Really? They better do their homework and do it quickly!

Apathy is Australia's biggest problem.

"Sco Mo" (Prime Minister Scott Morrison) put more children in immigration detention than any other immigration minister.

He voted to increase the GST  to help pay for the tax cuts to his mates in big business (who he also campaigned for).

He was adamant  we didn't need a Royal Commission into the banking and finance industry.

He voted against same-sex marriage.

There are many more I am sure your readers will already know of or be able to find out.

The extreme right wing won – they finally got rid of a moderate (but very weak) prime minister.  Not Rupert Murdoch's first choice? 

Maybe it was?

I was just coming down the Clyde Mountain and noticed the 4th candidate for our upcoming election (federal parliamentary Liberal Party leadership spill) at Pooh Bear’s Corner.

The Liberal Party coup made no sense from a polling perspective.

None. 

The Coalition had been tracking back in the polls to becoming competitive and had every reason to think that by the time of the next election it would have had a reasonable chance of being returned.

Pre-coup, only the Ipsos Poll published a week ago (with the ALP leading 55-45) found anything different, and had not been confirmed by any other research. 

Pre-coup, my view was that the ALP was more likely to win the next election, but that this was not certain and, in any event, would have only ended up on 78-80 seats.

Not a ringing endorsement nor a strong position for a first term government.

Now, who knows?

Newspoll results (56-44 to the ALP) suggest there might be something very unpleasant in store for the Coalition at the next election. 

While I don't see the ALP attracting such a two-party vote, if the bastardy from Tony Abbott and his foolish sycophants continues, then the ALP victory at the next election might well dwarf Bob Hawke's big win in 1983 (53.2 per cent two-party preferred) and a haul of 90 or more seats.

Eurobodalla Shire Council has for many years been plotting its financial survival.

Discussions are regularly held behind closed doors, not only by the councillors, but those with the most to lose should the council become unviable. The Rural Lands Strategy is part of a strategic plan for long-term viability. The primary reasons for what’s been submitted for the State Government’s consideration is part of a plan to reduce costs of providing significant infrastructure, roads and other essential services and their maintenance in the shire.

The state government is attempting to make all councils self funding, leaving all financial responsibilities with ratepayers. The government is developing a plan for all councils that will eventually be linked to a national plan that includes urban living on smaller blocks and higher density living. Why our mayor and others haven’t publicly explained that, who knows? Why the expected financial benefits to the wider community haven’t been explained is even more amazing.      

Whatever occurs will be a decision of the NSW Government, not the council.