Australians' lives are too cushy for most of them to care a whit about political news nevermind any attempt at reading between the lines or applying reason and

Australians' lives are too cushy for most of them to care a whit about political news nevermind any attempt at reading between the lines or applying reason and logic to why a politician or party may be leaning in a particular direction. Tax cuts = political victory Border protection = political victory Increased surveillance (wrapped up in "anti terrorism" labels) = political victory Australia's political situation is going to get a fair bit worse before it gets better. This Google / Facebook thing is the Government shilling for News Corp, but you just don't hear that angle anywhere near as much as you hear "Google threatens to..." It's all obvious, given the existing power structures, but it's disappointing that Australian politicians are acting so predictably grubbily. Google need to be taken to task for tax avoidance, but that's a big, complicated issue that might take long enough that the next Government gets the credit so, you know, let's half-arse something this term and see if that gets us some free love.