Disclaimer: I’m Australian so I only have a relatively small stake in this, and I’m pretty solidly in the do vote camp.

All that said, I find myself really empathizing with the frustrations I’ve seen expressed by those who won’t vote. Again I don’t agree with not voting, I just see there is humanity behind it. It makes me weep that you need to fight about this in the first place, we have preferential voting so it’s not an issue at all here, you can vote independent and still prevent the right from taking office.

I hope you all make it through this safely and that you have no regrets in the end. Please look after each other, solidarity is our strength.