One Vote One Value and second abolish the senate.
Belly,
You have my full support on that. Throw in a flat tax & we'll all be ok.

Not sure about flat tax, but the rest can save Australian Politics
Senate has stopped my side running riot and yours.
I fought the Australian card, looking back maybe I should not have.
Fielding leaves the senate soon the SA bloke is of no use and the one house system in my view restores the Right to elected governments to govern.
Minor party's greens for sure will not agree.
I can not say this often enough,a system that lets those holding 12% of the votes frustrate the wishes of those who held 88% is insanity.
I will be bombarded with Representative junk, that ignores for them to have representation the 88% must not.
Tax? another thread another time but if we cut tax avoidance we can do great good.

It is unfortunate since Kevin Rudd's demise that the parliament appears to have turned into a circus.

I haven't had much interest in politics and during elections I voted informally. I tend to watch a lot of television unfortunately there are too many reality shows that have taken over. Out of curiousity I decided to watch another reality show called Question Time. It is amazing how a group of seemingly intelligent people can behave so irrationally.

In the past most parties tended to behave in a reputable manner and it appeared when Kevin Rudd was prime minister and Malcolm Turnbull was opposition leader that some rationality was to continue. Why can't we bring those two back?

Aquarius welcome, I am not doing much because of a health issue but always did watch it if I could.
It has got worse but was never nice not here or in England, the country we got our system from.
Politicians seem to want a school yard fight and forget we are unimpressed.
Quite true a true WIT comes only rarely,but is well received by every one, Sad but some attempt prove more TWITS exist.
Try this,watch the body language, a ALP male,clueless to the fact he was on TV sat next to a nice blond ALP female, dressed like a dandy he started to preen himself ,all the I am interested in you stuff, she gave the get away signal so, he repeated his display along side another woman, again on camera.
Watch the eyes,both sides are entertaining ,both sides have deep splits.
To those upset with me, my party comes first crawling subservience to less than good actions only harms us.
And ,sorry Gillard is gone,if it was Roxon leading we would be much better but it is time for Bill Shorten party first.

Belly thanks for the welcome. You are right the leadership should change for both parties. I've watched Shorten in action. here are
possibilities, but he's a new starter and it may take some time.

As for the opposition leader, I never hear or read what he says. The mere sight of him makes me switch channels or turn the newspaper page.
How can he expect people to vote for him if they've stopped listening
to what he says.

There are good people in parliament with all political persuasions. In local councils best people are elected no matter what their political persuasions. Why can't that be the case in government, both
federal and state.

Have you seen the 7.30 report last tuesday dealing with the question of the national broadband network. There were representatives of telephone companies, installers, and Malcolm Turnbull. I may not have agreed with everything he said but I listened with interest to his whole commentary without wanting to turn off. Now there is a man who
speaks logically and with integrity and like-minded people would be inclined to follow him on any cause.

Yes Aquarius I am on record saying both need to go I do not turn Abbott off he amuses me.
Turnbull should be leading, unless he crosses the floor for basic honestly held views on carbon tax[rumor says he will] he will return.
I have lived in times just like this, Labor must stop fooling its self we are on the nose.
If every long term ALP voter sticks, if the election soon, we will be dumped,and a far worse government take our place.
Bill Shorten is not new or unknown to me.
I first met him as a delegate to the National conference to My union the AWU.
Again after I became an official of that union.
He is sheer brilliance.
I suspect Rudd,Now Gillard and her supporters have him locked away.
He is our lifeboat, and the man we thought Rudd was.
Rudd remains a better man for his fall but seemingly too divisive to return.