So the last of these have all been written on election day after I've voted, and again I'm skipping Labor, the Coalition, and the Greens as they are all well enough publicised to not be as necessary. This shows again I underestimate how much time this takes.
I think this is also probably the last time I do this. One thing that I've found this time round is a frustration with the continued prolific existence of the right wing nutters. They may change names, and shuffle around a little, but they keep causing division and trying to pull us all down and back to a time that they seem to recall fondly but objectively wasn't great for all but a minority of us. This is obvious in several entries where I can only suggest not engaging for your own peace of mind.
There's also a strong sense of nothing really changing, or if it does being for the worse. Palmer keeps iterating his idiocy, the Christian right wing still seem to think freedom of religion is about how strongly you praise Jesus, anti-vaxxers still exist and want to take medicine even further back into the middle ages, and the lack of engagement better options get shows that Australians are quite comfortable not giving a damn.
I'm not sure if I'll watch the election results tonight or just wait and see what the highlights are in the morning. I'm thinking Australia will follow Canada's lead and Labor will get back in thanks to the Coalition's embrace of Trumpism back firing, but like Canada I think it will be close.
