China has moved on from wholly State owned enterprises , but because of its justice system, anyone can be jailed at a whim fo failing to take orders from the State.
Since you want to try and attract quality, I disagree that itās ridiculous. You might be surprised how many US congressmen/women are millionaires, because theyāre the ones who can afford to do it.
Now, that said, Iām not claiming for a moment the current process is working at attracting talentā¦
Voted today as Iāll be on holiday for the election. No democracy sausage for me. 
But it was very quick. From work, to the CBD location, voted, and back in 30 minutes. 
My issue is more with the system than the players within it.
But a more efficient and affordable system could attract better talent.
Any change though is sĆ³ unlikely and probably opposed to all those bureaucrats who insist they exist for quality checks and balances.
Something you know is crap considering the difficulty of change and the mess such as the current Murray Darling Downs water fiasco.
Anyone whose had anything to do with government in this country could tell you. Mind you half of us are likely employed by government.
Half of all new full time jobs are currently being created in Government in this country. Its ridiculous. Driven by in large by some complete over governance with bloated projects which go nowhere as a result.
Cut the number of politicians, halve their support staff. Then id look at rationalising the layers of Government as well.
Something thats pointless despite being in the countries best interest because it never will change.
Government in Australia is waaay to big.
Wasnāt that the original intention?
What in your opinion is over governed?
Personally I think welfare governance is over the top.
I like the idea of universal living allowance. Think about how many departments would be closed. Centrelink, Retirement Pensions, Vet Affairs, Family tax benefits etcā¦ You wouldnāt need investigators or worry about anyone cheating the system so none of that needs to be done. No massive phone centres or offices cause there isnāt really anything to claim or questions to be asked. No massive legislation required cause well everyone gets it.
Itās so simple and common sense in itās nature itāll never happen unfortunately.
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Interesting call by the Libs to skip Q&A. Must be pretty confident
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Not sure if sarcastic, ā¦ 
Id be clearing up the shambles and amateur hour that is local and state government and their functions.
Merge the two and create a couple of checks and balances. Move items like hospitals, education(at least University and secondary education) to the feds. Mind boggling that we need state and federal level on this stuff.
Then I would take the knife to the actual number of MPs after consolidating itā¦ Would have a butterfly effect.
We go to the polls every three years, its not as if we cant turf out a bad set of politicians with more executive power. If its still a concern bolster the GGs department.
And jeez they would get more done.
There is definetly not enough talent. Less teams please.
The States voluntarily ceded the powers over income tax and corporations a long time ago and Universities are pretty much in the domain of the Commonwealth. Referendums are difficult but the Council of Australian Government Ministers achieves a lot in cooperation and avoiding duplication - like the NDIS and aged care.
Do you want those in the Canberra bubble to take all the decisions
Canāt be bothered scrolling up, but for those of us voting below ze line, is there a website that lists what each senate party stands for? eg: What the are the āYellow Vest Australiaā leanings etc. I cbfād googling each one seperately.
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Perhaps start at:
Two clicks and you see the Yellow Vesters have vowed to āstop the Islamisation of Australiaā.
They only changed their name last month ā you may remember them from previous elections as the Australian Liberty Alliance.
On the topic of āattracting talentā:
I think we could use a few people in parliament for whom the $200,000 parliamentary wage is a great deal of money.
Some of the most effective and best politicians Iāve known received a significant wage rise when elected.
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And a hell of a lot less who think that money isnāt enough, and resort to āother incomeā streams
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The only particularly un-obvious one to me (apart from the un-aligned people) was The Great Australian Party ā itās from that fruit loop Rob Culleton, previously elected as One Nation before being kicked out for being ineligible.
Iām not sure exactly how many anti-immigration people āSustainableā have attracted, but they certainly document their policies better than most and do not appear to be in absurdist or niche territory like many of the other parties.
Ah. Down the order they go!
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Shorten has excelled on Q&A tonite.
Even impressed this this old cynic
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I couldnāt watch 7.30.
Iām sorry, but I knew how Morrison would carry on, I canāt watch him or hear him for a minute, and it appears from Twitter that I wasnāt mistaken.
Australian Story was worth a squiz, about the destruction of the Darling. Onething I didnāt understand was them ripping a motza out of the Menindee system bound for South Australia when the Murray had more than sufficient water for the purpose.
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They could become Ukranian presidents.
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Agreed.
Refreshing to hear about policies, a vision for the future. Seemed to be something in it for everyone, except the few that get franking credits.
Handled the questions well given there was no let up as he was the only guest. Why was there no Morrison?
Good to see some humour, happy to give the current PM a clip or two.
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