The Australian Liberal/National Party aka Australian Trump Republican Party have all but lost the Aussie Federal Election - YES !!!

@Crazywaterspring Well they have tried a couple of small sneaky gerimander type things., But we have an Independent Electoral commision that stops them bending the rules far, as well as compulsory voting, which forces them to give everyone a path to voting.
As for electricity. Its getting easier with the high level of renewables on the roof of peoples homes. and it doesnt snow except on the highest peaks in winter.
If there is a fuel strike or shortage, we just hitch up a couple of funnelweb spiders to the car and we are good to go.😷

@whowasthatmaskedman We don't have funnelwebs out here so we use brown snakes. Also better over the rough terrain we call roads out here.

@Bushranger And thats the Aussie bushman adaptability.. Near the coast they make the harness longer and hitch up a Great White.😷

@whowasthatmaskedman Voting is not compulsory in Australia. Getting marked off the electoral roll as having attended a polling place is compulsory.

@zonavar68 That's true. But I think that once people turn up, they tend to vote. In my electorate there was only about five percent invalid votes. I don't know the breakdown between genuine errors and actual failures to vote, but the percentage is still low. I believe our system works and is very equitable.

@zonavar68 OK. Turning up to vote or taking steps to present yourself for voting IS compulsory. The take away from that is two fold. One. That every voter has to be provided with a not to difficult path to navigate to place their vote. So no shutting down polling places in areas you might not like the result. And Two. Every single person is going to be placed in a spot where it only takes them a moment to express an opinion. So every politician has to be careful NOT to offend anyone with their words or conduct. They cant count on voter apathy getting them a pass.😷