Australian Weirdness

You can tell it's an election year in Australia when the government is alot more active than usual. And not in the usual campaigning sense. Example, the government has been issuing 'survival' packs in the case of natural disaster (other than the annual bushfires which are needed by the environment to help it regenerate) or "eminent" terror attack. It has toilet paper in it at least. It also recommends putting cats in pillow cases, you know for safe-keeping. Though this does smack of a similar tactic the government employed during the last Federal election. Tampa Crisis anyone?

Now John Howard has taken up the environmentalist's cause and will attempt to 'enlighten' our ASEAN neighbours on the planet's plight and how it is 'all their fault. However, I'm sure they will remind us that Australia is one of the few nations not to have signed the Kyoto Protocols in 1997. The claim was that Australia's economy was 'emerging' and was heavily reliant on fossil fuels. My tip: 80% chance of the Malaysians telling us to mind our own business, again. 20% chance of everyone else totally ignoring our Lilliputian leader.

In other news, the usual claims have been made by the government that Labor is "handing power back to the unions". Shock horror.