Well-governed ACT does not deserve Fed veto

WHEN the Feds were hard up in the 1980s and did not want to get the blame for tightening purse strings in the ACT it gave us self-government. That way some local politicians could take the flak from voters who would not take it out by turfing out a local federal Member, as they did in 1975 and 1980. So it is a little hypocritical for the Feds to then turn around and say you can’t have full self-government when the local government does something the Feds don’t like – like same-sex marriage or euthanasia. Continue reading “Well-governed ACT does not deserve Fed veto”

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