There were some laughs coming from the new Parliament, with the Labor newbies jumping up and prefacing their maiden bleats with recognition of this and that aboriginal tribe that ‘owned’ their particular electorates - described by one commentator as a “conga line of colonist contrition".

Good to see the new Labor government was quick off the mark with legislation reducing HECS debt by 20% for 3 million Aussie students. The Noalition opposed HECS debt relief during the election campaign, then supported it in the parliament, maybe ttbn and Mhaze will tags the Liberals as liars, like they so often claim Labor are liars.

Really good to see One Nation Senators turning their backs on welcome to country rubbish.

Being welcomed to our own country is a sick joke, especially when it's done by people calling themselves ‘indigenous’.

The ‘indigenous’ had 65,000 years to build a civilisation - cities, government, systems, law and order. They were unavailable to do it. They should be welcoming and showing appreciation for the British Empire and the first free settlers, whom they have been bludging off since 1788.

"Really good to see One Nation Senators turning their backs on welcome to country rubbish", and exposed their brown brains.

YES! That's about the sum total of the Hanson Fascist Parties contribution to this weeks parliament. Come to think of it, Hanson and her mob contributed nothing to the last parliament, then you only have to take one look at the leader and her "brains trust", to realize what a pack of dills they are. Hanson has admitted in the past that she's not real bright. Then there are the One Nation voters, well!

The Speaker of the House is probably seen by most of us as useless for anything but shouting ‘order ‘ and getting the same perks as a Minister.

But, the returning Speaker of our Parliament, with the unfortunate surname of Dick, apparently does more than that by way of something that is not his responsibility at all.

He is trying to promote civics and democracy in schools.

In his last term, he visited 160 schools, trying to promote civics education. This term, he intends to visit “every electorate in the country”.

The teaching of civics in this country is not up to much: preventing many from participating fully in politics; some saying that were never taught it - pretty damn obvious in disinterested Australians.

The author of the piece on the Speaker and the subject writes that, because of the lack of education, “young people” are feeling disillusioned.

Make that people of all ages!

His “Unless the benefits of democracy are embedded in every generation of school students they will be vulnerable to manipulation when it comes time to vote” is very obvious.

So, as well as keeping his childish colleagues in order, Milton Dick is probably more useful than the lot of them together.

https://ruleoflawaustralia.com.au/commentary/education-about-civics-and-democracy-a-matter-of-priority/