Narcissist,
What do you call the process where minority views are ignored.
Maybe everyone should look it up.
It's called a "dictatorship."

Part of the problem is that there is no longer any party where actual liberals can really feel comfortable. The other part is that the remaining liberals in the Liberal Party do not vote according to their beliefs.

Howard's government and a lot of it's cronies have become nasty far rights and a hellava lot of Australians don't appreciate the shift.
Thanks for the reminder Harry. Bring on the election !

A correction from my first post of 23 July….

Re: “to find the best balance between these vested interests and the long term best interests of the community and country.”

Boloney! I should have written – ‘the long term best interests of the community and country’….not a balance between this and the absurdity of our big-business-driven vested-interest political agenda.

It should be a fundamental role of government to make sure that these vested interests are in line with the long term best interests of us all…. or else rejected outright.

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Lyn Allison, where are you?

Despite Andrew Bartlett’s awful ‘antidemocrat’ views, I must commend him for being one of very few article authors who has come back and entertained debate on their article subject!

We need you Lyn. Please come on down and show us that you have convictions in what you write!