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2010-11-24

Minority government a threat not only to economy but to governance!

Comments on Peter van Onselen “Minority government a threat to economy”, 24/11/2010, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/business-likes-certainty-but-it-is-in-short-supply-in-our-hung-parliament/story-e6frg9if-1225959693965
How long will the government and commentators continue to use the minority government as an excuse for policy inaction by the government?

The government should get on with governing and developing good policies irrespective whether it is a minority or majority government, as the PM claimed earlier. It is a shame that has not happened to date.

If a minority government means that it cannot govern effectively, then it should go to an election to ask for a new mandate for it or another party to govern effectively, rather than clinging to power for the sake of being in government.

Compromising its integrity for key policies is not the right way to govern. It is not good for Gillard, Labor and the nation.

Gillard and Labor should have the courage to govern for the nation, or to go for a new election, for its sake and for the nation’s sake!

Gillard and the government have already compromised so much to their integrity and done enough damage to our democracy.

It offered the independents access to materials and departments who normally do not have the right to in the negotiation stage to form the government. It excluded the opposition from the parliamentary committee for climate change earlier. It offered the cross benches private briefing of the NBN business case report by the NBN Co.

It has also defied senate order to release the NBN Co. documents.

Such discriminatory approaches to elected parliamentarians are a sign of desperation and should not be practised by any party for the purpose of its holding to power.

That is contempt of democracy and the electorates and that is a disgrace!

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