Shots exchanged names and irony mark elections in Australia

                        

Sydney (Australia) - A video where an independent candidate eliminate his political rivals shots is an example of the unusual election campaign of the general elections to be held in Australia on Saturday.

Congressman Bob Katter, known for his eccentricities, appears next to two people dressed in shirts of the major Australian parties as planted in the middle of the desert, a poster that read: "Australia for sale."

In the next image, Katter blows the smoke out of his gun, with the other two extras lying on the floor and the poster wrote a resounding "no."

The video, released in mid-June on the Internet, caused a stir among the candidates of the Liberal-National coalition and the Labor Party, the only two parties with options to form government.

"It's a total disregard to the loss of life, as we saw recently in Orlando," said Carl Katter, gay half-brother of the controversial deputy protagonist of the campaign, referring to the massacre occurred in a US nightclub.

During the long campaign that began in early May, when the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the dissolution of parliament and anticipated elections to break the political deadlock that has hampered his administration.

Finance Minister of Australia, Mathias Cormann praised by mistake the opposition leader, the Labour Bill Shorten, during a press conference.

Cormann pronounced several times the opponent's name, rather than the leader of the coalition government. He described as "friendly" and highlighted his economic plan.

Another campaign coalition that brought an avalanche of jokes on social networks was carried out by a construction worker advocating liberal proposals and where it accuses the Labour leader of wanting to "go to war" against the banking and mining investment.

"This is a Rolex you use?" or "I'm just a guy who likes beer, gambling and a diversified portfolio," were some of the provocations against the propaganda, qualified by many voters as far from reality.

Among the labor, who lost the last elections in 2013, highlights the candidate's resignation Christian Kunde after the newspaper "The Daily Telegraph" recalled a lecture at the University of Sydney where he listed homosexuality with incest.

The Liberal candidate Daniel Parasiliti also had problems with the press, to see again on the front page some comments made in 2013 and considered sexist against the actress Kristen Bell, and other views published in your denounced Facebook profile to be offensive against women.

The candidate Pauline Hanson, ranked by xenophobic ideals, supported during the election period a review of TV host Eddie McGuire, who offered a high amount of money for those who drown a journalist.

A total of 1,625 candidates from various parties and political parties participate in the elections to be held on 2 July, where the ruling coalition has a slight advantage over labor, according to the latest research.