A few weeks ago, dear reader, I wrote a brief piece on the pros and cons of the Referendum held simultaneously with the Queensland Council Elections.

The Referendum dealt with a move - endorsed by both major Queensland parties - to cement true and full four-year terms for a Government enjoying the majority of the vote.

In the wash-up, and despite their being a relatively strong case for the 'No' vote, the 'Yes' vote was successful, so that, from the end of the current Government’s term, elections will be held in October, every four years.

The move to four-year parliamentary terms was touted as being a money saver for the Queensland people, to the tune of some $24million dollars over every election cycle. When considered against the State's debt, the $24million is the metaphorical drop in the bucket. But, we're now lumbered with ANY Government - inept or not - for four years to save the expenditure of a paltry amount.

Which brings me neatly to the question at hand; Who Ya Gunna Vote For? Or to be more accurate and less Aussie; For Whom Do You Intend To Vote in the Federal Election?

You see, I see the whole faux, pseudo election campaign, which will likely run another 70 odd days, to be a deliberate side-stepping of the issues currently at hand, and which continue to bedevil our Politicians - explaining what's wrong with the Economy and how we get out of the trouble we're in.

To wit, every time a Government Minister - from the PM down - promises $120million for this or $50million for that, we should be told that that money is borrowed. Borrowed. In an economy bordering on $2trillion, we currently owe (to lending countries) in excess of $400billion dollars, closing on 25% of our GDP.

To wit, the Prime Minister was being interviewed on ABC's 7.30 program last Monday, by veteran journalist Chris Uhlmann and answered a question about the economy by including "consumer confidence is up". Reader, I almost choked on my chateaubriand and bottle of Penfolds Grange while saying to my wife, "what tripe - consumer confidence is low".

As if to underscore my concern about the validity (or otherwise) of Mr Turnbull’s assertion, the following weekend's The Weekend Australian contained a piece from Dennis Shanahan which concluded that - by ANY worthwhile measure - consumer confidence is down some six-to-eight per cent year-on-year since 2015, meaning that, in simple terms, consumers like you and me, are keeping hold of our money.

The natural spin off from a slowing of demand is 'sales' on everything from cars to shoes and all in between. It means lower profits for business owners; it leads to lay-offs and the resultant unemployment that comes with that.

Indeed, the pundits are putting their money - what they have left of it after paying the nation's highest prices for petroleum, etc - on the Reserve Bank of Australia dropping interest rates on Tuesday 2 May to a record low of 1.75% in order to STIMULATE DEMAND - in complete contrast to the PM's assertion that all is well.