individual,
Isn't alcohol dependence n Australia now lower than any time since WW2?
Shouldn't senior bureaucrat salaries be performance related rather than blindly frozen?
Why would it be a win if Australians temporarily lost their freedom?
Lake Eyre has naturally flooded before, so what analysis have you done or read regarding the benefits that brings? And how would you flood it artificially without turning it hypersaline?

Indy, has several pet hates, PS, the educated, aboriginals, people on welfare, other than those of his ilk, etc. He believes by extinguishing or penalizing his pet hates and replacing them with hair-brained schemes all will be miraculously fixed to his liking. The guy wants national service for others, but won't support pensioners in the workforce, something decent pensioners are now supporting, but not Indy as he continues to suck on the taxpayer teat of plenty.

Non-military national service could be started with working for the dole. Some retirees want to work because they spend too much. The number of public servants is ridiculous. 70% of Australians are dependent on alcohol. And our education system has become a political brainwashing exercise with 'Chinese characteristics', as Xi Jinping is constantly saying.

Foxy,

Pell was actually exonerated. Just look up the definition.

The technicality was that there was no corroborating evidence against him.

The unanimous judgement of the 7 greatest legal minds in the country pointed out this simple fact and disgraced the 3 Victorian judges.

Pauliar,

Labor is running a low profile campaign so their policies mostly a mystery. The two moronic policies so far are a high speed rail to Brisbane and ten tankers that are sit in port.

As for pork-barrelling in 2013 Labor was pork-barrelling as much or more than the coalition ever did.

shadow minister,

I totally disagree with you on this one.
Totally. And this particular case has done
tremendous damage for sexual abuse victims
in our legal system. Ask the Foster family
and many others. Anyhow - I've covered this
topic with you in the past. Nothing productive
will be gained by us going around in circles
once again.

You have your opinion. I have mine. This is
not a competition.

shonkyminister, back to the name calling I see. Where are you now, sitting in the Pig Iron Bob memorial swimming pool in Snob Ives, or Hanging out at the Silly John Howard car park.

BTW, The release of 20 year old cabinet papers have shown Howard was the countries biggest liar since Pig Iron Bob. Have you worked out who was the Liberal PM who was also a pedophile, everyone else knows.