Australians vote in six days for their Federal Government – and whether you follow it or not, there’s a bit of Hunters mixed in…

ABC’s Rage had an Election Special Saturday night/Sunday morning, which happened to play two Hunters and Collectors songs:

• The Slab, requested by Labor Deputy Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (Albo).
• Throw Your Arms Around Me, requested by Liberal (Coalition) Opposition Deputy Leader Julie Bishop.

Mark has also taken a punt on his Facebook with these words:

Next week we’ll be in Tasmania so I voted in Frankston yesterday. I am 57. I have voted for the Labor Party all my life. I have always seen myself as a true believer, and a friend of working people. I am one myself. I’ve always seen Labor as the party of vision and change. I think this country is a great place and Labor has made it so. We work hard, we play hard. The fruit of this nation’s wealth is a direct consequence of our collective spirit and the party I vote for should reflect that spirit. I have always loved my country.

BUT, this time my conscience will not allow me to vote for the Labor party because I cannot accept the cruelty and belligerence of Labor’s attitude towards asylum seekers. We are a nation of immigrants. We all came from somewhere else. Asylum seekers are NOT cheating. They are NOT ILLEGAL. What is it about US that our leaders feel the need to act like arse-holes in order to win government?

There are other issues of course, but I believe the way we treat asylum seekers goes to very heart of our national character, as a fair-minded generous people who look out for others.

The very idea of locking up asylum seekers indefinitely is appalling and breaches their human rights. The other mob are proposing this of course, so they’re well and truely gone in my mind. I do not want to see this great southern land of ours, surrounded by a ring of open-air prisons, dotted around the pacific, full of good people who tried to come here, and for doing merely that, have ended up spending the rest of their lives living in despair. As an Australian I find that COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. We should be processing refugee applicants on shore, in our community, in a rational, fair and open-minded way. The AUSTRALIAN WAY.

For the first time in my life

I voted GREEN

No matter who we get as Deputy Prime Minister on the 7th of September, it’s going to be someone who requests Hunters and Collectors. That’s as unbiased as we can get here at True Believers.

Over to you!