Cornflower- I agree completely.
To be honest, I think most of Liberals and LAbor have a neoliberal agenda but try to dress it up as part of the conservative package to the voters, like it's being presented in the USA.

Leigh

"Australians who have lived longer than you – the majority - are conservative people".

Really. Do you have any evidence for this?

I am aware of a lot of older Australians who are concerned with the right wing shift in Australian politics. For example, only this morning on AM, I heard Malcolm Fraser say that he had resigned from the Liberal Party because it had moved to far to the right in his opinion.

Briar Rose, Cornflower & King Hazza

Agree with you all.

" The result has been a politics in Australia that is firmly framed by the right, with a two-party dominated system where both parties rely upon and pander to business for financial support. The further disconnected they have become from their traditional bases, the further their reliance on business has become. This in part also explains why both parties have needed to embrace the rhetoric of populist politics to camouflage their policies’ true benefactors. "

The above point appears to be lost on some of the posters here as well.

Ok lefties,

rather than just telling us how bad it is, such as lack of vision and lack of policy, tell us what you would do (taking account of international considerations and economic factors).

Then elaborate if there is any consequences from your policy ideas.

Mere criticism, without evidence or a discussion of consequences, is Disneyland stuff.

I mean why don't we just raise taxes and fund everything. Just see how long our wealth lasts in an increasingly competitive world.

Criticism of the major parties is a sad option by left-wing political commentators who should know better and see the difficulties ahead, as well as offering some realistic ideas.

If it was all so easy, don't you think the major parties would be doing better?

Loxton,

You ask: "Really. Do you have any evidence for this?"

Do you really have evidence against my assertion? Or, am the only one who has to produce evidence, while you do not?

Leigh, I think you have completely missed all the points the author is making in this article.
I wonder why?