Party politics is the real elephant in the room!
Seeing the self-destruction of a political opponent is, of course, more important than taking action against the destruction of our planet. Party politics is failing democracy in Australia.
The major parties are failing democracy – it’s time to act!
The latest poll shows that the two major parties combined now only have support from two thirds of voters. The latest in an endless series of leadership ructions is part of the problem. Voters just don’t trust politicians and it is the party system that is to blame.
Condemning neoliberalism
Condemning neoliberalism as Richard Denniss does in his recent Quarterly Essay is all well and good, but to change how policy formulation is done in our broken democracy we need to look at the root causes and reform the system, not just change the labels.
Why are we so afraid?
The debate about My Health Records is reminiscent of every such debate since the failed Australia Card scheme back in the eighties. Australians have a privacy obsession. What are we so afraid of?
The ABC needs relevance, not lifestyle!
The ABC Lifestyle initiative is an own goal. Instead of pandering to the lowest common denominator of content, it should focus on quality content and continue to excel its online delivery.
You cannot kill what’s already dead!
Apparently, the sale of Fairfax to Nine is the end of journalism in Australia, the triumph of the cheque book as the only arbiter of a good story and the death knell of democracy. Paul Keating – that most eloquent and cerebral of political alley cats – was particularly scathing in his assessment, but he isn’t alone.
The stakes are too high – the party is over!
Party politics has been allowed to take control over the political discourse at all levels. The voters are disillusioned and disengaged. How do we break the Gordian Knot of partisan control over democracy?
In Search of Good Government: Great Expectations & Political Amnesia
author: Laura Tingle name: Kim average rating: 4.38 book published: rating: 5 read at: 2018/07/19 date added: 2018/07/23 shelves: review: Laura Tingle does something few of our political commentators manage: to write with the deep insight of an insider without...
The Naked President
The problem with Trump is not Donald Trump. The really scary part is that nobody is standing up to him.
Taboo
author: Kim Scott name: Kim average rating: 3.94 book published: 2017 rating: 4 read at: 2018/04/01 date added: 2018/07/14 shelves: review: This was the first of Kim Scott’s books that I have read. It won’t be the last! Scott is of Aboriginal origins and...Get my book!
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