Being interested in politics can create anxiety, usually about the decision or indecision of those elected. However, this is not my anxiousness. No, mine is the frustration of not being able to vote in a country where it is compulsory to do so.
Residents (like me) can't vote, only citizens. Now I'm not saying that that is bad but for someone like me who spent a few years in UK politics and thinks that it is the most interesting part of current affairs, No Vote is a chore.
In my research I've also found that I can't actually join the political party that I want to (or ones that I don't want to either) because I'm not a citizen. This is doubly annoying as they really need my help, well any help and I'd like to give them some of my time. Do you think there is space for a ring in?
In 2007 I watched the federal (general) election and got all excited about it but had a sobering moment when I remembered, after a few glasses of bubbles, that I had played no part in the outcome.
For now I watch the daily news and the peaks and troughs of the political scene and look forward to the day when I can have some small influence on the outcome, until then I'll just smile sweetly and say "well it's not my fault, I didn't vote for them!"
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I'm British, Gen X and love Sydney. But (oops started a sentence with a conjunction) there are things I don't understand, cultural references I smile at in a polite British way and have never dared to ask or mention my confusion. I will attempt to comment on some of these and maybe other stuff too.
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