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In article <4n6ufa$nau@csc.canberra.edu.au>,
pickle@blitzen.canberra.edu.au (Michael Paxton) wrote:

> In a loose interpretation of the original Sanskrit Lubosh wrote: 
> :>Seems like you like Labour in opposition. would you say the same of the ACT 
> :>govt opposition? I can't see a "constructive and co-operative opposition" 
> :>there. All I can see is Wayne Big Gun pulling shooting every time something 
> :>moves... Like exposing some malpractices in Woden Valley Hospital until it 
> :>became apparent that they started while he was Health Minister in the previous
> 
> :>Labour Government ;-) I can only see that every opposition is a pain, and 
> :>that's where the Westminster system stinks...
> 
> I am sorry...I miss your point about the local opposition. Then again it
> has been my view for years that local government in the ACT has been an
> exercise three-ring circus mis-management on all sides. Perhaps you
> interpret my endorsement of beazley as a possibkly good opposition leader
> as some blanket endorsement of labour in general. I guess i was just
> dazzled by the concept of our ellected representatives co-operating
> occasionally after a dozen years of watching the libs at work. As a
> general rule I think politicians on all sides should think more about
> running the country and less about scoring points.

I think the improvement of literacy standards would be a good aim, based on
anecdotal evidence.

> As for ACT local govt perhapos we should actually give them something to
> *do* so they dont mess around with stuff.

They are a city council, lumbered with a health, education and police
system.  Kate doesn't go in for the sort of grand social engineering of the
Lesbian Hippo.
> 
> I for one would like to see Carnell spend less time travelling abroad and
> more time trying to work out how to buy a weeks groceries with $9.75 in
> loose change.

Can be done, if you like veges.  I think anyone with less than $10 to spend
on food per week is either suffering from poor financial management or
should cut back on the booze and fags.

And Kate seems to be on TV every night, which limits her globetrotting to
the occasional quick drive down the coast. 

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