Buggered if I know…

As I sit here quietly I cant help but be infected by the happiness I feel from, and for, Australians as a landslide victory is inevitable for the Australian Labor Party.

This is not anything to do with my own political colour – I have written elsewhere publicly that I have no in-built bias either way – in short, I’ve always been a swinging voter.

This is about the gloom I have felt in Australia since my return 1 year ago – it has been beyond my experience. And from what I can gather the people have had enough of hyper-capitalism which has been taking no account of the wonderful egalitarian society we are and our national pysche of a ‘fair go’ for everyone.

Borrowing from Bob Thurman, I hope that our ‘Gross National Happiness’ is a measure used into the future to keep national policies, particularly workplace rights and economic policies, in balance with the aspirations of the great people who live in this country and who themselves are this countries greatest economic asset.