Nice one Banjer's;-thank-you!!

(See you in agreement OR disagreement elsewhere).

Banjo, to me, populist policies are essentially policies which are designed to whip up popular support, without actually doing much good in terms of addressing the issue they relate to.

For instance, I would say Kevin Rudd's laptop proposal was a 'populist' policy - we need sustained assistance to the education sector, as well as an effort at tackling things like recruiting talented teachers. Putting laptops in schools sounds good, but in practice, it's not going to fix a great deal.

Similarly, most of the rhetoric on grocery prices and fuel costs is also exceedingly populist. Short of subsidies, which just drive up demand and inflate costs anyway, there isn't much that can be done save for inflation tackling measures, but listen to the politicians wax lyrical on how they plan to fix these issues, as well as tackle the oil companies which they've got no power over whatsoever.

Ms Hanson hadn't thought most of her policies through. They were indeed 'populist' because the effects of them would have been disastrous. They were just aimed at the people who like to blame migration for their woes, when in actuality, the problems are far more complex.

sounds Kafkaesque Ginz

Please Explain as you may be xenophobic, or maybe the present PC Weasel Word of Perjorative

hope I spelled it proper! but just keep on yer PC crusade dude

gosh, that seems to have disposed of all the politically correct SoftCocks that would seek to "do a xenophobic" on Pauline, but never get off their own precious little ars**s to do Jack Sh**, cept join that Latham congoline to lick Howard's

maybe we retitle as Why are present SoftCocks so Pis*Weak

That's a tired game you want to play DD, noone cares about you or it.

I agree, a very tired and boring game of political correctness where the youth are so tired & bored we don't even have University students protesting any more - too worried they might lose their HECS

much easier to ease their conscience by digging up good old Pauline and getting perjorative, going forward

you SoftCocks really Shi* me off with your warm & cuddly self perfection while playing Kylie Monogue on your plastic phones

Pauline was simply saying wake up Australia, but the lights were already out