Australians are fed up with politics and cynical about their future

On the origin of the sceptics - Unleashed (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Oreskes, Professor of History and Science Studies at the University of California San Diego, has just arrived in Australia on a whistle-stop speaking tour promoting her new book, co-authored with Erik Conway, titled Merchants of Doubt - How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming.
Oreskes spoke to the ABC’s Lateline program on this brand of scepticism which also drove its perpetrators to cast doubt over the causes of acid rain, the linking of tobacco smoke to cancer and the use of CFCs in eating the ozone.

I do think the public knows we all need to do something about the climate, but we are also very cynical of the fairness and efficacy of the all process.
We see council detecting devices for parking to raise money from the public but we do not see investment in innovative devices or processes to improve the environment.
Many of us are concerned with high interest rates, the price of electricity bills are going through the roof and other essential commodities.
Accurate or not we hear in the news, that if power companies decide to bill us $3000 for electricity they can, only because you live in the wrong side of the street, and there is nothing we can do.
The government appears unwilling to take any steps to help us in anything.
If the cost of living continues to rise the way it has been many families will be at risk of loosing their houses, and as much as they are concerned with the climate they are more concerned with their families well being today.
Government oppositions should be critical but with objectivity and common sense, and have appropriate costing done to promises they make.
This government or the Liberals are not selling their vision(if they have one), there is no assurance and stability given to Australians, no optimism in our future.
Everyone is saying how well our economy is doing and it is compared with the world but we rarely see the news talking about other countries is like we are in a plastic bubble...
We see politicians receiving pay rises that will compensate them, bank managers with millions and than the rest of us(families struggling to pay mortgages and pensioners without electricity) dealing with the day to day bills and very near the limit.
Some of us, know that the opposition did open the gates to many people, without prior good management and investment in infrastructure, but knowing this does not help to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
What is the government doing or going to do for our well being?
Show us your vision and your results, compare it with the world, justify it.
Tell us what will happen if it is not done. Help us to visualize our great future.
It is not good to say we are going to be surplus in 2012, what are they going to do after that.
Why should we keep them in government?
Labor and Liberals are so lost in their own internal power struggles that it seems none have a real vision for Australia, only a grab for power.
We the public are becoming very cynical, and disappointed with politics and specially both major parties.
Why are we asked to make sacrifices, when at the same time politicians are having big pay rises.
Understand your constituents pains and desires, this is if you want them to vote for you.