Spiritually enlightened era

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS

WITH the election of a God-fearing man as our new prime minister, in the person of Scott Morrison, the political winds of change are finally heralding hope and encouragement. With what Mr Morrison stated in his election speech, and the words of Deputy Leader Josh Frydenberg, Australians can believe a unifying spirit of co-operation has finally descended upon our capital and we are about to enter a far more spiritually enlightened and collegial era in politics that will have a tremendously positive flow-on effect for all of us — not least for future generations. Thank God the dark veil of ego-driven, spiritually blind politics is lifting and a new dawn has broken with our Prime Minister pledging leadership based on integrity, collaboration, respect and unity for all Australians. tart. He might have a reputation as a chameleon, but Mr Morrison you will have to change your spots a lot more before you can claim to share my values.

Diminished by loss

I FEEL Australia has been somewhat diminished by the loss of Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister. Many will say Turnbull was a failure for not implementing more Liberal policies. However, it is obvious the Luddite Right of the Liberal Party was limiting sensible policy in favour of ill-informed ideological positions. That, coupled with disgraceful white-anting by Tony Abbott and supporters like Eric Abetz, made it impossible for the Government to gain traction. Shock jocks also played a role. The actions of the Rightwing of the party have almost certainly guaranteed a Shorten Labor government. Unfortunately, like Tony Abbott, I think Shorten is divisive, does not have what it takes to be a good prime minister and does not deserve the job. Shame on those who more effectively destroyed a Liberal Government than the Labor Opposition.

Explanation needed

IT appears there is a consensus of voters that those who led the Liberal Party debacle including Tasmanian senators Abetz Bushby and Duniam have not acted in the best interests of the electorate. The latest polls have placed the Coalition in a much weaker position and re-election prospects are poor. Is it incumbent upon these senators to offer a full explanation to Liberal themercury.com.au readers have a new way to have their say. It’s free to use, just register and have your say. For more details and to register, visit the website. voters to why they have put the Coalition in this position? None of the three gentleman is up for re-election this time around. I challenge Senator Abetz as No 1 Senate ticket holder to provide a written explanation as to why he and his colleagues used their positions to get it so wrong.

Government we deserve

NOW the hoo-ha has subsided, it might be appropriate to reflect on the truism that we get the government we deserve. After all, it is made up of people, with all their preconceived ideas, drawn from our society, not from a different planet. I could make suggestions as to where we might start, but I won’t. I don’t want to reveal my biases to those who shout “bias” at those with whom they disagree because they apparently don’t have a cogent argument to support their own biases.

Lesson from McCain

IN regards to US Senator John McCain having spent 35 years in parliament he must have done a lot of things right. When standing against Obama in 2000, he was listening to a woman who was going to vote for McCain and who said she didn’t like Obama, he was an untrusting man. John McCain shook his head and said no Ma’am. Obama is a good man and a family man. I just don’t agree with his politics. Australian politicians listen and learn from the late John McCain. McCain: I hate to leave, it’s been a good ride.

Nanny state

I ALWAYS thought the Federal Liberal Party found the idea of a nanny state an anathema. Peter Dutton thinks otherwise, apparently. What a …. (If you’ll pardon my French).

Yeah, right

PM Morrison recently said on radio that the Government needs to listen and be there for the good of Australian people. I fell off my chair laughing!

Look to the mountains

GOSH, we are going to lose 20 weather people from Tasmania. Forgive me if I’m a bit cynical but will it make that much difference? Winter was supposed to be warmer than usual but I must have missed that bit. If you live in Launceston one looks at the mountains to predict what it’s going to do. If they look far away the weather is stable, if they look nearer it’s going to change and if you can’t see them at all then it’s raining or foggy! An older guy told me this years ago and so far it’s been pretty accurate.

Getting the details right

ONE would hope that the MWCC has checked the details of its proposal rather better than it checked through the brochure that arrived with the Mercury. Its spelling errors, poor punctuation, random capital letters, missing words and clumsy expression do not inspire confidence.