apologies to legitimate posters:

Whistler, if it has to be quick, your special interest group can probably have a toy parliament anytime, just like we had at school. Alternatively, given numbers, they could fight for representation on the only duly constituted one we have. This strategy has produced some success. Reconstituting the nation will take generations and your bland efforts steel me to resist the likely bland and ineffectual outcome.

Rustopher.

Maximillion, you and others deign to have open discussion about the machinations of the Parliament of Australia and pour unmitigated scorn on the provision of a women's legislature.
what is your problem?
misogyny perhaps.

Oh Ruralisticalisticisticalist, yes I did ask for responses, but the windy one is obsessive, one rant no matter whether it’s road-kill or painted toe-nails, bananas to the price of fish in Peru, it gets boring.
Testy One, the show was “Insiders”, Sun’ morn with Barry Cassidy, a jolly rollicking forum-style commentary, and well worth a watch.
As for your Lib blimp, much as I dislike the parties, if you had gone to him and asked, he would probably have told you the truth on that subject, and I’d be willing to bet it’s there in the electoral paper-work somewhere, buried of course, they’ve been at this for a while now, lol.
Oh Corroded Pain-pipe, by and large, I agree with all you posted, despite the confusions it might cause, and costs, more Independents = less Party power= better democracy’
Off-hand, as little as I understand the world, I reckon Oz must be one of the few places on the planet where we could actually vote out the entire existing power-structure, and make it stick!
In theory anyway, I think you’d need to kill television to actually make it happen, but the possibility is there, dormant, waiting, potent,… drool! &-)

Maximillion, i'll take that as affirmative,
so begins the healing.

Maximillion you should ignore whistler, I too fall for such posters but it is unwise.
If those who support that idea held a national meeting it could take place in a phone box.
With a nine piece band included.
The foolish fielding, well look and see how he first won his senate place.
We gave him our preferences, sooner he is gone the better, more independants? no way more trouble.

Goodness me some of you are being hard on Senator Fielding.
He at least is doing the job he is being paid for and not just
following the party line, under threat of deselection.

His question is fair and reasonable;
"Is it true the emperor has no clothes ?"

Anyone who thinks we should should just charge in on something as
important as this and not ask questions shouldn't be in parliament.