Good luck, Joel

LABOR frontbencher Joel Fitzgibbon says the party must attract better candidates and boost its campaigning in rural Australia, as well as revitalising its policies for farmers and regional communities, or it will fail to regain government.

“Australia has 44 rural electorates,” Mr Fitzgibbon said. “The Labor Party holds just five of them. “Two are held by independents. The Tories (He means the Coalition – Tories are Brits!)  hold the rest — some 84 per cent. In the past 30 years, Labor has held no more than 13 rural electorates. This must change — not for Labor’s sake, but for the sake of all rural communities.”

Here’s a tip Joel.  Tell the rural communities that under no circumstances will the ALP ever, ever close down an entire rural industry as they did with the live cattle export trade, based on an ABC TV show, and if, and it’s a big if, they believe you, you might stand a chance of gaining some rural seats. For that matter, how the hell do they even hold five seats – what are the voters in those electorates thinking? Considering that Joel was called an auto electrician in a suit by General Cantwell I can’t see him recognizing, let alone addressing, ALP failures.  With Shorten in denial and the ALP continually blocking the Coalition’s  attempts to wind back spending, the punters can see they haven’t learnt any lessons from the election. Joe Ludwig, who was the Senator responsible for closing down the live cattle trade, is still in the Senate – a veritable time bomb ticking quietly as he waits for the opportunity to totally stuff up some other industry. Tick…tick…tick