Residents Roundtables - Runner's Citizens Initiated Referenda sounds a good idea.

I don't wish to denigrate runner, however credit for the most recent Citizen Initiated Referenda proposal actually belongs to DLP Senator Madigan, unfortunately many sheeple chose to chuck rocks at him for all manner of moronic reasons rather than commend him for his current bill(s). There are two bills in fact, one for referenda & one for plebiscites. I'll show some respect for politicians if and / or when they deserve such, precious few of our present crop of elected representatives are anything but bottom-feeding slimeball bloodsucking parasites answerable to something other than their constituents. You are only partly correct with your assertion that politicians will listen to their constituents, maybe possibly they would if a delegation of a few hundred constituents descended on their offices and demanded the clowns sit up and take notice however the vast majority of Australian sheeple are infinitely more interested in the footbrawl than what lowlife scumbags like the red-headed witch or the RAbbott are up to. I'm a member of a number of groups that have elected to join forces to kick certain local government heads & we seem to be getting somewhere. Numbers certainly appear to be the key factor, a group of a hundred or less doesn't carry much weight but when the mob gets to a half million or more, even the thickest political minds start to pay attention. We've already seen the benefit of a 400,000 plus mob with the Queensland gubmunts attempt to demonize PV system owners. My present target is to convince groups totalling over a million members to work together for the common good & if that proves to be insufficient I'll review the target to two million. Note particularly that I have absolutely negative interest in personal power / authority / control, my goal is simply to convince parasites at all levels that they are **OUR** servants.

Residents Roundtables - Is there a better way of resolving disputes and territorial claims of leaders than a battle to the death between their respective citizens?

There most certainly is, however I believe we can only achieve that AFTER we get Citizen Initiated referenda. Imagine if we had elected officials with at least a fleeting acquaintance with common decency ?? I fully realize thats a pipe dream given the woefully abysmal standard of the present crop, but any halfway honorable politician (those words being for the most part mutually exclusive) would have no problem leading the troops into battle. Who wouldn't LOVE to see the read-headed witch & the RAbbott on the front line in Afghanistan ?? Quite obviously the prospect of that would send the clowns back to the negotiating table in double-quick time.

I have a few more issues with war, firstly the utterly ridiculous expenditure on crap, secondly the pitiful support for returned military personnel, thirdly the massively increased risk to Australians due to militant islamics & fourthly the mess we inevitably leave behind. Neither the ALP nor the LNP gives a rats about any of the aforementioned items, all they can do is find ever more ways to fleece the unthinking sheeple of funds to throw at offshore armament companies.

runner,

Yes, and look what a mess NSW is in currently
under the Libs.
As is Queensland and Victoria. Ask the people
there how happy they are with their elected Lib.
state governments. NSW has now signed up
to the government's education scheme.
They obviously don't disapprove what the Federal
government has on offer.
Interesting.

Trying to keep personal political party preferences out of it, in what ways does the NSW budget deliver or fail to deliver what you want for that state or Australia?

Rechtub is not the average,he loves to hate the present government,and is unlikely to give sound reason for it.

Well, it appears to me Belly, that you have given a few reasons yourself, but I would add, stuff up after stuff up, $400 BILLION OF DEBT, continuous in-fighting INSTEAD OF GOVERNING and of cause, the doozy of all stuff ups, the enialation of OIR border protection laws THAT WERE WORKING.

Of cause, as usual, I don't expect a response from you, so I will await your appearance on another thread.

...Yes, and look what a mess NSW is in currently
under the Libs.
As is Queensland and Victoria. Ask the people
there how happy they are with their elected Lib.
state governments.

WOW Lexi, you've got a hide and you are so predictable, as your beloved labor takes a wrecking ball to the economy, then blames the next government.

No doubt federal labor are already planning their blame speeches for the likes of Gillards UN-funded dreams, like Gonski and NDIS.

Implement unfunded policy, then blame the other side.

It's the only reason why Gillard is pushing so hard, cause she knows shes a dead duck, it may also be the reason why Rudd won't challenge.

More importantly, you have blood on your hands, as no doubt you voted labor in your state, offering unconditional support to them as they went about ruining state economies.

Take a bow Lexi.

....So, rehctub, what was it about 6 years ago that you particularly liked that we are missing now

RR security, confidence and prosperity.

Need I say more!