Election time?

We grind along slowly to the election. Are you as sick as I am of the tedious "pre election- campaign"?
One of the things that disturbs me is the lack of vision for Australia by both parties. There seems to be an awful appeal to the "middle ground" which is about individual prosperity and has little to do with the bigger issues that confront us: environmental sustainability, equitable distribution of wealth, indigenous affairs, care of our ageing population, infrastructure development etc. When Kevin Rudd first became leader he began to articulate a vision, but that seems to have been lost in "me to-ism", John Howard swans around the country trying to buy marginal seats. There is little vision for our future offered in that process.
In the "good old days" (?) Whitlam and Keating, Killen and others all had "big pictures" to inspire us with.
Now it seems to be all reduced to froth and bubble, personalities rather than a real vision for our future?

Perhaps it is upto each of us to approach candidates and ask them hard questions about policy - make them earn our votes. Every letter, email etc to a politician is said to represent 100 votes.

It is in our hands. Democracy survives, even flourishes when ordinary people are engaged.

Go to the Party's websites, the White Pages has all the addresses of members - do your bit!!