https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/albanese-calls-for-mps-to-stay-in-parli...

Jesus Fluck!  Just when I was hoping sense would prevail and those idiots limited to two terms ....

Why doesn't he just move to a Hitler job and declare himself PM for life and the Party (government of two parties) supreme and the only one in the State?  Be a lot easier than all this shilly-shallying around the point..... just get in, appoint yourself Fuhrer for life, order a Final Solution for White Australia, and away you go on the international stage .....

Megalomaniacs are all like that - why not bite the cherry fully and get on with it?  Build them gulags ... Gondwanamo Bay for the New Juden Whites....



You people think I'm joking, don't you? That I'm just some kind of dilettante..... playing word games...... you'll learn....

I can't believe I'm saying this but I agree with AnAl about this.  The three year term is to short to get anything underway as the politicians are always looking to the next election instead of doing the job they are being paid for. The UK has five year terms I believe. That may be a bit too long but I think four years would certainly be better  than three.

While we're at it we should introduce fixed terms for the federal government as well. Get rid of this opportunistic calling of elections whenever the polls look good.

And term limits. After 3 Terms you're done...

With some of our PM's 3 years is too long.

No current justification for a change.

LImit PM to 2 terms is a good idea though. Howard was proof of that.

Bobby. wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2024 at 9:43pm:


More time = less accountable.

with the current lack of talent and intrinsic corruption on both sides the exact opposite of what we need. As long as both parties are working against the people interests the more accountability we need to keep in the peoples hands.

... we could stretch them on a rack or a length of rope..... that'd make 'em longer and fix their spine problems... spinal shortage is a serious issue in governments... and some think leadership is the name of a P & O liner or something...

Dnarever wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2024 at 10:25pm:



My complaint is that we never to get to vote on any important issues e.g.

(1) the mass immigration of millions of migrants many from terrorist countries,
(2) whether we send our soldiers off to war,
(3) digital ID,
(4) closing down of all coal fired power stations leaving high power prices and possible blackouts,
(5) pension age as it keeps going up without our permission.
(6) death penalty for outrageous crimes.

etc

My problem with fixed terms of a definite length are that the first  period is spent recovering from the election, the next period is spent doing something, anything and the last period is spent preparing for an election.  Look at the USA to see that.  While they sound like a good idea, they aren't.

As for voting on policies as Bobby wants, that is the function of Parliament.  If you cannot get sufficient traction in Parliament there is no way you will have sufficient traction outside it, you would be subject to idiots and populists who have axes to grind.  Parliament is elected for a reason.  Use it or lose it. Tsk, tsk, tsk...