For those of you who are interested, in Australia we had an election on the 21st of August. Still, as of the 27th of August we have what is called a “hung parliament”. The first time since 1940. It is when one party cannot get a clear majority. One party is required to get 76 seats to make government, and at the moment both parties have 72 seats and are trying to convince a number of Independents and one Green to favour their policies so a majority government can be formed.
It’s a fitting outcome to what has been hailed “the most boring election ever”. Both parties are almost identical on all issues. The only difference is Labor want to create a National Broadband Network and the Liberals want to introduce Paid Maternity Leave. Although the Liberals denied Climate Change recently, the word is that they will eventually accept it and put a price on carbon.
Australia is one of only 3(?) countries in the world that has compulsory voting. So we allow the apathetic and dumb to vote. Long Live Democracy!!
