again. Lol
I still voted for them after that. Don't take it personally.Jeezus I can see why you will never vote Liberal again. Lol
I doubt you ever did, if you can remember stuff like that. Lol
You don't have to be embarrased about voting Labor, I did. Lol
In the scheme of things, we aren't that important, don't feel you can't say what you really feel.
I don't take politics personally, I actually realise that my vote means little, as does my opinion.I still voted for them after that. Don't take it personally.
I added more to the post.I don't take politics personally, I actually realise that my vote means little, as does my opinion.
I just put forward my thoughts, I try not to influence others, after having 4 kids I have found trying to force my opinion never ends up well.
But I do love challenging others that make statements, I feel are flawed and I hope others do the same to me.
That's what helps us, make better judgements.
Absolutely, politics in Australia over the last 40 years has been easy money.They assume the voters are dumb.
They are wrong
@sptrawler I'm not that aligned to politics that i live and breathe it, but I do take voting very seriously.I don't take politics personally, I actually realise that my vote means little, as does my opinion.
I just put forward my thoughts, I try not to influence others, after having 4 kids I have found trying to force my opinion never ends up well.
But I do love challenging others that make statements, I feel are flawed and I hope others do the same to me.
That's what helps us, make better judgements.
You know the issues and what is important and what we care about.Absolutely, politics in Australia over the last 40 years has been easy money.
Hawke/Keating deregulated the financial system and removed tariffs, that devalued our currency and made our exports cheaper, it still couldn't make our manufactured goods competitive.
But first Japan and then China industrialising made our resources boom and made our standard of living exceptional.
Now there is a shift in the geopolitical scene, how it pans out, will have great bearing on our future IMO.
@Knobby22 Unfortunately that is not the easy money answer. So much easier to rabbit on about anything and everything but what stands out as the most important is pushed onto the back burner.You know the issues and what is important and what we care about.
I reckon I could win them the next election. Instead they go on about essentially irrelevant things. We want them to improve the economy.
Suffice to say I really don't see much chance that our economic pillars of iron ore, coal, gas and house price inflation are going to hold up.But first Japan and then China industrialising made our resources boom and made our standard of living exceptional.
Now there is a shift in the geopolitical scene, how it pans out, will have great bearing on our future IMO.
Need more vision.Suffice to say I really don't see much chance that our economic pillars of iron ore, coal, gas and house price inflation are going to hold up.
Gas has the problem of reserves.
Housing has the problem that the social consequences are devastating, and I suspect it's only a matter of time until we see mass protests. If nothing's done then at some point it becomes this generation's "stop the war" movement.
That leaves coal and iron ore. Or in other words, an entire country propped up by selling the raw materials to produce steel. That seems rather precarious to me.....
How about rare earths? Batteries etc...That leaves coal and iron ore.
sadly lacking.Need more vision.
You always bring a smile to me in these gloomy mornings.How about rare earths? Batteries etc...
No, IMO we politicians that fight for the country, rather than fight each other and we need a media that builds a positive narrative, rather than always pushing a negative one.Need more vision.
It was a serious question.You always bring a smile to me in these gloomy mornings.
Did you forget the ROL emoticon?
Sadly there aren't too many politicians that are forward thinkers, only looking as far ahead to the next election 3 years away.No, IMO we politicians that fight for the country, rather than fight each other and we need a media that builds a positive narrative, rather than always pushing a negative one.
If public the select minority is true, that is the only explanation but if private, this is market forces: cause or consequences?Sadly there aren't too many politicians that are forward thinkers, only looking as far ahead to the next election 3 years away.
And much the same with the media, The organisations line is the one that seems to get peddled these days.
Long gone is the independence that was once the norm.
Too many media outlets these days controlled by a select minority.
You really think so?This is serious ..isn't the media just representative of the overall Australian constituents
And why we end up with such poor outcomes, everything is presented as Left/Right, Black/White, Right/Wrong, Yes/No, nothing is a sensible compromise derived from sensible debate.You really think so?
The ABC and the Guardian represent the Left, Sky and Murdoch represent the Right, no one represents the Centre, just like politics.
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