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I'm Australian and I'd rather not be the battleground for this particular brawl. Our Government is incompetent and corrupt beyond measure, and takes its orders

• petre 6y ago
  I'll always remember Turnbull's laws of math come second to the laws of oz comment, heh. The last few of your prime ministers are much like Donald Trump. Science deniers that claim all sorts of nonsense. Crypto crusaders. Now this. How can a party have so many people like him and still win the elections? Aren't you fed up of having your country ran by these people?
  • pm 6y ago
    Yes I am. Unfortunately, the myth still abounds that the conservative side of politics are better economic managers (despite all evidence to the contrary), and the progressives are more concerned about appearances than they are about providing an alternative and representing the working class. Since we vote for a party, and not a personality, we don't get to pick our prime minister, and since the MSM here is mostly Murdoch-controlled (and he can't keep his digits out of our politics, even though he hasn't lived here for decades), the reporting is myopic and mostly one-sided. The politicians have become brazen with their corruption as well. There are some rays of hope with new media commentators taking them to task, but it's going to take a grass-roots backlash to unhinge the current party (though this is happening more and more).