Let's hope positives after rather a negative campaign

Comments on Matthew Franklin and Patricia Karvelas “Gillard and Abbott resort to scare campaigns to finish election”, 20/08/2010, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/gillard-and-abbott-resort-to-scare-campaigns-to-finish-election/story-fn59niix-1225907702732
The leaders of the two main political parties are resorting to scares and negative campaigns at the eve of the election.

It shows the lack of a clear vision with effective policies from both sides.

But it is the government that is more problematic, because it has been running out of ideas to use its positive achievements in the past 3 years.

It is a legacy of the change in the prime ministership in June.

It is also a result of poor political judgement that had to rush to the polls to capitalise on the honeymoon of Australia’s first female prime minister. Instead, the government, especially the prime minister should have allowed the prime minister more time to demonstrate her ability.

Of the three major issues she stated to resolve at her first prime minister press conference, namely the mining tax, the boats and climate change, only one can be said to have been resolved by her reasonably satisfactorily.

The East Timor offshore processing centre has been a farce and there has been no progress on the climate change front beyond the silly idea of a citizens’ assembly to get consensus.

What implications does that have for the nation’s future?

Very negative indeed!

Notwithstanding that, let’s hope that whoever wins the office after the election they will get serious on policies and governing for the next three years to improve the living standard to the maximum possible and make Australia a better place to live.