An Ipso Global Survey suggests that 70 per cent of Australians want a “strong leader” to “wrest power back from the elites” and to “close the doors on the rest of the world”. While the closing of doors on the rest of the world might need some tuning, there is no doubt that the sap is rising in Australians – in the majority of them at least.

Apparently 'elites' and 'experts' are really on the nose for their lack of understanding about the lives of the average person. I am not at ease with the “strong leader” bit; shades of dictatorship there. Democratic governments are meant to govern only with our permission. I think we have too many drongos trying to 'lead' us (by the nose) as it is. As Donald Trump said, it doesn't matter which party controls government, so long as the government is controlled by the PEOPLE.

According to the survey, Australians are the 10th most fed up, after the UK, France Israel, Italy, South Korea, Turkey, India, Poland, Belgian and Peru.

Replace 'leader' with 'catalyst' (someone who can jolt us into thinking and acting for ourselves), and we could be well on the way to change. Who is that person in Australia? Gawd only knows

Well, whoever he or she is, they ain't Liberal, National, Labor or Greens, (or any protege of/mixture of them).

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Right, Is Mise. No professional politicians already oinking around the trough. But we don't have a Trump, and we don't look like getting one any time soon. I really don't think that it is going to happen for us. Unless Trump casts us off, and we have to start looking after ourselves?

I've found a speech given a few years ago by
Gareth Evans on "Australia's Asian Future."
Although, it's an old speech - I feel it is
very relevant to today. It's worth a read:

http://www.gevans.org/speeches/speech423.html

Dear ttbn,

Is this really the kind of man you want for Australia?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/the-real-donald-trump-a-bully-fraud-incompetent-who-has-wrecked-countless-lives-a7384421.html

Foxy,

Gareth Evans. The sneering character who wished for us a 'coffee-coloured Australia', as he slinked off to off to a UN sinecure after helping drown Australia in socialism. Not a good example of anything for me, Foxy. God old Gareth is still snouting it at the UN, I believe.

Trump and The Independent? I always look carefully at the source of these stories, and ask, is it true? I have never found the media, even the so-called right wing media, to necessarily be a font of truth and reliability. I am prepared to trust individuals without an axe to grind, but institutions and the media - nuh. Of course, the story might be true. Trump could be a bad egg, and I have never expressed any admiration for him as a person. Donald Trump,the man, is not important. President Trump and what he can do for America and, hopefully, for the Free World, is what counts. Think back to our own Bob Hawke: in my view, a man of dubious character,a drunk who behaved disgracefully to his wife but, nonetheless, a great contributor as PM. The best person for the job is not always, perhaps never, the nicest person you could hope to meet. I sense that 'nice' is important to you, and that is nice in itself. But, when it comes to the nitty gritty, we often have to compromise to get things done.