At Last - A Vision for the Future

The Perth Voice has 'outed' me as a Greens supporter - probably because someone saw the 'Abbott-Proof Fence' sticker on my new front fence (I thought that was a nice touch of whimsy). The reason I support the Greens is that they're the only ones in this whole federal election campaign who have put together a comprehensive, consistent, costed and feasible vision for a sustainable future and how to achieve it. If you have the time, have a look at Scott Ludlum's presentation at http://greenswa.net.au/wa-rebooted.html.

Contrast this with the ad-hoc, short-term and often inconsistent 'promises' of the two major parties! It's the difference between giving a hungry person a fish, so that (s)he can have one meal now, and giving him/her a fishing line so that (s)he can catch fish for a lifetime.

Sure, a lot of it is formally the responsibility of State Governments (so don't hold your breath in WA), but the Federal Government often creates the context and provides at least some of the funding - and Tony Abbott is threatening (although he sees it as 'promising', for what that's worth) to destroy much of that context, for example in the area of clean energy development and funding any transport infrastructure except roads.