As the title of the thread suggests, I see no positives coming from the current crop of lawyers, barristers union functionaries and technocrats that inhabit the seats of our state and federal governments.

None to my mind are there for Australia. None have a vision for an independent Australia, they are all globalists. Fluffy sentiments about global equality and fraternity come from all sides of politics. I want someone, any bloody one, who will stand up and say “I want what is best for Australia, right here and now. “ A straight talking common sense savior who’s head is into loving the unique society that Australia is, we are great people. One who will spend a paltry one Billion on infrastructure, and another paltry Billion on small business loans, is that too much to ask. By 2016 we have committed to giving the world seven Billion, I want two for us, is that a big ask. It is if you are ANY of the major parties.

I have had a gutful and honestly despair at the Australia we are leaving to our kids, they don’t just inherit a house when we go, they inherit the largest debt in our history coupled with a future of inadequate infrastructure, diminishing govt services, 24 hour waiting periods in hospitals and captivity to the importers for the food we eat. We make nothing, we are so close to being net importers of food it doesn’t matter and we are losing farms to gas wells and foreign ownership. We are rooted.

The only party that seems to have some of the ideals I hold for my country and people is the old DLP. We need an alternative that puts Australia first like a parent would their child. I am going to have a hard look at what is left of the DLP, the Greens got control and a presence reasonably quickly in political terms, perhaps the DLP can attract people who love the place.

I have definitely come down with Labor (sorry, ALP) & Greens sickness already. Liberals are starting to give me a slight cough.

Sonofgloin, I share your despair. But as I have often expressed, there is hope.

I can see a Labor party under Bob Carr being a very different animal to what it currently is, with a strong change of direction towards a sustainable future, starting with a steady lowering of immigration.

It is the manic rate of immigration that is the biggest factor affecting your abovementioned concerns of inadequate infrastructure, diminishing government services, health care, increasing food imports compared to exports, etc, etc.

This really is the only chance that I can see of us getting off of the otherwise hopeless nowhere path that the Libs, Labs and Groans are taking us down! And it’s a good one. A very good one. It’s one very much worth supporting.

And Kelvin Thomson for his deputy!

Oh my god a nationalist ! What's more he wants a leader and socialism!
...wait for it...Godwin's law will be invoked in 3...2...1....whereupon all further discussion will be deemed invalid on the grounds that if such a man did appear "something bad" might happen at some point in the future.
Actually when we vote Liberal, Greens and Labor something bad ALWAYS happens, like the attacks on the sovereign nations of Iraq and Afghanistan, the occupations of East Timor and The Solomons, work choices, pink batts, open borders, essentials cards.... how much more delinquent or downright malevolent could a Nationalist government be?
Seriously though, Nationalism is the only alternative to internationalism, we Nationalists are the the legitimate left wing in 21st century Australia.
If Sonofgloin is interested he can get in touch with Australia First or Nationalist Alternative, yes we do have Nationalist groups in this country, they're just kept out of the media due to the fact that our PC Managerial caste don't trust us "hoople heads" with alternative viewpoints.
http://www.natalt.org/

Hay Ludwig, I just can't hack that fool Carr.

I wonder if The Higgs Boson would be able to bring old Joh back? Bet he could clean out this riffraff.

Alright Hasbeen. What about Kelvin Thomson then?

Now there's a long-serving Labor MP who has prominently expressed his baseline philosophy for years and who can be totally taken as genuine when it comes to reducing immigration and heading towards a sustainable society.

And he carries no baggage unlike Carr.

So Haz, given that you do support population stabilisation, can you see your way clear to support him for our next PM? Or next Labor leader and then PM after Abbott has totally blown it?