WJV wrote on Sep 2
nd, 2016 at 10:30pm:
I think it is best if the two major parties stay in control. The Australian political class are pretty worthless - but at least they have manged to keep our duopoly intact, unlike the worthless European political class with all of these loon European political parties like Golden Dawn, Syriza, National Front and Podemos.
I remember there was some talk of Bernardi heading a new conservative party and I think it is good that it didnt happen. It is bad enough having all of these independents making a mess of things. And people like Palmer and Katter and Xenophon and Hanson trying to start new parties.
What would improve things is if the political class stopped being such bed wetters, and if our media stopped being such trouble makers. Most Australians dont pay much attention at all to politics and there is no need to get so hysterical about everything.
Conservatives should support the Liberal Party and if they want it to be better then work to improve it - but it is a bad idea in my opinion to go away from the two major parties and break up the safe and reliable duopoly that has worked for so long because if it does break down God only knows what we will get but it is a good guess that it will be radicals of one form or another. We dont need radicals in Australian Politics.
Well it may have been good in 'the old days' before 2000.
But now both Parties are just so alike - its 'One' party and ain't Pauline Hanson happy with that, along with the fact that every State is almost the same these days, whereas before - they were distinctly different.
You do realise that if Australia seeks a Republic,
you will indeed get a breakdown of everything and these 'Independents' will be a reflection of various 'Provincials' in Australia (like Riverina, Gippsland, New England, St Vincent, Capricornia, etc) going 'Independent' as separate nations of their own accord.