Gentlemen, if this thread was running on Jet Blast it would have led to the banishment of several posters. The rather ridiculous partisanship being shown has nothing to do with aviation in Australia.
Mark Twain once said that we get the government we deserve. It may profit us to consider that and reflect that we choose our governments. May I suggest that the politics be left out and the discussion and return to the character traits of Australians - not their politics.