Who needs 'em? Not 61% of the voters over at
SMH polls.
While I admit I haven't thought every single consequence through, I tend to agree. I work for an arm of state government and watch us spend huge amounts of money and effort building systems to work only for people on this side of an artificial line in the dirt a few hundred kilometres away.
Those on the other side need the same services, but we won't share any of our efforts with them. Let them work it out for themselves! We had to spend our money, why shouldn't they spend their own to achieve exactly the same goals?!
Strange thinking from where I stand, since we all carry the same passports, sing the same anthem, wave the same flag and claim to be Aussies when we travel overseas.
I understand the
theory of a State government, but the practice these days is far away from that theory.
Does anyone really feel good voting for any of the candidates in a couple of week's time? Do you feel that any of them strongly represents your feelings, regardless of whether you are left-leaning, right-leaning, or as apolitical as they come?
When I would have to vote for the most Right major party (Liberals) to get the best environmental water plan (recycling), because the sightly more Left party (Labour) wants to rape the environment with a desalination plan, and the only major alternative is the Democrats who are in a complete shambles, what am I to do with my vote?