In the last two weeks all of Australia has been in an election frenzy as it is time for the citizens to elect a new Prime Minister. Now, as far as I can tell, the Australian government works much like the American one with the fact that there are two main parties that the vote is between. Now, Australia also has other minority parties such as the greens, the religious parties and so on, but the main choice is between the labour Party (wing) and the Liberals (wing).
In Melbourne, the vote for the labour party (whose main driving forces were for better workers rights and a safer workplace) was very high with it being similar to the conservative presence in Alberta. Kevin Rudd (the leader of the Labour Party) challenged current Prime Minister (John Howard) to make such improvements that would better Australia--in the past John Howard eliminated some rights of workers making it better for those in a position of power but worse for the working force.
The election process was complete with the usual bantering between groups and a few scandals were highlighted throughout with misleading pamphlets being distributed on the behalf of the Liberals, and John Howard visiting an old folks home celebration (which outraged the tenants as "it was no place for campaigning").
Perhaps the highlight for me was the documentation by the media of John Howard's morning walks before he began campaigning each day. Is it really necessary for us to know the colour of his "trackies"?
After all is said and done, the election is over, and after 11 years of power, the Australian people have chosen to oust John Howard and have a new Labour part in control. Hopefully this will offer promising changes and will see the new beginning of Australia beginning to pull troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan.
In Melbourne, the vote for the labour party (whose main driving forces were for better workers rights and a safer workplace) was very high with it being similar to the conservative presence in Alberta. Kevin Rudd (the leader of the Labour Party) challenged current Prime Minister (John Howard) to make such improvements that would better Australia--in the past John Howard eliminated some rights of workers making it better for those in a position of power but worse for the working force.
The election process was complete with the usual bantering between groups and a few scandals were highlighted throughout with misleading pamphlets being distributed on the behalf of the Liberals, and John Howard visiting an old folks home celebration (which outraged the tenants as "it was no place for campaigning").
Perhaps the highlight for me was the documentation by the media of John Howard's morning walks before he began campaigning each day. Is it really necessary for us to know the colour of his "trackies"?
After all is said and done, the election is over, and after 11 years of power, the Australian people have chosen to oust John Howard and have a new Labour part in control. Hopefully this will offer promising changes and will see the new beginning of Australia beginning to pull troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan.
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