Dear Chris Lewis,

You may be right about the Labor government being
responsible to God.

After all they were the ones who commissioned
The Royal Commission into Institutional
Responses to Child Sex Abuse.

It's worth asking whether such an inquiry
with such wide-ranging powers would have
been commissioned by Tony Abbott. Given his personal
history and close relationship with the Catholic Church.
There must be considerable doubt.

This Commission is long overdue but it was the Prime
Minister who finally took responsibility.

Lexi, i said answerable to god.

But Lexi, you would agree that he public is the ultimate judge of a govt?

For us who live here, and have a feel for the issues, most believe that Labor is not worthy of a another chance. Am I right?

And Lexi, you would agree that one person's bias is no match for the will of the people, and in australia case, the people are not stupid?

Lexi writes

I enjoy watching "Q and A," "Media Watch,"
"The Insiders," "News 24," and so on.
I find that it's one place that presents
diverse opinions on issues - corrects
misinformation (Media Watch), and does not
have a political bias. '

how tragic. It really explains alot.

I think when some Labor supporters actually recognise that people are the ultimate judge of a govt, and not blame our media, then Labor will actually be on the road to recovery.

These sort of pieces have very little use apart from allowing very poor students to expres their opinion.

I mean do you think any prominent Labor person will rush to AA and ask advice on what to do given his recent efforts claiming, gee guys, did you know you are the best in the world because I said so.

Umm, on second thoughts, maybe they would and that is part of its problem. Maybe Labor is more interesed in meeting the ideals of the IMF and other international org who actually get their info from Aust sources.

As most Aust's know, Swan did not have much clue, and maybe the Libs are right to take greater advice from the private sector to help ministers shape important documents like the budget.

Dear Chris Lewis,

Abraham Lincoln defined democracy as, "government
of the people, by the people, and for the people."
However in practice what
we have is a representative democracy.
That is, we elect representatives who are responsible
for making political decisions on our behalf.

In order for all of us to be able to make informed choices
politically, one of the pre-requisites for our political
system to work is for us (and our representatives)
to have access to information that
we need to make these informed choices.

If we are given false or misleading information,
the democratic process becomes a sham.

Under such circumstances we cannot use our rights
in a meaningful way.

Here's a few examples:

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/abbott-focuses-on-profit-not-people-20130517-2js2r.html

And:

http://www.independentaustralia.net/2013/politics/tony-abbotts-budget-reply-porkie-pies/

Lexi my sweet, I can readily believe you enjoy watching Q & A, Media Watch & Insiders. You even say "I find that it's one place that presents diverse opinions on issues - corrects misinformation (Media Watch), and does not have a political bias.", but in fact they actually exceed your own bias, hence your enjoyment of them. They, like Alan, are so far left that they are damaging the labor cause, if that is possible after what Gillard & Swan have done to it.

However sweetie, what I find is that they are just so biased I can not watch them. I do not find the display of the arrogance of the presenters & most guests pleasant to watch.

These people think they are so cleaver that they can pretend to offer an unbiased opinion while subtly, [they think] presenting the left in a good light. It is too painful to watch their stupidity.

Well of course if they had been successful in this we would not see Gillard as the most disliked ever MP in Oz, & Labor would not be where it is in the polls. Actually I find their efforts cringe worthy, & could not bare to watch the pantomime if I were a Labor supporter.

I was a swing voter before Rudd, but no longer. Whatever, I am offended that these clowns think I could be dumb enough to be taken in by their BS. One of the things I most want from a new government ids a 50% minimum trimming of the ABC.

The last straw for me was when they politicized Quantum, the last worth while bit of ABC production. Now it is beyond salvation, & should be privatized, if anyone could be found silly enough buy it.