Whom should I root for?? Why should I care? Australia is not really an important country. It is sparsely populated.
My, she is moving quickly on this.
Australia like the US and other countries has reached the critical point in critical mass where recipients of government largesse outnumber those who pay for it. It will therefore join places like Argentina and Zimbabwe at the bottom of the heap.
The Liberal Party in Australia is the conservative. Liberals have a history of being strong fiscally (much stronger than GOP). They spent 7+ years repaying 200+b of debt incurred by the Labor party during the 1990s, only to see the Labor party incurring 200+b in less than 3 years once in power