“All eyes on me in the centre of the ring just like a circus.”
And a blah circus at that.
Maybe “I” am the one feeling flat at the moment, not the campaign – but I doubt it. The most exciting thing to happen and I include policy, was Warwick Capper failing to lodge his application – oh and his comment about flies. Perhaps this flatness I feel for this campaign is its “safeness” and lack of real change.
With every announcement having its own personalised doom and gloom mantra are the major parties setting the bar so low that our reduced expectations are easily met? Whomever succeeds in this battle of underwhelming the enfranchised will win the paper crown!
Let’s have a quick look at the main announcements and policies over the past few days.
- ALPQ while being fiscally responsible will double our State deficit in 3-4 years to ensure we come out of this current economic climate (where will we be borrowing from and won’t we be paying more since our credit rating was downgraded?)
- LNP while being fiscally responsible will bring us back to the black in 3-4 years (though does include the caveat that this may not be possible).
- LNP will slash $1B in government spending by not replacing natural attrition at high levels (don’t even get me started on this one).
- ALPQ will fast track Green developments (you mean the approval process CAN be done faster?).
- LNP will play the money shuffle with the tourism budget for regional areas (robbing Peter to pay Paul is easy right? Unless you are Peter).
- ALPQ wants new homes to be 6 star green star rated (there goes some of the $$ from the federal first home buyers/new home buyers grant)
- Both are again promising a ‘new’ rail line to Kipparing (seriously again they are promising this? Chuck Bass keeps more promises!).
- LNP wants to change Queensland’s slogan (so pleased we are going to spend money on that!).
- ALPQ will freeze MP salaries (OK good but not exciting).
Excuse me while I throw back some Valium to deal with this craptastic festival of mediocrity.
Where is the social change? 10 days in and I am still waiting.
Has anything excited you this campaign? Tell me and share the feeling!
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