Oh you're Australian? There's a lot of Australians here in PC, prominently the "Chief Tech Officer/Staff Admin" Haruki Hanai (Or what ever his username is now...he frequently has name changes =/)
Oh you know about the "collapse of capitalism as we know it" too? (Eh, I live in Los Angeles so we're luckily we're in an apartment and have only been "modestly" hit by this.) I hope Obama does good, with a buffet on his plate, I'm happy if he just starts the World Economy again. But my real hope is adoption of the Kyoto Treaty, Energy Independence, and Universal Healthcare like yours in Australia and the rest of the Developed nations. =/ (Ironic how the "richest country on Earth" cannot provide Universal Healthcare while spending the most in terms of GDP =/)
On PokeSpe, I have to say the RGB saga will look like "another stereotypical journey/Gym battling" but as you know the plotlines are only subtly connected and therefor becomes better in GSC and RS sagas. ^_^