He goes on at length about an industrial dispute in Victoria in what amounts to an anti-Labor, anti-union rant.

He concludes by saying that this federal election is too important to vote on state issues.

If that is so, why is he using a Victorian issue to support that comment and why is he not mentioning federal issues?

Or has he finally lost the plot?

MY LETTER is the result of pondering “just where will I put my vote?” in the upcoming federal election.

Thankfully in the Riverina, there are few party or independent members standing for election in the lower house.

The senate gives a much wider and potentially confusing choice.

After looking at the various How to Vote cards, I cannot accept at face value just where the listed preferences will go.

Obviously, the first three preferences really count – so do the remainder but on a diminishing scale.

The election was called, supposedly about those awful unionists. Since then, the Royal Commission has rarely rated a mention.

This long and tedious campaign seems the result of an unnecessary and self-serving stupendous lie.

I have no problem with a Royal Commission.

If ever held, it should cover broader issues of other systematic corruption, including near daily exposure of bastardry shown by our banks.

Unfortunately, our own local National Party representative is seemingly unrepentant.

But I expect the rusted-on Coalition voters will give their unquestioning loyalty to Mr McCormack.

With his present majority, he can afford to lose over 8 per cent in each of the next three elections before he could be deposed.

He can therefore afford to be rarely seen, or need be passionate about necessary change - unless there is an election looming.

Are you like me?

Just what is meant by “jobs and growth”?

There is no detail, except the belief that tax relief to the big end of town will do it.

Overseas experience suggests that company tax minimisation shows little benefit over 10-plus years.

There is a myth that the Coalition is a better manager of the public purse than Labor.

If this is so, why has the national deficit grown significantly higher during their tenure?

We cannot second guest the complexities of the new senate.

I expect they will become more questioning than before and these bills may not pass.

To add to our continuing miseries, in the Riverina we know that the NBN is in trouble (hence the unnecessary secrecy).

It will not meet the needs of many businesses that transmit large quantities of data.

Our widely separated medical and educational facilities, plus the farming community, are exposed to such problems.

This debacle is the result of so-called direct managed Turnbull leadership while Minister for Communications.

I therefore have problems believing him!

You and I want this region to flourish, and so we need to be more selective in how we vote.

Frankly, while I suspect that the Labor Party is closer to the answers posed, I have trouble voting for any party – blue or red!

In earlier letters I have wished for a clone of Mr Windsor, an independent who was (and still is) forceful enough to get results.

I still remain disappointed.