Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story!

As the election reaches its climax it would seem that some of the more ridiculous and illogical claims will just be hammered and hammered.
Like the strange claim that Rudd will dismantle the Western Australian Mining Boom (not quite sure how you would do this, let alone why?). Rudd seemed to be saying that WA needed to also think beyond the current boom, and that would seem to be obvious. Indeed when Costello was asked on radio this morning if he hadn't also thought beyond the current boom, he blustered and didn't answer the questioner.
I mean WHY would a government dismantle such a lucrative and buoyant section of the economy?
Likewise, but perhaps trickier to unravel...the suggestion that the main aim of Unions is to destroy the effectiveness of business and industry. Now, if you were a working person why would you want to do that? Why would you want your employer to go through the hoop? The short answer is...you wouldn't!
If letters in the Advertiser this morning are anything to go by then the electorate is not buying this anti-union stuff. While one would be hard pressed to justify the claim that the Murdoch press is 'balanced' nevertheless they do seem to publish a range of points of view in their letters. They obviously don't like being flooded by one viewpoint or another, so it is noteworthy that in this morning's paper at least there was not one letter (out of six or seven) which suggested that the Unions are the bogey the Coalition wants us to believe they are.
Can't wait for Saturday!

Ho-hum

Allowing for the fact that it is the last week of sitting for the Federal Parliament, and I have been away for six weeks, I am already tired of the drivel that is passing for serious political debate.

The beat-up about using Kiribilli House for whatever purpose is tedious in the extreme. Likewise if I hear the carefully scripted use of the term "Union bosses" again I will scream...when will we actually get down to policy and substance.

I want to discuss not "catering costs" or "election strategies" as tittilating as these might be; but rather such issues as:

• how is the education system going to be upscaled in the next two decades to set us in a key postion for the future?
• how are inequalities between various people in the workforce going to be addressed to allow the whole of our society to benefit from the relevantly buoyant state ofg our economy
• what is being discussed behind the scenes about issues to do with future power-generation, nuclear power and carbon emissions

Let's drop the crap about the fluff and get on with the important stuff.