How about getting rid of state governments altogether, as often suggested?

Locally, people need services provided, not politics and ideology. Councils can do this, and could do it better without the interference of politicians. No compulsory voting either.

How about getting rid of state governments altogether, often suggested?

Locally, people need services provided, not politics and ideology. Councils can do this, and could do it better without the interference of politicians. No compulsory voting either.

Ttbn,

The states agreed to form a federation back in 1900, to surrender much of their sovereignty to a central government. In that sense, and to a limited extent, the states dictate to the national government, not always the other way around.

But yeah, I'll bet there are talks going on now between the states and the federal government, and maybe big local government bodies as well, to sort out better ways of governance and co-ordination, after all these 'Black Swan' events.

Joe

more chance of getting killed in a car accident heading off to vote than dying of covid. What a dumb dumb post.

ttbn,

First Past the Post;

Four candidates

"A" a popular hard worker and honest gets 26% of the vote,
"B" another popular bloke gets 24% and "C" who is an outstanding educator gets 22% whilst "D", who is a Neo-nazi, Jew-hating bigot suspected of beating his timid wife and also of molesting his daughter gets 28% and is duly elected even though 72% of the voters hate his guts.

Sounds like a good system and fair!!

Runner,

You're right ! Now that Dan has brought down the incidence-level of the virus, people are indeed more likely to be killed in car accidents, or by snake-bite, even in Victoria.

But in ravaged countries like Sweden or the US, your chances of dying from the virus are far, far higher: with 220,000 deaths in the US and another 1,000 each day with no sign of any slackening, that could be around 240,000 by the time of the election, and 350,000 by the time of Biden's Inauguration. More than one hundred 9/11s.

If we had followed the dumb-dumb model of Sweden, we would have had fifteen thousand deaths by now (and god knows how many by this time next year), but thanks to policies like Dan Andrews', the great majority of those possible deaths have been avoided.

I'm sure you would be happy about that.

No ? No, I didn't think so.

Joe