So we enter 2013, and as most people are probably aware this
means that we’re finally back into an election year. The fiasco that was 2010
seems so long ago and it’s interesting to watch the trajectories of both
candidates since.
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Julia Gillard has maintained a relatively steady level of
public disapproval over the last 3 and a bit years, with low popularity, the
breaking of election promises and the implementation of the ‘tax to end them
all’, while Tony Abbott has become little more than a naysayer, like his
post-election plan had actually involved the requirement for another election
as a result of the hung parliament. He probably should have watched the recent
anti drink-driving advertisements. You need a plan B, and unless he’s got
something amazing up his sleeve we won’t be seeing one in 2013. It will be much
of the same as the last campaign, in the hope that a slightly bigger margin
will give him a majority government. Up until recently, the polls supported
this philosophy... I reiterate - up until recently.
While it has been hilarious, frustrating, maddening and
saddening to watch the landscape of Australian political discourse shift over
the last Prime Ministerial term, there is one aspect of it (who am I kidding,
there are many, but let’s just go with one for now) that has raised my ire.
