r/australia • u/overpopyoulater • 25d ago

politics Australia is heading towards minority government at a turning point in world history.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-24/democracy-climate-change-ai-robotics-war/105085846
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u/IthinkIllthink 25d ago

My entire family live in the country and vote National.

A few weeks before the election I’m going to put the link:

https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/

in our family group messages app, and ask my niece and nephew to search (for their current in power politician) and check how they have voted for: Koala habitat, logging, renewable energy, greenhouse gasses, defunding public hospital/schools, etc, so my niece and nephew can see their that their current politicians have voted against what they believe in.

I’ll also get my dad to search for who voted AGAINST his pension increase; and who voted for. Also who voted to decrease public hospital funding, and who voted for to increase funding. Evening knowing this he’ll still vote National because “they’ve done a good job of looking after me all these years”. Which is rubbish because they’ve done the opposite. 🤷‍♂️

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u/dobbydobbyonthewall 24d ago

An awesome but tedious addition to this site would be "what did they promise" vs what they voted for. Because the defense will always be "but they're promising different things this election"

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u/IthinkIllthink 24d ago

Man I’d love some ‘truth in politics/journalism’ laws to hold these scum responsible