ALM> There's an article in todays Fin Review about a new law the federal
ALM> gov are bringing in that will automatically repeal all regulations
ALM> after 5 years. It claims to be an 'attempt to reduce the executive's
ALM> power to make "non-legislative" law.' Quite interesting stuff, just
ALM> what you're always on about. It talks about secret laws etc and
ALM> covers reulations, bylaws,codes of practice, determinations and
ALM> declarations made by govt agencies. It will also require a central
ALM> register of all the ones they do introduce so you can go and look
ALM> them all up. I'll save it. If you're interested netmail your address.

BL> It's interesting to see the different approach
BL> betwen Labor and Liberal after so long under Labor.

Pity its not, there was some of that approach with Labor too. What
ACTUALLY happening is that they are BOTH changing over time, most
obvious with the stuff like deregulation, flogging off guvmint operations
that no longer make any sense to be done by the guvmint etc etc etc.

There is in fact surprisingly little between them, particularly
the labor right and the libs. Tho there is more difference between
the basket weaver left of the labor party and say the Nats.

BL> They are both concerned to protect freedom,

Thats distinctly arguable, most obviously
with smoking and soft drugs like cannabis.

BL> but they come at it from totally different directions.

Fraid not, nothing remotely like it.

BL> The Libs reduce government and bureaucratic interference, using formal
BL> law instead, but they censor and restrict art that might hurt a family.

Odd, could have SWORN that NSW labor was attempting just that with the
internet laws, and Keating was moving in that direction on the stuff
like violent TV progs etc too. Nice theory, pity about the reality tho.

BL> Labor likes ID cards and big bureaucracies,

Fraid not, federally we have one of the smallest bureaucracys in the
entire first world per head of population or what it costs to run.

We certainly do have a rather higher total bureaucracy than desirable
once you include the states, but thats a consequence of our federal
system, its got fuck all to do with Labor and most of thats actually
happened under various coalition state governments.

BL> Unions and hidden agendas,

Corse there aint ever any hidden agenda on the non labor side eh ?

BL> but they push artistic freedom. Strange...

Hardly strange, those people basically
wouldnt be seen dead supporting non labor.

BL> I lived through Bob Menzies' 26 years and now Hawke/Keating's 14
BL> years, and Liberal is better. At least you know where you stand.

Poor old Bob.
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