Who decides what a contentious issue is ?

A good question, what answer do you suggest ?

The Australian Constitution s.128 enables a single House of the Parliament pass a bill to send an issue back to the people.

Sending to voters issues not regarded as important enough, likely people express displeasure clearly, including not voting for their re-election.

Weakness is absence of procedure for The People to get an issue onto the ballot paper without support of politicians.

A procedure likely require say at least 10% of enrolled voters to demonstrate support for ballot through signing petition, then signatures and process checked for accuracy, before accepted to place an issue on the ballot paper.

Works ok elsewhere like that.

Is ability have issues placed on ballot paper for resolution which encourages political parties work out solutions between themselves, they prefer so rather than have voters impose solutions on them.

Ability to present an issue on ballot paper for resolution does not automatically produce over usage of the process.

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First of all one has to get back to basics, and explain the 'Magna Carta'as it stood to everyone and whoever wants to enter this country Second we should create our own Constitution with the name of the Queen scrapped out of all articles.Thirdly we should vote for the party (at this point) who promises to write up the Constitution with each seperate article to brought before the people to vote on.If people are found NOT to voting on each (or bundle) article one forfeit ones right to vote in future and have a 200 dollar fine to boot.All state borders need to be scrapped. No blank checks should be handed to whoever is voted in for the position of Prime Minister.

DEMOS WHERE ARE YOU??

Are you not even monitoring your own thread? Or is the question I ask too hard? I notice you have posted away to your heart’s content elsewhere on this forum

Perhaps go read up about attempt to ban Communist Party in Australia, the ban rejected by the High Court, then by the People when Constitutional Referenda was conducted.

Politicians like to think they are smarter than the voters... so know better...

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