I should correct what I said, Rosa Luxembourg was a German socialist killed by the Nazis.

I correct my correction, she was Polish.

I should hesitate before I run off at the fingers! :)

BD, have you read Kevin Rudd's article in The Monthly? He has some interesting things to say about the church/state business and the contribution that true Christian values - the ones Jesus advocated - should properly bring to government.

How about a Governments made up of one Chamber, the Upper House / Senate, where they represent the whole State / Nation who first go through an in house electoral system representing the sectional groups. e.g. Business, Manufactring, Farming, the Utilities Services, Education, Household Lobby, Womens Lobby, Sports, Gaming, Health, Entertainment, National Security, Transport, etc, etc, etc. The sectional groups would elect within their members a spokesperson to be presented at the National / State Elections level as a Candidate.

Suppose there were 200 sectional groups and only 100 seats available then the whole State would vote for the Candidates they feel best represent their interests; the 100 Candidates reaching the highest votes would form Government. The failing Canditates would still head lobby and research groups to bring their interests to Government.

This would do away with irrelavent electorate boundaries and the Candidate would have to be a State visionary. You would only gain the best spokes-person representing the sectional interest groups of the State as they would represent their members having been elected by the in-house elections.

The Local Councils would be given more responsibility in local issues, and have an elected representative on a whole of State Council.