Electoral advantage — they’ll vote for that

ON ONE, ideology goes out the window. Principle is of no moment. Political foes become expedient friends. That matter is the electoral process. As a rule, political parties will ask only one question about changes to the electoral law: will this benefit or hurt my party. Nothing else matters. Continue reading “Electoral advantage — they’ll vote for that”

States should not have environment role

STATE and territory governments in Australia are too inept, tainted by corruption and compromised for anyone to have any confidence in their capacity to make decisions on whether developments are environmentally acceptable. In the 19th century a local stream could be dealt with locally. But now environmental issues are becoming more national and international. Continue reading “States should not have environment role”

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