"....If the Australian people decide to put us through another four years of Howard, Downer, Costello, and the rest of the corporate brown-nosers I'll move to New Zealand.".......
Hate to say it Guest John, but it never seems to make much difference what the Australian people actually want, they only get what the pollies and their backers decide to give us to choose from. And it doesn't seem to matter who gets in, 'cos it's always the same s**t, only the depth changes - and they're standing on our shoulders.

Personally, I'd rather have no party politics, no nominations, no candidates, no electioneering, and everybody eligible to be voted for..... Oh, and national average wages for elected representatives. That should stop the professional politicians from polluting government. They can go get jobs with their mates in the big businesses they've sold off or frightened off, and let some honest people do the job for Australia, not for the party or the money.