"In this country we have the power of the vote.
If we don't like what our governments are doing
(or not doing) we as voters have the power to vote
them out. And we can do that at both the federal
and state levels."

Foxy, we can replace one party with another as many times as we like - but we cannot replace the bureaucrats, the people pulling the strings.

Any Liberal leader worth his salt will seek the guidance of the Great God Rupert before making any decision. That heathen Turnballs failed to pray at the Holy Shrine of Rupert and look what happened to him.

Hi Foxy,

My 'Old Man' used to say, "Son, any bloke (politician) who believes God is on his side, is a dangerous fella, because he also believes he can do no wrong." A bit of a truism.

I think that it is somewhat inevitable for religion to
play a role in politics and government. However as
long as we ensure by LAW that all religions have an
equal voice in the state and equal access to the law
that is what matters. Religious organisations in this
country have played a significant role in public life.
The Protestant and Catholic churches have played an
integral role in the development of education, health, and
welfare services.

People who get themselves elected are no more qualified for the job than are the rest of us; they rely on advisers and public "servants" with degrees in politics and with natural slyness and totalitarian tendencies to advise them. Voting is a farce, really: compulsory in Australia, but voluntary in most countries. Democracy here is also a farce, given that there is barely a cigarette paper between the only two groups able to form a government. And, it should be obvious to even the thickest among us that, although we have a right of centre government at the moment, the PM is busy putting Leftist policies in place, and he has clearly handed over the running of the most concerning event for generations to the health department. Doing well with the Left's climate and expensive energy policy, too. No advice from economists and business. No second opinion from anyone. And look where our economy is, relying on lies from the Treasurer.

We laugh at despots who have arranged for their shitehole countries to be named the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the like. We know that people have no say in the People’s Republic of China. Well, it's time to look at ourselves and what we are allowing to happen in Australia.

As for the few pathetic 'independents', eight of these nutbags have written to the PM demanding that he repatriate thousands of people from India and quarantine them at our expense. Blocking people people who returned to their country of origin voluntarily who are now packing the poops and wanting to come "home" is one of the most sensible things that has happened. Independents equal power without responsibility.