The media persist in referring to the Government and the Opposition.
Labor stand alone and Liberal stand alone yet claim to include the Nationals when it suits them.
Now for Real Numbers Liberal/Labor Political System and also Liberal/Labor/National Political System. Note well that in recent times the term political class is getting bandied around.
WA senate Election AEC Tally Results as at 11/4/2014 http://vtr.aec.gov.au/ Not sure if there are more votes to be counted.
Elegible Voters 1,480,422
Total Votes Counted 1,069,973
Liberal and Labor Combined 581,638 Liberal/Labor as % of Eligible Voters 39.29% Liberal/Labor as % of Votes Counted 54.36%
LIberal, Labor and Nationals Combined 613,000 Liberal/Labor/National as % of Eligible Voters 41.41% Liberal/Labor/National as % of Votes Counted 57.39%
From these figures, the POLITICAL CLASS on actual count with COMPULSORY VOTING are less than half of what the people of the nation want.
How much longer before the Politicians are prevented from overrunning this great land with third world immigration?