runner - The only winner was the most corrupt of all (the Greens).

Ahhhh yes, those clowns who have yet to acquire as much as a hint of what they represent (or at least thatn the name 'greens' suggests. If only the party had focussed primarily on the ecosystem as the name implies, I may have accorded it some degree of credibility. As it is, the party might as well change the name to homosexuals party or whatever because their people spend most of their time crapping on about stuff with absolutely no relevance whatever to 'green' anything. Years back I had some dealings with Drew Hutton, the bloke who chained himself to a tree in an attempt to stop the Woolworths construction at Maleny. Whilst he wasn't exactly the sharpest pencil in the pack, he did at least do something remotely 'green'. Present day greens can't be accused of losing the plot because they haven't even realized there is a plot.

Before the queer fraternity climb on their soapbox, much of the reason I'll never support their objectives are the blatant distortions & obfuscations so typical of the ostensibly 'gay' movement (actually I've not met many gay = happy queers, but thats hardly unusual). For example, the utter crap about non-homosexuals being closet queers (read the relevant report before talking bull}, and 'most people support homosexual marriage'(don't bother quoting statistics, I know about Benjamin Disraeli). The Greens party is quite simply more of the same, pretending to be one thing but in reality being something completely different. They lost me completely when they decided to go down that track.

Dear Prax,

The following may be of interest:

http://www.independentaustralia.net/2013/politics/a-fair-go-for-prime-minister-julia-gillard/

Lexi

If its any consolation, the red-headed witch wouldn't have got the highest ballot number if she'd run a candidate in my area, the RAbbotts bloke has that dubious distinction (never been an ALP candidate in recorded history ... its traditionally been a country party stronghold since the dawn of time). Given relatively recent demographic changes it could be anyones race but the fatguts oxygen bandit LNP moron vs VERY switched on Palmer girl means she has it in the bag.