It is a tradition in Australian elections that on the election day at the polling place, there are booths for charity organisations selling cakes and cooking sausages. At the last election, Labor differentiated themselves sharply from the soi-disant "liberals" and lost the election they were expected to win. So this time, they've made themselves a much smaller target. Although Labor does have a better emissions-reduction policy than the LNP coalition, it's still in favour of new coal mines and increased coal exports. For my non-English-speaking readers, the reference to 'pork' refers to the slang phrase 'pork barrel' which refers to electoral bribes handed out by the government to swing voters towards them. This "Liberal-National" government has been the most corrupt ever. The election is on Saturday.
Reminder to Americans: outside the USA, blue means right-wing, red left.
Cartoon by Cathy Wilcox.
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