Until Senators like Faruqi & Thorpe are still allowed in Parliament any talk about reform is pointless & a waste of funding !

Politicians were not the downright scum they are now
ttbn,
Add to the the average dope addicted Tom Dick & Harry !

Democrats join 2024’s graveyard of incumbents - November 7 2024
http://www.ft.com/content/e8ac09ea-c300-4249-af7d-109003afb893

"Every governing party facing election in a developed country this year lost vote share, the first time this has ever happened."

- Is it fair to say that by and large, governments worldwide are now no longer capable of keeping their citizens happy?
Looks like my democracy-downward-spiral argument is looking pretty good.
Anyone want to tell me why this is so?

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Dear ttbn,

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You wrote :

« Senator Babet, not a career politician, believes that our parliamentary system “needs serious reform” ».

As I’m sure you are aware, Queensland is the only state to have a unicameral parliament. We don’t have a senate.

The Queensland Parliament is unique among Australian states in that it was the only colonial Parliament (pre-1901) to commence with two chambers and is now the only state parliament to have just one chamber, following the abolition of the Legislative Council in 1922.

Following the 2015 election, four additional seats were added to the Legislative Assembly (to a new total of 93), the voting system changed from optional preferential voting to full-preferential voting, and unfixed three-year terms were replaced with fixed four-year terms.

All that seems to be for the better, both economically and politically.

Perhaps the feral parliament should give it serious consideration as well.

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Indy,

"like Faruqi & Thorpe are still allowed in Parliament" Shows this old bloke wants authoritarian government, he's not in favour of democracy where all views are tolerated, he simply favours a far right regime which imposes "law" that an extremist such as himself believes in. This bloke is boarder line Nazi, calls a person with aboriginal heritage a "concrete jungle bunny", wants young people militarised through "national service", what do those beliefs tell you?

democracy where all views are tolerated
Paul1405,
What views do those two tolerate ? Democracy means majority not minority ! Personally, I believe Democracy as being one of the worst forms of Dictatorship !
Re Faruqi & Thorpe, their views aren't views at all, they're just spitting racism ! I'm sure they'd call black chocolate or a black phone cover racist. Stupidity was never tolerated until the advent of the Left when it became a prerequisite for Uni BA students to graduate !