A broad spectrum of reactionaries: Bright green and yellow webpages are a sure sign of mental instability. On the AEC website, his job is listed as Systems Analyst.
I think disliking activist judges is code for disagreeing with Mabo and Wik. Judges are pretty activist in Australia, I believe partly in reaction to the static constitution.
Yes, it appears I gave the Great Australians too much credit. They\'re just old-school nationalists who want some magic tax reform. What is the bizarre obsession with national retail banks? Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the US are a financial catastrophe waiting to happen. Does no-one remember the bad old days pre-deregulation, with monthly interest payments, and products like EFTPOS and home-equity accounts but a distant daydream.
I do agree that the large small business to small large business transition is particularly hard in Australia. Lack of access to capital is surely a factor. VC markets would help.
Australia needs a ratification party that is philisophically liberal and recognizes that deals and compromises have to be made in a political system
Yep. Australia needs some minor parties that are crucibles of ideas instead of the detritus of dead ideologies. This is actually what the Green movement has done over the last 30+ years, and I tip my hat to that. But I sorely miss a philosophically liberal party, one committed to individual responsibility, smaller government, and expanding channels of participation in government. A party such as this would be useful in the States too - education, drug and prison reform are all achievable by robust state governments.
Qld of course has no upper house and less scope for minor parties. On the other hand it makes re-establishing a radically reconstituted upper house - say half-appointed by Sortition - much more possible.
Have been reading the quite good
Palmer\'s Oz Politics
and he points out that party discipline in Australian parliament is stronger than either the Washington or Westminster systems. I\'d noticed the US comparison but not really the UK one before.
Welcome Senator Scrymarch for Queensland of the Australian Ratification and Sortitionist Party.
Hehe, well first of all I\'d like to thank the voters of Queensland for entrusting me with this great responsibility ... seriously if someone literally named \"Senator Scrymarch\" is ever elected you should revoke your citizenship immediately, the country\'s rooted :)
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