Saturday night was the big night. They'd been building up for this moment for many months and the television and newspapers covered nothing else. Austalia was voting for a new prime minister and parliament. I had a hard time figuring out who the good guy was and who the bad guy was: it was the incumbent Julia Gillard against a Labor Party challenger named Tony Abbott. Apparently, noboby else could figure it out either. Neither won a majority. There are five independent seats out there for the grabbing which make all the difference in the outcome. Let the jockeying begin...
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Doesn't it seem that people all over the W. world elect lawmakers in such a way that they cannot get anything done? Hung Parliament in Canada & Australia; close to stymied in US Congress? Sarkozy in trouble; Israel with a shaky coalition. What's going on?
@Sal - that's why the oligarchy here in SG can get stuff done! Too bad if you don't like what they do, though....
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