Dear Belly,

No worries.

Fifteen of the Coalition's new seats are held on very
thin margins. Eleven of the Coalition's new seats are held
on a margin of less than 4,000 votes. This isn't a clean
sweep, no matter how the hacks spin it. It will be
interesting to see how long it will take for the nation
to wake up. Six years of the Coalition?
Nobody can predict the future with absolute certainty.
It's risky at the best of times.

Meanwhile there is the competition for titles and covers for the Rudd and Mzzz Julia Whatshername's horror stories. See here,

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/julia-gillard-and-kevin-rudds-political-horror-stories-to-hit-shelves/story-fni0xqrb-1226727181297

It is very funny.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...the token "woman" is making a hash of all things diplomatic.

http://m.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/jakarta-fires-new-warning-shot-on-coalitions-asylum-seeker-policy/story-fn9hm1gu-1226727761442?utm

Chrissgaff,
Whatever replaces Labor,if your prediction is correct, will need to be able to take it up to the LNP as no party holding an absolute unassailable majority can be a good thing.
I do not like either overmuch in their present form, too much either way and both very dated in their outlook.
The country is ripe for something new in the way of politics but there appears to be little on the horizon.
I am not holding my breath, we are stuck with mediocrity across the board sadly.
Poor old Oz, so much promise but devoid of any real leadership.
Take it easy.

SD

Oh dear me, after a long day at work, I return to find not many people found the article as funny as I did :)
For goodness sake, can't we ever have a bit of a laugh about good ol' Abbott?
Goodness knows, many certainly found plenty to laugh about with Gillard and Rudd.

Aren't we ever allowed to make comments on the present PM and the present Government?
If not, what on earth would we have to discuss on OLO?

The fact that the sign on Michaelia Cash's parliament door says "Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Woman" instead of ' women' is ironic, given Abbotts track record with women's issues.
Maybe he only wants to assist one woman...obviously, that woman is Julie Bishop.
Lucky girl...

I thought the article was very clever, especially where she commented that the Government has a new border protection policy because "...we are being invaded by asylum seekers, so we need a three-star General to protect us from all those scary women and children...".

Lol! I totally agree.

Shaggy Dog,
We need a form of dictatorship where leadership and decision making is from the top.
We need people to start doing as they are told and not what they want to.
We need discipline in the home, schools and the streets.
We need to lock up the offenders and make them work hard to gain their freedom.
We need to get out of all the United Nations Conventions.
We need to get rid of the freeloaders, the social security bludger brigade.
We need to cut out the indigenous welfare that is different to the white mans lot and make all welfare only available to those in genuine need
We need to cut the dole after three months and increase the penalties for stealing.
Above all we need to stop importing anything that can be made here.
We need to kill the supermarket power and arrest the manages that seek nothing but profit at any cost.
We need to remove the minorities from the forefront of society and allow the majority their right to rule.
We need to have a National Service, A Coast Guard and a Drug Enforcement Agency and we need a no tolerance stance on drugs and crime.
Bring back the death penalty (it costs too much to keep a crim in goal for life)Give us back our guns so we can protect ourselves (the police can't) Book every bastard who breaks the road usage laws until the show some respect for other users.
SD the list goes on forever.
We need a dictatorship of the "Right" and we need it now.
Labor and the socialistic bent will bring us to our knees just in time for some foreign country to walk in and kill us all off. They won't want us, only the land for food.