Apparently things are so good at Fairfax that even bylines make no sense, “Michelle Gratan is Age political editor”
However trivialities aside, what does the fortnightly beauty contestpopularity contest reveal? That the tiny sample of Australians force fed their regular diet of nightly news, shock jocks and front page sensations is a bit over the mainstream political parties and they are thinking of voting Green.
Unfortunately the two party system is decidedly skewed against any third party such as the Greens. To be really serious the Greens need around 30% of the vote but if things keep going the way they are that’s a distinct possibility. The right wing fan club of Murdoch and Co might be salivating at the prospect of their favourite monk getting in but the voters are apparently thinking beyond sermons.
However borrowing from Mark over at LP, it invites contemplation of who really governs Australia.
The result is clear: voters are fed up.
