The following view is from a poster called Wombat on another forum in 2008:

"People under 30 understand the need to take action, and can't realistically expect cheap fossil fuels to be available to sustain the 50 year-olds lifestyles."

Amazingly this morning I awoke to a radio sound bite expressing the same sentiment from a Labor government acolyte, unfortunately I missed the spruikers name. It seems that Labor hates the over thirties for having common sense, and when you consider Gillard’s famous caucus line "give the pensioners nothing, they do not vote for us anyway" it seems that Labor supports Aussies under 30, and the rest can just drop dead.

BELLY, HOW OLD ARE YOU SPORT?

579,

We expect representatives to represent us, not horse trade policies to protect their own petty interests such as staying in power. When a "representative" promises one thing to get elected and does exactly the opposite, they are acting fraudulently, and failing in their duty to represent us.

The polls are clear, the carbon tax is deeply unpopular, so much so that the coalition is now the preferred party to represent the country with respect to carbon change.

Labor / green alliance clearly no longer represents Australia, only their own personal interests.

SM writes

'Labor / green alliance clearly no longer represents Australia, only their own personal interests.'

no longer. When did the Greens ever represent Australia. They are socialist at best full of faith filled idiotic idealogy.

RIP, the once-lucky-country.

The Labour/Green coalition has killed us.

The polls, are not everything. Polls can be made to represent anything. A clean energy future is what it is all about, Oil and coal is on the outer, so something has to be done about it. Even in the face of your polling, this govt; is not swayed in their efforts to bring about change. So you have no platform besides, rumor mongering, and bodgie polls to go on.

579 writes

'The polls, are not everything.' No but the clear will of the people is.' That is clearly why Ms Gillard promised before the election that their would be no carbon tax under her Government. You are being naive or deceitful not to acknowledge that. The polls are simply a reflection of people's rejection of the PM's lie.