Ethnic bells tolling under the white Southern Cross

Most of the Chinese voters in Queensland reside in Moreton, so it is no accident that Peter Dutton chose Moreton to deliver alms to the Chinese.

The Year of the Snake seems to have brought the Chinese a nice little red packet.

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Meanwhile our democracy is under siege, buffeted by one gale-force farce after another.

1. The Donfather's Law, rammed through last month by the duopoly, has strengthened the grip of the two old Parties and set in law a process to strangle the Teals and Community Independents. The noose will be tightened in the 2028 elections.

It will get us closer to Trump's democracy.

What a farce.

2. On 26 March, what was in effect the Tasmania salmon industry protection bill was rammed through at the 11^th hour, with "no proper process, no proper scrutiny", apparently to win the seat of Braddon for the government. No doubt the opposition did not want to offend the big corporate owners of the salmon farms either.

Thus, both the government and His Majesty's Loyal Opposition have shown themselves to be in the pockets of big business.

Winning is everything. Offending big corporate owners is a no-no. Just strangle the voices of intruders who have sneaked into their hallowed chamber. And Donfather's Law will weed out these intruders eventually.

Another farce in our beleaguered democracy.

3. On 30 March, the second day of the campaign, another call for the duopoly to preference the Greens last was front page "news" of one broadsheet.