In past elections I thought that there was always a neutral alternative in the Democrats. So they would get alot of peoples (me included) votes in the senate. However with their own party in turmoil, people were thinking who is the alternate of the smaller parties, the Greens & Family First.
The Greens really got on the back of the Labour party, so maybe lost their neutrality. Also in my area, there was a heavy campain against them for their drug policy. People may of thought they were too far to the right.
The Family First party is new and are aligned with the Assembly of God Church. This may put people off? They had conservative ideas so people may link them to the Liberal party. The "burning of lesbians" comment also maybe got people thinking "what kind of radical church is this?"
For all this I think the Liberals gained from the doubts of others, better the devil you know ...yea right!
Now this may be all crap, but that is how I read it. The liberals have always had excellent media coverage/control, so maybe this is what they wanted me to think?
So long Telstra, it was good (relatively speaking) while we owned you!
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