Have we noticed in relation to media most of us think it is biased?
Take the ABC some claim it is the home of greens spin, others say Labor and y4es Liberal.
It is true it has produced sitting members for most sides.
But as is the case for some here, media news manufacturing, has produced a blindness.
And a bias, this country remains, under Dillard, better not worse of than it was when Labor came to power.
GFC taken in to consideration, and the elephant in the room, conveniently ignored , high Australian dollar.
In a short time, at winters end,we enter another form of winter, Liberal government.
The complaints about our country have far from a white knight coming to the rescue.
Abbott comes, with very few answers.

belly,

How can you know what Abbott will do?

Sure, i am worried about the future, but it is not Abbott's fault that Labor was so poor that he needed to do little. In any case,it was he who led the Coalition's revival, so he obvioulsy has the political skills.

Everyone knows that the Coalition is more inclined to balance the books during the poliical cycle, but he needs to be given time to show his credentials before the criticism or praise is justified.

Personally, and despite my belief that Aust's easy days are over, i feel he has the intellect and drive to do much better than some people think, certainly much better than Kevid Dudd and Julia Gillard have done.

Lexi, there is a lot of confusion about the debt.
The government points out as you have done that the debt is small in
terms of the GDP.
What the problem is, as they have discovered in Europe, not the size
of the debt but whether they can generate enough income to repay it plus interest.
With a falling GDP and an economy approaching zero growth the possibility
of repaying the debt plus interest is receding like some distant galaxy.

Both parties are, as far as the public can tell, quite confident
that they will be able get out of debt due to increasing growth.
That is why economists recommended printing money on one hand and
austerity on the other. One of the recurring themes is that they do
not understand why neither technique is working.

The only economists that seem to understand what is happening are
those that acknowledge that it is not a monetary problem but a problem
of the cost of energy.

It all reminds me of that not relevant saying;
"If you owe the bank $1 million you are in trouble, if you owe the
bank $100 million then the bank is in trouble."

Juliar's Labor has borrowed on behalf of every man woman and child in Australia more than $10 000 each in only 5 Years, which has now fallen on the shoulders of the Coalition to repay.

I personally would advocate the sale of every non core asset including any remnants of Telstra, Quantas, the power companies, NBN etc, and let the government no longer compete with business and focus on public service delivery only.

Chris Lewis Gday, how old are you my friend?
What do you base you own thoughts and opinions on?
Any chance seeing what happened in the past, and long term viewing of people plays a roll.
Not every comment has merit.
If you search say Rechtubs recent posts, just as an example, you will find he said the NDIS was something along the lines of suport for freeloaders!
Now Lexi gives us a link, to just as biased a media as the anti Labor ones.
A truth is avoided here.
Read the last line in Pericles post, first in this thread.
Forget policy, voting Australia has, it will play only a minor roll.
See however, and it is worth unbiased thought! the dislike for Dillard and her supporters.
Understand along with brilliant NDIS, NBN, carbon capture clean energy we got cash for clunkers and a total white wash of the knifing of a first term PM.
Liberals can afford to say nothing, do nothing, just wait and let the victory fall in their arms.
I personally thank Dillard for her brilliant but late, delivery of the NDIS by cornering Abbott, but wounder if it was Bill Shortens work, she lacks the ability to sell iced drinks in the desert.

Belly, i suppose i am being an optimist to some extent.

I too remember some of Abbott's dodgy comments over the years where his words did have ramifications for his image.

However, i view Abbott as a fairly decent and smart bloke who has the ability and opportunity to provide leadership on a new level. I base this on his visits around Australia where he has met many people and businesses of diverse backgrounds,and some policy positions (albeit fluctuating) which even offended the orthodoxy from his own side of politics. I actuaally see potential in this style.

Time will tell, however. I suspect Aust governance is going to get even harder.