I think that the reason that our Government wants to privatise everything is so that they cannot be held accountable for the damage that they have done and they don’t have to admit to their failures.

It will all be covered up.

They may as well sell it because what they do now is they contract their services to the private sector and that means that you cannot get information from the private sector under the FOI Act and you cannot get information from the Private Sector under the Privacy Act as the Act doesn't cover contracts with the Government.  They can do whatever they want and not have to answer to anyone.

We need to have accountability in Government.   They set the standard and the culture.  People learn by example and the examples that our leaders set are atrocious.

It doesn't take a genius to work out what direction things keep heading - led by our leaders.

You need 500 right? I was looking into that a while ago. So that means you already have 100 people. That's a pretty good start. Have you had any enquiries come in through this site?

I like your ideas on law and order.  I have 4 children, two are teenagers.  One is a 16 year old son and the other is a 15 year old daughter.  Do you have any idea how difficult it makes it for parents to enforce rules and discipline when there appears to be no reasonable/respectable moral standard or  law and order is not being enforced?  

Adults need to enforce higher standards and legislate personal responsibility and there has to be consequences and/or rewards otherwise people won't care.

I believe that there is a reason why the laws are so lax and that is to protect the Politicians/bureaucrats!   You have to remember that Laws are made by those in power, to protect those in and with power!  

The first change that needs to happen in politics is in the way the system deals with and handles complaints and allegations so as to be in a position to make change.  The process that they have set up is designed top to cover up and protect the reputation of the Government and those in power.   It needs to be stopped as it feeds and creates bullies and damages alot of good people.  

The ordinary person that complains is being denied procedural fairness and natural justice.  The  people they complain about are the ones that handle and deal with thier own complaints and their word is always believed on face value - innocent until proven guilty!  

I wonder what your policies would be on Education?   I have had enough of people working in Governments using and abusing their power.  

Education is my area of focus and interest.  Law and Order running a close second.   If you have uneducated and wild people in the world it can only ever cause problems.

The current Governments seem intent on making the life of the ordinary person aggressive and  difficult.  

I think that the government should be responsible for economic management, all communications, housing, and infrastructure development.

The chief problem is that we have too many governments in this country.

I would like to see the States abolished and the Federal government assume responsibility for these things.

This would at least prevent the constant dodging of responsibility that we see today. At best we'd actually get things done.

But what about balancing power? Don't you think it's dangerous to concentrate power into the hands of too few people? It is a bit frustrating for the state and federal governments to blame each other for every problem and take credit when things go well, but at least we have a bunch of people in each state whose full time job it is to point out the flaws in the federal government's policies. Without state governments the federal government would get away with ten times what it does today, and that would be a lot more 'inefficient' for our society than state governments.

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What do you think of this Stu?

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Qld-seeks-partner-for-transport-projects/2007/02/26/1172338538617.html

The Queensland government wants the private sector to help deliver two of the biggest transport projects ever planned in the state.

The government advertised nationally on Monday for expressions of interest to deliver the proposed Airport Link underground toll road and the Windsor-to-Kedron section of the proposed Northern Busway, both in Brisbane.

Labor doesnt have a clue, they have their blinders on to corruption throught the whole country from state to federal.
If they win the federal election what happens to the people, we get screwed due to they way labor does business.

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