The labor party routed the liberals in the national elections today. John Howard's 11 year run is finally over, and the Bush bubble just got a bit lonelier.
The political scene here is incredibly difficult to follow, starting (but just starting) with the fact that the right(er) wing is the liberal party. The voting rules are also incredibly complicated and involve listing preferences and passing votes forward towards the two main parties from all of the small parties. Makes the electoral college sound easy to understand....
According to the negative campaign ads showing on tv leading up to the election, the Australian economy is just about to get "stuffed" by Labor, and we'll be having violent strike after violent strike.
Can't wait!
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