Ah yes, Graham. How silly of us not to read you question correctly.

So here is my question.

Many Australian's believe our system of government needs changes to bring it into the 21st century. A frequently discussed topic is that of a citizens initiated referenda, where any citizen can raise an issue and have legislation changed if the majority of the people are in agreement.

Should the Abbott government hold a referendum to enable changes to our constitution allowing the people to initiate a citizens referenda?

Graham, my one question to the government would be, given the grim outlook for manufacturing, and consequently jobs, do you think it's about time we as a nation put a stop on 457 visas until such a time that our own people are fully employed, ie, not one hour per week.

As for skill shortages, either the employer train our own staff, or they don't mine until they do.

Now if anyone chooses not to be trained, or decided to be unavailable for training, then the simple solution is to cut them off.

The next few years are going to require a balls out approach toward looking after number one, ourselves.

Graham I think there might be some value in exploring the concept of the government having a mandate. I note your previous comments about numbers of questions but still feel the need to float a few questions on the theme in the hope that someone may find a way to consolidate this into something usable.

Do respondents believe the government has a mandate to implement those policies announced prior to the election?
Do respondents believe that the government was elected or the previous government defeated?
Do respondents believe that the government has a mandate to implement policies which were not announced prior to the election?
Do you think the government is abiding by it's election commitments?

R0bert

Along with referendums there could be initiative and recall. Initiative requires that upon a citizen's petition containing a specified proportion of the electorate there would be a referendum which would either enact legislation or repeal existing legislation. Recall requires that upon a citizen's petition containing a specified proportion of the electorate there would be an election to determine whether a particular politician would be removed from office. This may be accompanied by a vote for a replacement.

A QUESTION..FOR THE PEOPLE..oops dont yell

dear..reader..have you..heard..of the separation..of church/state
if so..is it just that LaWYERS..write laws..defend against lawyers laws[via loopholes..other lawyers BUILT..into the laws..

VOTED..into law..by other lawyers
[60%..of govt members..ARE..or were lawyers]

THEN judged by lawyers..and able to be APPEALED..
by other lawyers..to..yet higher judges

all by simple trick..of giving..the beggar
[lawfull-term=imbisile]..what he begs for
[ie to control..others..thus collectively..and inoignorance

Q;HAVE WE SET-up..a police state?

charging..moral crime..as if criminal

WHY..do we police children..with aggressive rigor
while the too big to fail..get bailout..instead of jail?

i would..read..them/this quote

<<..THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!
"That this House considers that the continued issue of all the means of exchange - be they coin, bank-notes or credit, largely passed on by cheques - by private firms as an interest-bearing debt against the public should cease forthwith; that the Sovereign power and duty of issuing money in all forms should be returned to the Crown, then to be put into circulation free of all debt and interest obligations..." -- Captain Henry Kerby MP, in an Early Day Motion tabled in 1964.

then ask..them should bankers..or govt run the money system
[when..t6hat dont wake them..up

i would ask them..re EASY credit
yet exorbitant credit card intrest rates
[ie..usa debt..is/now so huge..there cant EVER..be issued enough..of it to even repay..the intrest..let alone the principle

[lest we forget..ALL money..is only *created..
by SOMEONE..going into..debt..i would ask/them..how much.more personal debt..can you afford..to minimum payment..on..[and who will pay..it..after your dead.

i would remind/them..their children..will/NEED to repay..their debts
plus their education/costs..[hex/debt]on-top of parental debt..and at what stage..do they see their kids being born..into a pre birth debt

can..one owe..anything..for what..one didnt gain/the benefit of?
is it right..the dead suck..the life blood[credit]..from..the unborn?