It’s 2008, you would think that WA State Elections would be a bit more mature. I know that when it comes to election time, all the deep dark dirty secrets are dug up to shame their respective parties, but why does it seem like this time around the WA state election seem somewhat like 5 year old children name calling and hair pulling?

I find it pretty disappointing to see our political parties using the media to take below-the-belt shots at each other, and I’m not surprised to hear others voice my thoughts. I suspect the media must be having a field day though, this has to be one of the more entertaining lead-ups to elections.

Labor says:

Colin Barnett is a risk to your future
He will privatise our hospitals, schools and essential services.

Colin Barnett and the Liberals are so divided that they contradict each other on basic policy. They are out of touch with ordinary people; they have no policies for our future.

Alan Carpenter and his new team are addressing the important issues for our future, like climate change, looking after families and building essential infrastructure.

Alan Carpenter knows that some people are doing it tough, so he has policies to help ordinary people share in the boom.

I especially love how they try to associate Colin Barnett with all those negatives like the radioactive sign, stamp of disapproval etc. Props to the Labor party for having a website set up for that, I couldn’t find one with the Liberals name bashing the Labor party… not that I searched very hard.

Come Saturday I’m still not 100% sure who I’ll be voting for….
I must admit, the fact that the Liberals had to pull Barnett from retiring because of sleazy Buswell doesn’t help matters (yes I know, I got sucked into all the media hype!). And anyway, I figure Labor might be the better alternative because they’re the known enemy, someone predictable and (hopefully) won’t do any crazy stunts with our state.

Anyway guys, Don’t forget to vote on Saturday (tomorrow)!

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By the way, when I was in Beijing for the 2007 election, we went to the Beijing Australian Embassy to vote. And we were a bit shocked to find the Chinese staff stationed at the entry gates didn’t speak English!! What kind of embassy is that?! After a bit of broken Chinese, sign language, and saying “Vote” multiple times in various tones, they let us through.

BUT once you actually get through those gates, the Aussie staff there are really nice and helpful… And speak English! Oh, and the other Aussies we bumped into inside there were pretty hot too, or maybe that was because of my serious lack of Aussie angmor’s to look at?

Eitherway, it was nice to see the Australian Embassy so close by to Sunlitun (Bar street) and it was pretty interesting to find Rosie O’Gradys just across the road (not to mention the many many bars, clubs and restaurants in the area!). I can just imagine the Friday night drinks happening every single night! I bet even Mr Rudd couldn’t resist =P