Published in Noosa Today https://noosatoday.com.au/news/27-10-2023/political-tug-of-war-not-working/
"This week while In Parliament, I was invited to be a guest speaker by the Australasian Study of Parliament Group on the topic ‘The Two-Party System – Past, Present, and the Future.’"
"Now before you flick the page to something a bit ‘juicier’, this is one of the most important topics to discuss, as you will understand further on. Why? Because ultimately, every single aspect of our lives is being impacted by the ‘tug of war’ between political parties where ‘winning’ dominates over ‘collaborating’."...........
Comments from a Noosa Resident:
The full article can be read in the link above. But I am particularly taken by these phrases:
"Ultimately, there is an increasing call for political leaders to be accountable to their constituencies rather than state or nationwide political strategies and policies that are broad sweeping, making it easy for those elected to evade responsibility."
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"We can only hope so, and that Queenslanders and Australians continue to seek more from their representatives than a party ‘byline’ or policy, and that as a result, parties morph into alliances where their members vote in line with their community, versus a party position."
This applies to all levels of government - our Local Government Elections are to be held in March 2024. Let's keep party politics out of our Noosa Council.
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