As I’ve seen it put elsewhere in this forum, Paul Keating started the sale of Telstra, but it was John Howard who took it to ruinous extremes. Much of what Keating did would these days be labelled neoconservative. That was the faith of the times. The fact that its Gods are false is obvious, only in hindsight.
To the established parties, independents are a nuisance. For the Party in control of the House, that’s an order of magnitude more true. Independents are important for the integrity of our Democracy. I doubt that’s a high priority for any large political party.
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