![]() ![]() Perhaps had they heeded this they might still be around. I have been voting for 65 years and in that time nothing significant has changed, so I doubt that anything will in my remaining years. Unfortunately we seem doomed to continually hear more, even from those who have buggered off to New York – thus making clear their love of, and commitment to, Australia.Īnyway, here is what I wrote. ‘A poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, It would be nice if we could further echo Macbeth and say of any Prime Minister: ‘It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.’ At the moment, when considering the competing claims of the main contenders one can only say, as did Macbeth: Since the vast array of redundant State and Federal politicians are unlikely to vote themselves out of a job, perhaps we should look first at improving the electoral system. Burdened by a constitution that mandates eight governments to control the affairs of an electorate smaller than the population of any of the world’s major cities, and an electoral system of such Byzantine complexity that nobody but a mathematical genius could trace the effect of any individual’s vote, there is no way for the majority of Australian citizens to sensibly influence the conduct of affairs. The body politic is so diseased that it is difficult to decide where treatment might best be attempted first. And it is not improving in fact, apart from a few interesting features provided by the welcome exit of Paul Keating, the rise and implosion of Pauline Hanson (now apparently rising again) and the ritual suicide of the Democrats, it is deteriorating at a rapidly increasing rate. In time, of course, the political complexion of the country came into focus – and it was not a pretty sight. And as I firmly believe that anyone migrating to another country should have no say in the running of that country until they have contributed substantially to its fabric, I was content for it to stay that way. Australian politics and Australian politicians were absolutely meaningless to me. My happiest days, in terms of politics, were in the first two years after my arrival in Australia. Yet none of these seem to take any concerted action to bring about obviously necessary changes for the benefit of the vast majority of citizens. There are hordes of people ready to prance about the streets, squalling slogans and waving banners in support of or objection to the most trivial or mindless causes. Given the striking absence of both commonsense and honesty, clearly displayed by their words and behaviour I am baffled that so few people seem to feel as I do about them. My thoughts can be said to boil down to complete dissatisfaction with both our legal and political systems, indissolubly interlocked – and with those members of the ‘media’ self-appointed to comment on them. But with another predictably pointless election looming I thought I would post it all here, just as it is, with no polishing. The fact that one item was written just after the Australian Democrats committed ritual suicide shows you how long ago. I suppose I am just hoping that there are at least some people out there who share my feelings and might be glad to know that they are not alone.ĭredging through the contents of my PC I chanced upon some stuff that I wrote ages ago and just left lying there. ![]() I’m not interested in selling anything and I doubt if anyone is being entertained by it. I really don’t know why I bother with this. ![]()
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