Lower voice
Thinking the Voice Yes camp might as well pack up and go home.
Opposition from the LNP, very vocal opposing high profile Indigenous leaders, amplification of said opposition from a dominant centre right media and either the deliberate obfuscation of the meaning of the Voice or the reality that it is genuinely confusing, has pretty much killed it off. Millions of dollars later we will all end up voting, but the conclusion is writ large.
What a debacle.
The LNP has quietly but largely engineered the result, with fear of the unknown the great driver for the majority.
Parking beaters
I regularly drop into the Village Marketplace for some sushi or to do some banking.
Never found trouble finding a park and was a bit taken aback last year when drivers started getting fined for overstaying their welcome.
When that silly situation was nixed by the state government I thought maybe finding a space would be more difficult.
Not so. In fact it’s never been easier. Apparently it’s a drama elsewhere and Transport Minister Mark Bailey is being called on to ‘fix’ the situation.
Maybe he’s had enough on his plate, what with re-engineering press releases to avoid pesky issues like revealing a $2.4bn blowout in the cost of a few trains that taxpayers now have to stump up. In years gone by a minister might do the honourable thing and resign. Now they just make some rubbish excuse knowing the whole thing will blow over.
At the heart of such issues is a lack of responsibility, a lack of transparency and most definitely a lack of accountability.
Something our kids will no doubt learn from.