There is no hope for us at all when the author of an article about the Federal Government and its members - who come from all over Australia - keeps on referring to them as 'Canberra'. If there is a disconnect between what the Government does and what the people want it is down to our politicians and the political parties, who these days represent a very narrow demographic so their lack of understanding it is hardly surprising. That and their preoccupation with rorting their travel entitlements.

What a sad indictment on the competence of Australians...

"Professor Andrew Markus of Monash University finds nearly 90% of us trust hospitals and police. Nearly 85% of us trust public schools. Three-quarters of us even trust employers. But little more than a 25% of Australians trust Canberra to do the right thing by them most of the time."

To think that one in four of the population... don't.