Ah, but the Senate. A DD might not yield a sympathetic upper house.

While the author is probably correct in his analysis, this "national interest" thing is antipodal to the interests of ordinary people who only wish to have a life.

I'm a Labor voter rather than a Greens voter. But the inference that Greens policies are 'insane' is worth questioning. Many Greens policies are what used to be considered "mainstream social democracy". Let's face it. Even the policies of Menzies and Fraser on the tax mix and the mixed economy would be considered 'insane' by Liberals today.

The author has not factored in the biggest stumbling blocks that already exist.
The whole theory sounds like a what if scenario.

I have to laugh when I hear contemporary Australia express itself in terms such as 'national interest'. There is no Australian nation today. It was ended by Hawke in the 1980s when the politicians decided to end two centuries of Anglo-Australian nation-building, replacing it with a congeries of multi-ethnic groups that have no share in a common history, common language and common culture.

The idea of a stable two-party political system is gradually being eroded and displaced by unstable political systems structured around coalition governments. In the near future coalition governments will come and go even faster than prime ministers have been coming and going over recent years. And the politicians answer to the struggle to keep hold of power for their party will be the ongoing sale of Australia to China, providing the politicians with the funds for buying voters' short term loyalties.

The fascination for me is that in my lifetime I will actually get to witness the transformation of Australia into a Sino-Australian nation in which all of the big decisions will be made in Beijing. The writing is on the wall and one doesn't have to be a Mandarin speaker to understand what it says.

Thhere is nothing in the nationsl interest that s double dissolution would currently improve. So far Turnbull's made almost as much noise as Kevin07 but he hasn't really done much. It would not be good to have an election before we know what Turnbull's policies are!

However, the "serious cuts in spending" that Syd is calling for are very very strongly against the national interest. At this stage of the economic cycle the economy needs stimulating. All calls to do the reverse are based on false assumptions.