Australia

Even now, when the crookedness of Barnaby Joyce has been exposed, and we've all looked at a million dead fish thanks to his mismanagement (to put it politely), you know these twits out in rural Australia will still vote for the people who did this.

But one hopeful sign is the fact that in Warringah, Zali Steggall is currently outpolling Abbott. I live in Warringah, and it's mainly the Mosman voters who've kept Abbott in power over the years. But Zali is one of them, and they're listening to her. Maybe, just maybe, it's going to change, and what's so good is that Zali's number one issue is action on climate change. Abbott's answer is to mumble about maybe bringing back his Direct Action policy, which has been dead in the water for the past five years. Even now, he doesn't get it.

I hope Zali's high polling numbers will give heart to those other independents challenging rusted-on Libs, and bring out the best in the voters.

To quote Gough: "It's Time!".