Getting a weird sense of deja vu over here as the Australian federal election has ended up with...yes, you guessed it....a hung parliament! The conservative coalition lead by two seats but cannot get the four more they need for an outright majority so they will have to wheel-and-deal with at least three independents and possibly the Greens to form a government!
How a one term Labour government that successfully navigated the country through the worst global financial crisis in 70+ years without any recession and with unemployment remaining down around 5% could flush itself down the toilet with just 3 months of suicidal political incompetence defies belief!!
Still, I voted Green and they got their first lower house member (another little piece of symmetry with the UK) and look set to get the balance of power in the upper house so I'm not complaining too much!
