Clive must of got the message from the people real quick & got rid of the sore before it festered. Slipper knows that he's got no chance of being elected next time round. He thought he might just have a chance with a new party. Either that or he's a spoiler from the other parties. The same tactic they used with Pauline.

If Clive wants any chance at all, he has to get new blood into his party & vet them all for spoilers.

Jayb,
you're a bit rough on Pauline likening her to slippery dip Pete. She had a lot of support from the blue collar side of the revenue pool, actually the deep end of the pool.
They were taken for granted by the ALP's academic brigade who have no idea about how to create revenue.
I think the revenue makers are just simply sick & tired of the revenue takers.
Clive hopefully has a far more pragmatic approach & let's face his only real opposition is from the takers & the taker-biased media.

indie: you're a bit rough on Pauline likening her to slippery dip Pete.

Oh! I didn't mean to imply that Pauline was like Slippery Pete. What I meant was that the LNP & the ALP loaded her party with people who would bring her Party down. That, and the other Right Wing radical clowns that jumped on board & took advantage of her naivety.

I did like her ideas & the two major Parties have adopted a lot of her policies, in part, anyway.

Cheers for that Jayb, I realised that just as I posted. I have no doubt that UAP will contract a similar cancer but because the two majors are so on the nose UAP might have a better chance to weather it.
ps. I just heard on the news that some leaders overseas are now trying to stomp onto tax evasion. It might just open the eyes & mentalities to the benefit & integrity of a flat tax.

indy: It might just open the eyes & mentalities to the benefit & integrity of a flat tax.

I like the idea of a flat tax. I like a flat rate of 10% on total Gross Earnings from any source with no deductions for anything on Personal Wages & salaries & Business. I know that someone will stand up & say that people should be able to reduce the Tax. I saw, just recently, that 70 of the biggest earners in Australia pay no tax at all. There would be another 700 that paid $1, etc, etc. down the line, because Lawyers & Accountants know how to rip the “system” off for their mates. Praxie will love that.

10% of everything will ensure they pay their fair share. A damm side more than they are paying now. It'll give the lower end a break so they can pay the exorbitant Child Care Fees.

There is indeed much to recommend about a flat tax; it would certainly catch most of the professional tax evaders. The concept isn't new, as I recall even Joe Peanut pushed that particular barrow at one point. I could however imagine the arguments that would be raised by the legal leeches who would face the prospect of actually paying income tax .. an unusual event for those bottom-feeders. Obviously neither of the major parties would have a bar of it but I figure Big Clive just might. Stuff increasing the childcare rebates which only serve to enrich a few parasites, far better to cancel all gubmunt handouts . Simplifying income taxes will have more than sufficient beneficial effect on family expenses.