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Death of a parliament

By Everald Compton - posted Friday, 25 August 2017


They took the decision that they wanted everyone to cease to be British and become Australian. This was achieved by the simple issue of issuing Australian Passports to those who applied. When they referred to foreign nations in the Constitution that did not include Britain or any of its Colonies. They were not considered to be foreigners. They were family.

If we uphold their intention today, no one from Britain, New Zealand, Canada etc is foreign and they can sit in our Parliament.

However, it has been turned into such a fiasco that it is best to shoot the entity that we call Parliament and call an election, giving all candidates time to renounce citizenships anywhere.

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Indeed, the voters of Australia will welcome a new Parliament that will work.

And it will be a very different Parliament.

The Coalition and ALP and Greens will lose seats as the voters are angry and want to punish everyone in sight.

Hanson won't do anywhere near as well as she or the media think she will. She operates on the politics of fear and bigotry, both of which have a small power base.

Independents will do well. If you want to have a shot at getting into Parliament, now is the hour.

Shorten will probably wind up with the most seats, but he will have a hell of a job putting a government together.

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Nevertheless, this is an experience that Australians have to live through while we sort out the way in which we are governed.

My hope is that the Left of the Liberals and Right of Labor will join together and form a Party of the Centre, running a highly qualified batch of candidates in the following election so as to become the natural Party of Government.

Quite simply, its time for a revolution that will bring out the best quality of democracy that Australia can produce.

Let us accept the pain and the joy. It will lead to new life for a great nation.

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Everald Compton is Chairman of The Longevity Forum, a not for profit entity which is implementing The Blueprint for an Ageing Australia. He was a Founding Director of National Seniors Australia and served as its Chairman for 25 years. Subsequently , he was Chairman for three years of the Federal Government's Advisory Panel on Positive Ageing.

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