Election flashback
I see on the Oz Politics blog that predictions indicate the Coalition will get the same caning that Labor got in the 1996 election. That got me thinking back *cue harp runs*…
On the election weekend in 1996, I was working sound tech on a local production of Michael Gow’s Away. After a late night on Friday, I crawled out of bed far too late, voted and headed into town for the final performance.
Being head down for a couple of hours before the show (I was teaching myself the finer points of operating the tape machine, and experimenting with playing some of the audio grabs directly from CD – ever the music nerd) I didn’t hear any news until intermission. There were a few rumours that the Coalition had caned the Government, that it was going to be ‘a landslide’. I ignored the doomsayers and got back to work.
After the show, we gathered at the bar in the foyer, switched the TV on and took the news in. A lot of us were Government workers, as well as being passionate about the arts. So, we ordered another drink. And another. And another.
I wasn’t a very political person in those days. Truth be told, I’m still not. I do, however, enjoy seeing smug, complacent people knocked on their sorry arses.
This has been a long hangover. Let’s see if things improve in the next couple of weeks.
