I am disturbed by the stories of men abandoning their hiking partners. It reminds me of foreign brides and their children being abandoned by their husbands.
I did not request to vote postally but received paperwork from a political party to facilitate my vote. It was obvious from the documents that my info would be collected before it was forwarded to the AEC. I called the party to remove me from their mail list. I always vote in person.
The only differences between the Port Arthur massacre and what happened at Bondi are: the numbers of people shot and the reasons behind the events. Port Arthur’s gunman has given no reason for killing 35 people whereas the Bondi antisemite gunmen killed 15.
Exchanging Presidency for
Monarchy, Hughes-Hallett’s The Scape Goat, Favourite chapter, gives fair description of the rise of Buckingham/Trump’s rise to power.