New government. Nice! It even looks like the PM will lose his seat to former ABC current affairs presenter Maxine McKew - and I imagine she’s happy to have gotten him back for his slippery behaviour in interviews.

I guess I ought to sum things up in an insightful way. Well, the first thing to note is that we have the lesser of two evils now. That’s obvious enough. The other thing is I’m a bit uncertain about how it’s going to feel, as someone who will have many ongoing issues with the way the country is governed, to criticise the government without any hope that a better government will be elected eventually. As a fairly young person, I can’t remember what Australian politics was like without the reigning Big Bad (so to speak) and it will be strange knowing that this new government, as lame as it is, is probably the best we will have.

Anyway, the main point is that it feels as if a balance has been restored. I might still be unhappy out here on the fringe, but it is comforting to know that things aren’t going to get worse, and that the people out there know how to exercise some political judgement.

(from the ABC)