I'm not adverse to their general stance on holding employers and business to account, whereas the current government had to be dragged kicking and screaming to uncover what the banks have been doing.
I've also been impressed with the state Labor government here in Victoria, who have been very strong on infrastructure, and I was keen to see Shorten fulfil his promise to direct some federal funds into the projects (which are well thought out and cater to long term needs) that are going up in Melbourne and around.
The Liberals on that issue have been weak, they used straight up bullshit pork barrelling to try and win the marginal seat next door to me with a completely uncosted promise to deliver fast rail to Melbourne from Geelong for example. Both Liberal and Labor have rather concerning attitudes towards freedom as well, both announced some pretty authoritarian policy during the election, not big stuff but concerning for me.
But at the end of the day, Labor came across as a party that was out for your blood if you were doing well, and had a long list of benefactors ready to receive your hard earned cash, whereas the libs had generally attempted to come across as more hands off in that department, although as I said earlier that extended to big business as well, which was a key criticism throughout the previous term and has been for the party's history
