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utopiaSenior Contributor
Anyone else feeling depressed over the election results?
I just want our Government to have compassion for people. And to put funding into looking after the most vulnerable.
If I could cry, I would.
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GeminiLionSenior Contributor
I was heart broken. I wanted security and acceptance and feel now there is no hope. All I hear is people putting me down as a carer or judging me as though I am some bludger and they get the voices heard. Over the past few years all my services have been eroded and now what is the point thinking about the future. More good times for the high end of society with those on the bottom to suffer
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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
@utopia @GeminiLion @Former-Member I wanted no more live trade for these poor animals but people just don't care .....:(
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frogSenior Contributor
@utopia feeling the same. Teary this morning because this affects so many and as you say, the most vulnerable could do with more compassion. What has happened makes for a harsher society.
As Billy Bragg says:
I kept the faith and I kept voting
Not for the iron fist but for the helping hand
For theirs is a land with a wall around it
And mine is a faith in my fellow man.
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frogSenior Contributor
With you too @CheerBear @Bunniekins @GeminiLion @Former-Member
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GeminiLionSenior Contributor
I feel the world turn into an angry red neck society. I was wanting to heard again and given a chance at life. Not be punished because I am at the bottom of the pit. Even if I was not on some form of welfare (for me carer), and I was working, I want rights and be treated with dignity. The rich get richer and the poor gets poorer with the gap getting further pushed in different directions. It has been tough the last (mostly of the) 8 years and it will continue. 😕
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TeejSenior Contributor
Me too with all the above. I’m just hoping that Kerryn Phelps gets across the line so there is another voice of reason in parliament. More than anything I think I just feel angry that scare campaigns worked more than putting real policy out there.
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BryanaCampSenior Contributor
yes @utopia I'm very disappointed in the results, it's so terrible for the environment & the natural world which I'm most passionate about 
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Unknown userMember
Agreed @Teej , I hope so too.
Its most unfortunate and terribly unfair that scare campaigns get so much attention.
You only had to look at the papers to read what libs, clive palmer and one nation were saying ... I would shake my head in disbelief that they are permitted to advertise such seriously misleading rubbish.
We now have a Govt returned with an increased majority ... one with no vision for a better future, no new policies, no compassion and no plans to change tax policy to make it sustainable over the long term. We are in a holding pattern.
Politics is such a cut throat game ... and I would not be in it for anything.
Hi @BryanaCamp , its lovely to see you again. How are you doing?
@utopia @frog @GeminiLion @Bunniekins @CheerBear
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