Tuesday, 12 October 2004

Meanwhile, back in Oz… Australia's main conservative party, which in an ironic twist is named the Liberals, wins re-election in a race expected to be closer than it was. This election was a referendum on the Bush Administration in the same sense that the race between John Kerry and George Bush is about stem cell research: It's an issue, but it wasn't the deciding issue. Most Australians appear to have voted with their pocketbooks — the Howard government is doing a much better job of managing Oz's economy than some political parties I might name — with logging in Tasmania providing an interesting side issue.

As he has all along, Tim Dunlop's Road to Surfdom has a good summary of the Oz elections and what they mean going forward.

- Posted by Scott Forbes at 4:49 am. comments.