@timrichards Australian politics in a nutshell, from "Keating", the musical: "You start out in your local council chamber You fight and dream until you reach your prime And if you should succeed By the time you get to lead You're pretty much exhausted from the climb. You only get a moment in the penthouse, Before you find you're standing on the sill And if you're sunk in ham and gammon When it turns from feast to famine Then you're lucky if you've had your fill." The same song has this perfect description of the Australian electorate: "Give us back our comfy bloody country Take us back to simple days of yore Nothing alien or scary Ladeda or airy-fairy Just put it back the way it was before." #AUSPol