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LNP, LNP Government

Federal election 2022: Australians will pay the price of politics for politics’ sake

Some say the pandemic sideswiped the Morrison government.

And it’s not as though the government was bristling with policy ideas that have had to be shelved. It did miss out on producing a budget surplus, but when the same thing happened to the Rudd government because of the global financial crisis, this was proffered by the Coalition as proof that Labor was unfit to hold office.

Unsurprisingly, the Coalition does not now make the same claim about itself.  Our national politics now seems so small.  Under Morrison, our national government has defined itself as chiefly a political operation. It’s designed to manage issues as they arise and otherwise do as little as possible. It’s a caravan that rumbles from election to election, waving problems away with slogans until it’s forced to take action.

Meanwhile, it throws small lumps of ideological red meat to its party base and media friends with such things as its constant undermining of universities, the ABC and industry super funds.

Source: Federal election 2022: Australians will pay the price of politics for politics’ sake

Afghanistan

Everything You Need to Know About What’s Happening in Afghanistan

The Taliban have Hardware ” Made in America” and have had it for 20 years

The rapid collapse of Afghanistan to Taliban rule has created a chaotic, complicated situation. But here’s the fundamental point: the US has nothing to show for two decades of bloodshed and occupation.

Source: Everything You Need to Know About What’s Happening in Afghanistan

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How does Australia’s health system rate internationally? This year it wins bronze

In the wake of the Tokyo Olympics, another international scorecard has been released, and Australia does well here too. The US-based Commonwealth Fund conducts regular surveys of health care in 11 countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. In its latest comparison, Australia ranks third overall, slipping from second in the previous comparison in 2017. The US, not unexpectedly, ranks last overall, and last on four of the five component rankings.

Source: How does Australia’s health system rate internationally? This year it wins bronze

Tony Abbott

The emptiness of Tony Abbott | The Monthly

I’ve often wondered what it would be like to spend an hour or two inside Tony Abbott’s head. What’s going on up there? What does the world look like? What textures, meanings, memories and emotions flavour the broth of his experience? How did he feel when his daughter called him a “lame, gay churchy loser”? Why did he eat that onion?

Source: The emptiness of Tony Abbott | The Monthly