Just to jog some memories as to why Menzies still matters:

http://www.robertmenziesinstitute.org.au/in-the-media/why-menzies-still-matters

Aries54

I can't say that I have heard a politician call politics a “game”, but I certainly agree that it is no game. Any politician who thinks that it is, is an immature, careerist nitwit who couldn't get a real job. And let's face it: to more politicians than not these days, politics is just a job. They don't give a toss about the country or the people they are supposed to be serving.

Hastie doesn't impress. He seems to be one of the “moderate” gang lead by Simon Birmingham, who also abstained from voting recently - can't remember on what, though. People like them stand for nothing but themselves. If they can't front up - preferably on matters concerning the people they are supposed to be representing, not on their own views - then they should get out; or, voters should put them out by voting for a person, not a party.

"It is only when ethics and responsibility for their actions is enforced, can we ever expect the political system to improve. Until then, no politician is truly worthy of being PM."

I agree.
I made a similar comment myself about 8 or 9 years ago when I first joined the forum.
During that period the politicians haven't made this country any better.

R.G. Menzies, born 1894, also known as 'Pig Iron' Bob, WWI coward dodged military service, believed others should do the fighting and the dying in his place, a true coward. Pro Nazi in the 1930's, supporter of the Japanese Military Empire, sell out of Australia during WWII, kicked out of office, exploiter of the worker, believing in 10% of unemployed to suppress wages, believed in exploiting working women as cheap labour. Sold Australia out to foreigners in the 1950's and 60's, dead in 1978. THAT WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE LIBERAL PARTY!

The CIS is a left-whinge mouthpiece that seldom produces anything of value.

As stated by Twiggy Forrest:

"I have to hold the Greens accountable here; the Greens might as well be the party for paedophiles, the party for child sex abusers – you're the party of human rights and you've forgotten the human rights of children, just call yourself the party for paedophiles."

From the SMH

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Dear ttbn,

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Thank you for those interesting observations and insights.

The debate on what to do to protect our democracy and freedom of expression from cyberwar and disinformation once again raises the thorny question of the lack of human rights protection in our old colonial constitution.

Unfortunately, the Constitution was not designed to provide rights of any sort – not even the right to vote. As incredible as it may seem, this most fundamental of democratic rights, the right to vote for those who govern us, is not entrenched in the Commonwealth Constitution.

So, though we are no longer a British colony, the constitution does not require our federal government to protect those aspects of the independent nation it ignores : inter alia, our democracy and our human rights.

We must admit that it’s to its credit that the present government is doing what it can to devise some means of protecting our democracy and our freedom of expression from the onslaughts of cyberwar and disinformation.

These are relatively new technological developments and, as you point out, the current project may not be designed as well as it should and possibly entails many inconveniences that need to be eliminated before being tested and eventually adopted.

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