Was that Budget Question Time?  An ABC transmission?
Or was it free hustings time for the Coalition?
Was that our Treasurer,  informing us as he should,
Of affairs of state?  Or was he doing what he could,
As the National/Liberal Member for Kooyong,
To shout party propaganda at us for far too long,
Persuading us to vote to have him back,
Promising to keep us in the black;
Because the LNP  have ‘fixed the books’ – they balance!

A contrast to Josh and his grandiloquence
Was Labor’s Bill,  not short,  but sweet.
Somehow he was much more up my street;
Full of fire,  red with passion and ideas,
Not dark  and banking up our fears.
He promised help with health and a living wage,
Wherever we live and work,  no matter what our age.
Out of the blue PM Scomo makes a Captain’s Call,
Crocodile teary-eyed,  appealing to us all,
Almost kneeling in submission,
Announcing a Disability Royal Commission!

This puts Oz right back into the red,
With Labor left to pay for and manage if they stay ahead.
These self-righteous LNP claims to be generous, true blue!
I don’t believe them!   Do you?

NOTES:  I think this is what is called ‘free verse’ – I just can’t get it to parse – it rhymes, but still reads more like free verse. Maybe time will help me put it into shape.   Last night, however, I wrote hurriedly, so enraged by what I saw as Morrison’s ultimate abuse of the Aged Care and Disability sector,  using us all as ammunition in a last attempt to buy votes.   I trust my ‘fellow’ Australians,  young and old, needing or giving care,  will show how wise they can be when when we finally get that much needed election!

P.S. 19/05/2019, and more importantly post election!

Oz again has made a poor selection.
New-chum PM Morrison has been returned!
Despite the NLP all chaos and so spurned,
The  ALP is toting up the cost.
Have its love and labors all been lost?
Leader, Bill, has already paid his price,
Resigned,  quickly, no need to ask him twice

P.P..S. 31/07/2019    I have linked this ‘pome’ to Bill Shorten’s very considered comments on the election loss to this site before I go on to write any more about our national political  scene, depressing as it  is.    Is The Budget Really In The Black?