Most politicians have more than one role.
That of parliamentarian, constituency representative,
and party member. These different roles can place
competing demands on a politician's time. That's where
their expertise or experience and the nature of their
electorate can influence the politician's work priorities
and their decisions as to where their most effective
contribution can be made.

That's why politicians do require a broad range of skills
to enable them to make an effective contribution across
the breadth of their work. Not an easy task.

Paul1405,
Well stated !

Politicians dealt with, now the Bureaudroids ! They're paid even more than the pollies & cause more problems !

Everyone has been experiencing testing times.
It is vital to have inner strength in order
to see the good and not dwell on things we
can't control. We need to count our blessing
in this country all in all our political system
does work well.

I heard the news this morning that NSW and Canberra
are slowly coming out of lockdown which is a good
thing. I hope that Victoria will follow soon. There's
so much emphasis to our world on misery and not enough
on being happy and stressing the positive.

When I read some of the posts on this forum - I get
depressed and think - God these people must make
others around them miserable! They never have any positive
to say - geeeez! At least one politician is coming through
with positivity - the NSW Premier - Dominic Perrottet!
Perhaps others will get the message?

Scott Morrison has said that it is "important" to be
in Glasgow for the CO26 climate conference in two
weeks. He's also noted however that there is still
no agreement yet with the Nationals.

Given that the Nationals are complaining privately
about being "railroaded" by the Liberals the PM
was careful to say that no agreement had been reached.

The Nationals party room is meeting later today (Sunday).
It will be interesting to see what the end result will be.
Will the Nationals demand new commitments to revitalise
regional Australia and boost employment in return for
supporting any shift in climate policy?

We'll have to wait and see.