I just want to be Relaxed and Comfortable.

Philip S - The real question is WHO is pulling the strings of each party? That is where the power is held.

The virtually identical wording in the various US, UK, Canadian & Irish Republic equivalents of our Human Rights & Equal Opportunities Act stating white persons of anglo-saxon ancestry are not a race strongly suggests a common originator. My guess for what its worth is the United Nations as puppet of the Bliderbergs

As we only have one system, and that in the end is two party politics, dismissing it as unimportant in our future stops the debate.
From both sides of politics I want better.
I wish both sides could find a way to see Democracy shine.
Smaller party,s tend to introduce a form of black mail to politics, acquiring things like shooting in parks and gun lessons in school.
I see no reason our country can not lead in law reform, taxation reform, and the Social services.
A change in, and more use made, of referendums, say 60% as pass mark not present near imposable figure.
A more relaxed building code in other than suburbia, so smaller and cheaper homes can be built.
Australia should think about Nuclear power, remember largely the green and uninformed have loudest voices but by far less understanding of both the threat and the good that can come from cleaner power.

Dear Philip S.,

I couldn't agree with you more.

The Party Machine Men are in control
and simply replacing leaders will
not fix that problem.

cont'd ...

The public disdain for this minority government,
which is so good at passing legislation and
yet so driven by internal conflict, is one
manifestation of that.

Historically Julia Gillard's Prime Ministership
will be seen as an unusually active and
reforming period in Australian policy, her
legislative achievements have not translated
into public understanding let alone support.

That's due to the fact that the absence of
parliamentary majorities is a fact of life in the
US Congress and most European Parliaments, in
this country it is new at the federal level and it
means that virtually every action the government
wants to take must be negotiated.

This is then portrayed as a negative, "The PM was
forced to ..." rather than as an example of the
skilled exercise of governance. The 24 hour news
cycle becomes accelerated. There is not time for
reflection and a voracious media pounces on the
negative judgement - "the PM was forced to..."

Also more broadly there are declining levels of
trust in most aspects of our entire political
system - including the media and its role
in reporting on it.

well I suppose its obvious that what we don't want is everything we have had over the last five years. Democracy at work in a perverted way.