Australian federal election
May. 22nd, 2022 10:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meteordustI am so fucking thankful.
How Labor won
While the election may not deliver a clear majority for Labor, when you look at the issues that motivated candidates, you have a large parliamentary majority united in their desire for stronger action on climate change, and establishing a corruption watchdog.
Former prime minister Paul Keating famously said, if you change the government you change the country, and Saturday was no different.
I had hoped for this, as I have hoped before, but you never know what will happen. I was braced for disappointment, and for playing "The Light on the Hill" on repeat, and for posting a rant about the corrupt, incompetent, and heartless Coalition government, that has messed up its response to everything from the COVID vaccine rollout to sexual assault allegations to climate change action.
But I can let out a breath of relief, and just post a convo seen elsewhere on the internet:
Commenter 1: "I feel like every 3 years there are less and less polling places that actually offer democracy sausages. This is the third time in a row in three different electorates that I'm voting - and nothing. Got my partner all hyped up for this and nothing."
Commenter 2: "I am a teacher. Schools are having a harder time running them. Less people are willing to give up their Saturday to run the bbq and cake stalls etc. The fundraising requires volunteers to give up their day. No volunteers equates to no democracy sausage."
Commenter 1: "Thank you for this explanation 👍"
Commenter 3: "You have to cook the democracy sausage you want to have."
How Labor won
While the election may not deliver a clear majority for Labor, when you look at the issues that motivated candidates, you have a large parliamentary majority united in their desire for stronger action on climate change, and establishing a corruption watchdog.
Former prime minister Paul Keating famously said, if you change the government you change the country, and Saturday was no different.
I had hoped for this, as I have hoped before, but you never know what will happen. I was braced for disappointment, and for playing "The Light on the Hill" on repeat, and for posting a rant about the corrupt, incompetent, and heartless Coalition government, that has messed up its response to everything from the COVID vaccine rollout to sexual assault allegations to climate change action.
But I can let out a breath of relief, and just post a convo seen elsewhere on the internet:
Commenter 1: "I feel like every 3 years there are less and less polling places that actually offer democracy sausages. This is the third time in a row in three different electorates that I'm voting - and nothing. Got my partner all hyped up for this and nothing."
Commenter 2: "I am a teacher. Schools are having a harder time running them. Less people are willing to give up their Saturday to run the bbq and cake stalls etc. The fundraising requires volunteers to give up their day. No volunteers equates to no democracy sausage."
Commenter 1: "Thank you for this explanation 👍"
Commenter 3: "You have to cook the democracy sausage you want to have."
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Date: 2022-05-22 12:53 pm (UTC)"You have to cook the democracy sausage you want to have" is a great line.
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Date: 2022-05-24 12:17 pm (UTC)Yeah, that line just sums up everything so perfectly.
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Date: 2022-05-22 12:53 pm (UTC)"You have to cook the democracy sausage you want to have" is a great line.