Today Australians decide which party is to govern them for the next three years. Opinion polls are predicting a 50-50 race to the finish between ruling Labour Party and the opposition Liberal Party. There is a chance of a hung parliament, or a minority government being installed with neither major party being able to garner enough seats to govern on its own.
Australians rarely elect a government with an overwhelming majority. They know that the best way to make the government work honestly and watch every step of the way is to install an effective opposition who will be put in power at the next general election should the current government make more than a few mistakes or break a few election promises.
You get the best government when the government understands it could fall the next time if it does not perform now.
Tonight there is a real possibility that Julia Gillard, our first female Prime Minister, may also become the shortest serving Prime Minister ever, and a Prime Minister never elected by the people.
It is Australia's D Day.
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