MAD doctrine doesn't translate in modern domestic politics

If unions did not exert substantial influence over the Labor Party and big business over the Liberals who would?

Then there is the matter of politicians' pay and entitlements.

Why do they need a special tribunal comprised of one person who does not seek the views of taxpayers and appears not to attempt to impose on them productivity measures or performance criteria (the argument presumably being that the ballot box is the criterion even though the real electors of upper house members are internal party committees and the majority of lower house politicians hold what generally are regarded as safe seats)?

Why is Fair Work Australia not capable of doing the job even though it is capable of doing it for virtually every other occupation?

Finally they do not get, or at least they think that we do not get, their conflict of interest.

That is unlikely to change anytime soon. In the same week as the political party funding fiasco, the House of Representatives passed a law exempting themselves from the freedom from information legislation.

Their reason? They always have been exempt. Now why are we not surprised at that.