We could have a group of Australians selected by education and willingness to serve in government. From this group political office could be filled by lot. Those who show competence in office could be re-elected for two terms. Incompetents could be replaced at any time by referendum or judicial action.

Adequate compensation should be provided for office holders. Political parties would be eliminated. Those Australians who have served in public office could also serve as advisers after their term of office if they have served creditably.

i partly agre
but we must sepperate them
from the purse strings too

get their noses
out of the trough

those who raise a new tax
shouldnt be allowed to determine
which of their mates gets the new gifts

also stop them re-entering ..into business
they over-saw ..as govt SERVANTS

in fact why give them any pension
when they only become borad members
or work for those ...they served all allong

also ban all party loyalties
one cannot serve two masters

also this thing about having a quorum
ALL SHOULD SIT IF THE HOUSE IS SITTING

i sat in the public gallery for weeks
most of the time there was me the speaker
and the talker and the next talker...

quarum should be a job of the speaker
both parties should have equal numbers

like for like
just like pairing arrangments

also minesters...job should be auditing
their dept expenditure..!

not doling it out
or being lobby for who gets what

the system is rotten
time to sepperatye the good fruit from the rotted spoil
start with banning party membership..

and fund raising..
or lobby..[without proper oversight's]
[and without hearing ...*an opposing argument]
properly presented

each new law
must lose an old law

each new subsidy
must lose an old one
[of equal value]

sepperate lawyers
from making laws

or docters making laws or submissions
on big medicine rules or subsidy

david f:>> We could have a group of Australians selected by education and willingness to serve in government.<<

David, you would think that a tertiary education would be an asset to being the representative of the people. But I believe it is an encumbrance to ones perception regarding the reality lived by the plebs.

Last year in Sydney less than 5% of the graduating students received a UAI that would gain them admission to a uni, and of that 5%, less than 3% will end up with a degree. These people are rare in the broader society and as they peruse their careers they become insular from the plebs because of their career paths.

This is the candidate that political parties canvass. Someone who has lived a rarified life is now charged with representing the aspirations of the 95% that did not achieve a UAI, and now inhabit the mortgage or rental belt of struggle street. I would take common sense and life experience over education, we have a public service, they must be educated, and politicians must have common sense and empathy, education is a bonus.

>>From this group political office could be filled by lot. Those who show competence in office could be re-elected for two terms. Incompetents could be replaced at any time by referendum or judicial action.<<

Bottom line is we need first past the post. The Tasweigan imbecile Andrew Wilkie came third in a five horse race and with preferences he won; the Labor candidate even flogged him. That is disgusting, plain stomach turning idiocy.

>>Adequate compensation should be provided for office holders. Political parties would be eliminated. <<

Italy has had about sixty governments in sixty years, primarily because coalitions to form government may need half a dozen entities. The two party system is the most stable. The concept of no parties and a free vote on issues is appealing but individuals change their minds where parties tend not to, the whip sees to that, you need continuity for efective governance.

OUG:>>each new law
must lose an old law

each new subsidy
must lose an old one
[of equal value]

sepperate lawyers
from making laws

or docters making laws or submissions
on big medicine rules or subsidy<<

OUG, you say some good things.

Sounds like you want to create a dictatorship.

a597:

...“If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it must be a duck”.

...There are plenty believe we are in the duck pond of dictatorship already!