"Successive goverments have effectively stuffed the country...."

Each country gets the government it deserves and/or wants. Its true that governments since 2007 have pulled all the wrong levers. But those governments have been doing what the populace wanted.

We didn't get the massive debt because governments just went out spending. They spent money the electorate asked them to spend and rewarded them for spending. Lockdowns, which were the main cause of the current debt problem, were wildly popular and supported by the majority.

All of our current power problems were caused by the populace urging governments to adopt green policies. that the policies were unachievable was not considered. The people want power to be green, affordable and reliable. Governments for the last quarter century have floundered trying to meet those aims. But still the populace clamours for it.

The populace probably doesn't want a big Australia but they keep electing people who do. Is that the fault of the elected or the electors?

Our leadership is pathetic. But its the populace who make the leaders

mhaze

Wise words; but water off a duck's back as far as Australians are concerned; they don't understand democracy, nor the power they have to to make politicians serve them instead of ruling them.

We've obviously got to plan and manage the rate of
growth through the migration program and plan and
invest in infrastructure and services needed for
the future. Better population planning will help overcome
capacity constraints and conjestion pressures in our
biggest cities.

Unfortunately politics currently plays such a detrimental
part in our leadership. What we need are public servants
not politicians. We need to leave politics out of things
and unite to do what is good for the nation. Our leaders
should work together and leave politics out of their
policies and programs. Instead of fighting amongst themselves
and trying to score points - they should unite and make
decisions that benefit everyone - not matter whose team
they're on.

We all breathe the same air. We all live on this planet.
We all have families, children, grandchildren. What does
it matter if we're Right-wing or Left-wing, Conservative,
of Progressive - we're all people.

As Billy Graham once said words to the effect:

Right-wing, Left-wing. I prefer the entire bird.

We have a massive immigration programme because, despite what the people want or say they want, the political class want something different and the people are sufficiently motivated to demand something different.

The Libs (or at least that part of the Liberal Party that thinks it represents business) want a big immigration programme because it provides business with a greater customer base and helps to suppress wages.

The ALP wants a big immigration plan because it thinks it provides them with a whole cadre of new voters while also supplementing multiculturalism. Also the immigration industry are massive doners to the ALP.

The public service wants a big immigration programme because administering it gives the PS more power and prestige, and a bigger Australia means more taxes and more reasons to have bigger programmes in general which again enhances the public services power and prestige.

The public on the other hand are the ones who suffer from a big population where the government provided infrastructure doesn't keep up. But the public doesn't get a say

I asked 'Is our leadership crap?'
- I may have just gotten my answer...

Lidia Thorpe calls for ‘sleazy’ MPs to be excluded from sitting weeks and fined for bad behaviour
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/15/lidia-thorpe-calls-for-sleazy-mps-to-be-excluded-from-sitting-weeks-and-fined-for-bad-behaviour

'Sleazy'?

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/07/lidia-thorpe-denies-dating-former-bikie-boss-and-is-cleared-of-wrong-doing-by-senators

Here she is looking smug wearing the old leopard skin outfit in Parliament talking about how she wasn't really in a relationship with Rebel Bikie boss and that she was told by her then party’s lawyers to say she dated him.

Should I comment here?
- No comment.