Musicians for Change

As you may or may not know, there's a Federal election coming up in Australia... and its starting to strangely feel a bit like the election in the US. There's the government in power, conservative, right-wing, allied with Pro-Family, Christian groups - and there's this enormous push to get them out of government and to get a government that is more accountable!!

I noticed yesterday a big poster announcing a group called "Musicians for Change" who are pushing to have Howard voted out. It made me curious, but it turns out there's a CD been released and everything, which I was very happy to see!
www.rockagainsthoward.com

But funny compilation CDs aside, I was interested if there was a political group trying to move against the government that was based in a group of artists banding together. I could not find one, but there is a website for people who are in the Australian Arts Industry to help them make a decision about the election : www.artsvoter.com/election2004/

You'll notice that their poll has the Greens and Labor battling it out neck and neck for the majority, with Liberal Coalition down at about 5%.... if only we represented the majority of the population...