Our local community groups through the Throsby Village Alliance were keen enough for us all to be informed about the upcoming general election. So much so, that they invited our candidates to come to the local village school to speak to residents and field questions about local concerns.
The venue was perfect, the stage newly varnished (pity some of the comments weren't) and all seven candidates duly arrived. Several were late due to attendance at a Walk for Warming which of course gained world-wide affiliation and somewhat dwarfed our local political event! One arrived on his bike from this, talking the talk and walking the walk, no guesses for working out he was The Greens candidate!
Do check out the link and see what the fuss was all about with the Gruen Nation ad last week!
Well the Liberals had nothing new to offer, the incumbent candidate was rather smug, several were not too far from Raving Loony party, socialism's idealogical return with no substance, an impassioned young candidate from the Socialist Alliance who deserves support and of course the voice of sanity and reason, our Greens candidate. Eloquent, knowledgeable on local and national concerns. I guess he proves the mantra on the ad. If you think, Vote Greens!
Now I know how to mark my preferences I can vote sensibly and sanely. I do wonder if the rest of the nation do though. Groans and moans accompany the idea that on Saturday we could have a misogynist budgie smuggler for a Prime Minister!
Let's move forward with The Greens ruling the Senate, folks!
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