But I'm sick of all the media coverage only on the Labour and Liberal parties this election. Let's face it, neither of those two parties are a good choice: with Labour we can't be sure that the person leading them will still be doing so in a year let alone by next election, and they're rapidly sending the country into debt (a massive debt). And have I mentioned all of the in fighting and back stabbing yet? With the Liberals there's a lot of emphasis on getting our budget back into surplus, which is a good thing. But then take a look at their policies so far: there's a whole lot of big spending and no accounting for where the money is coming from.
I don't know about you, but I don't want either of those parties in charge of Australia's budget. Neither of them are exactly showing themselves to be good with money. It's all spend, spend, spend!
But that's how elections go, isn't it? Big promises that will be broken once a party is voted in. No body seems to remember this little fact, they're just surprised after each election when it happens all over again.
So pretty bleak choices for the people of Australia to choose from. Labour and Liberal are just as bad as each other. They're both toxic and extremely out of touch with the real world (I've said it before and I'm going to say it again, I really need to become a politician for the cushy life being one brings).
But if you look beyond the mainstream media this election, you'll be in for a pleasant surprise: there's actually more than just the two Labour and Liberal parties!
Yeah, I know. Shocking, right.
And what's even more shocking is that some of them, not all of them, aren't crazy crackpot parties, an actually have some really good policies that are far more in touch with the average Australian than the two main stream parties. They're worth looking into before going into the polling booth this election year. I mean, even the Greens are preferencing their votes to a party that isn't Labour or Liberal. There's actually a real chance that there'll be more than just two parties and a couple of independents sitting in parliament after 7 September.
So think about it, and vote for somebody different. It's time there was a change in the way that this country is run, and (as horribly cliched as this is) you have the power to make this change happen. This election year, there is actually a very real possibility for real and significant change.
