Massive swing to ALP in cliffhanger Queensland election result

Margaret Gleeson writes that Massive swing to ALP in cliffhanger Queensland election result.

Two of the newly elected ALP members are indigenous, one being the first indigenous woman elected to the Queensland Parliament.

Voters sent a clear message to the LNP and the ALP that privatisation of public assets will not be tolerated. Since assuming office the Newman Government has been plagued by community and union campaigning against privatisation and cuts to government services. Anna Bligh's Labor government lost to the LNP three years ago on this issue. The electoral backlash against privatisation led to the ALP being reduced to a rump of seven in Parliament — which by-elections later increased to nine.

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This is the danger of democracy for the Capitalists—the people oppose the plans of the Capitalists. Here, privatisation was supposed to be a bonanza for the Capitalists, but the people have other ideas.

The same thing happened in Greece: austerity was supposed to save the Capitalists, but the Greeks saw the horrendous effects and wanted nothing to with austerity.

There is definitely a rupture between the interests of the people and the interests of the Capitalists.