So we have Labor with a comfortable majority in the lower House and we have potentially the Greens with five seats in the upper House almost holding the balance of power. We will see if the Greens are as responsible in the Senate toward good governance as the Australian Democrats were.
The tragedy of this election has been the removal of the Australian Democrats from national politics. They were by far Australia's most liberal and republican party. Their Senators were also the Senate's best performers staying diligently within the liberal democratic tradition of parliament. Something that the major parties often do not bother with. (more)
Nettle does another excellent speech which summarises the issues surrounding legislation for covert search and seizures by the Australian Federal Police [pdf]. It should be noted that Australian Democrats and Labor had issues with this component of the legislation. Nettle's speech is a reply to Stott Despoja's speech announcing the Democrats oppose that part of the legislation. (more)
Kerry Nettle made a speech in the Senate on the citizenship test legislation [pdf] which has been tabled. Nettle was a part of the Senate inquiry into the test consequently his a speech is a good summary of the findings - basically there is little need or value in it. (more)
Well, with a Queensland Election coming up, the two (and a half) major parties are competing to see who can propose the most extravagant, inefficient, centrally planned dam in the stupidest places. I was starting to despair of finding anyone pushing a conservative solution that respected property rights and promoted individual water responsibility. This morning I found out a party promoting such a policy. The blasted Greens. (more)
Christine Milne
made the claim that
;
"Climate Change is the greatest threat to global security facing us all."
I suspect this is political
trolling
.
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