This is it, this “balanced reporting” and uninformed electorate is going to lead to Potato Head getting in.
We had a single election cycle of Labor and they didn’t manage to completely fix our economy and all the Liberal fuckery of the previous 2 cycles, so we better give the liberals another chance to fuck us harder.
Every time I run into a Liberal voter I ask the same question “What one thing is most illustrative of them being strong on the economy?”
I have never been given a good answer.
PS not a huge Labor fan either but I know which side of the Overton window I prefer to be pushing on.
I lost all damned faith in the australian voter after all those flung laurels and worship of Gillard’s misogyny speech only to turn around and vote into power the fucker it was aimed at.
I know a family, 4 voting adults, who won’t vote Labor at any level because the father had a dispute with a Union when he was the 3IC of a medium sized business.
I mean I hear what he was saying, the union was protecting a bunch of workers who had hit the point in life where they felt the company should hold their current jobs open for the next 10-15 years (until they retired) and they refused to negotiate around upskilling to up to date technology and work practice’s. The idea that a whole company should be stuck with 40 year old process on 50 year old hardware due to a small contingent of union employees is ridiculous.
But voting against your own interests at every state and federal election in the last 6 years and for the forseeable future as a response…
I had the “strong economic mangers” conversation with them about Gladys “Koala Killer” Berejiklian, “Oh she is doing a great job, you leave her alone… she’s only ever done her best and she gets picked on all the time…”