Hasbeen ...... name ONE person who is currently "forced" (your term) to be a union member. NAME THE PERSON .... just ONE.

People, you do realise that Campbell Newman just got a 4i.9% pay rise don't you? Probably not, or if you're a far rightie I guess you just don't care.

I could introduce you to half a dozen teachers, & a dozen public servants PJack, but I won't endanger their future employment by naming them.

If you believe none are forced to pay union dues to get their job PJack, you must be the only person in Oz who is that thick.

That Qld Pay rise is already causing more waves than the federal one last year. They're both disgusting & we should petition both the Governor General of Australia & the Governor of Qld to change this legislation. It really is nothing short of indecent.
You only require three names, addresses & tel Nr and send it to the Governor General & the Governor. Do it before the election & see how they react. That's the one thing about big Clive, he doesn't need to do it for the money.

<< The problem with Ludwig's idea of public funding relates to how the money would be divided. >>

Divergence, I can’t see why a formula couldn’t be devised that would give small parties a somewhat disproportionately higher per-capita level of funding, in just the same way that we pay different levels of tax in different tax brackets.

I don’t think that the funding for small parties should be in any way based on donations from individuals. Once you have a party that is desperate for donations, you have a situation where those donations become linked to the the wishes of the donors. And even very small donations given to cash-strapped small parties could create a bias in their decision-making.

donations become linked to the the wishes of the donors.
Ludwig,
I don't see any difference there between this & political parties making election promises with OUR money to get themselves elected.