So far the majority of the posts have been based on the two
party preferred system, and although they have deliberately been not biased
towards one party or the other, it would be negligent of us to not include the
other ‘big’ party in Australian politics, the Green Party.
The animation in the above clip attempts to persuade the
voting public to ensure that the green senator Sarah Hanson-Young retains her
seat in the Senate in order to keep total power going to Tony Abbott and the
Liberals should they win the majority in both houses of parliament.
The clip shows Sarah as a super hero in a green bodysuit and
a gay rights rainbow cape, and Tony as a power mad maniac who is against
marriage equality, women’s right to choose to work and have children (he does
love a home cooked meal though the clip claims), anti-asylum seeker and a
climate change sceptic.
The clips also says that Labour is too busy fighting Tony
Abbott to protect the nation from the perils of Liberal dominance in the Senate,
however this is the only negative mention of Labour, it is very evidently
anti-Liberal.
It is interesting to note that this clip on YouTube has the
comments disabled denying viewers to discuss the clip. I find this particularly
odd considering such a clip should be open to public debate, and even allow the
other parties mentioned in the clip a right of reply.
It is unclear who actually made the clip, but it was
authorised by Ali Neyle who appears to be Sarah Hanson-Young’s press secretary,
or a press secretary for the Australian Greens Party.All clips and cartoons posted to date have been by the media taking the piss out of the political parties, this is the first posted where a political party takes the piss out of political parties.
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