I have not been writing any political comment letters lately because, frankly, I have been flummoxed by the confusion in federal politics. There are big forces at work but I am uncertain as to what those forces are. Yes, Pauline Hanson is in there, but she has been there for decades, pushing the same old line. What’s different now? The Liberal Party are still running around like headless chooks. Tony Pasin’s press releases suggest they will be going with the same policy line that lost them the last two elections: anti-net zero, anti-government spending, anti-migration. As for the housing/cost-of-living crisis, they are leaving any real action to the ALP. Pauline Hanson is garnering lots of support with (basically) the same policies as the Libs (anti-everything) and I believe she adds her traditional opposition to any minority group she thinks she can safely bully. None of this is different from the […]