Clever Australian Voters - Getting The Balance

Over the past 12 months we have seen the election of a Liberal/National Governments in Victoria, West Australia, a close Labor victory in South Australia and Tasmania,  and the writing is on the wall for Labor in NSW and QLD.  

 

For me it amusing to see the pundits over analyse these results through the prism of a State focus for each result.  For me,  it is clear the the Australian Voters, as a collective, are a 'clever bunch'.  For many decades Australians have bought themselves insurance against excesses of Government through their State and Federal choices.  For me,  when there is a Labor Federal Government there are a majority of Conservative State Government elected, and visa versa. 

 

It may take some time for the round up to occur due to varying election cycles of the Feds and the States, however things eventually level out.  It is no surprise for me that once Howard was ousted that the Labor State Government dominos began to fall.  Now that a minority Labor Federal Government is in place Victoria has continued the State conservative domino effect. 

 

It is quite clear that the clever Australian voters provide themselves an insurance policy in ensuring that not one major political Party is in control of the whole Country at any one time.  During Hawke and Keating there was a majority of Conservative States.  During the Howard years there was a majority of Labor States and how again the tables are turning, with the clever Australian voter re-establishing balance.

 

Except for the one period during the Howard years,  the clever Australian voter also expresses this insurance policy in electing one party in the Federal Lower House and either Conservative or a balance or power situation in the Senate.

 

This great 'unique' Australian Democracy of ours, that at times we may take for granted, and have long and meaningful discussions about over the BBQ, has brought us stable and workable Government since 1901.  We have have not had any internal electoral struggles that other countries experience, ie: recently Egypt, Haiti. 

 

All of this is because we have a system that allows the cleaver Australian voter the freedom to express not only their vote in secret but their opinions in public.

 

This is my personal view.

 

Mal