Only three more sleeps...

The last days of an election campaign are a mixture of thoughts for what has been done and panic for what is still to be done.

I can only speak for myself, but I can't help but look back over the last six weeks of electioneering from the leaders of our two main parties and wonder 'what was that all about anyway?'

Unlike the 2007 election and others besides, there has been a distinct lack of vision expressed by either party. Sure, they've packaged up their bread and circus type annoncement with grand motherhood statements but they don't speak to me at all about where we're headed as a nation.

On Sunday morning we will probably know who will lead our nation for the next three years. It seems likely that, beit ALP or The Coalition, that the Greens will be a constant thorn in the side of government.

I've said it before, but it's worth a reminder: the ALP/Green pact will probably deliver the Greens the balance of power int he Senate and that, under an ALP Government, we can be almost certain that Rainbow Labor and the Greens will be pushing Gillard hard for a free vote on same-sex marriage.

There are many reasons why a vote for the DLP on Saturday is important, protecting Marriage must surely be the highest.

At this, the eleventh hour, think clearly and soberly about our nation's future and cast your vote carefully.

An important video on the ALP/Green alliance and the threat to Marriage

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Hip Pocket to take a hit under ALP

Sometimes I miss the little gems as I scan the daily paper. Often it's my wife, Anne, who picks up these gems in the smaller articles. Perhaps she reads at a more leisurely pace - or maybe she's a better reader generally, I'm not sure.

Page 11 of last Friday's Adelaide Advertiser held one such story. Under the headline: HEALTH INSURANCE voters could pay extra, the article described how, under a Green/ALP alliance, private health insurance would rise by $1500 per annum and university students would be slugged a $250-00 "levy" (when is a levy NOT a tax) to pay for campus childcare and sports services.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, be careful what you vote for. While not every Australian is in a private health fund, an increase of $1500 will most surely reduce that number putting extra pressure on the public system and increasing public waiting lists. The Student 'levy' for the sake of childcare and sports is, in reality, a reintroduction of Compulsory Student Unionism by stealth and something that all reasonable people should reject as anarchic and just plain wrong!

Why didn't we hear about this in the 'great' debate!