Originally Posted by
gulliBell
It's the Government the Australian people voted for, so those affected by it just need to suck it up. Or vote for the other mob next time. That is how a democracy works.
Problem is Australia is not a democracy, our vote doesn't necessarily go to the candidate we voted for. Background deals for preferences can mean the the party with the most primary votes doesn't guarantee a win. And if a party who did receive the most primary votes wins they may not have enough seats for a majority, or have a hostile senate - so all we get is either a government that can't do anything because it is blocked by the opposition or is tied to deals done to win seats from independents. So I won't "just suck it up" until at least our pointless non-democratic system changes for the better.
P.S. Democracy as a system of government is not very good anyway, the ancient greeks tried it for 70 years before realising it was a race to the bottom and various other civilisations have tinkered with it over the centuries trying to get it right. With everyone having the vote, once you get a population with 50% on some form of welfare which ever party wants to get in will give that population what they want hence a race to the bottom where those not on welfare are punished financially and either leave the country or go on welfare.