So there is an election coming up and Gen Y needs to put their vote in. Typically it has been Liberal or Labor fighting it out for our vote and although they are trying their little hearts out to do just that, most Gen y have been swayed into the minors… and it looks like we are going Green!
I have spoken to quite a few people about the upcoming election and who is the favourite and I must admit up until a recent conversation with a very wise woman, I was set on Julia and it was for the pure fact that she was a woman. It’s a first in Australia and I was ready to run with it.
The truth is a lot of us Generation Y don’t really even know what we’re voting for. We go for the flavor of the minute and apparently the new flavor is Green! It makes a fair bit of sense I think to vote for a minority party. Clearly they won’t be able to lead our country unless there is a coalition, but with more seats in the Senate, the playing field will be leveled out and the “in” party held much more accountable.
My advice for any other Gen Y’er struggling to understand - do your research. Don’t just vote for whoever is on the top of the ballot paper. Pick a party who will make some kind of difference and encourage others you know to do the same. We can only whine about politics for so long before we realize we can actually do something about it and the more we learn the easier it is for us to make a decision.
The Australian election 2010 appears to me to be a waste of time because apparently none of the main parties are opining on the one vital issue issue – the re-nationalisation and so restoration of Australia’s greatest financial asset, the Bank of the Commonwealth. None of the other issues are important by educated comparison.