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2010-06-03

More and stronger independent public institutions needed

Comments on Jack the Insider “Truth in advertising”, 3/06/2010, http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/jacktheinsider/index.php/theaustralian/comments/truth_in_advertising/

It appears that the Rudd government has become a vested or special interested group - no different from any other lobby groups.

The Rudd government, at least from the point of view of the mining advertisement, does not represent the public nor the taxpayers, but the federal ALP politicians themselves, especially the few of their core.

It is indeed "a cancer" in our democracy and national governance.

That is the only few truth that the prime minister has said and practised consistently.

We need better politicians, better government and better governance.

The nature of government as a special interest group of itself sometimes from both sides of politics with extremely consequences and huge costs means that reforms are needed to improve national governance.

One way is to strengthen public institutions to provide public information, policy advices and scrutinies government policies and evaluate policy effects, results and outcomes.

The independence of the RBA is a good example and we need more of such types of public institutions.

It seems that we need some sort of an independent fiscal authority, differing from current Treasury to play a similar role in advocating and implementing fiscal policy.

So is there a need for some independent authority for social policies.

Their roles and authorities and how they should operate will need to be defined clearly.

We need to enhance necessary constraints to politicians, the government and government ministers.

For democracy to work well and best, it requires both the elected politicians to act on behalf of its constituency and the independence of strong public institutions for balance and checks.

The two pillars of democracy must both stand and walk in synchronisation can democracy works best.

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