Rojama,

The AFP has no role yet in governmental politics as far as I am aware, and I would not describe Pauline Hanson as far right. She is an ordinary woman who reflects the views of many Australians who rewarded her with more votes than the Greens and Xenephon put together.

The AFP will have to progress past violent demonstrations and punch ups before they can hope to have any influence. Currently, and in my view, the only extemists in politics are the Greens.

As a number of posters have commented, this author has it the wrong way round. I take issue with the first line of this essay which states Malcolm Turnbull lost this election. Perhaps Labor Party celebrations and self congratulatory behaviour has filtered too far into the authors mind because I have news for him..... Bill Shorten LOST the election.

The problem, as others have noted is not that Malcolm Turnbull accommodated the Right wing of the Party its that he failed to accommodate it. Politicians must learn if you ignore, belittle or suppress a group of voters they will seek acknowledgement by appointing their own representative - roll on Pauline Hanson.

Peter

With the ramblings in this article, no wonder One Nation polled so well.

Senate will be an extremely interesting time for us between Pauline Hanson, Jacquie Lambie and Greens - take a seat, take a deep breath and watch the circus.

There are many assumptions in this article, I will address one of them.

In relation to 'climate change' I would point out to the author that there is no empirical evidence at all that substantiates the claims about increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide now being the prime cause of the irregular warming that occurred last century.

If you doubt this just read the IPCC Reports and their ‘Summary for Policymakers’. They only use unvalidated computer models and circumstantial evidence as the basis for their assumptions. If there was any supportive empirical evidence, it would be enthusiastically highlighted and promoted.

The GCM computer models omit many key climate influencing factors making them unable to reliably predict future climate, as their past failed attempts to do so unambiguously illustrate.

Take one important example. They cannot predict future global cloud cover. This crucial variable is the biggest single determinant of average global temperature because clouds reflect up to 60% of solar radiation back out into space. There are many other deficiencies.

The media are much to blame for their failure to employ proper open-minded investigative journalism in this area. If they had done so they would be surprised to find many holes and conflicting evidence in the widely accepted ‘climate change’ doctrine.

On the other hand carbon dioxide, incorrectly maligned as a pollutant, is in fact vital for all life as we know it. Plants respond very positively to increasing levels, benefitting all biota including mankind.

Historically carbon dioxide has always dramatically varied during Glacial and Interglacial Periods with a long term trend line of reducing atmospheric levels as it becomes locked up in sediments and rocks such as Limestone.

Because of the huge implications and costs involved, it is imperative that policy decisions are soundly based on verified science and evidence.

" Out of the 12 seats lost by the Government so far, eight were held by far right politicians"
Malcolm Turnbull will prove all you Abbott lovers wrong. The voters have got rid of a bunch of far right loonies and that will enable Malcolm to be his own man. Remember, he has won the election which is more than Abbott could have done.
David

re:The voters have got rid of a bunch of far right loonies and that will enable Malcolm to be his own man. Remember, he has won the election which is more than Abbott could have done.

The voters turned to the Nationals where they had the choice. They turned away from Turnbull's man Hendy who organized the coup. Hendy didn't even show his face in the electorate cos he knew he was gone. Abbott could have won. Turnbull scraped home under protest only because Abbott showed that the party could achieve. Turnbull did nothing but claim credit for those achievements after stabbing the achiever in the back. He will go down in history as doing a Julia/Kevin/Bill.