Comments on: Government By Experts

By: Greg Brien

Greg Brien — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:26:22 +0000

I agree with what you say, Bill. I believe that Mr Rudd has stated that particpants will have to pay for their own transport to the summit and their accommodation expenses.

When a similar summit was held, Mr Wilson Tuckey demanded the right to sit in his seat in the House of Representatives. If the summit is held at Parliament House Canberra again, then the Australian public should expect to be admitted to the various public areas including the galleries of both houses and the committee rooms. Anything less is a denial of our democratic rights.

Also as Mr Rudd has stated that submissions from the public are welcome, we have the opportunity to do just that. We should not delay but write today. Find out the. areas and let’s get writing.

I would suggest that one area Mr Rudd does not want addressed is governance, especially the Federation and federal – state relationships along with local government. I suggest that this area is crucial to all the rest because with it rests the ordering of society for good or for evil. And it is based in our theology and philsophy of life. So it must be addressed and we have the opportunity to do this by including it in our submissions regardless of whatever area we choose to write.

Greg Brien

By: Nathan

Nathan — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:13:45 +0000

I can’t say that I’m against any anti-capitalist, anti-democratic, and anti-religious sediments, though given Rudd’s “philosophy” on politics, I doubt these issues will be addressed (see his essay Faith in Politics, originally published in The Monthly. Perhaps, though, Rudd’s plan all along was to invite experts; he just failed to mention it.
Nathan Everson

By: Ewan

Ewan — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:31:46 +0000

Andrew Bolt asks:

Kevin Rudd before the election:

And I say again, I have a plan for the future

Kevin Rudd after the election:

The Rudd Government will convene an Australia 2020 Summit at Parliament House on 19 and 20 April to help shape a long term strategy for the nation’s future.

Either Rudd lied before the election, or he lost his plan after it.

Ewan McDonald, Victoria.