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In the film “Groundhog Day” poor Bill Murray can’t escape the one day he’s sent to small town Pennsylvania to report on whether an animal sees its shadow. The title of the film has entered the vernacular for anything that feels endlessly repetitive. Like Lindsay Lohan’s personal life or the Melbourne Storm.

Or the Australian federal election.

Australians awoke on Sunday to find little has changed. Both candidates were filling with the airwaves with their moral imperative to lead the nation. Both parties attacked the other stressing their failures. And instead of leadership we, as a nation, are stuck in neutral.

In the coming days one party will cajole, bribe or canoodle enough Independents to lay claim to the leadership. Yet with a near-even split our nation will lack solid government. The squandering of the Labor Party majority and the rise of Tony Abbott are subjects for other postings. For now, however, there’s a nation to govern. And the even split - while shockingly reminiscent of Bush-Gore - is less emotional and more mundane.

This Groundhog Day election is bound to continue for weeks to come. And in my strong opinion, won’t be resolved until another poll is called. I bet it’ll be just around Christmas time…