I often think how nice it would be for Australia to be a true democracy like Switzerland, where they have Citizen Initiative Referenda, so that we could force an election now, and not have to go through more agony until 2028.

The editor of Spectator Australia (12/11/26) reminisced about the Whitlam dismissal and dreamed of a “Dismissal 2.0”.

In 1975, I was an innocent lefty 32 year old, upset and intending to “maintain the rage” forever. But, moving away from my family's influence, I found that I liked my in-laws' politics better, and transferred the rage to Labor. Maturity convinced me that Whitlam got what he deserved.

Now, Albanese certainly deserves the same medicine. But, no CIR, no hope of him getting it. The Opposition can't block supply in the Senate as it could back in 1975, and only a successful vote of no confidence in parliament could see the Governor-General making a John Kerr move.

As the Spectator editorial says, “The Albanese government is out of control”; wrecking everything.

Australia is no longer the ‘Lucky Country’: it is the ‘Lethargic Country’.