George Christensen, Malcolm Roberts, I think I'm going to be sick! Lets add in Barnaby Joyce, that does it, I've upchucked everywhere!

Dear Paul,

I'm sure that mhaze is right. There are good people
out of Parliament but they don't enter politics.
Hopefully younger people of all persuasions will
be encouraged to do so in the future. They say that
the only constant is change - and perhaps this can
happen for the better. But it needs to start early
to reach the future generations. That's why our
national curriculum in education is so important.

This mock headline popped up online yesterday - "Australians ask Taliban to save their country". Well, I think it was mockery:). We are a bit of a laughing stock around the world these days.

Off topic at first glance, but somewhat relevant to governance, decision making, political correctness, and the quaint idea that things will get better in the future with young people.

Toyota has withdrawn its self-drive vehicles from the Olympics venue after one of them ran into a paralympian.

Lets not forget that young people are also greatly
affected by this pandemic. It has resulted in -
young Australians (18-24 year olds) living the
consequences with rising casualization, gig work,
and lower starting wages.

Many have lost employment through lockdown and
are concerned about their long-term employment
or of even finding employment.

How can we seriously expect young people to pick up
the pieces and live a life that is harder than the
one their parents had?

The cost of this interruption is not just in the
current challenge to make ends meet. It's also in
the flow-on effect of interrupted education, lost
life experience, and delayed careers that will change
the course of their lives.

We do need to create structures that give young
Australians a real way into the decision-making
process. I recently read that the Foundation for
Young Australians ( FYA) has supported young people
across Australia to meet (virtually) with their
MPs in more than 30 electorates and share ideas for
what COVID-19 recovery should look like.

But direct engagement with young Australians and their
elected representatives is the exception not the norm.

Perhaps it should be made the norm - seeing as the
future of this country belongs to them?

Young Labor, Liberal, Greens, Nationals (the mob with the Young Nazis in their ranks) etc. I've met many young people in the various party ranks (not the Young Nazis from the Nats, but give it time), and they are across the issues and very committed people. Oddly I find many Young Liberals having a close affinity with the Greens, certainly on social justice issues, they mimic Young Labor folk to a high degree. Must say I've never met Young One Nation or Young Palmer, they seem to be older ratbags and made up exclusively of old farts.