I'm with Romany and Fractelle.

If I was PM I'd also resign in favour of
Pelican!

As for Houellebecq?

We need stirrers like him
in Parliament...

I would also appoint Pelican as Prime Minister.
Unfortunately Kevin Rudd is fat becoming Tony Blair the second.
We need a Tony Benn progressive Statesman.
1. Education - Nationalise all schools under the Education Act tolerate Religoun as freedom of beliefs
2. Health - Nationalise all Hospitals and Health Insurance Companies.
3. Create a National Bank through the Post Office System so that there is an alternative to the Private Bank this will help to keep the Banks honest. Promote Credit Unions and Cooperatives with Government Subsidies enabling share holders determine policy.
4. Nationalise all Utilities and Mineral Mining Railways and Steel Companies.
5. Abolish all Uranium Mining for Health and Safety reasons except for Medical and Pharmeceutical means.
6. Abolish Live Exports of Animals.
7. Abolish negative gearing on housing enabling first home owners to have a chance to purchase in front of a speculator.
8. Stop subsidising religous doctrine dogma.

In addition to pelican's ideas, I'd ban all donations to political parties and give each registered federal party a set amount of money for electioneering, accessible no sooner than 12 months prior to an election.

To the question of what one would do if one was PM, is that with the prospect of actually becoming PM or with absolutely no prospect?

It kind of changes the answer in an entirely predictable way.

For those who have no prospect, there's no end of blue sky. And for those who have absolutely no prospect, there's absolutely no end of blue sky.

For those that have a very real prospect, the smarter ones amongst them, anticipating real-world politics, temper their promises and/or pick their words so they can mean more than one thing.

I'm almost tempted to ask what's the point of the question.

The ones outside the loop continue to put their wishlists, whilst those in it do whatever they want anyway. I don't believe the gulf between the idealists and realists has been more severe than it is now.

1. Reduce the size of all Govts/bureaucracies.
2. People pay less tax on their 2nd job.
3. Total overhaul of all Govt bureaucracies.Reward efficiency not empire building.
4. Bring in a bill of responsibilities and rights whereby lawyers can be made responsible for vexatious litigation and individuals likewise.
5. Stop the preditory pricing and domination of the markets by the large corporates.
6. All Australian energy be made avialable to consumers and industry at cheaper rates.This will even up the availability of cheap labor in in China.The resorces and energy belong to the people first and not the large corporates.
7. Create a Bank of Australia owned by the tax payer never to be sold off.
8. Increase the pension and make everyone pay something to see their doctor with the exception of people with chronic illness.
9.Make super far more flexible.Let individuals nominate their own assets as super and reduce the regulation.Compulsory super for low incomes has been a disaster.
10.Have a basis for our currency.ie to be backed by the value of our land,resources and energy.No more fiat money!

Our greatest enemies our big Govt and Corporates.They have worked in concert to subjuate the individual.They want a free ride at the expense of the liberties of the individual.Our next great enemy is our own ignorance.

I'm with Sancho re political donations and I like Arjay's more efficient public service.

Such as - get rid of the idea that each department has to spend their budget each year which previously meant wasting the remaining bit on frivolous fripperies prior to the July 1 cut off point. Reward them for saving as long as the service function is not impaired or degraded in any way. Less chiefs more indians doing the actual service delivery (don't you love that jargon :))

Thanks to my campaigners Foxy, Fractelle and Romany. Seriously though I don't really want to be PM, perhaps the heading should have been written along the lines of what would you like your government to do?

RobP perhaps I should have asked the question a different way. This thread was a means of inviting ideas that you think might make Australia a better place.