I am a patriot.

[den]

I love this country. love the people and most of their attitudes, I love the animals. I even love the dryness of the Aussie country-side.

I just can't stand the fucking Government.

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Thanks, Den...that was very interesting.

Do you folks directly elect your leaders, or do you have something akin to the Electoral Collage we have? And, these various candidates for the various parties...are they chosen using a caucus method?

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Each electorate has a member from various parties contesting it, and when they win they get a seat in parliament. The party with the majority of seats wins and the others become The Opposition. This is why the Liberals and Nationals form a coalition: they combine the seats they win.

The leader of the party that wins becomes The Prime Minister.

Oh, and election campaigns generally never run for more than 6 weeks. 8)