Today is election day
The NSW elections are on today. I voted as usual, but this time I did two things I don't normally do.
1. I put the Liberal Party last in the preferences
2. I wrote NO WAR on the back of the voting sheet.
(NB for those not familiar, the Liberal Party in Australia is what is usually called a conservative party- it is definitely not liberal (small l liberal, as is often said here).
Now of course, this is a state election, not a federal election, so it would seem pointless to mix federal politics with state politics, but this is the first election where I can send a message to the Liberal Party about this war. I am hoping that many people will do the same thing.
Even though the Liberal Party, with John Brogden leading really has no chance against the Premier Bob Carr, I would like to see the Liberals lose even more seats in the New South Wales parliament so that they understand how strongly we feel about this issue.
Only time will tell whether others think like I do. The Federal Labor Party has come out in direct opposition to the government on this war (ie war without UN sanction) - probably the first time in our history that there has not been bipartisan support for a war.
The NSW elections are on today. I voted as usual, but this time I did two things I don't normally do.
1. I put the Liberal Party last in the preferences
2. I wrote NO WAR on the back of the voting sheet.
(NB for those not familiar, the Liberal Party in Australia is what is usually called a conservative party- it is definitely not liberal (small l liberal, as is often said here).
Now of course, this is a state election, not a federal election, so it would seem pointless to mix federal politics with state politics, but this is the first election where I can send a message to the Liberal Party about this war. I am hoping that many people will do the same thing.
Even though the Liberal Party, with John Brogden leading really has no chance against the Premier Bob Carr, I would like to see the Liberals lose even more seats in the New South Wales parliament so that they understand how strongly we feel about this issue.
Only time will tell whether others think like I do. The Federal Labor Party has come out in direct opposition to the government on this war (ie war without UN sanction) - probably the first time in our history that there has not been bipartisan support for a war.
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