How to vote tomorrow.

Every newspaper in Australia bar one has editorialised in favour of the Coalition. Every. Single. One.

Clearly, this is utterly, utterly ridiculous.

Firstly, because at the superficial level of the past 8 weeks, Labor has pasted the Coalition — something all of these papers have been forced to acknowledge.

The hypocrisy of the Sydney Morning Herald, for example, for saying in an editorial THREE DAYS AGO that Labor had (and it’s worth quoting at length here, because they went on and on):

During this campaign Labor released costings laudably early.

Labor has had the courage to tackle structural problems, such as capital gains tax and negative gearing.

The Herald also believes many of Mr Shorten’s policy offerings are superior to Mr Turnbull’s.

Labor’s more future-proofed National Broadband Network fits well with jobs of the future and productivity increases. Labor has a more green-friendly climate plan, although we believe the Coalition will soon adopt a price-based mechanism for emissions reductions. Labor’s housing affordability policy is superior and we support its call for a banking royal commission.

On social issues, we worry about political extremes in the Coalition. Labor is more progressive and closer to Mr Turnbull’s instinct.

We see defence, infrastructure and childcare plans as roughly equal. There is little difference on border protection save for Mr Turnbull’s support for temporary protection visas and the likelihood that Labor would focus on third-country resettlement deals and stronger safeguards for detainee safety.

On schools, Labor is cleary superior with its pledge on the Gonski needs-based funding model. Labor’s technical training initiatives and focus on maths-science teaching are worthy, too.

Labor has very positive policies for health.

They gave ZERO credit to the policy commitments of the Coalition.

Why do you think that is?

BECAUSE THEY HAVE NONE.

Malcolm Turnbull has barrelled into this election promising nothing but a $50 billion tax break to big business.

That does nothing for budget repair, it is based on trickle-down voodoo economics, and it rips a massive revenue hole in an already strained budget. Not to mention the manifest unfairness of pushing the burden of budget repair onto the poorest in our society yet again.

But let’s ignore the past 8 weeks in which Labor has provided an insanely detailed policy platform, fully costed and cogently argued.

Let’s look at the past 3 years of the Liberal Government, a government that promise — via Tony Abbott — no cuts, no major changes, a “unity ticket” with Labor.

“No cuts to Education, no cuts to health”: Education and Health cut to the tune of 80 BILLION DOLLARS. And what about that unexpected GP copayment they sprung on everyone, and are now trying to introduce by stealth? And when they tried — and are still trying — to jack uni degrees up by SEVERAL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, whilst ripping money out of the University sector despite allegedly being focused on ‘innovation’?

“No cuts to pensions”: pensions cut for everyone (families, old people, young people), and worse, the proposed freeze on young people getting social security for SIX MONTHS was designed to generate industrial-scale poverty.

“No cuts to the ABC or SBS”: Cuts, cuts, cuts. Nearly a quarter of a billion dollars worth.

And the unity ticket on Gonski? Gonski.

Not to mention a government actively defending the “right to be a bigot”, sacking the disability commissioner and replacing him with a WIND FARM COMMISSIONER TO INVESTIGATE WIND FARM SYNDROME, or counting in its numbers those anti-gay idiot bigots Cory Bernardi and George Christensen.

The Coalition has been criticised by economists, scientists, GPs, teachers, nurses, firefighters, lawyers…name a profession, and the professional body has criticised the asinine, stupid, mindless policies of this government.

The only endorsements the Coalition has received for any of its platform has been big business via Kate Carnell and the Business Council of Australia. And of course, News Ltd.

On the contrary, Labor’s plans — so numerous that I can’t list, and you should just visit the surprisingly detailed website — have been given the tick of approval by industry experts, and even the very papers that have criticised them.

NBN, climate change, mental health, Gonski funding, inequality, multinational tax avoidance, housing affordability, negative gearing and superannuation budget rorts, banking irregularities, supporting small businesses and startups, childcare, entrepreneurial visas and innovation grants, and the list goes on and on and on. Seriously — pick a policy you care about and LOOK IT UP.

It makes NO SENSE to vote for the Coalition, a party that upon coming to office revealed its ENTIRE PLATFORM WAS A LIE, BLEW $8 BILLION ON A RESERVE BANK HANDOUT THAT THE RBA DID NOT ASK FOR, AND THEN PRESIDED OVER A BUDGET DETERIORATION BY TREBLING THE DEFICIT.

This Government is, by their own standards, absolutely terrible at doing their job. Having a slick operator like Turnbull doesn’t change that.

So don’t vote for the lying idiots. They say they won’t touch Medicare? THEY HAVE SAID IT BEFORE AND THEY WERE LYING.

If you actually care about this country, this economy, even just yourself, PUT THE LIBERAL PARTY LAST.

That is my editorial for this election.