(Hobart, February 2009)
For those of you who are wondering if there is another option than Liberal and Labour, the most obvious candidate for "the other guy" are the Greens. And (thanks to The Man), they have listed out the policies that they will be pushing in a rather clear way.
I realise that the 2 major parties may not be able to spell out their policy-points this clearly, but it would be awesome if they did!
My favourite bit:
"To secure the innovative industries of the future, Australia must stop spending billions subsidising the fossil fuel sector and redirect money to science, research, education and innovation," Mr Bandt said.
The part I am most cynical about:
"Every policy announced by the Australian Greens this election will be fully costed by the Parliamentary Budget Office and we will collect the revenue to pay for every single one of our policies.
I actually really like that last bit - "We don't really know how much this would cost in real life, but we're not going to lie to you and tell you that we can increase spending and reduce taxes at the same time"
ReplyDeleteYay for preferential voting!