Labor and LNP and Greens should be scared the People's Liberation Front Of Australia don't finally rise up in their righteous wrath and demand that the overly centralised in the capital cities states be dismembered and created anew into smaller and more manageable states - just like they did when they separated Victoria and Queensland from 'New South Wales'.

It is clear that the thinking of those who are city dwellers does not gel with that of those who are not - and far too often theories are presented as realities by those far away in capital cities who do not have a direct finger on the pulse of their chosen issue(s)... i.e. are out of touch and have, as I said earlier about Plebeian Seeker, have first honed their own ignorance and often stupidity, and then have cultivated it in the ivory tower gardens surrounded by mega-wealth and public money to burn.

The capital cities, by virtue of being relatively small in area, crowded and isolated, are prime breeding grounds for that which most people consider anathema to any democracy - overly strong overly centralised government.  Smaller states can deal more effectively with social issues in their region than some distant Big Brother steeped in social science book larnin'.

The time has come, mes enfants, for the people to demand that the number of states be increased and for the current huge states with their centralised and out of touch governments be dismantled.  Even a superficial look will tell you that the size of most of our states is ridiculous and that is why they are unmanageable.

I'll re-do the map for Secessionist Queensland for yez, and will begin on a few others... NSW first....

That is one firm step - you decide if it is positive or negative - towards resolution of many of our current social malaises.

Lets hope the Greens and the Teal independents, do well at the next election.  Hopefully they will increase their numbers.   

Daves2017 wrote on Aug 27^th, 2024 at 11:09pm:


That's because Albo and Chalmers, like the Coalition, has fallen for Thatcher's neoliberal low-tax, and hence low government spending regime, meaning public schools and hospitals are underfunded.

At least the Greens have the integrity to insist on higher taxes, to deliver adequate public services.

The Conservatives  of course are driven by personal enrichment at the expense of the general welfare, hence entrenched poverty and soaring inequality, as Labor also appeals to self-interest via the ever-lower taxes regime.   

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Aug 28^th, 2024 at 12:14am:
 

Wrong as usual, Gough was right: the states should be abolished, and replaced with local councils, to stop the buck passing between the states and the Commonwealth

(Councils would be financed by the Commnwealth on a needs basis; public hospitals, public schools and  public transport would be funded by the Oz treasury, Oz wide).   

The wealthy should pay higher taxes. Good on the greens.      

thegreatdivide wrote on Aug 28^th, 2024 at 12:02pm:



thats why they are a third wheel instead of being the driver.

Jo public will generally not vote for higher taxes. Every single time they have an opportunity to step up, they baulk, instead opting for the $3 week tax cuts ...

whiteknight wrote on Aug 28^th, 2024 at 6:23pm:



Umm - I believe many large corporations pay very little tax as a percentage of their profits -
especially ones like Google.