Citizens Vote

As new Citizens of Australia we had the right to vote this general election. Now normally, I have to say the Hawkins family in Australia are not a very active political household.  However, in Australia, unlike the UK, voting is compulsary - so the party lines were drawn. Since we can't usually agree on anything, the divided political household went to the booths with different bits of paper. After a very long drawn out election in Australia (it was a stalemate) - Australia has finally settled on a government.  The Labour woman from the Valleys (she was born in Wales) got back in by the skin of her teeth - and a few independent candidates. So the male side of the household won out.....