Wide ranging and insightful.

"A hung parliament is not to be feared. [...] If the historic parties were forced to open up, instead of being dominated by factions, lobbyists and ideological obsessions, and fear of offending, democracy would have a fresh burst of energy."

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20620/VQCymrNg

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This comment is from #BarryJones and it is absolutely correct! ✅

“Albanese appears to be strikingly lacking in ambition. I am convinced that making some bold decisions, and explaining them, would strengthen his prime ministership significantly. He could begin by bringing Tanya Plibersek in from the cold, experimenting with democracy inside the ALP, tackling the corrosive causes of Australia’s gambling obsession, and addressing our grossly unequal education system.” #TheSaturdayPaper

TRULY AHEAD OF HIS TIME…
BARRY JONES was way ahead of his Australian Labor Party colleagues when Minister for Science in the Whitlam government of the 1970s.

Sometimes derided and disregarded by them, he was not only their intellectual superior, he was different to them and to other politicians because, being science literate, an author and a futurist, he looked ahead beyond the next election cycle.

Jones created Australia’s Commission for the Future as a forum to analyse trends and think about their likely impact on society.

His book, Sleepers, Wake! Technology and the Future of Work, has been reprinted a number of times.

No politician has since equalled his scientific literacy.

Any Australians here remember Barry?

Sleepers Wake! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepers,_Wake!

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