Tuesday 14 May (1) – Swing Voter Blues

by Amelia Evans

Human Fuck – I’m having a heart attack.
Of course! Of course I am.
Come to the beach – to get away – to get away from it all
And have a fucking heart attack
No service – that’d be right – can’t call anyone
Alright well… I’ll just die here then


Still alive.
That’d be right – not even a heart attack
Can’t even commit to that!

It’s soooo haaaaard
I don’t know what to do

This is the fate of a swing voter – oh god
Five days from an election
Everyone’s trying to court me –
Everyone wants me
And I don’t know

Oh it’s such a beautiful day!
But is it supposed to be this beautiful in May?
Is this a horror show? Is this a fucking horror show this beautiful day?
Maybe I’ll vote greens – maybe I’ll just fucking vote greens
NO! I don’t want climate change –
THIS IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL DAY NOTHING MORE SHUT UP

If only my dad had been a labour man from way back
A union man from way back
A slap you on the back – skull a beer –good on ya mate man from way back

Or or that I lived in a mansion and both my kids were at private schools and I wore a blue shirt everyday and even IF climate change is real Toorak is still quite a way from the water…

I’ve got to admit – Scott Morrison seems like a nice guy
A nice guy to get a beer with at the pub
Bill Shorten – he seems like a nice guy too
He also seems like he’d be a nice guy to have a beer with at the pub

And Clive Palmer – he seems like if I had a beer at the pub with him – that’d be ok
And he does say he wants to get things done
He will build a very fast train 300 kilometers out of the city
Not to another city but to another pace
Maybe I WANT to go 300 kilometers out from the city to another place
And he reckons I could afford to buy a house out there and have a family
That does sound nice!
Yes. Yes.
Another place 300 kilometers away from the city on a very fast train

Monday 13 May – Bats

by Ben Ellis

Gwen, in her late 60s, stands at a street corner. She holds a baseball bat.

Harry, holding a Greens how-to-vote card, in her 20s stands opposite her.

G When you’ve lived as long as I have, the environment doesn’t matter anymore. You see through the lies. And I’m telling you, you’re the biggest threat to the planet. Getting people hot and bothered. Making kids think it’s our fault

H My question was, what were you doing with the bat?

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Saturday 11 May (2) – [CORIO] Pre Polling Massacre

by Ross Mueller

(A garden shed. A has a large piece of cardboard on the bench. B is sitting watching the work. Birds are singing outside)

A          Bloody magpies. Give me the shits. Bloody magpies. Give me the shits.

B          The birds. Yes.

A          Yes.

B          They foul your vegies do they?

A          Most definitely. They foul the vegies and they need scaring.

B          Oh yes. Like a franking credit campaign.

A          What?

B          A death tax.

A          Are you deaf?

B          No. Death. Why would you tax the deaf? That’s not fair.

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Saturday 11 May (1) – Average Egg

by Vidya Rajan

A woman in average office-y clothes walks to a table. There are a couple of chairs behind the table. She has a small lunch bag with her.

She pulls up a chair, sits down and sighs. She looks exhausted.

She puts the lunch bag on the table.

She begins to unpack it, item by item. She is a little slow about it, each item held up for a second, then placed down.

First, a sad looking sandwich, in a plastic sandwich bag.

Next, a bag of chopped carrots.

And lastly, an egg.

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Friday 10 May – Silent Disco

by Emilie Collyer

It’s a silent disco. Two people, each wearing headphones, are dancing, wrapped up in their own worlds. Happy is dancing manically, getting right into it. Mopey is swaying slowly, painfully, beautifully.

They both pause for a drink break.

Happy:                  Great way to spend a Friday night, hey.

Mopey shrugs.

                            Just shake off the week, right?

Mopey couldn’t be less hyped.

                            I always listen to the good news mix, you know?

Mopey is just so deadpan.

                            It’s a cracker this week! Want to listen? Come on, have a listen. You look like you could use the good news mix!

Happy puts their headphones onto Mopey.

MOPEY:              Sings or utters a few words from song snippets on the good news mix

                            ‘We’re in the money!’

                            ‘Money, money, money.’

                            ‘She’s a rich girl.’

                            ‘And we are living in a material world.’

                            Takes the headphones off.

                            They’re literally all about money.

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Thursday 9 May – The Value of Motherhood

by Keziah Warner

Sara and Annie at Sara’s house, they’ve just finished dinner. Sara is clearing the plates.

Jem, Sara’s daughter, sits at the table with them, playing a game on her iPad. Noise blares from it.

SARA:             I’m not sure we should announce this straight away.

ANNIE:            No I wasn’t thinking that we’d/

SARA:             Although, not a bad time to talk about the value of motherhood.

ANNIE:            I’m really glad we could discuss this outside of the office so that/

SARA:             Did you like your chicken?

ANNIE:            It was delicious, thank you.

SARA:             Actually… maybe it’s the perfect time

ANNIE:            For what?

SARA:             To announce a pregnancy

ANNIE:            My pregnancy?

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Wednesday 8 May – High Spirits All Round

by Angus Cameron

A working-class kitchen.

Lee, a working man, has his head in his hands.

Georgie, a working-class woman, is looking at him.

Lee:                                I’ve been working at that company for ages.

Georgie:                         I know, love.

Lee:                                How can they let me go like that?

Georgie:                         It’s wrong.

Beat

                                      I can’t believe this is happening to us.

Lee:                                We’ve got kids.

Georgie:                         And a mortgage.

Lee:                                This Government is ruining us.

Georgie:                         With their rules.

Lee:                                And . . . Not enough rules. Sometimes it’s about not enough rules.   Like, not the right rules. You know?

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Tuesday 7 May – Try Not to Miss

by Marcel Dorney

Out the back of a large building. The first cold winds of the season are blowing.
Three people, R, D and E. R is elderly, and wears an elaborate 19th-century costume, with a large, florid headpiece beside them. D and E are in unremarkable street clothes.
E carries a bag. D is watching the back door of the building. R talks to E.

R It is obscure, and I cannot pretend otherwise.

D glances over their shoulder, keyed up.

E I just reckon –

R The intent is not to be understood, not immediately.

E Have you thought about a sign?

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