I suggest to you that the ALP will inevitably become a party for women and that men will only have minor representation within a generation or less. When that happens it will never gain power again and a new political centrist party will have to emerge. the only reason it hasn't already happened is because the Greens exist.

Hello BELLY ol' Chap...

Don't lament too much for your beloved Labor Party. I think most of us believe they will lose the September Elections, and then the Liberal/National Party will 'ruin' the roost, whoops, I should've said will 'rule' the roost for another three years. And like all modern politicians of today, they'll further 'bugger up' our precious country a little more, and retire with squillions of dollars and benefits you can't jump over, for the rest of their miserable lives !

You know BELLY, I wish we could raise a special 'Politician Squad' with a very hard, tough and brutal Act intended to curb and interdict the overt avarice and mercenary pursuits of politicians, against the desperate needs of the poor old taxpayer. I'd immediately come out of retirement, and work for that squad without pay ! Sorry folks, I must've been having an old man's dream ?

Where our beloved country was once more governed by men and women possessing of high ethics, and of moral persuasion, that when they made mistakes, or errors of judgement would immediately own up to them, and promise to do better in future ? Where the word 'lie' meant relaxing in either the supine or prone position, whilst peacefully resting, not cheating those of whom who voted for you, and who put their trust in you, to carry out their wishes and to faithfully represent them in Canberra, that's all.

o sung wu - 'Politician Squad' with a very hard, tough and brutal Act intended to curb and interdict the overt avarice and mercenary pursuits of politicians

Now that is something I would like to see, we could even give all our hitherto unwanted wearers of tea-towels something useful to occupy their time. Gotta be a few good homocidal maniacs tucked away in various big-houses, what say we offer them pardons once they sanction a predetermined number of bloodsucking parasites ??

Good evening PRAXIDICE...

PLEASE, don't give me any ideas, I'm just as likely to follow them up, with or without our friends ?

Seriously, you'd offer a potential politician, a really decent salary together with a mighty nice package to accompany that salary. Conditional of course, that he/she does exactly what he's supposed to do. Integrity, ethics, hard work, and above all - total transparency and clarity, should all be part of their lifestyle ! Similarly, words like obfuscation, deceit, and other almost identical language should never pass their lips, in fact they shouldn't even be present within their vocabulary...sorry there PRAXIDICE I'm dreaming again ? Another example of one's rapidly approaching dotage I'm afraid ?

o sung wu

Re-introduce capital punishment for anyone on the public teat & who misuses their position. Judgement of what constitutes 'misuse' to be wholly the province of the people ie politicians, bureaucrats, lawyers, judiciary & captains of industry expressly disqualified in perpetuity.

o sung wo morning mate.
Do not be too concerned for my state of mind.
My party as yet does not understand, but it is at war.with its self.
We tragics who knock on the doors and letter box, stand endless hours handing out the how to votes are known as foot soldiers.
I remain one.
In the front lines of what,without change, will be our near death .
But it had to come, and must be won, the thought Labor is a Social Democratic party is a false one.
It currently has more heads than that snake headed woman from legend, with most *OUTSIDE THE PARLIAMENT*.
We will reform and march the path voters march, they have no intention of following our decent in to madness.
Yet pain and all, Rudd,s return while chastening the PIRATES, will still leave us a party that MUST serve its followers by cutting its controllers loose.
A century of waiting for a revolution? not me, until our party,s brainless men with faces this time, put forward the view *bugger the voters*