As Australia finishes its first day without a government (again) and we realise that we are all getting on just fine, many of us quite rightly realise that we could get on just fine a little longer. Eventually though, we will need a government (for now) if not to pay for the roads, then at least to watch the border and figure out how we’re going to pay off all that debt.
One would think that with the blow given to Malcolm Turnbull, it was the Labor faithful who were feeling the happiest. Not so. The predicament the Liberal Party finds itself in, possibly having to rule in minority government, or, if it is to rule outright, it will have to wait a few more days, is a predicament of its own making.
But there is a victor in this already. It is the Australian people. I am prepared to assert that the majority of Australian people are conservative, but they want a conservative to vote for. I think Aussies thought Kevin Rudd was a conservative, just perhaps a little less conservative than John Howard. They knew Abbott was. And when push came to shove in an election, they would have backed him.
No-one has put this better today than Larry Pickering. Larry Pickering is part of the Western revolt The XYZ has reported on, and his analysis is as sharp as his drawing. Many people have already read his take on the election outcome, and if you haven’t it is well worth reading:
http://pickeringpost.com/story/-/6181
His best line is a worthy XYZ Quote of the Day:
“We aren’t silly, we got exactly what we wanted… a spanking for Turnbull but not such a belting that would have delivered us Shorten. It was a fine line to tread but we managed to do it once again.”
Well done, Australia.
It’s your XYZ.
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