Libs always cut and cut and cut. I remember during the Howard era, medical, education all cut until it went really bad. Work choices was the ultimate killer to him. In the end, have a change of government once every 2-3 terms is a good thing. I view it more as a yin and yang. Without Labor, you won't have min wage, medicare. Without libs, you won't have the huge savings that tide Australia over the GFC. The electorate will always make the right choice that the country deserve.
So the moral of the story is dont vote the ALP. Anyway with the 2 party system in Oz. Its always between a rock n a hard place. N labour this time really fuck up. I c the liberals now having some good ideas n policies in the pipe line. But like highlighted in the Australian yesterday. The liberals also increase spending when they took over. So all in all they are all sama sama.